I stumbled onto this thread at FCF and thought you ATI guys could use a bit of lovin' for a change...
So while the points differential hasn't equalized, it looks like mhouston is getting close to releasing some updates that will greatly improve CPU utilization. Nice shot for ATI multi GPU setups!
Cheers!
slavas said:Vista64 with 1.2 CAL DLL(from 32 bit vista package) - seeing big CPU usage drop, used ~40-45% of my Phenom X3 at 2,4GHz, now ~20%. WU 4742, PPD remains about same, radeon HD 3850.
mhouston said:You're stealing my thunder with the good news. ;-) With a core update, this should drop further, but that update is still in testing as we have run into a few issues with the Brook side update. On XP, you will need the core update to really see any drop in CPU load. We want more testing internally to make sure we don't break things since we have had a few reports of the CAL update on it's own causing problems, and we have a few test systems seeing increased EUE rates with the Brook update (i.e. core update).
If you choose to attempt the CAL update on your own, please let me know if you run into issues, but realize this is not a supported setup.
metal03326 said:WOW! This is HUGE difference! Before core usage was 100% and now it is 20%. GPU usage is the same though (96-97%). I hope the optimizations will improve GPU utilization too.
So while the points differential hasn't equalized, it looks like mhouston is getting close to releasing some updates that will greatly improve CPU utilization. Nice shot for ATI multi GPU setups!
Cheers!