Yes you can apply xcl to any and all crossfire cards, you just are doing it wrong. If only there was a guide to show you how...
XCL has a major drawback, it cannot create tables for non-active cards, ie. cards that are not the main running card. Thus for Sena, since he is watercooled in a loop, its a pain to run xcl. Though Sena you simply disable crossfire/eyefinity and plug your monitor to each card and boot with that card, run xcl, rinse repeat. Yeap, it's still a pain in the ass each time especially since you have to re-run xcl after a new driver. It can get annoying. Luckily there's a simpler way to do it, takes two clicks.Originally Posted by prescotter
But all the XCL command does is Extend the maximum MHz in the sliders right?
And with different PP tables, what do you mean exactly? Like for every MHz strap there is a voltage pre-programmed? Or just the Low power 2d state/ video state/ 3d game state?
Im not really understanding this
Can you maybe fix it by flashing the exact same bios on each card? Or manually editing the VID/voltage with Radeon HD77xx/78xx/79xx BIOS Editor v0.4
(Link is on techpower up, cant find the thread on OCN at this moment)
Im just at work and kinda bored, so im just trying to help, Sorry if im telling complete crap![]()
No problem mate, any help is welcome. I think states are only affected by this, gpu voltage is still in bios card or in msi ab.Originally Posted by prescotter
But all the XCL command does is Extend the maximum MHz in the sliders right?
And with different PP tables, what do you mean exactly? Like for every MHz strap there is a voltage pre-programmed? Or just the Low power 2d state/ video state/ 3d game state?
Im not really understanding this
Can you maybe fix it by flashing the exact same bios on each card? Or manually editing the VID/voltage with Radeon HD77xx/78xx/79xx BIOS Editor v0.4
(Link is on techpower up, cant find the thread on OCN at this moment)
Im just at work and kinda bored, so im just trying to help, Sorry if im telling complete crap![]()
I tried you method, maybe i missed one step, dont know, but i have done this, installed drivers, installed msi ab, run xcl on master card, then i shuted down pc, pluged monitor in slave, run xcl again from another shortcut, then i shuted down pc again, pluged back in master, and again only master is unlocked.
Yes, pain in the ass. Dont know why amd did such think in the first place?Originally Posted by tsm106
XCL has a major drawback, it cannot create tables for non-active cards, ie. cards that are not the main running card. Thus for Sena, since he is watercooled in a loop, its a pain to run xcl. Though Sena you simply disable crossfire/eyefinity and plug your monitor to each card and boot with that card, run xcl, rinse repeat. Yeap, it's still a pain in the ass each time especially since you have to re-run xcl after a new driver. It can get annoying. Luckily there's a simpler way to do it, takes two clicks.
Hmm, pretty complicated, but i would give it a try, if hd 7970 clock profiles are safe, then its easier alternative.Originally Posted by tsm106
Hmmm, you can't use the registry trick with two dissimilar cards. You'll have to manually swap the cables to each card and then do the xcl switch. Once you complete that, export the gpu folder from the registry, then delete everything except for the pp tables for each gpu. Then save that, back it up for future use and so long as you don't physically move the gpu you can continue to use that reg file in the future.
Yes, and eliminate screen tearing, this is because amd something messes and now msi ab is confilicting with drivers and without xcl any atteOriginally Posted by tsm106
Btw, you can check to confirm that the extended clocks switch worked by checking the registry for the corresponding pp table. You'll know it worked because the entry will be there.
That said, why do you want to use official method? You're at the mercy of powerplay using official method.