AMD Driver Performance - 12.10 WHQL Vs 13.3 Beta 3

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:12

Tonester0011 said:
I'm less of a man though, because i'm going back to 120+hz on Monday

@Matt, nice comparisons

Thanks.

I'd rather have a better image quality than a quicker response time though but that's just me i know some people see it the other way.

No shame in going back Tony, unless you feel shame?

Gregster · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:14

We neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed 120Hz 1600P monitrs. Wake up manananafacutruruers.

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:15

Gregster said:
We neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed 120Hz 1600P monitrs. Wake up manananafacutruruers.

Agreed i guess that's still a way off though.

Once you've experienced 1440p i could never go back to 1080p personally. Its just too good looking. 0xAA at its best.

Tonester0011 · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:18

LtMatt said:
Thanks.

I'd rather have a better image quality than a quicker response time though but that's just me i know some people see it the other way.

No shame in going back Tony, unless you feel shame?

I'll still have the screen, just wont be using it

The image quality is nice, a lot better than any of my other screens but a faster screen is more beneficial for the games i mainly play (FPS crap)

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:23

Tonester0011 said:
I'll still have the screen, just wont be using it
The image quality is nice, a lot better than any of my other screens but a faster screen is more beneficial for the games i mainly play (FPS crap)

I mainly play fps myself. 120hz might make me an even better player than i already am (yeah, what of it?

) but there's no way i could drop down to 1080p would be wasting my 7970 otherwise (unless i was 120hz). That was the original reason i upgraded in the first place.

Rusty0611 · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:38

LtMatt said:
I mainly play fps myself. 120hz might make me an even better player than i already am (yeah, what of it? ) but there's no way i could drop down to 1080p would be wasting my 7970 otherwise (unless i was 120hz). That was the original reason i upgraded in the first place.

I'm not a serious player but I'm alright when I do play - 120 Hz helps. Natural aim from back in the day

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If I do stick it out for games like Tomb Raider where to be honest 60 Hz seems fine then I will keep my 120 Hz for online multiplayer.

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 14:41

Rusty0611 said:
I'm not a serious player but I'm alright when I do play - 120 Hz helps. Natural aim from back in the day .

If I do stick it out for games like Tomb Raider where to be honest 60 Hz seems fine then I will keep my 120 Hz for online multiplayer.

I suppose you could have them connected at the same time couldn't you?

tommybhoy · 23 Mar 2013 at 15:51

LtMatt said:
but there's no way i could drop down to 1080p would be wasting my 7970 otherwise (unless i was 120hz)

1080p@120Hz FS 3D makes the 79's sweat matt, that's the sole reason for two in my rig.

I imagine gregs loving 3D a whole lot more@5760 with his beastly Titans.

Proto · 23 Mar 2013 at 16:27

LtMatt said:
Agreed i guess that's still a way off though.

Once you've experienced 1440p i could never go back to 1080p personally. Its just too good looking. 0xAA at its best.

Isn't that more to do with pixel density?

Though the higher resolution display will likely have more pixels per inch and so will require lower levels of anti-aliasing for a similar effect, but it's still a function of the density.

And nice write-up, Matt.

Randomface74 · 23 Mar 2013 at 16:37

LtMatt said:
Once you've experienced 1440p i could never go back to 1080p personally. Its just too good looking. 0xAA at its best.

I don't get it - how come it looks smooth without AA?

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 16:57

billysielu said:
I don't get it - how come it looks smooth without AA?

High res and FXAA.

tommybhoy said:
1080p@120Hz FS 3D makes the 79's sweat matt, that's the sole reason for two in my rig.

Yeah i know 3D will make them sweat. I was just referring to my 1080p 60hz monitor i had before this 1440p IPS panel.

Proto said:
Isn't that more to do with pixel density?

Though the higher resolution display will likely have more pixels per inch and so will require lower levels of anti-aliasing for a similar effect, but it's still a function of the density.

And nice write-up, Matt.

Thanks.

No idea Proto. All i do know is i don't generally need AA any more to get a smooth image. FXAA helps with this of course but at 1080p i could notice jaggies easier.

Nightglow · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:00

Gregster said:
We neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed 120Hz 1600P monitors. Wake up manananafacutruruers.

+1

And we are still waiting...

1uke · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:04

Can you include links where to get the drivers from for us lazy ppl? Thanks.

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:08

1uke said:
Can you include links where to get the drivers from for us lazy ppl? Thanks.

Sure, will add it to the OP.

13.3 Beta 3

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_13.3_Beta3.exe

Randomface74 · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:30

Isn't FXAA the thing that makes text blurry?

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:32

billysielu said:
Isn't FXAA the thing that makes text blurry?

Game FXAA doesn't. You're thinking of AMD's MLAA - Morphological AA. It can make some text a little blurry but its very good. A very small performance hit too. I use it some titles but it wasn't being used in that farcry 3 screenshot.

Randomface74 · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:44

ah yeah that's the one

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2013 at 17:50

billysielu said:
ah yeah that's the one

It does add a slight blur but personally i love that look in some titles. It always looked great in L4D2 imo. I don't know if you can remember AMD's Wide Tent AA. That was basically the same as MLAA but with a bit more blur. I used to love using that but sadly they removed it from CCC.

Locky · 23 Mar 2013 at 21:02

once you go 1600p there is no going back

but I would like to try 120hz gaming.

BS Dave · 24 Mar 2013 at 23:53

120hz BF3 is amazing, I turned down a few settings and with an average fps of 95ish my k/d went up by 20%. It feels like you're in the matrix. I've gone from 12.11 betas to this and BF3 does feel a bit smoother.