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AMD "Never Settle" 12.11 Driver - benchmarks
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Damn straight, best move i ever made going from 6950xfire to 7970.
Was going to make this move as well, although from 5850's in Xfire.
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Great news for me 7870, Techpowerup is saying 10% boost!!
"an amazing 10% for the HD 7870. The HD 7950, HD 7970 and HD 7970 GHz Edition settle in at 7%. Single digit improvements may not sound like much, but these results are the biggest performance boosts we've ever seen through a driver update. Especially the 10% on the HD 7870 made it feel like a completely different card while gaming."
"an amazing 10% for the HD 7870. The HD 7950, HD 7970 and HD 7970 GHz Edition settle in at 7%. Single digit improvements may not sound like much, but these results are the biggest performance boosts we've ever seen through a driver update. Especially the 10% on the HD 7870 made it feel like a completely different card while gaming."
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No, I don't think so. I've never had these flickering lines on the desktop nor I had any crashes. It only happens in certain games and it doesn't matter whether I run the card overclocked or at stock. On Catalyst 12.3 and 12.4 everything seems fine.
I wonder if there'll be some significant gains for the 7850 too? This 10 % performance increase for the 7870 is bonkers
Good time to own one, I guess.
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I wonder if nVidia will counter this with a price drop?
One can only hope
One can only hope
I want my drivers already. Guess it will be late afternoon they get released. I can't believe no one has leaked them yet. GIMME GIMME GIMME!!
I'll trust you a guide rusty when i get a working IP on how to do it using Chrome/IE. Done it many times before.
Yes i got the discount.
If you could also PM myself mate it would be very appreciated.
I'm hoping they have a counter offensive driver of their own but sadly I think not
. I'm chuffed for AMD as I'm a red shade wearing hippy at heart but for the benefit of 3D, it was better suited to Nvidia.Mon the AMD!!!!!
.Not to derail the thread but it is relatively simple.
Go to Internet Options in your Control Panel... Connections.... Proxy... Type in a US proxy IP and port, connect to Origin again.
Done.
I also agree with those that have said nVidia don't have anything like this to come. The 7970 is on paper a better card due to voltage control, faster bus etc. These drivers are effectively "catching up" to the nVidia equivalent cards in the games where nVidia outperformed AMD.
I'm happy - if the 8000 series come out the box with full potential unleashed it means the 700 series from nVidia will need to improve considerably from a max'd out GK104 to compete.
Competition = good for us people who aren't - dare I say it - fanboys and want the best card they can afford at the time of purchase.
Go to Internet Options in your Control Panel... Connections.... Proxy... Type in a US proxy IP and port, connect to Origin again.
Done.
I also agree with those that have said nVidia don't have anything like this to come. The 7970 is on paper a better card due to voltage control, faster bus etc. These drivers are effectively "catching up" to the nVidia equivalent cards in the games where nVidia outperformed AMD.
I'm happy - if the 8000 series come out the box with full potential unleashed it means the 700 series from nVidia will need to improve considerably from a max'd out GK104 to compete.
Competition = good for us people who aren't - dare I say it - fanboys and want the best card they can afford at the time of purchase.
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Cant wait
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AMD always release a special drivers towards the end of the year.
My first time with Nvidia, do they have any times historically they release a 'special' driver?
My first time with Nvidia, do they have any times historically they release a 'special' driver?
No mate. Nvidia are always on the ball and give the best performance within a short time frame instead of a year down the road
O/T - Which BIOS do you use for your motherboard? Any problems? I was using an oldish one and PC wouldn't boot this morning. Had to restore from dual BIOS and then download the latest.
Hoping it's OK over time...
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No mate. Nvidia are always on the ball and give the best performance within a short time frame instead of a year down the road
I been seeing performance increase since 12.1, 12.6 was worst driver tho and on 12.9 now and its night and day to what drivers we had couple months back. Theses new 12.11 are looking the real deal cant wait to test them.