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Originally Posted by Volksieg
Cheers Al Capwn!
I shall give this a look and see if it offers any improvements for the 6770.  (Posting results below, of course.) What's the worst that can happen apart from having to load up driver sweeper and reintall 12.3? |
I would say driver sweeper + reinstall is really the only worst case scenario.
The only driver related video card damage that I've ever personally seen in 15 years was from a bad nvidia driver that bugged out the fan in 2D mode so the card would overheat from things like a '3D' screen saver, and I think that may have even been an official driver; my memory is a little hazy on it.
Although I wouldn't let that scare anyone away. In my experience, AMD cards, at least since the 2xxx series, adjust their fan speed based solely on the gpu temp reading, regardless of 2D/3D. I'm also 99% sure that the default fan profile is stored on the firmware of the card (since many custom cards have very different fan profiles) and should be unaffected by a 'bad' driver. This of course is based solely on personal experience and if anyone has a deeper understanding of how the default AMD fan profile is controlled I welcome their input!