Crossfire totaly disabled for FFXIV now

[Brytor]

I noticed that my previous post on Crossfire issues:


http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ce-2.35-update

Was moved to resolved so I decided to check if it was working. I have recently updated to the current GA drivers for AMD (14.9 - released 2014-09-28) and now the linked adapter will not even activate when FFXIV is running.

Per this post:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...086.1393038186

Crossfire was supposed since the AMD 13.9 drivers. However, since the patch 2.35 Crossfire has not worked correctly and with the latest update today (2014-10-01 hotfixes) is totally disabled.

I retested other applications including the FFXIV Official Benchmark (Character Creation) and had no issues with Crossfire. The benchmark program was able to push both GPUs over 95% at same time.

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[Oberin]

I know this isn't really a solution but do you need crossfire? I'm able to max out the games settings with a single 7870. I guess if you're chasing a super high frame rate crossfire would help. But chances are you've got a 60hz monitor and can't display more than 60fps anyway! (BTW: Most monitors that advertise higher than 60hz aren't actually faster. It's a 60hz panel with a backlight that uses a super fast strobe technique to make motion appear smoother; but it's still only receiving max 60fps from the PC).

[Brytor]

I know this isn't really a solution but do you need crossfire? I'm able to max out the games settings with a single 7870. I guess if you're chasing a super high frame rate crossfire would help. But chances are you've got a 60hz monitor and can't display more than 60fps anyway! (BTW: Most monitors that advertise higher than 60hz aren't actually faster. It's a 60hz panel with a backlight that uses a super fast strobe technique to make motion appear smoother; but it's still only receiving max 60fps from the PC).

3x 144Mhz Gaming monitors. Was running in Eyefinity mode at 5760x1080. Had to cut back to one monitor without Crossfire to keep at max settings. Also the issue with DX9 and hitting 1.5GB process size was becomming an issue.

[Khanscott]

I have had the same issue since launch, I have 2 7950s that by all accounts should be maxing this game out. Anything above medium makes the frame rate tank. Drivers have had mixed results for me. I assume/hope S-E will be fixing the multi gpu issue with the DX11 client.



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[Shaon]

Glad I found your post, not been able to find many running Crossfire setups and honestly been a pain in my arse with FFXIV since 1.0 Beta but at least then I could force it using Radeon Pro.

I am not sure when my 2nd card stopped working but the load is 0% when playing FFXIV in true full screen mode now and I'm pretty upset about it. Now my single card has to run at 90% Load and my fans running as I play 1080p on a 60" Max settings but when both my cards are working they run around 50-60% load.

Were you able to try using an older Catalyst version or anything to get this fixed ?

I noted it when I updated to the most rect CCC that release a couple days ago that had a lot of nice new updates, but not sure which CCC update or SE update broke Crossfire.

[Shaon]

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IObit_StartMenu_Button
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn
Crossfire totaly disabled for FFXIV now - Mozilla Firefox
TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.8.0
AMD:CCC-AEMCapturingWindow


-=-=-=-=-=-=- Install Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Adobe Flash Player 15 Plugin
Advanced Combat Tracker (remove only)
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 7
MSI Afterburner 4.0.0
Driver Booster
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 7.5
FileZilla Client 3.9.0.6
Fraps
Game Booster 3
Surfing Protection
Start Menu 8
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware version 2.0.2.1012
Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 (x86 en-US)
Mozilla Maintenance Service
Notepad++
Origin
Raptr
RivaTuner Statistics Server 6.2.0
Smart Defrag 3
SpeedFan (remove only)
Steam
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
Marvel Heroes 2015
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes
TeamSpeak 3 Client
TechPowerUp GPU-Z
URL Snooper v2.32.01
VLC media player
WinSCP 5.5.4
Wireshark 1.12.2 (64-bit)
Catalyst Control Center
Futuremark SystemInfo
Catalyst Control Center Graphics Previews Common
Catalyst Control Center - Branding
Catalyst Control Center InstallProxy
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.50727
CCC Help Czech
CCC Help Dutch
CCC Help Swedish
System Requirements Lab for Intel
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.50727
CCC Help Swedish
CCC Help Hungarian
Catalyst Control Center - Branding
Java 8 Update 25
CCC Help Dutch
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn
CCC Help Thai
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.50727
CCC Help Hungarian
PlayOn
CCC Help Norwegian
CCC Help Chinese Traditional
CCC Help Japanese
CCC Help Portuguese
CCC Help Korean
AMD Catalyst Control Center
CCC Help Chinese Standard
CCC Help Norwegian
CCC Help Czech
Java Auto Updater
CCC Help Polish
CCC Help Greek
CCC Help Danish
CCC Help Chinese Traditional
CCC Help German
CCC Help Turkish
CCC Help Japanese
CCC Help Spanish
CCC Help French
CCC Help Russian
CCC Help Norwegian
CCC Help Italian
MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.3
CCC Help French
CCC Help Russian
CCC Help Chinese Standard
CCC Help English
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime - 11.0.51106
CCC Help Polish
CCC Help Dutch
CCC Help Russian
CCC Help Italian
CCC Help Czech
Catalyst Control Center InstallProxy
CCC Help French
CCC Help Thai
CCC Help Swedish
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.51106
CCC Help Spanish
CCC Help Japanese
CyberPower PowerPanel Personal Edition 1.3.3
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
CCC Help Korean
CCC Help German
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161
CCC Help Greek
CCC Help German
CCC Help Polish
CCC Help Danish
CCC Help Portuguese
CCC Help Thai
Catalyst Control Center Graphics Previews Common
CCC Help Hungarian
CCC Help Chinese Traditional
Catalyst Control Center Localization All
CCC Help English
Catalyst Control Center Localization All
CCC Help Finnish
Mumble 1.2.5
CCC Help Italian
SlimDX Redistributable for .NET 4.0 (March 2011)
CCC Help Portuguese
CCC Help Korean
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.51106
CCC Help Finnish
CCC Help Turkish
CCC Help Turkish
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
Catalyst Control Center InstallProxy
CCC Help English
CCC Help Danish
CCC Help Chinese Standard
CCC Help Spanish
CCC Help Finnish
3DMark 11
CCC Help Greek
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime - 11.0.50727


-=-=-=-=-=-=- Proccess Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe 000011A4
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberPower PowerPanel Personal Edition\pppeuser.exe 000012EC
C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 7\ASCTray.exe 000011F8
C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Start Menu 8\StartMenu8.exe 000009E8
C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaMall\PlayOn.exe 000013A0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 00000454
C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivsysinfo.exe 00000EC8
C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe 00001730

[Shaon]

Ok well this just went from absolutely frustrating to I want to smash my computer into small pieces.

I have been backtracking installing different CCC version including 14.12 , 14.9 , 14.7 , and on 14.4 I came back here to read more. I read a post that a guy had to change the name of the directory his FFXIV game was installed to everyime he played to get Crossfire to work. So I added a "1" to the end of "FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn" and fired up the game. As soon as I logged in the Crossfire logo popped up in the corner (since I have enabled it for these tests).

Sweet it works I thought....then I tabbed out to view my GPU-Z and I could see a load under GPU-2, so I tabbed back to the game and unfortunately the Crossfire logo was gone. I tabbed back out to check GPU-Z and sure enough the 2nd card went down to 0 Load.

So aparently somewhere SE or AMD fuggered up and when you tab out of your game it kills Crossfire and you wouldnt know the wiser until you change the directory and CCC makes a new profile entry for the game.

This is a crock of bull crap if you ask me, I have been dealing with this nonsense for 4 years with SE and FFXIV continuing to break Crossfire.

I also read any GPU monitoring program kills the connection/relationship between FFXIV and your Crossfire bridge...I thought it was bs but looks to be true.

I will unistall MS Afterburner and GPU-Z and see if that fixes anything but I am doubtful.

[Shaon]

Quick update, I was reading several people having issues with Windows 8.1 and when they Alt-Tab out of game it breaks Crossfire.

I quickly researched "Disable ULPS" to attempt to fix it but it did not.

Changing the folder name each time before booting the game still works just loose crossfire when tabbed out and try to go back in.

[Shaon]

Well if anyone is following this I was able to get Crossfire to work and stay working even when tabbing out by disabling display scaling on DPI settings.

I noticed that when I tabbed out and came back to game my cursor would change sizes and be really big when crossfire wasnt working. I play on a 60" TV so I have my Text Size set to 150% or Large. I changed this to normal to test the game and bingo it worked, when I tabbed out it stayed.

Go to the directory that has your FFXIV install "FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn" and go to /game then right click on ffxiv.exe and go to Properties

Uner properties to the the Combatibility tab and check the box that says "Disable display scaling on DPI settings." Then hit apply.

Now try to run your game and see if Crossfire is working, if it is not then rename the FFXIV install folder, this forces CCC to create a new profile for the game.

Let me know if this works for you so I can consider this issue resolved and not have to worry about it till the next time it stops working.

[DaturaVespertine]

The above does work and does get Crossfire working. For me it seems like I have to rename the folder every single time I go in and out of the game otherwise it won't work.

Alt-tabbing still ruins Crossfire, as does changing certain graphic settings (Changing the FPS limit and I'm guessing resolution would kill it).

Additional Info:
Screen DPI scaling is what causes the alt-tab issue for sure. Put this down to 100% and now I can alt-tab out no problem.