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AMD 6990 or xfire 6970 question

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Ok so i just got a 6990 i decided to monitor my gpu usage in game and when im at idle in space warzone or sector space my gpu usage is max but when i engage in combat both cores drop down to 50 percent or so any idea as to why? I dont think it is a cpu bottle neck i have a i7 2600k also i have every setting maxed. My fps at isle is 120 or more while in combat it will drop as low as 30 but what concerns me is the gpu usage of only 50 percent in combat. Any advice is welcome thanks
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2011
    Ok so things are a little stranger now. I enabled morphological filter with 8x aa and now while in combat my gpu usage is around 75 if i take MOAA off it will go down to the previous 50. Another odd thing is if i enter the game in space with MOAA on i will idle at 60fps with gpu usage varying from 80 plus now if enter a star base my fps will shoot down to 25 and my gpu usage down to 76 like im in space combat, now the really odd thing is when i renter space my fps stays very low and gpu usage does as well. Lastly if i minmize the game and wait then open it up the gpu and fps will go back to normal. Im pretty sure this all has something to do with crossfire and sto but im not sure
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    Hello , I do not have crossfire but a single AMD 6970. It is fine with space battles, but with ground combat it goes black and white and my toon dies. I have been told by Dell this is an issue with AMD and STO. I am going to try a NVIDIA GTX 460 card soon on same computer. I will let you know if the problem goes away.
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