AMD/ATI Pixel Clock Patcher

[ToTheSun]

Hey, guys! Newly registered member here. It saddens me that i had to seek this kind of help after 2 years of an issue-free AMD experience.

I use a CRT monitor. Max resolution is 2048x1536 at 85 Hz. I use it with 1600x1200 at 100 Hz. I've been doing so for 2 years. I've owned my 7970 for the same amount of time, as well.

I had the 14.1 drivers a week ago. Everything was fine. I decided to update them to reap some performance benefits. Initially, i cleaned and installed the 14.6 beta drivers, but i couldn't set up my monitor's frequency to anything higher than 85 Hz, even at stupidly low resolutions. I figured "betas will be betas", so i cleaned and installed the 14.4 version. It suffers from the same problem.

I applied the patch and used CRU to set up my usual resolution. It works fine, but i have to manually change it everytime i start up Windows (7, 64 bit). If i start it up without doing anything, i get really weird and huge 2D rendering artifacts. To stop this occurrence, i have to either launch a 3D application (even then, it doesn't always work) or change my resolution and frequency to something else and change back to 1600x1200 at 100 Hz.

Obviously, this is something with which one can live, but it gets a bit old. I'm just wondering if i can fix it.

Thank you!