[Bikerjack]

I now have the new PC and have tentatively run some programs including 1946 and COD. There is a definite improvement across the board. 1946 in XP really "flies" (excuse the pun!) on max settings without a glitch, stutter or flashing with Crossfire enabled but I am not sure if the program is pushing the GPUs to high performance at all.

COD (win 7 64) runs much better than before (obviously with the capability of the new rig). But, I am experiencing the same old familiar problems that many posters have remarked upon in the past. COD runs well enough on one card (Crossfire disabled) at 35 to 70 fps on higher settings than before. I have only tried a couple of Mission Builder scenarios that I set up and have played regularly in the past so that gives me a direct comparison. There are not many AI planes or ground items in these missions and I have used one of the "island" maps which is also much "smaller" in data terms than the full southern England map.

With Crossfire enabled I am getting some stuttering and the rivers, in particular, are flashing quite badly. As discussed here I have renamed the Ubisoft logo file and have set up Crossfire to run with the Lost Planet settings. I will continue to experiment to get the best out of it.

Some forum members are helpful in terms of BIOS set up etc. I believe the Beta patch(es) for COD can improve performance but, thus far, I have not tried to download anything because I am not sure which is best and where exactly to obtain them from.

I will hopefully get used to the system over the next few days and any input would be helpful.

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 - AMD FX-8150 - VTX Radeon HD 6970 (2gb) x2 - 16Gb DDR3 RAM - Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Track IR5 - Logitech joystick