An update to my original 7970 installation woes: Somewhere between uninstalling some AMD beta drivers (I think they were 8.94), rebooting and installing the 7000 series driver it completely hosed my Windows 7 install. No matter if I used ATI-Man uninstaller, driver sweeper or anything with the new drivers the new cards fell flat on their face.
The good news after a five hour Win 7 installation marathon (I am picky about my Win 7 installs and getting them just right), these two 7970's I have are running BF3 120Hz Eyefinity beautifully!
All of the stuttering, slow downs and hiccups of my 6990's are completely gone! This new architecture completely blows away the previous series. My hat is off to AMD.
Now I have to hear of some people's Eyefinity experiences using quad-crossfire as I think expanding my setup to four 6GB 7970's when they release and five 120Hz screens in portrait Eyefinity may be in order!
Time for the 6990 and 580 to hit Ebay...
The good news after a five hour Win 7 installation marathon (I am picky about my Win 7 installs and getting them just right), these two 7970's I have are running BF3 120Hz Eyefinity beautifully!
All of the stuttering, slow downs and hiccups of my 6990's are completely gone! This new architecture completely blows away the previous series. My hat is off to AMD.
Now I have to hear of some people's Eyefinity experiences using quad-crossfire as I think expanding my setup to four 6GB 7970's when they release and five 120Hz screens in portrait Eyefinity may be in order!
Time for the 6990 and 580 to hit Ebay...
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