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The AMD Driver Thread

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gta 5 is certainly smoother for me with these new drivers on this new patch of gta 5, before the AMD drivers on the new patch, it was awful, although it is very inconsistent but my frame time seems to be pretty much locked to 15/16ms and I have even seen it hover around 12/13ms :eek: Hopefully R* sort the performance on their end now....
 
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Hmm, mixed bag here.
Got a boost of about 500 points in firestrike from my previous 15.5 drivers and the smoothness of FreeSync was very noticable finally with my 295x2. Was very excited to start up The Witcher 3 then as previously I'd had to run a custom profile to disable xfire.
Unfortunately it's still not really playable in xfire, I have the temporal AA turned off in the ini file and with AA turned on in the game I get a constant juddering of everything. Turn off AA and the juddering goes away and fps jumps by about 20 to ~100. However the jaggies without AA are horrible and there's something else not right as even at a reported 100fps it's stuttering loads, not smooth at all (with v-sync Off and FreeSync On) and the cores clocks on both gpu cores are fluctuating by about 100MHz but I'm not close to the throttling temps, only about 65c. Looks like it's back to single gpu for this one :(

Try using this with the Witcher 3 and no AA.
http://www.moddb.com/members/davidme/images/witcher-iii-with-sweet-fx#imagebox
You should be able to improve it. And it has a read me with instruction for tweaking the FXAA, SMAA etc. I know people who've been using AA via this rather than via the game itself to reduce the performance hit, It might help your situation too.
 
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No VSR Option on CCC 15.7 Drivers ( 3x R9 290x's )
Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
Dell U3011 (DP) 2560 x 1600 (1)
Dell 2408WFP (Digital) 1920 x 1200 (2)

I uninstalled old drivers using Amd Cleanup Utility 1.2.1.0
Then a fresh install of 15.7 drivers with no issues.
I have re-installed the drivers 3 times and still no option of VSR in DFP Properties.
Is this a problem my end or something else???
 
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Gregster damn Fury X is not much faster than overclocked 290X we are talking only 3 FPS Gain O-O I ran my at 1120/6000 as its my daily max stable clock...

Starting to consider Xfire over upgrade now....

But we have to see once voltage gets unlocked what those cards can really do.
 
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Gregster damn Fury X is not much faster than overclocked 290X we are talking only 3 FPS Gain O-O I ran my at 1120/6000 as its my daily max stable clock...

Starting to consider Xfire over upgrade now....

But we have to see once voltage gets unlocked what those cards can really do.

Yeah its a strange one, i think the Drivers on the WDDM 1.0 architecture has hit the limits with Fiji, i think AMD Driver latency on WDDM 1.0 is too high and its cutting the legs off fiji, it just can't get going properly.

I would be interested to see Windows 8.1 - 10 comparisons, i think WDDM 2.0 on Windows 10 would unlock more of its potential performance.
 
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No VSR Option on CCC 15.7 Drivers ( 3x R9 290x's )
Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
Dell U3011 (DP) 2560 x 1600 (1)
Dell 2408WFP (Digital) 1920 x 1200 (2)

I uninstalled old drivers using Amd Cleanup Utility 1.2.1.0
Then a fresh install of 15.7 drivers with no issues.
I have re-installed the drivers 3 times and still no option of VSR in DFP Properties.
Is this a problem my end or something else???

The release notes don't list any VSR options for a screen running 2560x1600 (nearest is 2560x1440). Do you get any VSR options for the 1920x1200 screen as this should have some? If not, what happens if you set this as your main screen, or disable the 30" beast and see if you get any options with "just" the 24" one running?
 
Soldato
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No VSR Option on CCC 15.7 Drivers ( 3x R9 290x's )
Win 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
Dell U3011 (DP) 2560 x 1600 (1)
Dell 2408WFP (Digital) 1920 x 1200 (2)

I uninstalled old drivers using Amd Cleanup Utility 1.2.1.0
Then a fresh install of 15.7 drivers with no issues.
I have re-installed the drivers 3 times and still no option of VSR in DFP Properties.
Is this a problem my end or something else???

You can enable VSR using a VSR tool as detailed on Guru3D:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=397924

A link to the enableVSR board and download:

http://www.wagnardmobile.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22
 
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humbug ye cause looking at this there is like no sensible gain in minimum fps all we get is maximum gain and not much of it !!!

As I will be upgrading Purely for VR helmet and 3D gaming this got me thinking..... Now I'm interested how much does 980TI score...
 
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The release notes don't list any VSR options for a screen running 2560x1600 (nearest is 2560x1440). Do you get any VSR options for the 1920x1200 screen as this should have some? If not, what happens if you set this as your main screen, or disable the 30" beast and see if you get any options with "just" the 24" one running?


Yeah the VSR Option did appear with just my 24" connected...I didn`t read the release notes though, only what AMDMatt posted in the forums.
I just thought It would work as my main resolution 2560 x 1600 was in the VSR list that AmdMatt posted....Will this Res be added later in the next driver update??

Hello everyone,

Click here to download the driver.

Highlights of the Driver:

Windows 10 Technical Preview Support:

This driver provides full WDDM 2.0 support for Windows® 10 Technical Preview and DirectX® 12 on all Graphics Core Next (GCN) supported products - AMD Radeon HD 7000 and newer graphics products. Official driver support for AMD products will be available when Microsoft® launches Windows® 10 on July 29th, 2015.

NOTE: To ensure stability, users should upgrade to the latest available Windows® 10 Technical Preview build provided by Microsoft® before installing AMD Catalyst™ 15.7.


Virtual Super Resolution (VSR):

VSR provides image quality enhancements to games and Windows desktop users by rendering images at a higher resolution and then down-scaling the
same.


VSR support has now been extended to the following products:

AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 370 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 360 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 280 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 380 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 Series
Desktop A-Series 7400K APUs and above

Supported resolutions:Supported VSR Modes

1366 X 768 @ 60Hz
1600 X 900
1920 X 1080
1600 X 900 @ 60Hz
1920 X 10801920 X 1080 @ 60Hz
2560 X 1440
3200 X 1800
3840 X 2160 (AMD Radeon™ R9 285, AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series)
1920 X 1200 @ 60Hz
2048 X 1536
2560 X 1600
3840 X 2400 (AMD Radeon™ R9 285, AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series)2560 X 1440 @ 60Hz
3200 X 18001920 X 1080 @ 120Hz
1920 X 1200 @ 120Hz
2048 X 1536 @ 120Hz


Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC):

FRTC allows the user to set a maximum frame rate when playing an application in full screen exclusive mode. This feature provides the following benefits:
Reduced GPU power consumption
Reduced system heat
Lower fan speeds and less noise


Supported Graphics Cards

AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 380 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 370 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 360 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 280 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7700 Series


AMD FreeSync and AMD CrossFire™ Support:

AMD FreeSync and AMD CrossFire™ can now be used together in applications using DirectX® 10 or higher. Please note, this feature is currently not supported on systems configured in AMD Dual Graphics mode.


AMD CrossFire™ Profile Enhancements

AMD Catalyst™ 15.7 includes enhancement for the following games since AMD Catalyst™ Omega:

Battlefield: Hardline
Evolve
Far Cry® 4
Lords of the Fallen
Project CARS
Total War: Attila
Alien: Isolation™
Assassin's Creed® Unity
Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
FIFA 2015
GRID Autosport
Ryse: Son of Rome
Talos Principle
The Crew
Grand Theft Auto V
Dying Light
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt


Performance Optimizations versus AMD Catalyst™ Omega

Single GPU performance on Windows® 8.1 based system:

Up to 7% in Far Cry® 4 on AMD Radeon™ R7 and AMD Radeon™ R9 200 series and up
Up to 10% in Tomb Raider on AMD Radeon™ R7 and AMD Radeon™ R9 200 series and up


Please refer to the Release Notes for information regarding known and resolved issues, AMD CrossFire™ Profile enhancements for numerous games and to learn more about which graphics cards support VSR and FRTC.


For instructions on how to uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, you may refer to the following support resources:

How-To Uninstall AMD Catalyst™ Drivers From A Windows® Based System
How-To Install AMD Catalyst™ Drivers For A Windows® Based System


Please make sure to read the release notes to familiarize yourself with any known and resolved issues. Please use the Issue Reporting Form to report any bugs – Thank you!
 
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Nope, kept the card at stock. I didn't see it being worth the increased temps.

CCC driver was giving me failure errors and having to restart itself. But I just installed a backup 260x now and it's running fine under the same system/driver configuration so it's definately looking like a hardware failure.

Memory was elpida iirc, are they poor?

Also, anyone know how ASUS RMA is incase the retailer starts taking the whizz?

Reverted to windows 8.1 a few days ago and it all seems fine so far, no artifacts and solid stability.
 
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