Jag tycker att Sweclockers är lite väl hårda när de bashar drivrutinerna!
"AMD:s tidiga drivrutiner är långt ifrån stabila. Under testets gång uppkom det ena märkliga problemet efter det andra och läget förvärrades i det omtalade Uber Mode. Förhoppningsvis kan det mesta lösas i framtida versioner av Catalyst."
Var det i CCC problemen uppstod? Eller var drivrutinerna rent ut sagt ostabila och kraschade? Man får ju skilja lite på drivrutinsstabilitet och problem i CCC.
Varför tycker jag då att Sweclockers är lite väl hårda? Jo, för att andra recensenter inte riktigt verkar tycka lika illa om drivrutinerna. Tråkigt att Sweclockers hade sådan otur med drivrutinerna när de andra inte verkade ha det.
Här är några exempel på vad andra sidor har för kommentarer angående drivrutinerna:
Hardwarecanucks skriver:
"What we have with Antilles is an experience which is which is quite a bit different from the ones its predecessors put forth. Instead of shaky game support, a Dust Buster-like acoustical profile and rampant core heat, the HD 6990 currently has a good driver foundation which backstops some truly impressive performance results. The GPUs themselves are kept relatively cool by way of an innovative cooling system that is no louder than a pair of HD 6950 cards. Unfortunately, the voltage regulator hiss is annoying and can usually be heard above any noise the fan makes. "
och:
"As with every other multi core graphics cards, the success or failure of the HD 6990 largely hinges on AMD’s driver development team stepping up to the plate in a big way. As we saw in testing, its mission accomplished….for now. If they can keep this head of steam going and roll out application profiles in rapid order as the busy spring gaming season heats up, then early adopters should have nothing to fear. However, if Crossfire support for new games trickles out months after release, Antilles’ design could be rendered ineffective in short order. It should also be mentioned that while driver stability was spot-on, the Catalyst Control Center is another matter altogether and if you’re upgrading from a previous AMD card, be ready to face some possible issues."
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews...
Guru3D skriver:
"Driver compatibility wise in terms of multi-GPU support, we did not have extraordinary probs, except for weirdly enough our two oldest titles which seem to revert to one active GPU; Anno 1404 and COD MW2, but even these where running 90+ FPS. AMD has improved on multi-GPU game support by releasing very regular APP (application profiles) downloads. So once a new game is released, you should have it running fairly fast in multi-GPU mode. The last few months we have seen some more complaints about proper multi-GPU game support in our forums though, so we suggest to AMD that they keep up their track record and get multi-GPU game support up-to snuff even better."
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6990-review/24
och Legitreviews skriver:
"The AMD Radeon HD 6990 also proved itself to be a solid overclocking video card and it was easy to overclock. We were able to get the card from 830MHz to 950MHz on the core clock with the default voltage option, which is very impressive. This frequency jump really woke the card up and was easy to reach. We still wish AMD would have a check box in the driver to allow you to set both GPU cores at the same time as it gets boring having to constantly switch between the GPUs to make the clock settings match up."
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1566/15/
Exempelvis skriver Hardwarecanucks då att drivrutinsstabiliteten var "spot-on", men att man möjligen kan få problem i CCC om man uppgraderar från ett tidigare kort.
