The AMD Driver Thread

[LtMatt]

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.

 

[LtMatt]

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.

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

Thanks Gee.

 

[LtMatt]

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)

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.

 

[LtMatt]

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.

 

[LtMatt]

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

I don't anticipate a long delay.

 

[LtMatt]

But what timeframe are we talking? A few days? If you don't know a timeframe then please just say so.

I don't know a specific timeframe, but it's not going to be a long delay. As soon as i have a more information I'll post about it here.

 

[LtMatt]

@Matt, will this Win 8 64 bit press driver install on Win 7 64 bit?

I shall install at my own risk, i just need to know if it will actually install in the first place, please answer me matey

I guess Matt is just gona ignore my question

Not intentionally.

I think it should install without issue, but i don't have Windows 7 to test myself.

Sorry to be harsh, but it was weeks ago you were saying they were nearly ready.

Perhaps, if you have no clue, you shouldn't be anticipating anything. Just tell people you don't know.

End of the day, there was no good reason at all to leave crossfire users hanging like this. Driver development, like any other software development can be done in small chunks.

Big features and changes should get branched off and smaller updates can still be made and released in the interim.

Don't know what amd are playing at. The only reason I can think of is they have no software developers, or those developers don't know how to manage code.

Or maybe it's just really, really bad management decisions...

Anyway...... So what's the odds of that elite profile now?

Elite Dangerous is still No1 target on my radar for a Crossfire profile.

https://www.facebook.com/AMDGaming

Thanks for bringing that to my attention Nelly, I'll ensure that gets removed.

 

[LtMatt]

Alright cheers, might be a bit late to try it tonight so maybe tomorrow.

Btw i think Radeon Pro helped a lttle in DayZ but more testing required, and just one more question, will reinstalling drivers affect Rad Pro in any way?

Should not affect it.

 

[LtMatt]

I'm just on Windows 8.1, it seems to be just to do with the in-game vsync, if i use RadeonPro to do it, it works fine without any stutter. Whilst it is a temporary workaround, it is annoying to do for all games that need Vsync.

I wouldn't want to Matt right now, i'm just going to sit tight and be patient.

Thanks Bloodkil, that's an interesting development. What settings in RadeonPro causes the issue to subside exactly, can you provide a screeshot please?

 

[LtMatt]

I tried a fresh install of the w10 previews and it didn't help, just to save you the heartache. I too am desperate for a fix on this one, but I've accepted it isn't coming so I'm just waiting for new gpus

We're continuing to work on trying to recreate this internally on our setups but so far we've been unable to. It seems like we're missing a piece of the puzzle at the moment.

 

[LtMatt]

Yeah I know, I can't see them working it out though. It just seems like there is no common thread besides the multiple displays (no matter what resolution or display connector used), and that it is made worse by vsync. It's not much to go on so I don't blame them for not fixing it. God knows I've tried everything to get to the bottom of it. Just praying the 390x isn't delayed.

Yes, every time we think we've discovered want it might be, we replicate that internally and it works fine. So far we've tried onboard sound, slower pci-e lanes x4 for example, pci-e lanes provided by the IHR, different types on monitor connection the list goes on. As always if anyone has this issue (thankfully seems to be rare) please let me know.

 

[LtMatt]

Stand by fellas.

 

[LtMatt]

AMD Catalyst 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows OS

Hello everyone,

Click here to download the driver.

Driver Highlights:

AMD Freesync™ Support for single GPU product configurations:

AMD Freesync technology support is now available for single GPU configurations. For more information on how Freesync works, FAQ's and what products are currently supported, please visit the Freesync Technology Page.

Please refer to the screenshot below for how to enable FreeSync within Catalyst Control Center.





Mixed Rotation Eyefinity now available on Radeon™ R9 285 series
AMD Radeon™ R9 285 now supports Mixed Rotation Eyefinity for "0" and "90" degrees rotations

More information is available at the following link.

In addition this release includes new Crossfire profiles for:

Battlefield Hardline
Evolve
Far Cry 4
Lords of the Fallen
Project Cars
Total War: Attila

Furthermore, this release includes improved Crossfire profiles for:

Alien Isolation
Assassin's Creed Unity
Civilization - Beyond Earth
FIFA 2015
Grid Autosport
Ryse: Son of Rome
Talos Principle
The Crew


For instructions on how to uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, you may refer to the following support resources:

How-To Uninstall AMD Catalyst™ Drivers From A Windows® Based System
How-To Install AMD Catalyst™ Drivers For A Windows® Based System

Please make sure to read the Feature Highlights and the Known Issues sections to learn more about this version of the driver and use the Issue Reporting Form to report any bugs – Thank you!


Resolved Issues:
Screens may blank out when enabling a 3x1 SLS with 3 HDMI monitors
Leadwerks : Project Manager crashes with a "Pure Virtual Function Call" error
Second Life : Rigged mesh objects are not rendered correctly when hardware skinning is enabled in the in game settings
Star Trek Online : Block corruption is experienced when MSAA is enabled in the in game settings
System hangs/BSOD upon resuming from S3/S4 sleep on AMD Radeon™ R9 285 configured in AMD CrossFire™ mode
With AMD CrossFire™ enabled, Timeout Detection Recovery (TDR) occurs during actual gameplay when YouTube Mix moves to the next song in Firefox
Screen tearing on enabling VSync with Alien: Isolation game
Catalyst Control Center Video Quality settings may not be available or retained if the "Enforce Smooth Video Playback" option is not selected on some AMD HD series GPU's.
Primary display may not be retained after disabling Crossfire while in Eyefinity mode
Enabling or disabling Crossfire may lead to one side of the 4K MST display being shown as black
Minor stuttering may be seen in Dragon Age Inquisition on Single and Multi GPU configurations​
Total War : Attilla - The game may hang during in game cinematics on certain Kaveri platforms with a separate discrete GPU
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim : Fog / Clouds may flicker on Radeon HD 5800 series products


Important Note:
The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Dying Light is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Techland to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.


Known Issues:
Lord of Fallen : Flickering may be observed during gameplay on some 3D monitors
FIFA 2015 : On a limited number of AMD APU + AMD GPU configurations a crash may be experienced if the "No Limit on FPS" game option is enabled
Dragon Age inquisition : Random game crashes may be experienced in Mantle mode
The Catalyst Control Center may hang when using the 'Check for Updates" option
Battlefield 4 : Screen tearing / Stutter may be experienced in Three way Crossfire setup in Eyefinity mode
A black screen may be experienced when attempting to enable Eyefinity after changing the display mode (Portrait, Landscape)
Pull down detection fails to lock in Metro Video playback applications
A system restart or hang may be observed on sleep/resume while transcoding video with Media Espresso
Battlefield Hardline : Changing resolution from low to high and enabling Vsync may result in intermittent corruption and stutter. Restarting the game is a temporary solution to the problem
Some 5K displays may experience flickering on some AMD E-Series APU's
Frame drops may be experienced with Blu-Ray playback on certain AMD Kaveri APU's when connected to 5K displays
Total War: Attila - The game may randomly restart when first launched
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Intermittent flickering may be observed when accessing the in game menu
Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash when launched on R9 285 series products with Crossfire and Mantle enabled
Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash on first launch when in High Performance mode
Freesync does not work after hotplugging the display with Windows Aero (DWM) off
A temporary workaround is to toggle Windows Aero on/off or by restarting Windows
Freesync is not enabled in Diablo III unless Vsync is enabled in the game
A temporary workaround is to enable Vsync in the game

 

[LtMatt]

So when will us GCN 1.0'ers be getting VSR?

It won't be coming to the 7xxx series of cards, but we're exploring options to bring it to the R9 270/280.

This has been communicated from the start.

Wait.... What?

I thought that was in this?

My word.... It wasn't much, but it was probably the one small feature I was hoping for that could be of use.

Also, I thought we had confirmation that dying light was in this? And far cry 4 still broken by the sounds of things?

I'm glad I don't swear off nvidia after the 970's, cause as much as I dislike nvidia they have always been far more on the ball, and I have had far less issues with their stuff in the past.

Amd, are just being a bunch of muppets currently

That feature is unannounced, that's why we've not mentioned it.

Farcry 4 is working, but a Crossfire profile is not going to fix any existing issues with the game.

If people are having problems with Farcry 4 not running smoothly, then I'd take a look at these two videos and listen to the advice posted by tommy.

Working here but you need to disable GW's features:

Spoiler

CrossFire Enabled:



CrossFire Disabled(windowed mode):

 

[LtMatt]

I was under the impression that it was coming in this driver though, and I can't even get CCC to open now.



Really not impressed with this at all!

Why were you under that impression, if you don't mind me asking?

I would recommend a fresh install of the drivers.

 

[LtMatt]

Matt, this is the entirety of the problem - Communication.

You didn't announce this, but it was in a driver of some kind that someone found, so without any communication from AMD, it was easy to make an assumption.

We can only make assumptions, because nothing is ever communicated to us.

We were told you were holding off this driver because AMD wanted it "just right" or something along those lines.

And yet, they are still missing profiles for a number of games, there doesn't seem to be any performance improvements to speak of (or am sure they would have been mentioned in notes), the list issues is longer than the fixes... and if I am reading right, no updates to VSR?

So, we can only come to the conclusion that almost all development was stopped to get freesync working, which will benefit far fewer people.

I know you are not responsible, but maybe you have enough clout with someone, somewhere, to let them know that their approach to all this has been shoddy.

And if we had had some communication, it would have managed peoples expectations far better.

Yes it came via a Windows 10 driver unexpectedly, sometimes these things happen - things get leaked. We'll announce the feature and release it in a future driver.

We're also still working on further improvements to VSR and we'll publish these when they are ready. You may find that funny, i see your sig but that's what's going to happen.

Reading through several threads on this forum and the likes of Reddit and the such.

I'm now onto my fourth reinstall using DDU to see if it'll do anything and it won't.

Okay, but we've never announced it would be coming to the 7xxx series. If you don't hear it from us officially, then I'd always tread with caution.

 

[LtMatt]

I am aware that it isn't coming to the 7xxx series which doesn't concern me considering I have the 280X's for now.

Still can't get CCC to open though...

Okay, well we're working to explore additional options to bring VSR to your gpu. Thracks set a timeline of JAN/FEB i know, so our bad on that front as we didn't make that, but we are working on it. We've never suggested VSR will be coming to the 7xxx series.

 

[LtMatt]

I hope I don't come across as cheeky but why do you keep mentioning that it isn't coming to the 7xxx series when I was asking with regards to my two 280X's?

Not cheeky at all. It's important the distinction is made, just setting expectations accordingly.

 

[LtMatt]

So 2 months after the release of Dying Light, still no crossfire profile...

I know why i came back to NVidia. I was not happy to do it but THIS is unacceptable

We have a Crossfire profile included in the drivers. Unfortunately the game has an issue where Crossfire is not working as intended.

If you think back to our release notes in the 14.1.2 driver when Farcry 4 launched, it's a similar story.

We're hopeful that a future game patch is going to fix the issue, at which we point we can enable our existing Crossfire profile.

Some things are out of our hands I'm afraid.

 

[LtMatt]

Any idea why it is then that your competitor don't have these multi GPU issues with those games and AMD do?

Not my place to comment on competitor issues.

GW's are in the titles that are causing problems/delays, from it's inception it was highlighted/rubbished that it would/wouldn't give Nvidia the upper hand.

We certainly do recommend disabling GW's features and yes both of those titles are GW titles.