Radeon HD 7970 DC2 TOP - Issues

[Spoony]

ive had no BSOD with 12.6 i will look into the score thing tomorrow, been packing boxes today for moving and im busted skyrim btw has been much better on 12.6 rest i cant say but will advise as i have those games like you and will check them out.

one game ive had crash is Sniper Elite v2 my pc bsod and says overclocking failed fress f1 to enter bios, but says that even what nothing is overclocked so im confused on that i think thats a game error rather than anything else.

btw its a shame you live on a different time zone to me or a phone call or something to compare things live timing would be a good idea, save the money for the moment ont he 3 monitors if i was you give it a few more weeks till the FULL 12.6 is out and try it again, mines been 10times better with 12.6 but if yours dont work try 12.3 i was happy with that driver never an issue with it.

PM me your score for the following

vantage
3dmarks 11
heaven 3.0 i did mine ealier on 1920x1200 and hit 2609 on 4.4ghz and stock clocks. but rest i will do tomorrow afternoon for you if you get me yours and we can go over it
AvP benchmark

all on stock out the box on normal settings of what it askes i will compare to mine

[ssmb_92]

@Spoony: I have to reinstall those programs i'm my fresh install of windows but i only have 3dmark 11 and Heaven 3. I'll do it in the morning though, it's 9pm here and i have enough for the day. Will PM you with those results.
I was just playing BF3 and it get the same BSOD: DirectX Graphics MMS driver dxgmms1.sys - system service exception. Definitely AMD driver related as i have reinstalled DirectX many times and never had this with 12.5 beta, although 12.5 isn't that good. Maybe i'll play this out until 12.6 full, or as you say try 12.3.
@ASUS/RoG: Perhaps a BIOS update for the motherboard can get rid of the x8 problem. Perhaps this can be added to the list, will also file a complaint on the AMD website just launched to make sure it's not the card.

[marchinho93]

Very Very Well.....Those new drivers are ****ing ****ty...Crash due to hw accelleration..... Oh My God....

[Spoony]

so far only drivers i can use working solid are 12.1, 12.3 and 12.6 beta drivers.

fps drops alittle from others but works without problems so far.

[r3zn0r]

Theres 2 new beta drivers on guru 3d lots of people say are the best so far. June 6 and june 12.

[Tennobanzai]

The DCII Top has been the most frustrating piece of hardware i've purchased in recent memory. I'm on my 3rd 7970 DCIIT. First 2 I RMA'd and still no fix. I've tried different drivers, reformatting, clearing cmos between switching out video cards, disabling audio. Am I missing anything else I could try to fix this? I haven't experienced any BSOD, only GSOD or the colorful lines.

[Spoony]

i dont think you have missed anything we all have issues asus say its a driver we say its the card.

the other thing to remember here is they have no support for graphics. so the problem remains and will do for a while i would think.

im doing my best to help people as i have spare hardware to test of my own.

so with that in mine i need a favour off you and i will help you aswell.

list below you bios for the mobo and your GPU. also what windows you using ?

do you just have the one monitor ? or running eyefinity ? also if you have eyefinity how are they hooked up ?

and what is your current driver and what was you doing when you had the green screens ?

[Tennobanzai]

i dont think you have missed anything we all have issues asus say its a driver we say its the card.

the other thing to remember here is they have no support for graphics. so the problem remains and will do for a while i would think.

im doing my best to help people as i have spare hardware to test of my own.

so with that in mine i need a favour off you and i will help you aswell.

list below you bios for the mobo and your GPU. also what windows you using ?

do you just have the one monitor ? or running eyefinity ? also if you have eyefinity how are they hooked up ?

and what is your current driver and what was you doing when you had the green screens ?

Thanks for the reply!

Motherboard is currently the most up to date BIOS version (1206)
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I'm just using one monitor. Using a DP to miniDP adapter to my Apple monitor (2560x1440). I don't have the option to use the DVI ports because my monitor only has the mDP option.

I'm using the 12.6 Beta driver with MSI Afterburner, I dont think it matter which 3rd party OC tool I use, it crashed either way with my last 2 DCIIT

Basically anything i'm doing that's 3D intensive will crash them such as starcraft 2, battlefield 3. If the GPU is anywhere near 100% usage it will soon give me the colorful lines. If I downclock to 900-915mhz it doesnt happen

[Spoony]

right for starters the monitor apple ones have issues thats for sure, a friend of mine has sort of the same set up and his pc crashes or graphics clitchs the lot during game play of video.

also yes your correct on the downclocking thats an issues witht he card we all have. driver 12.6 ive not had to downclokc it as of yet in 2 weeks since install so if your are not using it try it.

also tweek down your CPU just a touch, i had to put mine down from 4.5 to 4.4 and all things have been better.

also and this is to anybody else aswell reading this, ffs DONT use afterburn or Asus GPU tweek. is screws things up and never works right.

[Tennobanzai]

right for starters the monitor apple ones have issues thats for sure, a friend of mine has sort of the same set up and his pc crashes or graphics clitchs the lot during game play of video.

also yes your correct on the downclocking thats an issues witht he card we all have. driver 12.6 ive not had to downclokc it as of yet in 2 weeks since install so if your are not using it try it.

also tweek down your CPU just a touch, i had to put mine down from 4.5 to 4.4 and all things have been better.

also and this is to anybody else aswell reading this, ffs DONT use afterburn or Asus GPU tweek. is screws things up and never works right.

I will give my other monitor a try and see if it's a problem with the DP adapter i'm using or the actual DP output. I read that the DVI-D is very picky with cables and that might be the case with the DP.

I've ran my CPU at stock settings with no luck, but that was when I was on my i5 2500k, I guess it won't hurt trying lower clocks on my 3570k