AMD Catalyst 12.7 Beta

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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I use DriverSweeper to make sure all traces of old software get removed before new is added. Now for some reason got the kbdsync.exe error at start up, never had it before

Hmm, I don't mean to sound patronizing but did you make sure to remove all AMD/ATI drivers/application profiles before running driver sweeper?

There are a few ways to fix the kdbsync.exe error. One way is to go into msconfig and to disable it from starting, but I find that to be a band-aid more than a solution.

If you have already removed everything and installed whichever driver you would like to be running, try this solution. (I've used this myself before, but I copied this from another forum)

1: Windows is denying it, we need to allow it administrator rights. kbsync.exe should be in your Program Files (x86)/AMD AVT/bin/kdbsync, right click, Properties, Compatibility Tab, Tic the box next to "Run this program as an administrator" under Privilege Level, click Apply, then OK.

2: Now that Windows is happy, we need to make the AMD Catalyst Control Center happy. Right click your Desktop, go to the AMD VISION Engine Control Center. Once that is pulled up, navigate to & select the Video tab. Select the AMD Video Converter tab. Once again, it gives you my explanation, but all you need to do is tic the box next to "Enable acceleration". Don't forget to click "Apply" in the lower right corner of the VISION CCC!

I hope this fixes your issue!

[broken pixel]

I'm currently using 12.6 and get horrid FPS in Clod.
I have more than enough video memory and system memory.
I am using a 6990 + 6970 in trifire and my frames are in the 30s
& 40s

I have tried the DX10 lost planet profile in CCC but get constant flickering when enabling the profile.

I'm about to try out the 12.7 betas with the 12.7 CAP profile.

I get better frame rate with the 12.7s but any crossfire profile I use renders
bad flickering.

[Bikerjack]

"I get better frame rate with the 12.7s but any crossfire profile I use renders
bad flickering. "
I had the same issue - I also tried the Lost Planet DX9 and DX11 profiles. Try playing with the Vsync settings - turned off in CLOD and "wait for vertical refresh" in CCC. I am still experimenting myself

Could be your linked cards are different?? I have two identical cards linked with Crossfire.

[broken pixel]

A 6990 is basically two 6970s so I have 3x 6970s.

I posted this over @ sim HQ.

I was using the 12.7 beta drivers and it was really choppy at times and I would get huge drops in my fps.
I switched back to the AMD Catalyst 8.97 18 April drivers and a lot of the stuttering has gone away.
These drivers from the benchmarks this guy does scores the highest of all the AMD drivers to date.
http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-...il-benchmark/4

Link to the driver
http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-8-97-18-april

Link to the modded driver that unlocks the settings below.
http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-...april-7900-mod

Unlocked Temporal AA
Unlocked High Quality AF
Unlocked Geometry Instancing
Unlocked LOD option
Unlocked Test Custom Clocks and Auto-Tune options under OverDrive

I made a track and got hit in the engine early in one of the quick missions. My engine caught on fire so I had to fly towards land.
I notice my GPU usage was in the 20- 50% range during game play with vsync.
I then decided to play my track of the engine fire while tweaking settings.
The weird thing is during that track I was getting 60- 97% usage with multiple profiles settings I made. I play other tracks and my GPU usage is crap. I will only see the 60- 97% when I play my engine fire track.

I'm stumped? The 8.97 18 drivers seem to help a lot with hiccups and stutters during game play with vsync on & HT disabled in the BIOS.

Time for a few hours of sleep, then it's back to the drawing board.