Question: I am unable to enable dual graphics crossfire with my a10-7850k apu and my new 2gb r7-250 ddr3. I do not see a multi-monitor option in my latest F8 bios, i'm not sure if that needs to be enabled or not or if there is a gigabyte equivalent needed. Unfortunately gigabyte support has not been of any help as of yet.
Here are the steps I took:
Uninstalled AMD software, reset, ran driver sweeper, reset, ran ccleaner, shut down. Installed gpu & plugged monitor into dedicated gpu r7-250 , loaded up bios, enabled NB pci as primary gpu (i tried SB but it black screened), forced igpu @ 2gb, I see no option to check for dual graphics in the bois, saved, reset and loaded windows. Installed latest APU driver as of yesterday, reset, dual graphics message poped up enabled, checked device manager and it says:
Display adapters
>AMD Radeon R7 Graphics + R7 200 Dual Graphics
>AMD Radeon(TM) R7 Graphics
Catalyst Control Center shows the gpu as primary followed by igpu as secondary with crossfire enabled. Ran benchmarks and ran a few games, results were a loss of 10 FPS or more on ALL games, and a WEI score drop from 6.9 - 6.7. This is in contrary to all the other reviews I was able to find where at worse there was a slight increase in scores, certainly not a decrease in performance. I have tried the gpu alone with great scores, the apu alone with great scores that were only a few points lower then the gpu, but with dual enabled there is CERTAINLY something wrong!
What should be done to enable dual graphics? Did I miss something? I really appreciate the help people, no one has been able to help me so far. I will try to post some screenshots and benches for you all, let me know if there is something I should run to test for issues I am noob at this
System Status:
http://postimg.org/image/64z72cr03/
Scores (different configurations for comparision):
dual graphics: http://postimg.org/image/um7toeshz/
APU Alone 2400mhz: http://postimg.org/image/l0e9841c7/
APU Alone 2133mhz: http://postimg.org/image/h6ksyyk07/
Just R7-250 Alone: http://postimg.org/image/imwbh3mx3/
Just a little disapointed at this time, i've spent the last two days trying different things with no luck.
Thanks,
-Derek
Motherboard: GB> G1.Sniper A88X (3.0)
BIOS Ver: f8
Serial No: 133700022963
GPU Brand: MSI
Model: r7 250 2gd3 oc
CPU Model: a10-7850k oc 4.3ghz ; 1ghz igu / 2000mhz nb
CPU Part No.: ad785kxbjabox
Operation System: Win 7 64-bit
SP: 1
Power Supply: 650w
Memory Brand: 2x 4GB Team Xtream 2400mhz RAM (auto non xmp)
Memory Part No.: txd38g2400hc10qdc01
Monitor: 1080p Acer
C&C/APM both ON.
Here are the steps I took:
Uninstalled AMD software, reset, ran driver sweeper, reset, ran ccleaner, shut down. Installed gpu & plugged monitor into dedicated gpu r7-250 , loaded up bios, enabled NB pci as primary gpu (i tried SB but it black screened), forced igpu @ 2gb, I see no option to check for dual graphics in the bois, saved, reset and loaded windows. Installed latest APU driver as of yesterday, reset, dual graphics message poped up enabled, checked device manager and it says:
Display adapters
>AMD Radeon R7 Graphics + R7 200 Dual Graphics
>AMD Radeon(TM) R7 Graphics
Catalyst Control Center shows the gpu as primary followed by igpu as secondary with crossfire enabled. Ran benchmarks and ran a few games, results were a loss of 10 FPS or more on ALL games, and a WEI score drop from 6.9 - 6.7. This is in contrary to all the other reviews I was able to find where at worse there was a slight increase in scores, certainly not a decrease in performance. I have tried the gpu alone with great scores, the apu alone with great scores that were only a few points lower then the gpu, but with dual enabled there is CERTAINLY something wrong!
What should be done to enable dual graphics? Did I miss something? I really appreciate the help people, no one has been able to help me so far. I will try to post some screenshots and benches for you all, let me know if there is something I should run to test for issues I am noob at this
System Status:
http://postimg.org/image/64z72cr03/
Scores (different configurations for comparision):
dual graphics: http://postimg.org/image/um7toeshz/
APU Alone 2400mhz: http://postimg.org/image/l0e9841c7/
APU Alone 2133mhz: http://postimg.org/image/h6ksyyk07/
Just R7-250 Alone: http://postimg.org/image/imwbh3mx3/
Just a little disapointed at this time, i've spent the last two days trying different things with no luck.
Thanks,
-Derek
Motherboard: GB> G1.Sniper A88X (3.0)
BIOS Ver: f8
Serial No: 133700022963
GPU Brand: MSI
Model: r7 250 2gd3 oc
CPU Model: a10-7850k oc 4.3ghz ; 1ghz igu / 2000mhz nb
CPU Part No.: ad785kxbjabox
Operation System: Win 7 64-bit
SP: 1
Power Supply: 650w
Memory Brand: 2x 4GB Team Xtream 2400mhz RAM (auto non xmp)
Memory Part No.: txd38g2400hc10qdc01
Monitor: 1080p Acer
C&C/APM both ON.
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