atiuser

Just to respond to a point raised earlier, my cpu is Q9650, i really see how that cant be a bottle neck in this case. Ive read posts, even in this thread of people with slow CPUs getting performance in the 40 - 50 fps region with the 4870 x2. It is clearly either some setting problem, game or driver that just needs to be figured out.

I have an 4870 X2 & a Q9650, crossfire "works" in so far as the logo appears and both gpus are active, but i am getting performance that is sub par even for only 1 CPU, FPs in the region of 10 - 15 on average detail. So clearly crossfire isnt working in real terms and there is a serious issue with at least the 4870's series if not more.

Thanks for that sinister, I i forgot to mention i had tried the -winxp and while the crossfire logo appears, there is no apparant performance improvment. I note what your saying about BIS or ATI fixing the problem, but i have seen posts from people here running 4870 X2's and getting average framerates in the 40's and 50's so it would appear that we can remedy the problem ourselves if we could only figure out what the problem is.

I wonder if anyone could give me some suggestions to remedy these performance issues im having. Im getting extremely low fps, averaging in the region of 10 - 15 fps on high details, if i put all details on the lowest settings i am still on averaging 20 - 25fps. I am only running at 1280 x 768 res. My cpu is a Q9650 running at stock 3GHz and my video card is a 4870 x2 again running at stock speeds. These kind of frame rates seem way way to low for these specs. Ive tried the latest catalyst drivers and the previous release with no improvment. Ive pretty much tried everything ive read on the forums, catalyst AI on & Off, renaming exe to various other games, FEAR, Crysis & Bioshock all to no avail. Can anyone give me any suggestions at all?? The game is pretty much unplayable as it stands now