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Jenny Kitty
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.07.17 21:48:00 -
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1x HD 7970
I am having the same issue. I was having the same problem with Tera Online.
I am also dualboxing.
Please fix this CCP. |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.19 13:10:00 -
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Mad B0mber wrote:I have a radeon 7970 aswell and my reliablity was pretty good u p untill recently somewhere in the last patch or two or three things went wrong..
now i get complete lock ups..
no prgs added, drivers the same. etc etc.. everyhting else works great except EVE
managed to get it to hard crash 3 times in a row going into starmap.. No recovery possible, reset or power down is only fix.
using 12.6 CCC's also tried the 12.7 beta drivers but it made no difference..
What is your config (CPU, SSD, RAM) ?
Are you connecting your monitor via the DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI ?
FYI, no drivers out there will make any difference. I tested all of them from 12.2 to 12.7 beta. AMD hasn't yet fixed it.
I have been doing some testing for the last two months and I recently found a change that affects the freezes (not solving them). It is related to the AMD sound drivers but I'll post more on that later if the tests are conclusive. |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.19 23:54:00 -
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Hi guys,
I have good news to share with you. I have found a fix that works.
I have successfully been able to play with multiple accounts for a long period of time at max settings after the fix.
The problem seems to be related to the HDMI sound drivers that are installed with the AMD drivers. Uninstalling/disabling them has resolved my issue related to freezing while gaming with a single AMD HD 7970.
Before I explain the procedure, here are my current PC specs:
- i7 930 OC @4Ghz
- 1x MSI HD 7970 connected to 3 monitors via DisplayPort and DVI.
- 12G RAM
- SSD OCZ Agility 3
- Drivers 12.7 beta installed.
Procedure:
1) Uninstall the HDMI drivers via the "AMD Catalyst Install Manager". Go to Start-> Control Panel -> Uninstall Program -> Right click on "AMD Catalyst Install Manager" and select Change then Uninstall Manager. In the component list, select only the HDMI drivers. Click Next and complete the uninstallation procedure. You will be asked to reboot, click Yes.
2) After rebooting your system, go to Start-> Right click on Computer and then Properties. Select Device Manager on the top left corner. Under the list, expand "Sound, video and game controllers" and check if you have "AMD High Definition Audio Device" (Make sure it is prefixed with "AMD"). If yes, right click and uninstall and reboot. If not, go to next step.
3) Last step is to disable the default Windows HMDI drivers. See screenshot Device Manager. Right click on High Definition Audio Device and then Disable. Reboot. You're done.
Hopefully AMD or CCP fixes the issue in a later patch but for now I can live without it as I am not using my monitor speakers (FYI, DisplayPort/HDMI cables enable video AND sound hence why AMD drivers include sound drivers).
Please let me know if that fixed it for you. |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.23 17:49:00 -
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Indeed, my computer froze again today. It used to freeze within 15mins without that fix. Sorry guys. I have been trying every little change possible without success. I am now completely hopeless. I guess I'll have to change graphic card soon. |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.23 21:56:00 -
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Thanks for the feedback.
I have read countless number of post about this. As far as I know, 2 other games are experiencing the same issue. Tera Online and Total War Shogun 2. On the later website forums, there are 82 pages of feedback. Do you realize the extent of the issue ? It is quite infuriating to buy such an expensive card and not being able to play one's favourite game.
Links:
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/35440-7xxx-Series-AMD-cards-freezes-and-lock-ups/
https://tera-answers.enmasse.com/posts/0c51f8c038?start=31&stop=45 |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.24 11:29:00 -
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Sellendis wrote:Using ATI 5770 i had no issues, upgraded to 6850 (just couse 560ti wasnt available) and never had a problem.
Using 2 DVIs + 1 HDMI, 3 clients and no problems. Tested on all combinations of ports and number of clients, and when i run out of accs, i boot Sisi ones :) Still no crash....
Map or no map, cant get the goddamn thing to go down. As some people have simillar issue with series 5xxx and 6xxx.
Using 11.10 drivers, firm believer of not trying to fix what isnt broken. Heard a lot of crappy issues with newer drivers, so how far back with drivers did ya guys go to test?
P.S. - just if anyone wonders, i am an old fart and i have decades of experience with software and drivers and performance upgrade with new versions that give 3.2% FPS boost isnt nearly good to make me sacrifice working stability.
I had horrible experience with both cards, from crappy quality, insanely loud fans that do nothing, to drivers that should have never left the dev PC and should get him/her/them to the electric chair before even thinking about unemployment.
So lets leave fanboys ATI vs nVidia fights out of this, this issue is purely a ATI driver + EVE Online mix that ends up with angry customers.
I went as far back as 11.12 which is the default driver sold with the graphic card. No luck I am afraid. |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.25 22:23:00 -
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There seems to be a high correlation with the type of sockets users who are affected by the lockups have.
Users with cpu socket 1155 and with ATI 7000 series do not seem to have lockups.
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/35440-7xxx-Series-AMD-cards-freezes-and-lock-ups?p=367752&viewfull=1#post367752
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/41019-To-ALL-HD-7xxx-card-users?p=367756#post367756
www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11772550#post11772550
Just a reminder for those who haven't read the entire thread is that there are few games out there that lock up with ATI 7000 series. Eve and Total War are one of them. Other games don't lock up. |
Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.29 21:21:00 -
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Just to give you an update guys. As most of you are, I was fed up of these freezes and had to make a choice. I had the following options:
a) Buying a new video card Nvidia GTX670/680 (I could not exchange my ATI 7970).
b) Buying a new motherboard (with AGP 3.0) + cpu 1155 Ivy Bridge
c) Just wait
I went with b) as it is a bit cheaper than a). I took a risk because if the earlier hypothesis was not true it would end up more expensive than expected.
I built the new rig yesterday and spent the whole day today playing. So far I have had no freeze.
I will update this thread if I have any freeze.
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Jenny Kitty
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Posted - 2012.07.30 13:19:00 -
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Andromeda Cesaille wrote:Interesting info about the CPU sockets, i got a 7970 and a i7 920 (1366 socket), loads of freezes (see my earlier posts in the thread). Installed my old 5870, so now i can play at least...
I know, I had almost the same setup (7970+i7 930) which was causing freezes and before that crossfire 5870 +i7 930 and no problem whatsoever. |
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