Multiple issues of AMD "Scorpius" platform and 3d monitor

maxrockpro

Hi,

I recently got this new build for my bro.

AMD FX-8120 BE (8-core @3.10ghz)
Sapphire RADEON HD6670 1Gb DDR5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Corsair 1333Mhz 4Gbx2 RAM
WD Green 6Gb/s 1 TB
Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 600W
LG 23" 3D Monitor
Logitech K/B mouse combo.
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
All with latest driver/software updates. Haven't installed security yet.

We have these issues:
1. We are unable to overclock it. In AMD Catalyst Control Centre, CPU overdrive is grayed out even though it's an unlocked Black Edition. We only want to use
an auto-tune utility that will configure CPU, Graphics and Memory automatically, as we do not want to risk any damage. Gigabyte BIOS is complex. (990FX chipset ASUS mobo was not available in the market.)
2. I know that AMD cannot be compared to Intel but with such a system and after watching online video reviews of the AMD "Scorpius" platform, I did expect
an excellent gaming performance with an old game like Crysis 2 (Directx 11-High Res-Ultra settings-1080p) but even at lower settings(DX11-Extreme Settings-720p) there is an unacceptable lag.
3. Using HDMI we are able to watch excellent 3D movies, however when we stop viewing 3D content the monitors brightness/contrast is ruined and there is jagged edges to icons and Clear Type Text is lost. This lasts until we reboot the pc and change the monitor settings to Factory Defaults several times.

Please help.

kn00tcn · **Memory**: OCZ 2x2gb 5-4-4-15 840mhz

what damage, i never trust auto things for that same reason

a 6670 is not... high end, crysis2 is not 'old', but more importantly age has nothing to do with how demanding something is

however, what you should try is to turn off tessellation & maybe play with a couple other settings like object detail & shader quality, leave the rest on extreme

btw if you're using the high resolution texture pack, you might want to turn that off, 1gb vram is not enough (for higher resolutions, really dont know about 720p)

latest driver means 12.8 right?

maxrockpro · 08-18-2012, 22:54 | posts: 10

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Originally Posted by kn00tcn

what damage, i never trust auto things for that same reason

a 6670 is not... high end, crysis2 is not 'old', but more importantly age has nothing to do with how demanding something is

however, what you should try is to turn off tessellation & maybe play with a couple other settings like object detail & shader quality, leave the rest on extreme

btw if you're using the high resolution texture pack, you might want to turn that off, 1gb vram is not enough (for higher resolutions, really dont know about 720p)

latest driver means 12.8 right?

1) Yes, it is 12.8.
2) I use the same card on my i5 sandy bridge quad @3.10 and able to play Crysis 2
without any issue using DX11-Extreme Settings-1080p. This card has
Hypermemory that goes upto 2048mb.
3) Are you aware of AMD "Scorpius" platform? Do you have info that would help
with Overclocking?

kn00tcn · **Memory**: OCZ 2x2gb 5-4-4-15 840mhz

oh... if the card was better elsewhere, hmm...

dont have specific overclocking info, i would just do it myself through the BIOS

The Postman · 08-19-2012, 03:37 | posts: 1,466 | Location: Boston

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxrockpro

1) Yes, it is 12.8.
2) I use the same card on my i5 sandy bridge quad @3.10 and able to play Crysis 2
without any issue using DX11-Extreme Settings-1080p. This card has
Hypermemory that goes upto 2048mb.
3) Are you aware of AMD "Scorpius" platform? Do you have info that would help
with Overclocking?

---TK--- · *Last edited by ---TK---; 08-19-2012 at 03:59.*

I need 2 580s for a minimum 80fps maxed in that game

Avg is higher. Dx 11 hi Res. How many fps are you getting OP?

Fox2232 · 08-19-2012, 10:07 | posts: 369 | Location: EU, CZ, Brno

1st + 2nd, CPU is far from being bottleneck, GPU is weak one not even overclock to double spped would be much of help.
3rd even while LG uses interlace/interleaved 3D (FPR filter) your software may use HDMI3D standard which is actually sending two 720p images to LCD. If you are using Cyberlink for 3D movies, go to 3D settings and switch to interlaced mode.

Gamma/contrast may be caused by application too, as both flickering/polarized 3D dims image a bit and it has to be compensated. Application may forget to set it back to normal. From my experience it's best to give monitor 3D image in format "over/under" and let 3D processing on monitor as it should have no trouble to handle it.

Side note, I had issue with 3D players forgetting to revert back to 1080p resolution, but never brightness/gamma/contrast issues. And I tried probably all what is available, even open source.