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The AMD Driver Thread

Did we ever get a decent increase in FPS in dying light on crossfire? Last time I play around 7 weeks ago after all the updates it ran just as slowly... in crossfire and no decernable increase.
 
Have AMD still got the links on the driver website the wrong way round (W7 and W8 64bit?).

Or did they just name the files incorrectly?
 
TwsT said:
well benq have fixed the monitor so a 2730Z is on the cards again or I sell up and buy a fury profreesync or 980t and gsync.
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As it stands it's looking like Ti and gsync would be the better option for the here and now, however i do prefer AMD in general and will probably get a Fury at some point. I guess it all depends if Fury drivers improve performance at 1080p which is where i am at the moment, although at 60hz it's probably already more than good enough.
 
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AMDMatt,

Any chance you could have a word with someone about the flicking issue on AOC monitors?

Mines going crazy with this Fury x but only at 60hz, 30hz it's perfect.

Monitor is AOC U2868PQU

Drivers are 15:15

Tried downloading the modded ones from guru 3d but when I try installing them half the software is missing, just CCC and CIM are there
 
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^Same boat as me mate! It's apparently something to do with the signal from the Display Port.

As for the software, are you running in test mode/driver signing off?
 
uksoldierboy said:
AMDMatt,

Any chance you could have a word with someone about the flicking issue on AOC monitors?

Mines going crazy with this Fury x but only at 60hz, 30hz it's perfect.

Monitor is AOC U2868PQU

Drivers are 15:15

Tried downloading the modded ones from guru 3d but when I try installing them half the software is missing, just CCC and CIM are there
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Just replied to you in the other thread mate.
 
Humbug the grenada silicon is exactly the same as hawaii. The differences is on the pcb,the memory timings and the new drivers.

Also bioshock is not a huge tesselation hog. Amd gpus are slow with DDOF
 
Sugarhell said:
I see you trust their PR. I love amd gpus but i know my things. Nothing changed inside the die. It use exactly the same core as hawaii. Grenada is not gcn 1.2
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There's been many places saying the physical chip isn't exactly the same. Even pc per mentioned it.
 
Gerard said:
There's been many places saying the physical chip isn't exactly the same. Even pc per mentioned it.
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Probably they used the new 28nm HPC+ process. Still the bios that i checked for the 390x is exactly the same as the 290x just with new timings. You can even flash a 290x bios to a 390x. And you cant jump to gcn 1.2 that simply. Tonga die is way different in configuration vs a hawaii one.
 
Gerard said:

Wrong, first question in this interview.
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If your talking about it being a 290X rebox it just isn't.

The 390X more often than not monsters the 290X, and i do mean monsters, its right up there trading blows with the GTX 980.

It might not be GCN 1.2, i don't think AMD go by such numbers its just GCN, but i do think it shares a lot in common with the 285, dubbed GCN 1.2.

Just have a look at this http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28232919&postcount=6439
 
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aceytrixx said:
Just tried them just now and working excellent. Everything on Ultra (hairworks off) and its sitting at 60fps.

Cheers!
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Cool glad they work for you. Remember that enabling AA really tanks the performance.

For best settings with Hairworks ON, try this:

- Disable AA
- Set AllowMSAA=false and EnableTemporalAA=false in Rendering.ini file. (Found in /The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\config\base)
- Reduce HairworksAALevel in Rendering.ini file to 2 or 0 to disable.
- Set Tesselation Mode to 8X instead of AMD optimized (64X )in CCC
- Reduce Foliage Distance and Water to High instead of Ultra.

I get 60fps locked with this unless a lot of horses come on screen where it drops to 54fps. I'm interested to see what a single 290 can do.
 
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humbug said:
If your talking about it being a 290X rebox it just isn't.

The 390X more often than not monsters the 290X, and i do mean monsters, its right up there trading blows with the GTX 980.

It might not be GCN 1.2, i don't think AMD go by such numbers its just GCN, but i do think it shares a lot in common with the 285, dubbed GCN 1.2.

Just have a look at this http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28232919&postcount=6439
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Check this.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/Specials/Radeon-R9-390X-Test-1162303/

Go to the tess tests
 
TwsT said:
Serious question

Does the 295 x2 work with freesync yet?
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If you make custom profile and use it at 290X yes.

I wouldn't advice you to use those modded drivers (15.15 etc) to try to use CF with Freesync. Might work on a game, but they do not work on others.

I tried them, and the games I play not working, crashing all time, while there is a distortion on the screen (XL2730Z) from time to time.
TESO, WO Warships, Armored Warfare, TW Attila & Rome 2.

Went to the "original" 15.6 and just patiently waiting from AMD to sort it out. Which is shame tbh , considering that Freesync is on the making since January 2014 :(
 
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Sugarhell said:
Probably they used the new 28nm HPC+ process. Still the bios that i checked for the 390x is exactly the same as the 290x just with new timings. You can even flash a 290x bios to a 390x. And you cant jump to gcn 1.2 that simply. Tonga die is way different in configuration vs a hawaii one.
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Highly doubt they used a different process. The cost of re-spinning the chip for a new process (even if it is a sister process) would probably make it an unattractive proposition. Power management and voltage regulation have changed, though.

humbug said:
If your talking about it being a 290X rebox it just isn't.

The 390X more often than not monsters the 290X, and i do mean monsters, its right up there trading blows with the GTX 980.

It might not be GCN 1.2, i don't think AMD go by such numbers its just GCN, but i do think it shares a lot in common with the 285, dubbed GCN 1.2.

Just have a look at this http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28232919&postcount=6439
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It's a respin, with higher GPU clock, lower power draw, faster memory with higher bandwidth and another 4GB capacity (which has not impact on anything except GTAV until you go above 5K) and better power regulation. As far as anyone can tell, the GCN version and shader units in Grenada are identical to Hawaii.

The increase in performance comes mostly from the driver, and in part higher clock and bandwidth. It's not really a huge mystery ...
 
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humbug said:
Well thats one, here are the first 4 i pulled from Google all of which confirm what i just tested.


http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-r9-390x-gaming-8g-oc-review,18.html

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/msi_r9_390x_gaming_8g_review/11

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/84194-sapphire-radeon-r9-390x-tri-x/?page=5

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_390X_Gaming/11.html
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You link me games? For what? I just showed you that 290x = 390x on the tesselation performance with the new drivers. Probably you didint even checked the link

The 30% boost is from the ref hawaii which was a bad card. The right comparison is between a 290x custom card vs a 390x.
 
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