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AMD "Never Settle" 12.11 Driver - benchmarks
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New architecture.
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I just bought the msi 7850 which drivers should i use ?
Is it hit or miss or should i just try the latest beta from now on?
Is it hit or miss or should i just try the latest beta from now on?
The explanation is that they split the driver team into two. One was working on WHQL and one was working on the Betas.
The commitment for monthly betas was too much and quality took a dive, they were creating more bugs than they were solving.
The beta release 7970 drivers from Jan were excellent launch drivers but post that, they were all pretty much gash right up to 12.7. Even then, Crysis 2 tri-fire was still b0rken - although this game worked with the January pre-release drivers.
AMD took some flak for Skyrim but it is clear looking back, that it was the Developer at fault and not AMD.
They re-structured their internal processes a few months back (no more monthly betas, focus on quality) and this is the result of their efforts.
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I don't know why you feel the need to make excuses for them.
Whether nVidia had similar problems at another point in time is irrelevant - driver performance should be very good on release as a minimum with small room for improvements.
I don't know why you feel the need to make excuses for them.
Its not an excuse just my best guess at an answer.
All that matters to me is present day, and in present day they pwn everything.
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Yeah, I also have issues with idle clock. Can't drop below 300/600 at idle as the slider in neither CCC nor in AB will go below 600 on memory.
Hope the official version or a fix will be out soon!
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I don't know why you feel the need to make excuses for them.
Whether nVidia had similar problems at another point in time is irrelevant - driver performance should be very good on release as a minimum with small room for improvements.
Hmm, id like to see your drivers Rusty, you obviously could make a better effort than AMD
, all these people whinging, like a bunch of old granny's moaning about your ailments 
.Personally think AMD's new drivers are awesome, ignore the bitter granny talk
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Hmm, id like to see your drivers Rusty, you obviously could make a better effort than AMD
Personally think AMD's new drivers are awesome, ignore the bitter granny talk
Let's just brush 10 months of subdued performance under the rug...
The drivers are fantastic, they've outdone themselves...you cant ignore the fact its been 10 months since the 7xxx series hit the shops though.
AMD finally have the prices and performance to outdo Nvidia on all fronts, a little too late though.
You say that and whilst I am pleased that the new drivers have bought AMD to the front of the GPUs, there is no getting away from the fact that it has taken almost a year to sort the drivers to compete with Nvidia. I would be very peeved at waiting over 10 months to get what I paid for.
I am Not bashing AMD users but AMD themselves. If they had this performance from the off, I would be sitting with a couple of 7970s. Early drivers were awful and the biggest game IMO of 2011 was BF3 or even Skyrim and AMD performed awful on both counts. Defend as you will but this is the truth and AMD lost lots of high price sales because of this.
Glad you have the drivers that bring the 7970/50 to the forefront of gaming though
Not too late for me, I'm minutes away from pulling the trigger on a 7950 to replace my GTX470.
Essentially I've held off upgrading until now because there hasn't been any viable upgrades (taking price into consideration); I had discounted the 7950 until this driver came along together with a decent game bundle (normally I don't get swayed by bundles but it has games like Sleeping Dogs and FC3 that I want) and a slight price drop.
Worth noting that Nvidia have come out with 'magic' drivers post-release before, such as the Detonator series. You are right to question what has gone on before, but I tend to just judge things on merit as they stand today irrespective of what has happened previously. Everyone has got what they paid for as they will have bought based on the performance offered at the time of purchase - anything that comes later is a bonus, rather than being cheated in the early months.
Essentially I've held off upgrading until now because there hasn't been any viable upgrades (taking price into consideration); I had discounted the 7950 until this driver came along together with a decent game bundle (normally I don't get swayed by bundles but it has games like Sleeping Dogs and FC3 that I want) and a slight price drop.
Worth noting that Nvidia have come out with 'magic' drivers post-release before, such as the Detonator series. You are right to question what has gone on before, but I tend to just judge things on merit as they stand today irrespective of what has happened previously. Everyone has got what they paid for as they will have bought based on the performance offered at the time of purchase - anything that comes later is a bonus, rather than being cheated in the early months.
You say that and whilst I am pleased that the new drivers have bought AMD to the front of the GPUs, there is no getting away from the fact that it has taken almost a year to sort the drivers to compete with Nvidia. I would be very peeved at waiting over 10 months to get what I paid for.
I am Not bashing AMD users but AMD themselves. If they had this performance from the off, I would be sitting with a couple of 7970s. Early drivers were awful and the biggest game IMO of 2011 was BF3 or even Skyrim and AMD performed awful on both counts. Defend as you will but this is the truth and AMD lost lots of high price sales because of this.
Glad you have the drivers that bring the 7970/50 to the forefront of gaming though
Its the same old rhetoric over and over again, its getting silly to keep repeating it over and over and over and over.......
Truth hurts brother?