Going from AMD to NVIDIA

[jktmstokes23]

Well there is a bug in the 14.3 drivers that the second card does not clock down in crossfire. I'm currently using those drivers and they clock down fine, but i have ULPS disabled. Try it? Nothing to lose and it will even give you a small performance boost.

Yes! I am leaving for work but I will try that out when I get home. Hopefully it does the trick...

For me, it is the top card not the 2nd card that won't clock down.

 

[darket]

For AMD it does. Their WHQL drivers are only released every 3-4 months so they're usually of high standard and exclude some of the minor bugs which sometimes plauge the beta's. Tbh AMD drivers have been rock solid for a long time. Only since Mantle launched and the 14.X beta's hit have they been a bit buggy. When you consider what they've had on their plate with Mantle its somewhat understandable. That said, 14.2 and especially 14.3 Beta have been rock solid stable for me.

I dont agree at all Matt, perhaps that true with the games you play but its a bit of a blanket statement to say they exclude minor bugs, major ones maybe.

And yes there are still major bugs that amd dont seem to want to do anything about, just pop on the amd forums and search hdmi audio issues or problems with ulps, these problems started mostly with the 13 series drivers and STILL havent been sorted, you ask about it and all you'll get is "disable it, it's broken"

 

[LtMatt]

Yes! I am leaving for work but I will try that out when I get home. Hopefully it does the trick...

For me, it is the top card not the 2nd card that won't clock down.

Try it and let me know how you get on.

I dont agree at all Matt, perhaps that true with the games you play but its a bit of a blanket statement to say they exclude minor bugs, major ones maybe.

And yes there are still major bugs that amd dont seem to want to do anything about, just pop on the amd forums and search hdmi audio issues or problems with ulps, these problems started mostly with the 13 series drivers and STILL havent been sorted, you ask about it and all you'll get is "disable it, it's broken"

Well that's not a surprise. I just don't see these major bugs you talk of and i use AMD 24/7. I'm sure there are bugs there but its exactly the same for Nvidia users. You go on their forums and there are pages and pages of it. Fact is, amd WHQL drivers are solid and the majority here that use them would agree with me.

 

[Gregster]

I was brooding over getting two 780ti's but the 290s 4 GB is much more enticing at 4k...

I have a 4K coming and VRAM is the big thing. I will be fine with 6GB but 3GB is cutting it a little fine and in reality, won't be enough in some cases. Even 4GB is gonna be touch and go in some games and with Mantle using tons more than is needed, that would be a worry for me.

 

[tayto_0]

I'm very lucky because i honestly don't seem to have half the driver problems i see others having. 290 crossfire no issues and as smooth as butter Running a Titan in my other rig (was running SLI for a while) no major problems there also.

I'd have to go back to G80 vista drivers for my last real problems with nVidia and back to my X850XTPE for the last major ATI/AMD problems.

Of course none of this is of any use to the OP so i'll just shut up

 

[LtMatt]

I'm very lucky because i honestly don't seem to have half the driver problems i see others having. 290 crossfire no issues and as smooth as butter Running a Titan in my other rig (was running SLI for a while) no major problems there also.

I'd have to go back to G80 vista drivers for my last real problems with nVidia and back to my X850XTPE for the last major ATI/AMD problems.

Of course none of this is of any use to the OP so i'll just shut up

Nah its all good to hear. Sometimes you can get one person having a bad experience trying to muck spread so its always good to hear from someone who butters both sides of their gpu toast and enjoys a trouble free experience with both vendors.

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Does anyone know if the crossfire audio bug is in the 13.12 WHQL drivers?
Does that just affect 290/X cards or any cards?

 

[LtMatt]

Does anyone know if the crossfire audio bug is in the 13.12 WHQL drivers?
Does that just affect 290/X cards or any cards?

GM my cornish friend its fixed in 14.3 i can confirm.

However the issue still remains in BF4 for some reason (unless youre 120hz) so im guessing its a dice issue. Every other game is fine though.

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

GM my cornish friend its fixed in 14.3 i can confirm.

However the issue still remains in BF4 for some reason (unless youre 120hz) so im guessing its a dice issue. Every other game is fine though.

So since I don't play BF4 (much) or Thief, I should just stick with the 13.12 WHQL drivers?

 

[darket]

Well that's not a surprise. I just don't see these major bugs you talk of and i use AMD 24/7. I'm sure there are bugs there but its exactly the same for Nvidia users. You go on their forums and there are pages and pages of it. Fact is, amd WHQL drivers are solid and the majority here that use them would agree with me.

Matt , i'm not disagreeing with you for the sakes of it, i ran a 7950 crossfire setup and never really had a hitch appart from the usual crossfire failings but thats not always down to amd, i didn't want to return my 290x's quite the opposite. At the end of the day you're a huge Amd fan and people always promote what they have to varying degrees.

 

[LtMatt]

So since I don't play BF4 (much) or Thief, I should just stick with the 13.12 WHQL drivers?

Depends. If you want to use Vsync in other games than those you mentioned, then yes you should upgrade. Otherwise, no. If you want to play Mantle, with vsync off, then 14.3 are golden.