Good day to you,
When I have the latest version of WHQL Catalyst Drivers installed (12.8) I experience heavy fps decrease the longer the game goes on. Im playing on the following system:
I7 920 @ 2.6 ghz clock
6 GB DDR3 Ram
Sapphire HD 7970 OC at Bios 1 clocks (standard vendor bios)
700 W PSU

Temperatures are ok, never above 70°C

I play on maximum settings with 4xMSAA @ 1080p
The only solution is to roll back to 12.4 or as I did to 12.5 early beta and everything runs super smooth no matter how long I play.

Also, in Orcs Must Die 2 the screen keeps flashing white in the top right corner.
I think 12.8 is not very good to use with 79xx cards, maybe someone has problems like this,too.

Here is the reporting form to the catalyst crew http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D20B2F3EBF

(nice name btw)

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* A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory *

Thanks, I sent a report perhaps they will look into it. Until then I will stick with 12.5 (April 18)

i acually find the 12.8/12.7cap3   the best driver/cap combo  for bf3  , i saw a increase  10-15 fps   across the board

is your 920 overclocked ?? if not it should be , bf3  love's hardware  , 6 gig system ram is  cutting it close

have you ever tried the june 26th  beta 12.7  driver  , they  were great for 7970's also

Rampage II Extreme , 920 @ 4.7 ghz , 12 gig Dominator  2000mhz  , xfx  7970 BE  crossfire   1300/1800  , 60g Vertex 3 raid0 , 120g Vertex 3 raid0 ,wd 2  tb black , xfx 1250 w   , Dell 3007 , x-fi forte , logitech z-5500 , logitech g510/g700

12.8 / 12.7cap3

http://s550.photobucket.com/albums/ii415/steve_hen/steveos%20rig/

http://benchmark3d.com/best-amd-catalyst-driver-for-skyrim-battlefield-3

Intel I7 960 @ 3.87ghz *Intel DX58SO *HIS HD6970 2gb *Corsair TX650M *2x4gb Corsair XMS3 *WD Black 1TB *Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit *Gateway HD2401 24" 2ms 1920x1200  ***Asus N71Jq laptop *Intel I7 720QM Processor *Mobility Radeon HD5730 1gb *8gb Ram *Windows 7 64bit  ***Acer 5750 laptop

* A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory *

yeah but they used a  hd 6950  on those test , u can't use those resaults for 7000 series cards +  12.8 isn't  included on that review

Rampage II Extreme , 920 @ 4.7 ghz , 12 gig Dominator  2000mhz  , xfx  7970 BE  crossfire   1300/1800  , 60g Vertex 3 raid0 , 120g Vertex 3 raid0 ,wd 2  tb black , xfx 1250 w   , Dell 3007 , x-fi forte , logitech z-5500 , logitech g510/g700

12.8 / 12.7cap3

http://s550.photobucket.com/albums/ii415/steve_hen/steveos%20rig/

There is a nifty cpu overclock tool Intel offers for the first gen i processors. I use it to get a slight (safe) overclock...it does work well.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?keyword=%22%22desktop+control+center%22%22

and http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx?lang=eng

Intel I7 960 @ 3.87ghz *Intel DX58SO *HIS HD6970 2gb *Corsair TX650M *2x4gb Corsair XMS3 *WD Black 1TB *Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit *Gateway HD2401 24" 2ms 1920x1200  ***Asus N71Jq laptop *Intel I7 720QM Processor *Mobility Radeon HD5730 1gb *8gb Ram *Windows 7 64bit  ***Acer 5750 laptop

* A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory *

I don't need an overclocked cpu, all I want is the same performance I get with pre 12.6 drivers (wich is good)

12.7 beta works ok, but not quite as good as 12.5b