AMD Readies Massive Radeon Software Update with Crimson Relive Drivers – Performance Increases For R

nashathedog · 6 Dec 2016 at 20:46

locodice said:
Radeon CHILL is not only for 400 series....is for GCN entirely...

Hopefully, I was reading the smallprint where it states it's compatible with GCN & CG Polaris enabled products but as usual it's a bit muddled as I'm not even sure what it means by the "GCN & CG Polaris enabled" bit.

Raelgun · 7 Dec 2016 at 00:41

shankly1985 said:
Tony I know for defo we don't have GPU that support H.265
But we do support H.264 and that list is subjective to change it says.

The Rx400 cards have a dedicated media encoder that supports HEVC on the silicon aka the multimedia cores.

jupiter_man · 7 Dec 2016 at 00:51

well done AMD!!!!!

Dave2150 · 7 Dec 2016 at 00:57

Rroff said:
One of the more interesting features listed there is the enhancements to supporting non-exclusive fullscreen modes with FreeSync.

Such amazing news, now Freesync will be identical to Gsync, minus the price tag of course :cool:

beany_bot · 7 Dec 2016 at 08:25

Oooooh exciting!

JediFragger · 7 Dec 2016 at 08:25

Looks like a great update :cool:

Hope everything goes smoothly for you AMD guys!!

Getting the software together, just need some kickass hardware from AMD now and we're set!!

beany_bot · 7 Dec 2016 at 08:31

Looks like AMDs new marketing is taking effect too. You can see it in there. It's not revolutionary but it's noticeable. Looks smart.

r7slayer · 7 Dec 2016 at 08:41

Can see the hook n bait being dropped. Wonder if there will be any bites.

As always AMD releasing nice driver updates. Shame i don't get the same noticeable improvements with my 980Ti

Temujin · 7 Dec 2016 at 08:49

Looking forward to trying out the new drivers, though, hopefully the release will run a little smoother than it did with Crimson when that was first released!

locodice · 7 Dec 2016 at 08:58

TonyTurbo78 said:
am I reading this correct, this is only for 4x series cards?

NO! Read the small letters...GCN CARDS!

malachi · 7 Dec 2016 at 09:21

Nexus18 said:
Also curious as to what games don't have proper fullscreen support? I can't recall of any from the top of my mind.

Any game from the Windows Store, like Killer Instinct and Gears of War.

keaneo · 7 Dec 2016 at 09:30

Well done Red team !

shankly1985 · 7 Dec 2016 at 09:52

malachi said:
Any game from the Windows Store, like Killer Instinct and Gears of War.

Yet Freesync still works on forza and even other games was patched to support Freesync and Gsync

Rroff · 7 Dec 2016 at 11:09

Dave2150 said:
Such amazing news, now Freesync will be identical to Gsync, minus the price tag of course

Not quite - its specifically enhancements for borderless fullscreen mode functionality (and like nVidia relies on nasty hacks like forcing certain render flags until/unless MS update WDDM) without additional hardware and/or an update to WDDM will still have some compatibility issues with windowed mode stuff, etc.

Nexus18 · 7 Dec 2016 at 11:46

malachi said:
Any game from the Windows Store, like Killer Instinct and Gears of War.

Didn't they change/implement fullscreen support amongst many other PC related settings a while ago? Pretty sure I read that there was an update to fix the issues with g/free sync a while ago for gears of wars anyway.

shankly1985 said:
Yet Freesync still works on forza and even other games was patched to support Freesync and Gsync

If that is still the case with no fullscreen support then it might only appear that freesync is working due to the lack of screen tearing because of windows vsync method.

maonayze · 7 Dec 2016 at 12:35

Keeping the promise of good solid driver support. Sounds great to me. Good for you Raja Koduri and the RTG team. Well Done and keep it up.

shankly1985 · 7 Dec 2016 at 13:06

Nexus18 said:
Didn't they change/implement fullscreen support amongst many other PC related settings a while ago? Pretty sure I read that there was an update to fix the issues with g/free sync a while ago for gears of wars anyway.

If that is still the case with no fullscreen support then it might only appear that freesync is working due to the lack of screen tearing because of windows vsync method.

Nope like I said I have tested this with forza, the first thing I do with any game is leave Freesync off look for screen tear, if I see screen tear I tab out and enable Freesync screen tear is gone.
I do this because some games I have noticed need FRTC to help keep the frame rate in check for freesync to work.

HardStyler3 · 7 Dec 2016 at 19:25

JediFragger said:
Looks like a great update

Hope everything goes smoothly for you AMD guys!!

Getting the software together, just need some kickass hardware from AMD now and we're set!!

the software is "together" since 2 years

high end hardware would be nice tho last year we had the fury atleast

JediFragger · 7 Dec 2016 at 20:26

HardStyler3 said:
the software is "together" since 2 years

high end hardware would be nice tho last year we had the fury atleast

Ok, 'more' together and on a par with the 'competition'.

edit - And of course passing them in some areas.

ltron · 7 Dec 2016 at 22:39

shankly1985 said:
never had any issue here what games?

Almost any game that uses the Unity engine, says full screen but really border less window. Many indie games such as Gabriel knight 20th anniversary and fire watch.