After I downloaded and installed AMD's 10.12 driver and new interface Catalyst Control Center I was not getting the performance I had been, but the graphics were much better, i.e. no jaggies. So, I decided to overclock
my 5970 a little. But I have no idea as to safe limits, other than watching the temp. Default settings were at 725MHz on the GPU clock, and 1000MHz on the Memory clock. I upped it to 800MHz on the GPU and 1200 on the
Memory and have not seen the temp above 79C. Activity has not gone over 90% and then only in a very congested area. On average, in the boonies, it runs around 65C and 55-65% activity. Fan speed has not exceeded
30% at any time. I still have the problem of a driver crash when I turn on ground shadow for the aircraft and/or scenery unless I pause, take the shot, and change it back. I was getting a small bit of stutter some of the time
and upped it to 850MHz on the GPU and 1250 on the Memory. The driver crashed, again, but shadows were off this time. Yet the temp never went above 79C. I put it back where I had it and had no more problem.
This was done while in game.
1. Are the settings of 800MHz GPU, 1200MHz Memory safe?
2. Any idea why the driver is crashing? I've had this problem with two other drivers besides this one.
3. Is there anything wrong with adjusting the settings while in the game?
Thanks.