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Title: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: ailikun on June 05, 2012, 08:15:29 AM
this driver s..t is killing me...

i had 3x6950 and 3x6970

now i have 1x7970 and 5x6970, and i want them to work in one rig... the psu is not a problem cause all cards are undervolted...

so what do i do?

i tried using 11.12 with 7970 support + sdk 2.6.. but some how only four cards are mineble... the rest two is detected in gpu-z, but i cant mine on them... and in msi afterburner all the frequencies equels zero(for those two cards)...

as i understand only 11.12 can support six cards?

can anybody help me... im stuck.. and dont know what to do((


Title: Re: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: -ck on June 05, 2012, 09:55:57 AM
32 bits? Only 4 devices will work on 32 bit operating systems. If not, then increase your PCI latency to 64 or something like that I've heard it said...


Title: Re: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: ailikun on June 05, 2012, 03:40:54 PM
x64 windows 7...

i dont think it has anything to do with latency...


Title: Re: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: Dalkore on June 05, 2012, 03:59:06 PM
You might want to consider putting the 7970 into a separate machine.   From what I have read, the drivers that are optimal for the 6XXXX series cards are different that what is best practice on 7XXX series cards, especially the 7970.   Just a thought.

Dalkore


Title: Re: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: scifimike12 on June 05, 2012, 08:12:23 PM
You might want to consider putting the 7970 into a separate machine.   From what I have read, the drivers that are optimal for the 6XXXX series cards are different that what is best practice on 7XXX series cards, especially the 7970.   Just a thought.

Dalkore

^^ This.

5xxx and 6xxx don't play nice with 7xxx.  If you plan on using any 7xxx card, make a dedicated miner strictly with them.


Title: Re: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: -ck on June 05, 2012, 09:13:05 PM
I ran 6970s fine with 7970s, albeit on linux.


Title: Re: driver issue 1x7970 and 5x6970
Post by: Dalkore on June 05, 2012, 09:23:51 PM
I ran 6970s fine with 7970s, albeit on linux.

That is the key statement, Linux.   In a Windows I did a bunch of research and it seems to point to issues between the jump to the 7XXX series.

Hope that helps, time to whip out BAMT.

Dalkore