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Mendel
09-Nov-2011, 23:13
Reviewers and users having had trouble running Deus ex: HR and Shogun2 with AMD FX series processors, I have good news for you!


I recently found a solution for the issue causing BSOD on systems using AMD Bulldozer CPU.
While I will not go into the specifics but the issue was not hardware related.


Read the rest and get modified bios at:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?276698-A-fix-for-Valve-CEG-games-causing-BSOD-on-Bulldozer-issue

All credit to The Stilt.

Now letīs hope he posts more information as to the nature of the fix and maybe eventually we will get also some kind of benchmark scores from those games that previously didnīt run.
homerdog
09-Nov-2011, 23:38
And nobody has responded... I think literally nobody in the universe has bought a Bulldozer.
AlexV
10-Nov-2011, 05:31
And nobody has responded... I think literally nobody in the universe has bought a Bulldozer.

Heeeeeeeeey, I'm not nobody...I think:)
Lightman
10-Nov-2011, 12:27
Yes, Bulldozer is the first AMD CPU I haven't bought in years! I mean since Duron!!! Other than that I had all of them :smile:.

BD has it's nice points and is definitely interesting, but I'm getting older and have less time to waste tweaking everything to get good performance when it matters. But the biggest issue from my POV was power usage @4.5+ GHz (the speed needed to somewhat match my 1090T @4GHz in games/apps I'm using).
homerdog
12-Nov-2011, 00:26
Heeeeeeeeey, I'm not nobody...I think:)

I got a bite! :grin:

But you are certainly the only person I've come across who owns one. This is not a good sign.
Rootax
12-Nov-2011, 06:32
Well it is a good sign. Bad products don't sell.... I know you were talking about amd but still... I would be very curious to know what is the feeling at amd about BD.
Bludd
12-Nov-2011, 15:46
CEG? Neither of those games are by Valve ...?
Grall
13-Nov-2011, 09:06
He's referring to Steamworks, or whatever it's called, I have to assume. IE, Valve's DRM/community integration. Or something. If it's not that then I've got no idea. :D
Mendel
14-Nov-2011, 11:13
CEG? Neither of those games are by Valve ...?

custom executable generation. Used by some Steam games / (possibly all) Steamworks games.

But I find it weird that (by reports) it only seems to have affected those two games, Shogun 2 and Deus ex:HR

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1051534/a-closer-look-valve-ceg
Bludd
14-Nov-2011, 11:49
custom executable generation. Used by some Steam games / (possibly all) Steamworks games.

But I find it weird that (by reports) it only seems to have affected those two games, Shogun 2 and Deus ex:HR

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1051534/a-closer-look-valve-ceg
Ah, interesting. Thank you. :)
statikregimen
15-Nov-2011, 18:44
custom executable generation. Used by some Steam games / (possibly all) Steamworks games.

But I find it weird that (by reports) it only seems to have affected those two games, Shogun 2 and Deus ex:HR

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1051534/a-closer-look-valve-ceg

It happens in several games (http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1645506).
willluongo
28-Nov-2011, 05:26
I downloaded the newest bios (Released a couple of days ago) for my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 1.1) and I am now able to play all of the Steamworks games that were causing poor performance and/or crashes.