The AMD Driver Thread

thebennyboy · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:50

AMDMatt said:
I can understand that.

Again really sorry for the short delay guys, obviously not ideal I'll update you as soon as i can.

My only issue is that we keep on getting told dates that weren't met. Was originally told by Robert Hallock that this driver would be coming Jan/Feb, then it changes to March 19 and now no date at all. Not trying to shoot the messenger but i'm really not happy with how AMD have conducted themselves with these drivers.

As such:

The Jan/Feb promise

Source: https://twitter.com/thracks/status/557068930938728449

March 19 promise

AMD is very excited that monitors compatible with AMD FreeSync technology are now available in select regions in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). We know gamers are excited to bring home an incredibly smooth and tearing-free PC gaming experience powered by AMD Radeon GPUs and AMD A-Series APUs. We’re pleased to announce that a compatible AMD Catalyst graphics driver to enable AMD FreeSync technology for single-GPU configurations will be publicly available on AMD.com starting March 19, 2015. Support for AMD CrossFire configurations will be available the following month in April 2015.

Source: http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/81460-amd-freesync-enabled-driver-update-19th-march/

LtMatt · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:52

thebennyboy said:
My only issue is that we keep on getting told dates that weren't met. Was originally told by Robert Hallock that this driver would be coming Jan/Feb, then it changes to March 19 and now no date at all. Not trying to shoot the messenger but i'm really not happy with how AMD have conducted themselves with these drivers.

Duly noted.

Superpatsy · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:52

Screw all the big fancy stuff with freesync and GCN 1.0 VSR, just throw together a driver with profiles for the games that haven't got them so I can at least use my two GPU's properly!

Been planning an upgrade for the summer but a new green GPU may be getting added to the mix.

Feel sorry for you though, Matt. Taking all this flak even though you're just the middle man in all this.

Geeman1979 · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:53

AMDMatt said:
I can understand that.

Again really sorry for the short delay guys, obviously not ideal and I'll update you as soon as i can.

BTW... I think I've sussed out a fix for my issue. Will forward you the details for future reference.

sprite1275 · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:54

Although in not bothered about a driver release at the moment it is a bit amateur all this.

Release Dates should be a definite and bringing out monitors that can't use the features yet is ridiculous.

There better off giving a late date and delivering early.

Mei · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:56

Geeman1979 said:
I've often wondered how random some of the **** is that comes out of your mouth

lol what!

LtMatt · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:56

Superpatsy said:
Feel sorry for you though, Matt. Taking all this flak even though you're just the middle man in all this.

That's my job and i take this feedback on board - it's important and I ensure it gets heard.

At the end of the day we all want the same thing, so it's perfectly fine.

Geeman1979 said:
BTW... I think I've sussed out a fix for my issue. Will forward you the details for future reference.

Thanks Gee.

Finners · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:57

Hmmm i've found a link to the the apparent 15.3.1 press drivers do I risk it and install them? Apparently they dont ahve a dying light CF profile in them but the official ones will. They do however have a far cry 4 CF profile.

What are the rules on posting such links?

griffy · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:59

Buy 2 AMD cards they said.

2x the performance they said.

In reality you get less performance, wait 4x as long for drivers, and get let down at least 2x when compared to the 'other brand'

Sorry just fed up with all the wait, wait and fail

Dicehunter · 19 Mar 2015 at 22:59

Quick question for you AMDMatt.

I own both a 290X and a GTX 980 and love em both, Never had a driver problem with either company since around 2007.

Nvidia bring out drivers with nearly every game release usually once per month sometimes more than once per month to ensure customers are getting the best performance possible and sometimes new features are also included along with GFE, Physx updates etc...

Why does AMD only bring 1 out once every few months ?

Uncle Petey · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:00

Finners said:
Hmmm i've found a link to the the apparent 15.3.1 press drivers do I risk it and install them? Apparently they dont ahve a dying light CF profile in them but the official ones will. They do however have a far cry 4 CF profile.

What are the rules on posting such links?

They've been posted several times already.

Just use them and switch over when the official one is available.

LtMatt · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:00

Dicehunter said:
Quick question for you AMDMatt.

I own both a 290X and a GTX 980 and love em both, Never had a driver problem with either company since around 2007.

Nvidia bring out drivers with nearly every game release usually once per month sometimes more than once per month to ensure customers are getting the best performance possible and sometimes new features are also included along with GFE, Physx updates etc...

Why does AMD only bring 1 out once every few months ?

I won't comment on competitor behaviour.

What i can say is yes, this driver has taken longer than usual. However this is not going to be the norm and we'll be sticking to our usual schedule, same as last year, of one driver per month. (or thereabouts)

Uncle Petey said:
They've been posted several times already.

Just use them and switch over when the official one is available.

No harm in doing this in the meantime, if you can't wait.

Martini1991 · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:01

Why do people keep talking like this one driver in 4 months or whatnot is the norm for AMD? It's not.

thebennyboy · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:02

Martini1991 said:
Why do people keep talking like this one driver in 4 months or whatnot is the norm for AMD? It's not.

I'm just unhappy with constantly changing dates that never seem to be met.

LtMatt · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:03

thebennyboy said:
I'm just unhappy with constantly changing dates that never seem to be met.

Understood and i agree, we'll learn from this don't worry. The last thing we want to do is mislead people, that is not the intention.

Uncle Petey · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:05

Martini1991 said:
Why do people keep talking like this one driver in 4 months or whatnot is the norm for AMD? It's not.

Because people have stupidly short memories unless they're dredging up tales of which ye olde card also ran hot and loud back in t'day.

That and drama, sweetie.

Martini1991 · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:05

AMDMatt said:
Understood and i agree, we'll learn from this don't worry. The last thing we want to do is mislead people, that is not the intention.

But AMD don't learn from it.
Literally (As I keep saying, as apparently it's not getting heard) everything AMD seem to do is late. Doesn't matter if it's an interview, an FAQ, software, hardware. It's late (Or if not late, it's so ridiculously not smooth as a launch, it's "on time" by technicality)

thebennyboy · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:05

AMDMatt said:
Understood and i agree, we'll learn from this don't worry. The last thing we want to do is mislead people, that is not the intention.

How long of a delay are we talking? Days? Weeks?

Mei · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:07

opethdisciple said:
It's actually a good song. But every time I hear the opening sequence I just feel rickrolled!!

but do u know the answer!

griffy · 19 Mar 2015 at 23:10

Matt, is there anything worth waiting for in this driver for 7970 users like myself?

I understand a lot of these new features aren't compatible with older cards like these. An upgrade might be in order, not convinced my usual AMD bias is now warranted though