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GTR 2 - Monza GP, 1024 x 768
X1950 Pro Catalyst 7.2
X1950 Pro Catalyst 7.3
Crossfire - Adv - Catalyst 7.2
Crossfire - Std - Catalyst 7.2
Crossfire - Adv - Catalyst 7.3
Crossfire - Std - Catalyst 7.3
69
158.73
265
59 (4x AA 16x AF)
129.19 (4x AA 16x AF)
200 (4x AA 16x AF)
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65
154.61
255
61 (4x AA 16x AF)
128.03 (4x AA 16x AF)
199 (4x AA 16x AF)
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29
115.27
268
28 (4x AA 16x AF)
101.18 (4x AA 16x AF)
208 (4x AA 16x AF)
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30
115.13
267
28 (4x AA 16x AF)
96.13 (4x AA 16x AF)
188 (4x AA 16x AF)
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30
115.36
268
28 (4x AA 16x AF)
99.46 (4x AA 16x AF)
202 (4x AA 16x AF)
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30
115.13
267
28 (4x AA 16x AF)
96.13 (4x AA 16x AF)
188 (4x AA 16x AF)
GTR 2 - Monza GP, 1280 x 1024
X1950 Pro Catalyst 7.2
X1950 Pro Catalyst 7.3
Crossfire - Adv - Catalyst 7.2
Crossfire - Std - Catalyst 7.2
Crossfire - Adv - Catalyst 7.3
Crossfire - Std - Catalyst 7.3
62
138.01
224
51 (4x AA 16x AF)
102.89 (4x AA 16x AF)
150 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
65
136.16
221
52 (4x AA 16x AF)
102.4 (4x AA 16x AF)
150 (4x AA 16x AF)
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29
106.48
228
27 (4x AA 16x AF)
91.61 (4x AA 16x AF)
176 (4x AA 16x AF)
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29
106.27
227
27 (4x AA 16x AF)
87.17 (4x AA 16x AF)
159 (4x AA 16x AF)
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29
106.33
227
27 (4x AA 16x AF)
89.71 (4x AA 16x AF)
169 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
29
106.27
227
27 (4x AA 16x AF)
87.17 (4x AA 16x AF)
159 (4x AA 16x AF)
GTR 2 - Monza GP. 1600 x 1200
X1950 Pro Catalyst 7.2
X1950 Pro Catalyst 7.3
Crossfire - Adv - Catalyst 7.2
Crossfire - Std - Catalyst 7.2
Crossfire - Adv - Catalyst 7.3
Crossfire - Std - Catalyst 7.3
56
113.33
176
45 (4x AA 16x AF)
82.22 (4x AA 16x AF)
115 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
59
112.57
174
46 (4x AA 16x AF)
82.31 (4x AA 16x AF)
116 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
28
96.5
195
26 (4x AA 16x AF)
81.72 (4x AA 16x AF)
148 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
28
95.86
192
26 (4x AA 16x AF)
77.94 (4x AA 16x AF)
136 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
28
96.43
194
26 (4x AA 16x AF)
79.2 (4x AA 16x AF)
140 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
28
95.86
192
26 (4x AA 16x AF)
77.94 (4x AA 16x AF)
136 (4x AA 16x AF)

Ouch. Updating the game to the latest patch did not fix the problem, so we suspect the Catalyst drivers is to blame here. Needless to say, you don't want to enable Crossfire when playing this game. Changing Catalyst AI settings didn't help, as you can see. Of course, disabling Catalyst AI means you disable Crossfire so that's no solution at all.

GTR 2 - Monza GP, 1024 x 768 4x AA 16x AF, 32 bit fps Progress
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GTR 2 - Monza GP 1024
(click here for a more detailed graph)


Crossfire Single X1950 Pro
<30 fps 2 0
30-45 fps 4 0
45-60 fps 10 0
60-90 fps 28 10
90-120 fps 71 39
>120 fps 18 83
Total 133 132

results are in seconds

The fps progress graph and table above does not tell us anything new. If Crossfire was able to function properly, we could see areas where we are system or graphically limited. We did notice a trend though - the performance difference between Crossfire and single card setup seems to stay fairly constant - about 30 fps through the whole benchmark.

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