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AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC Driver for Windows OS available now

humbug said:
I would be interested to see if this also affects BFH, it might go some way to explaining if its a FrostBite 3 engine issue or a DICE issue. unfortunately i don't have a 7K GPU anymore.
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BFH is fine on ultra on my Trifire 7950s.

It could be that there are a lot less resource eating into the Vram.
 
LtMatt said:
The issue is Dices memory management within Mantle. No other Mantle title (Plants Vs Zombies included) has memory issues. Mantle gives more control to the developers, that's what they asked for, that's what they've got. It has its good and bad points, as you can see. The BF4 vram usage is a bad point, but it's on Dice/EA to fix. AMD did not write the Dice Battlefield 4 Mantle code path, or code their memory management implementation. AMD will not be able to go in and alter someone else's game code so im afraid it's up to Dice to fix it.

By all means feel free to rant and or be annoyed at the situation, not trying to deny you that. Just explaining where the problem lies and im afraid it's not with AMD.
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I disagree Matt AMD said it BF4 would be optimized for 7000 cards and above before christmas don't say something if you can't back it up! thats aimed at AMD not you Matt;)
 
mantle in thief was superb on my 7950. shame the game was rubbish really.

Can't blame AMD if the only game with issues is BF4 - it's pretty obvious who needs to fix it.
 
james.miller said:
mantle in thief was superb on my 7950. shame the game was rubbish really.

Can't blame AMD if the only game with issues is BF4 - it's pretty obvious who needs to fix it.
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Can't blame AMD if the "only!" theres a handful of games that support it and that game was supposed to be the main one
 
borley said:
I disagree Matt AMD said it BF4 would be optimized for 7000 cards and above before christmas don't say something if you can't back it up! thats aimed at AMD not you Matt;)
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I also disagree bud as it runs fine on my HD7770 and that only has 1gb of vram. As I've said, it's an application issue. All possible driver optimizations (there are very few possible at driver level with Mantle - this is the whole point of it) have already been implemented. Any further optimization or improvements is at the responsibility of the developer. That's how Mantle works, like it or not.
 
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Decided to update though since I've got a 6950, the latest drivers are 14.4 on the website. Just wondering if anyone else ever has a smooth upgrade though? Mine is terrible for updating >.>

Almost tempted to jump to Nvidia because of it.
 
h91 said:
Decided to update though since I've got a 6950, the latest drivers are 14.4 on the website. Just wondering if anyone else ever has a smooth upgrade though? Mine is terrible for updating >.>

Almost tempted to jump to Nvidia because of it.
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6870 here.

I remove the old drivers and then install the new ones and i can't see it getting any easier or smoother. Running 14.4 and have been playing Bf Hardline demo which runs great.
 
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