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Bers
Journeyman III

Crash DescribePixelFormat / ChoosePixelFormat under VC debugging with Cat.12

Hello

I did installed new Catalist 12-2_xp32_dd_ccc

and I can't run my graphic programs under debugger.

CreateWindowEx:                                                            g_wv.hWnd 0x00090976 {unused=??? } HWND__ *

glw_state.hDC = GetDC( g_wv.hWnd )                               glw_state.hDC 0xfa013ba3 {unused=??? } HDC__ *

DescribePixelFormat( hDC, 1, sizeof( PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR ), &pfds[0] );                       CRASH !!!!!!

I tested graphic demo created by other programmer (demo program was downloaded from internet),

and it's crashes too on ChoosePixelFormat !

PS: Release-builds runs fine.  Debug-builds runs fine too.  Debug-build under VC debugger crashes.

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Bers
Journeyman III

I did installed Cat. 11.12

and any graphic programs runs fine under debugger!

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Hi Bers,

Thanks for the report. This does indeed sound like a regression. Admittedly, running applications under debuggers is not something that our QA department would test. However, our driver and demo developers do this all the time, so I'm surprised that something like this would slip out.

Anyway, we'll have a look and see if we can figure out what the problem is.

Thanks,

Graham

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Hi Graham Sellers,

I returned to Catalyst 12.3 and debugging programs began to crash   again (((

More infos:

screenshot of place where crashes - ChoosePixelFormat:

http://s019.radikal.ru/i642/1203/17/dd4a8372671e.gif

screenshot of disassembled code - atioglxx.dll

http://s019.radikal.ru/i627/1203/e5/1778ef669503.gif

Info from CCC:

Catalyst: 12.3

2D-driver: 6.14.10.7240

Direct3D: 6.14.10.0894

OpenGL: 6.14.10.11554

Visual Studio 2010 ver.10.0.30319.1 RTMRel

OS: Windows 2003 Server EE x86  ver.5.2.3790 (I need 32-bit OS with large RAM support)

Any idea???

Offtop:

Can I use crossfire systems for own GL programs?

I have Radeon HD5970 (two HD5870 on the one board): ASUS EAX5970.

And I want to completely use video-hardware for improve performance of my progs.

wglGetCPUIDsAMD always returns 1    (checked on XP64, Win7 x64 and Win2003 x86)

If I can't use second GPU, I will be compelled to sell HD5970 and work on HD5830.

Thanks.

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Hi Bers,

We're looking into the crash under debuggers. Even after we find a fix though, it may take a while to get it into a mainline driver release. I'll keep you posted on that.

As for the crossfire question, yes, crossfire works in OpenGL. To enable crossfire for your application (at least during development), you need to name the executable AFR-FriendlyOGL.exe. The driver will assume that the application doesn't do anything that would stop crossfire from working and turn on scaling for your application. If you are GPU bound and follow the guidelines here: http://developer.amd.com/gpu_assets/Harnessing%20the%20Performance%20of%20CrossFireX.pdf, you should see good scaling on a 5970.

I believe that in a system configured for crossfire (i.e., crossfire enabled in CCC), the two GPUs are seen as one and wglGetGPUIDsAMD will return 1. If you turn off crossfire in CCC, it should return 2 for a 5970, but then you will need to use both GPUs directly under application control and there will not be automatic scaling.

Thanks,

Graham

Hi Graham,

in CCC (information center -> graphics hardware):

Primary Adapter 

Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by AMD

Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series

Device ID 689C

....

Disabled Adapter  

Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by AMD

Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series

Device ID 689C

...

If you turn off crossfire in CCC, it should return 2 for a 5970

Second GPU turned off, right?

I renamed my crossfire-test application to AFR-FriendlyOGL.exe

and  wglGetGPUIDsAMD returned 1. 

P.S.: I can't find in CCC where Crossfire switch on/off?

P.P.S.: I unlocked "AMD overdrive" in CCC and saw "GPU Activity" indicators for both processors

When I run q3bers.exe (native name of my application) I see ~100% activity of GPU#0 and 0% activity of second GPU.

When I renamed q3bers to AFR-FriendlyOGL.exe, I see ~100% activity for both GPU 

FPS-counter increases up to x2 !!!  CrossFire works!

PPPS: Can you add "q3bers.exe" to Catalyst profile? Q3Bers is the constant name of my quake3 port, and will not be changed in future.

Thank you very much!

Berserker

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