BF4 + Mantle 7xxx (14.7 RC1 Drivers)

Bam · 9 Aug 2014 at 13:37

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.

Cheers

SpudMaster · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:12

Currently using 14.7 but all drivers bar the very first ones with mantle have worked well for me.

Neil79 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:19

Always end up going back to DX, Mantle on my 280x is just naff

Jamdude · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:55

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.

~Dockie · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:33

I get bad cpu spikes that cause some stutter with mantle, but i think that's a known problem on the FX's

Bam · 9 Aug 2014 at 19:40

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.

Uncle Petey · 9 Aug 2014 at 20:16

No problems with 7970's (14.6RC) using Mantle fwiw.

Well, no problems except for the well known vram usage thing of course...

Minstadave · 9 Aug 2014 at 20:28

I had no problem with mantle on a 7970, crossfire 7970/280x and on my 7990. All 3 run ultra settings without stutter.

nutsnut · 9 Aug 2014 at 22:06

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.

nutsnut · 9 Aug 2014 at 22:07

Has the mantle memory leak been fixed yet?

Bam · 9 Aug 2014 at 22:31

7870 here.

RageQuit© · 9 Aug 2014 at 23:33

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...

K1LLSW1TCH · 9 Aug 2014 at 23:51

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.

slipperydave · 9 Aug 2014 at 23:52

I've had Mantle working in Thief but it's never worked in BF4

Minstadave · 10 Aug 2014 at 09:31

K1LLSW1TCH said:
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.

RageQuit© · 10 Aug 2014 at 11:22

Catalyst 14.1 is the first driver with Mantle. Always best to have the latest though - 14.7

K1LLSW1TCH · 10 Aug 2014 at 12:10

Minstadave said:
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.