Ok, I'm this --> <-- close to ripping my second 6870 out and sending it back to Newegg for a refund. I have two ASUS 6870s in crossfire, and this is what I get in BF3:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArafaxDeep04?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/XMF9MznSIjI
The game starts out fine, the first 2-3 minutes is flawless, at max settings I stay over 70fps, and then BAM GPU usage bottoms out, comes back up, bottoms out at 0% again, repeat. It makes the game unplayable. I have a similar issues with Crysis 2. Same results whether my CPU is at 3.6 or 3.8 and my NB at stock or 2.6 (performance increase when its running ok, but still the lagging and skipping).
I'm at the end of my rope here, thanks. Using 11.10 preview v3 + 11.9 CAP3.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArafaxDeep04?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/XMF9MznSIjI
The game starts out fine, the first 2-3 minutes is flawless, at max settings I stay over 70fps, and then BAM GPU usage bottoms out, comes back up, bottoms out at 0% again, repeat. It makes the game unplayable. I have a similar issues with Crysis 2. Same results whether my CPU is at 3.6 or 3.8 and my NB at stock or 2.6 (performance increase when its running ok, but still the lagging and skipping).
I'm at the end of my rope here, thanks. Using 11.10 preview v3 + 11.9 CAP3.