AMD: Update for Catalyst 14.1 Beta, Battlefield 4 patch and Mantle API

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Hello everyone,

I’m pretty sure most of you are aware the Battlefield 4 patch has been launched today; and I just wanted to take a moment to provide you an update on said subject. As you may know this new patch is automatically installed on systems that already have Battlefield 4 installed. That being said, in order to take advantage of the Mantle API and experience the performance increase, you will need to meet the following prerequisites:

1. Have a GCN (Graphics Core Next) based GPU in your system
2. Install the latest Battlefield 4 patch from Origin (installed automatically)
3. Install the latest graphics driver, the AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta (coming soon)

With the above in place, you’ll be ready and Mantle will be enabled

Also, the upcoming AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta driver will support all desktop Graphic Core Next (GCN) products, though we are working with EA to further optimize performance on 280X, 270X, HD-7000 and HD-8000 series GPUs. In addition, we’re giving the press time to exclusively test the beta driver while we implement the finishing touches on all the features you can expect from the Catalyst 14.1 Beta driver.

Please keep in mind that 14.1 is a beta driver and your feedback is very important to us; once it’s launched, you may report any bugs or issues by using our official reporting form: www.amd.com/betareport

I will make sure to keep you up to date, and provide you the link to the driver as soon as it’s available (which is more likely going to be here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

Thank you very much for your patience
 
Yeah, I looked at some of the posts and thought to start this one just to play it safe. I'm hoping the community here will find it helpful. :)
 
I just ordered 280x yesterday, I hope Mantle will be noticeable even with 2500K CPU on it.
Mostly though I just hope that CD Projekt will support it with Witcher 3 and makes it run in 1080p/60fps high details without drops. Cryengine support would be nice too, considering the upcoming Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
 
oh come on where is it....

my new 7850k is screaming out for this. before i hit it with a hammer for AMD lying to me about fps. (i didnt really buy it for gaming but you know how it is:) )
 
shankly1985 said:
:D
You do know its still coming to day? put on hold for couple hours, good on them would much rather the driver get sorted then released unfinished.

We all know how other cards starting frying dont we ;)
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On what are you basing this?

Incidentally, I bought my 7950 for the out-of-the-box performance, so if and when mantle launches, if it helps I shall consider it a nice bonus. The delayed launch is rather annoying - particularly the fact that it's from AMD's side when I thought we were waiting for BF4 to get it together with their launch issues. Perhas it's just a bit of a collaborative effort. I just don't see why people are getting worked up about it.

One question I wonder about - is Mantle going to be a 'standard' thing (so once you've got working drivers work it should work with all Mantle games) or are we looking at something a bit more like the old CrossfireX profiles, where game-specific bits got released individually by AMD to allow compatibility?
 
It's doesn't look like it's coming today.

To be honest, we don't know what state mantle/drivers are in, as for as many negative things, there's as many positive things coming out, and then something negative to contradict etc.
 
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Hello everyone,

I just wanted to provide you a quick update:

The driver won't be released today. Our Driver team is putting the final touches on the Catalyst 14.1 Beta driver, but I will make sure to keep you informed on this front as much as possible. I appreciate your patience, means a lot to me :-)
 
Mockingbird said:
On what are you basing this?

Incidentally, I bought my 7950 for the out-of-the-box performance, so if and when mantle launches, if it helps I shall consider it a nice bonus. The delayed launch is rather annoying - particularly the fact that it's from AMD's side when I thought we were waiting for BF4 to get it together with their launch issues. Perhas it's just a bit of a collaborative effort. I just don't see why people are getting worked up about it.

One question I wonder about - is Mantle going to be a 'standard' thing (so once you've got working drivers work it should work with all Mantle games) or are we looking at something a bit more like the old CrossfireX profiles, where game-specific bits got released individually by AMD to allow compatibility?
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Hello Mockingbird (everyone),

The Mantle API is a low-level programming language that enables developers to exploit the capabilities of today's GPUs, to improve graphics performance. It's designed to be applicable to a range of GPU architectures. It's an agnostic API. Our intention for Mantle is to eventually become an industry standard applicable to multiple graphics architectures and platforms.
 
get arma devs on board .one of the bunch games that could truly benefit from this.

Arma 3, Dayz Standalone. go rep go ! ;)
 
Actually have a general 14.1/.2 question. Has the HDMI been re-re-fixed in this one? Your guys seem to like to have a fiddle every driver :p

I'm referring to the issue where the cards plugged into an AV receiver do not keep a consistent audio signal when the cards are in low power mode. E.g. my receiver is constantly flashing if I haven't got XBMC running or music playing as the card is not being used its not maintaining the connection with the receiver. Video is fine as its always on and once watching a film in XBMC its fine as the card uses more power.

I did report it officially but as we have a rep here why not ask?
 
Mantle Known Issues List

Last Updates: 1/29/2014

Article Number: NA

Lower-than-expected performance on AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 and HD 8000 Series GPUs
Lower-than-expected performance on AMD Radeon™ R9 280X and R9 270X GPUs
Multi-GPU support will be added to StarSwarm in a future application patch
Battlefield 4™ Multi-GPU improvements will be made available in future updates
BattleField 4™ + AMD CrossFire™ stability and stuttering issues are still under investigation
Notebooks based on AMD Enduro or PowerXpress™ technologies are currently not supported
Portrait mode display configurations are currently not supported in Battlefield 4™
AMD Eyefinity technology is not currently supported in StarSwarm ​

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-arti...wn-Issues.aspx
 
Warsam71 said:
Hello everyone,

I just wanted to provide you a quick update:

The driver won't be released today. Our Driver team is putting the final touches on the Catalyst 14.1 Beta driver, but I will make sure to keep you informed on this front as much as possible. I appreciate your patience, means a lot to me :-)
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Is the weekened viable for driver release? I'm asking because you have specific release day in the week, and we do not want to wait after you guys fix it. So if fix happens during weekend monday, do not wait till wednesday to release it please.
 
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