AMD R9 Fury X Leaps Ahead Of Nvidia GTX 980 Ti With The Latest Windows 10 Drivers

Ayahuasca · 8 Nov 2015 at 15:51

Baiting leaps ahead of baiting with the latest bait

Not a dig at you shanks as the title is from the article.

pgi947 · 8 Nov 2015 at 15:52

elmuzzy66. said:
A bit misses leading the tittle of the thread, if the drivers are not out yet how can it leap anything? Oh has WCCF become reputable all of the sudden?

Drivers are out, from the article they're referencing:

Drivers: NVIDIA: 358.50 WHQL
AMD: Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta

AMD 15.9.1 drivers here: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-9-beta-download.html

Now, if someone, you know, actually wants to do a little test to see what if any gains are made you could make this thread inevitably less painful then it will end up being.

Gregster · 8 Nov 2015 at 15:56

shankly1985 said:
But, But AMD drivers Suck lol

Sorry to hear that. I thought they were getting better....

fs123 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:00

That techpowerup article is using the 15.9.1 beta's which are old now. The latest 15.11 beta are probably a bit faster but I'm actually waiting to see if the rumoured 'Omega' style drivers due this month make a difference.

Stanners · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:03

It would be interesting to see someone bench these compared to previous drivers. All good if it is correct!

MooMoo444 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:16

Please continue lads, I've got my own fold out chair here.

shankly1985 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:22

Gregster said:
Sorry to hear that. I thought they were getting better....

I know it's crazy in it bruv.

Troezar · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:23

Gregster said:
Sorry to hear that. I thought they were getting better....

I think they are actually starting to pick up a few tips from Nvidia. I like AMD and the way they do business they just need to become a bit more businesslike

Radox-0 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:23

Can someone actually tell me what drivers I have. Total noob question and most likely very obvious, but not used to AMD's numbering. I see this in the CCC which does not seem to correspond with anything. Would like to try some before and after benchmarks on my Nano to see if it makes any difference. I am thinking its just 15.20 which cant be right if 15.11 are the latest.

shankly1985 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:25

Radox-0 said:
Can someone actually tell me what drivers I have. Total noob question and most likely very obvious, but not used to AMD's numbering. I see this in the CCC which does not seem to correspond with anything. Would like to try some before and after benchmarks on my Nano to see if it makes any difference. I am thinking its just 15.20 which cant be right if 15.11 are the latest.

Click software and it will tell you the version number.

This never ends well · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:25

Where all the haters.

JediFragger · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:29

Troezar said:
I think they are actually starting to pick up a few tips from Nvidia. I like AMD and the way they do business they just need to become a bit more ruthless

Radox-0 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:29

shankly1985 said:
Click software and it will tell you the version number.

Okay, I see the following under software which sort of tally's with what's displayed on the software update page. still does not seem right. Or I may just be going mad :eek:

Troezar · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:31

jamiehard1989 said:
Where all the haters.

Hopefully we're all on the same side ie we all want more performance for less money. If both vendors push their technology as far as they can we all win. I'm happy whoever pushes the envelope.

BluD · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:31

Hmm i dont have any benchamrks installed atm, anyone gonna test beta vs release drivers to see if any of this is true?

shankly1985 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:31

Radox-0 said:
Okay, I see the following under software which sort of tally's with what's displayed on the software update page. still does not seem right. Or I may just be going mad

Seems you running an old leaked driver. Leaked drivers don't display the version number.

Troezar · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:33

JediFragger said:

Lol indeed. More ruthless is good for competition which is good for us all

NirK · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:34

The review uses different games to previous techpowerup reviews, it does not use some games that were very slow on AMD eg. project cars... Probably the change of games used to benchmark makes about 80% of the difference and the other 20% is actual driver improvements. eg. actual AMD performance increase 1%, increase from using different games 4% total increase 5%. To be fair project cars was unfairly biased to Nvidia, but it is still the different games used more than the actual performance increase from drivers.

GoogalyMoogaly · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:34

humbug said:
Wouldn't be the first time AMD pushed their cards ahead with Drivers, remember the 7970 vs GTX 680?
actually look at them now, a 280X is just a 7970GE, its a solid 10% ahead of the GTX 770 which is a clocked up GTX 680. its getting on for snapping at the 780's heels.
there must be 20% more performance from AMD's Driver compared with Nvidia's since then.

So you're saying AMD's drivers are rubbish until about 3 years after release?

Radox-0 · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:35

shankly1985 said:
Seems you running an old leaked driver. Leaked drivers don't display the version number.

Ahhh, thanks. Will see if I can get a slightly older, but proper driver on then upgrade to the 15.11 to see if it makes an difference. Cheers.