The AMD Driver Thread

slick rick · 19 Jan 2015 at 13:49

Thanks Matt. Mobo is the Asus Crosshair Formula Z and resolution is 4k. I am hoping to get good results with GTA V and The Witcher 3 when they finally come out.

LtMatt · 19 Jan 2015 at 13:57

slick rick said:
Thanks Matt. Mobo is the Asus Crosshair Formula Z and resolution is 4k. I am hoping to get good results with GTA V and The Witcher 3 when they finally come out.

In that case, you're good to go. Great board! :cool:

slick rick · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:02

AMDMatt said:
In that case, you're good to go. Great board!

Awesome, I really appreciate your fast reply.

Thanks again.

LoadsaMoney · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:09

AMDMatt said:
This driver is not recommended for normal users, it's for people who use the Alienware Amplifier.

Good job i hadn't gotten around to installing them yet then, thanks Matt.

Dicehunter · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:36

AMDMatt said:
This driver is not recommended for normal users, it's for people who use the Alienware Amplifier.

Just out of curiosity as it has a more up to date display driver I've installed it, Can't see any difference in anything though.

LtMatt · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:42

Dicehunter said:
Just out of curiosity as it has a more up to date display driver I've installed it, Can't see any difference in anything though.

It's not recommended and VSR may not work properly so I'd advise against using it.

Martini1991 · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:45

Do AMD plan to add 21:9 resolutions to VSR?

Dicehunter · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:49

AMDMatt said:
It's not recommended and VSR may not work properly so I'd advise against using it.

Well I don't have VSR anyway as I'm on a 4K panel, Unless AMD plan to include VSR so I can potentially double to 8K like Nvidia allows ?

I Know the fps would be horrid but you get some awesome screenies from it

LtMatt · 19 Jan 2015 at 14:54

Martini1991 said:
Do AMD plan to add 21:9 resolutions to VSR?

We intend to deploy a phase 2 driver which will expand on the number of resolutions supported. There is no exact timeframe for this driver yet, as and when that changes I'll post about it here.

humbug · 19 Jan 2015 at 16:00

AMDMatt said:
This driver is not recommended for normal users, it's for people who use the Alienware Amplifier.

Thanks for the warning, i'll wait, just hurry up....

Dicehunter · 19 Jan 2015 at 16:08

One thing I really do hope is improved is the recording feature of AMD's Raptr, I press it and it starts 2-3 seconds later, Nvidia Shadowplay is instant, You press the assigned button and BOOM you're recording, With Raptr you press the button and then have to wait for it to kick in and there's no guarantee it will record through cutscenes like Shadowplay does XD

humbug · 19 Jan 2015 at 16:15

Dicehunter said:
One thing I really do hope is improved is the recording feature of AMD's Raptr, I press it and it starts 2-3 seconds later, Nvidia Shadowplay is instant, You press the assigned button and BOOM you're recording, With Raptr you press the button and then have to wait for it to kick in and there's no guarantee it will record through cutscenes like Shadowplay does XD

Thats odd, it starts instantly for me :confused:

shankly1985 · 19 Jan 2015 at 16:47

Same here soon as I press record it does so.

Martini1991 · 19 Jan 2015 at 17:31

Hopefully phase 2 rolls out before I buy a 3440X1440

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Actually, hopefully the driver then allows for yyyy x 2160 21:9 then!

Combat Fighter · 20 Jan 2015 at 14:13

AMD Catalyst 15.x Download (14.502.1002) BETA out

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-x-download.html

Don't think they are worth trying though. . .

Dicehunter · 20 Jan 2015 at 14:15

Combat Fighter said:
AMD Catalyst 15.x Download (14.502.1002) BETA out

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-x-download.html

Already been posted http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27501934&postcount=173

humbug · 20 Jan 2015 at 14:24

Combat Fighter said:
AMD Catalyst 15.x Download (14.502.1002) BETA out

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-x-download.html

Don't think they are worth trying though. . .

AMDMatt said:
This driver is not recommended for normal users, it's for people who use the Alienware Amplifier.

BS Dave · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:16

Matt one of the devs of BF mentioned that AMD managed to fix the memory leak and to expect the fix to be included in forthcoming beta - do you know if he was talking Vram(Mantle?)/or system RAM. I thought that DICE had fixed the memory leak - are there more than 1? Who's telling porkies here?

LtMatt · 20 Jan 2015 at 16:18

BS Dave said:
Matt one of the devs of BF mentioned that AMD managed to fix the memory leak and to expect the fix to be included in forthcoming beta - do you know if he was talking Vram(Mantle?)/or system RAM. I thought that DICE had fixed the memory leak - are there more than 1? Who's telling porkies here?

Hi Dave,

Can you link me to that comment please so i can investigate.

There were three different memory leaks to the best of my knowledge. One we fixed a long time ago, one Dice fixed very recently (it was the well known system memory leak) and there is also the video memory over subscription issue. I know the Dice team are continuing to work on on bringing the high video memory subscription down with the Mantle Frostbite implementation.

thebennyboy · 20 Jan 2015 at 17:51

I get horrendous stuttering using Mantle in BF4. Works fine in DX11.