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Anyone have any experiences with CS:GO and the new 13.8 beta drivers for AMD?

Can't get above 30 FPS on Crossfire 7950..

It's one of two things..

1. The new drivers just don't play nice with CS:GO

2. The more likely options - The new drivers have changed something in my system. When I first got the cards I had GPU-Z telling me that one of them was running at 24.0 GB/s and 32-bit bandwidth. Took me a while to figure it out but once I disabled ULPS and AMD Overdrive this issue disappeared.. Now the problem is back again and I have a feeling this is to blame. Except both are currently disabled as far as I can see.. Went into the registry and found two instances of enableULPS set to 0. This is where it gets weird. Trixx settings says it also disabled, however it won't let me overclock it as apparently it is enabled. I am using afterburner but knew trixx had this option so opened that as well.



I don't know what to do!

Aye well that was directed at EA and Activision really.

Anyone have any experiences with CS:GO and the new 13.8 beta drivers for AMD?

You should be getting 100+ fps with even a single card surely. CS-GO isn't exactly intensive. Maybe your fps max setting has changed. Enable the developer console and type

fps_max 60

or whatever you want to set the max frame rate to match your monitor. The default is 300. You have to change this in the config file to get it to stay at what you want.

On a lighter note **** XCOM

As a fan of the original I enjoyed the new one. It didn't have the depth, replayability or atmosphere of the original but it was still a great game. You were never going to get the same level of micromanagement or detail with it getting console ports. A lot of what they trimmed off improves the game but they trimmed a bit too much I think. The difficulty curve is stupid as well. It starts incredibly hard and gets easier as you go in. The original had this flaw as well though.

The combat and movement system is way better though.

NTMK wrote: »

You mean Sega? as they own CA.

Yes, sorry, I really should be sleeping.

NTMK wrote: »

On a lighter note **** XCOM:(

I agree with the creator of the original. The new XCOM is a decent game, it's not the original with modern graphics and other bells and whistles and some of the things it lacks are painful for me (base building and base invasions!!) but it's far from a travesty. There is however a modern version of the original being made, though it's not an official sequel and that has the approval and blessing of the original's creator so I'm looking forward to that: http://www.xenonauts.com/

NTMK wrote: »

Sega's relationship with its devs is a strange one. on one hand they seem to know what their doing and the rest of the time they seem to be ****ing insane

they're seem to be allowing CA and hopefully relic do their thing and now theyre looking to buy atlus but no one knows how sega will manage them.

I never played the originals but my god are the dice roll mechanics infuriating (missing a 100% chance shot):mad: and not to mention getting shot though walls. i was delighted to see 2K do a decent reboot it and give it to Firaxis to do whiles its not the same as the originals its not like syndicate. but i hate dice rolls

Sega are definitely like that. They do seem however to take the view that the best way to handle a successful developer is just to give them money and let them do their work. As opposed to EA/Activision who like to get involved in the creative process (if you've read some of the interview transcripts with senior Activision people it's quite scary).


On XCOM I can assure you the originals were just as infuriating as the new one, though for different reasons.

Has anybody got experience with Phenom II x4s? I have rebuilt my old system with the intention to sell it on, and am overclocking it via the FSB for the first time.

I am using a Hyper 212+ cooler. Now I know the temps will be lower as the max temp is 70 deg.

I haven't tested this hardcore on Prime yet, but it seems I have it stable at stock volts (1.265, 1.280 as reported in CPUz) at 3.4ghz up from 2.8. I have adjusted the RAM thingy to keep it around 1333mhz so it doesn't become unstable. That's all I should worry about AFAIK.

Anyways, as far as temps go, my CPU fan idles at 12.5% until it kils into best at 45 degrees (as set in my BIOS). When I stress the CPU in Prime it seems to settle below 40 degrees after 5 mins, without the fan even moving from its low speed. I should mention I am using arctic mx4 paste. If these temps are what they seem to be, I don't think 4ghz is too far fetched. The temps just seem surprisingly low to me and I'm wondering if anyone can commen on that?

Thanks.

I have, yes. In any case, like I said, the fan didn't even kick in (which is in line with the fact that I set it to kick it at 45 deg via the BIOS).

BloodBath wrote: »

Thank god for a healthy and growing indie games industry which I'm proud to be a part of.

Support the indie developers. They deserve the money. Screw these big publishers. The ruination of many a good software house.

As someone who's currently learning programming and loves games would you recommend getting into the industry?

Gbear wrote: »

As someone who's currently learning programming and loves games would you recommend getting into the industry?

I'm probably the wrong person to be asking. I'm only learning myself but I'm working on a game with a friend who's finished his course. I originally went with the web design route because I'd thought I'd have more freedom to do freelance work.

I was put off going the games route because I didn't want to end up trying to compete for very limited places in big games software companies with tight deadlines and a very specific role. I definitely didn't want to be stuck coding all day. I want some sort of involvement in the design.

Seeing the indie games market explode over the last few years has made me realise you don't have to be with a big software company.

The Unity game engine is a great free tool for indie developers to get started. There are tutorials for everything you need on their site and on youtube. You don't even need to have to have an artist to get started as there are thousands of free models and textures online with an even a bigger selection of high quality stuff for a fee. Likewise for sound assets.

You can always recruit aspiring 2d and 3d artists online anyway. It's not hard to get people onboard. If you have any sort of artistic talent you can make your own artwork.

It's easier to publish now with the likes of Steam greenlight, kickstarter, Sony pubfund and Ouya. If you can get a good game concept to a reasonably polished state you can get it greenlighted. If you make a good game you will get it published.

You definitely have to have a passion for it though. It's still going to be a long tedious process making even a relatively simple game but seeing it all come together I'd imagine is pretty rewarding.

There's nothing stopping you doing other work on the side anyway. You are your own boss.

There's lot's of articles online by successful developers who would give far better insight and advice than I could anyway.


http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/44181247500/making-it-in-indie-games-starter-guide

Very nice roundup of older vs newer AMD processors on Tom's - with a decent amount of gaming benchmarks + a comparison to the Intel chips (overclocking included)

Very good to see comparisons of the 640, 740K and X4 965 with the newer gen

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584.html

I think it's suppose to be the frame pacing support for multi monitor setups.

Jonny7 wrote: »

Very nice roundup of older vs newer AMD processors on Tom's - with a decent amount of gaming benchmarks + a comparison to the Intel chips (overclocking included)

Very good to see comparisons of the 640, 740K and X4 965 with the newer gen

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/piledriver-k10-cpu-overclocking,3584.html

Oh Sweet Jeebus, the fanboys will be angry...