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The AMD Driver Thread
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Sleeping Dogs is quite the bench!
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What games are the graphical problems happening in? GTA V and Battlefield Hardline?
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Glad he kept me updated!
Hopefully they'll have a fix in the next driver that's due next week.
I have given up waiting, I sold 1 GFX due to poor crossfire support in most games I play. Just going to stick with my 290X Vapor and maybe get a 390X (Depending on driver support). Otherwise I will move the XL2730Z and jump on G-sync.
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I just leave everything stock for the most part..
Times I do change is if I want to add more AA or force xfire profiles etc
I'm just waiting for the new cards to come out and then I'm jumping ship. I'd rather pay the premium for nvidia and have driver support. Getting too frustrating all this messing about all the time. (Not a jab at Matt, I appreciate him coming on here).
Your waiting for AMD's new cards to jump ship to Nvidia?
Why wait?
I still can't understand why AMD can't get WHQL approval for official drivers more regularly.
The last official drivers were from December last year. I'm using the Beta driver and I haven't had any problems, though still it would be nice for official drivers. I imagine the average joe would think twice about installing 'beta' drivers, this could be seen as another restriction from AMD getting more market share etc.
Does it cost a lot of money to get a driver WHQL approved for an official release, is that the issue here? Or do AMD think their beta drivers will fail the qualification?
The last official drivers were from December last year. I'm using the Beta driver and I haven't had any problems, though still it would be nice for official drivers. I imagine the average joe would think twice about installing 'beta' drivers, this could be seen as another restriction from AMD getting more market share etc.
Does it cost a lot of money to get a driver WHQL approved for an official release, is that the issue here? Or do AMD think their beta drivers will fail the qualification?
It will obviously drop the price, assuming AMD's new cards have good performance.
It adds something like 2 weeks to the wait. And all whql really means is microsoft approved, tested for compatibility purposes and that's about it. The drivers can still cause errors etc so in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really make much difference. So its quicker to release a beta than wait for microsoft.
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WHQL means nothing, all it means in Microsoft have tested the driver!
I understand it causes delays, though we're talking a 6 month gap since the last official driver.....
If it means nothing and only takes 2 weeks why cant AMD simply get one done?
Seems a few users would like it , not saying every driver should be it but even every second maybe?
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Because from what we have now too WHQL they is nothing finished.. When say Freesync is fully working and complete you can bet that a WHQL driver will be released.
It makes no sense release a WHQL while features are still in testing..
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Decided to cancel my order for the Witcher 3, will wait until it's out to decide if it's worth it or not.