BF4 + Mantle 7xxx (14.7 RC1 Drivers)

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Anyone had any success with Mantle on these cards?

I had the very first Mantle release working relatively okay but not been able to get any subsequent driver working in BF4/Mantle without continuous 'BF4.exe has stopped working..." error.

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Got an extra 5fps or so on my 7870 with 3770k at 1440p, not much but it's better than nothing. I haven't had the BF4 stopped working error for a while now.
 
Other than the crashing, I get better performance on Mantle, and input seems much more responsive in BF4. Maybe I'll try the 14.7, but I think I know the outcome, sadly.
 
I run out of VRAM on my 7970 crossfire under mantle after a round or two as bf4 doesn't refresh the cache at the end of each round. Plus the annoying CPU spikes (3770k at 4.5ghz). So I stick to dx and rarely drop below 80fps in all but the latest shyster maps.
 
Only ever tried it on Thief, seems to work OK. Card does run a bit hotter and louder with it on though. Perhaps that's why it was called Mantle...:p
 
Excuse the ignorance but is this an automatic thing or do you have to download specific drivers for it? I've got an FX6350 and an HD7870 and as far as I was aware I just have the bog standard Catalyst drivers. :)
 
Excuse the ignorance but is this an automatic thing or do you have to download specific drivers for it? I've got an FX6350 and an HD7870 and as far as I was aware I just have the bog standard Catalyst drivers. :)

You only need the catalysts for it to work. Can't remember which version started supporting mantle. Then you need to turn it on in the games options.
 
You only need the catalysts for it to work. Can't remember which version started supporting mantle. Then you need to turn it on in the games options.

Thanks, I've never checked the in-game menu apart from the first time I played, but will have a nose later, I'm on 14.4 of the Catalyst drivers apparently. :)
 
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