The AMD Driver Thread

GoogalyMoogaly · 30 Oct 2016 at 22:46

I'm running a single 290X and don't really play many current releases at the minute (Overwatch being the newest and probably the exception). Not really having any issues (other than the fact my 290X is reference and runs hot and loud), so is it worth me upgrading my drivers from 16.6?

shankly1985 · 30 Oct 2016 at 22:56

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I'm running a single 290X and don't really play many current releases at the minute (Overwatch being the newest and probably the exception). Not really having any issues (other than the fact my 290X is reference and runs hot and loud), so is it worth me upgrading my drivers from 16.6?

Upgrade and find out

can always go back if you feel the need for what ever reason.

TheRealDeal · 30 Oct 2016 at 23:04

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I'm running a single 290X and don't really play many current releases at the minute (Overwatch being the newest and probably the exception). Not really having any issues (other than the fact my 290X is reference and runs hot and loud), so is it worth me upgrading my drivers from 16.6?

If your games are working to your satisfaction then I would say no. When I was playing mainly older games and everything was stable I would just leave the drivers.

pugheaven · 2 Nov 2016 at 23:22

Well BF1 running at 5076x1080 and running like a dog, 20fps max on ULTRA... shame, considering what I'm running

Dave2150 · 2 Nov 2016 at 23:27

pugheaven said:
Well BF1 running at 5076x1080 and running like a dog, 20fps max on ULTRA... shame, considering what I'm running

A 295x2? That over 2.5 years old and worth as much as a 1060 these days - no wonder it can't run it at that resolution.

pugheaven · 3 Nov 2016 at 00:55

Dave2150 said:
A 295x2? That over 2.5 years old and worth as much as a 1060 these days - no wonder it can't run it at that resolution.

3x290x's sorry should be able to play this at more than 20fps... every other game I've got plays perfectly fine!

JediFragger · 3 Nov 2016 at 00:55

Dave2150 said:
A 295x2? That over 2.5 years old and worth as much as a 1060 these days - no wonder it can't run it at that resolution.

Trifire.fail

pugheaven · 3 Nov 2016 at 01:26

JediFragger said:
Trifire.fail

Well I'd be invclined to agree with BF1... the usage rarely gets above 52% ever so it's never even using all the GPU... weird considering BF3/BF4/Hardline are always in the 85%+ range... hey ho suppose they'll get it right in around 7 months which is what it took BF4.

Saying that, it's stable so at least DISE with their quick patches have fixed it for me.

NeilF · 3 Nov 2016 at 09:28

NeilFawcett said:
And Raptr's stop working with Elite Dangerous (again)... It's not even offered as a option if you try and add a game manually...

We're currently aware of an issue where users are having trouble getting Elite: Dangerous and/or the Elite Dangerous: Horizons DLC detected. Unfortunately, there was a change that is currently preventing us from being able to detect the game. We are working on getting this resolved and I appreciate your feedback on the subject. Thanks for your patience while we sort this out.

nashathedog · 3 Nov 2016 at 09:34

LoadsaMoney said:
Its not daft really, as i don't play the latest games, all the game i play, work fine on these 16.3s, and run great, ive got no issues with them at all, as the saying goes, if it aint broke....., i used to update them religiously every month, or every time a new one came out, but ive learned now, theres just no point, as i could update, and get problems.

You read it all the time, these drivers are ****, (insert game here) is ****** on these, was running great on the previous set, had no issues at all, rolling back

The thing is the drivers have been great for Fiji owners since Crimson released and they fixed the teething issues. Like you I thought they were a mess when Crimson released with my gpu stuck trying to run games at 300mhz and something else I've forgotten now but they got ironed out within a few weeks and since then there's been the odd issue but nothing major and they got fixed quickly. Currently the main games I'm playing are Dying Light (I keep going back to it, great game) Civ 6 and WRC 6 but I do chop and change what I'm playing a lot and it's pretty much plain sailing.

nashathedog · 3 Nov 2016 at 09:39

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I'm running a single 290X and don't really play many current releases at the minute (Overwatch being the newest and probably the exception). Not really having any issues (other than the fact my 290X is reference and runs hot and loud), so is it worth me upgrading my drivers from 16.6?

Yes, If you are using a single gpu it's time to update the drivers, you may even find some games improve thanks to optimisations,

But as someone else said if everything is fine and you don't need fixes for particular games what's the rush!

LoadsaMoney · 3 Nov 2016 at 15:56

nashathedog said:
The thing is the drivers have been great for Fiji owners since Crimson released and they fixed the teething issues. Like you I thought they were a mess when Crimson released with my gpu stuck trying to run games at 300mhz and something else I've forgotten now but they got ironed out within a few weeks and since then there's been the odd issue but nothing major and they got fixed quickly. Currently the main games I'm playing are Dying Light (I keep going back to it, great game) Civ 6 and WRC 6 but I do chop and change what I'm playing a lot and it's pretty much plain sailing.

I'll only be updating when i need to, which will be when i get around to DOOM, as i'll need to update then for that, to use Vulkan, i just don't see any point in updating every month, or every time a new driver comes out anymore, not when everything runs fine without a problem, and frames are great anyway, if it ain't broke....

nashathedog · 3 Nov 2016 at 16:53

LoadsaMoney said:
I'll only be updating when i need to, which will be when i get around to DOOM, as i'll need to update then for that, to use Vulkan, i just don't see any point in updating every month, or every time a new driver comes out anymore, not when everything runs fine without a problem, and frames are great anyway, if it ain't broke....

Doom's a great game, I really enjoyed it and on Vulkan performance was brilliant. I'll have to boot it up and see how it runs on the new monitor later.

docsonic · 3 Nov 2016 at 20:44

16.11.1

shankly1985 · 3 Nov 2016 at 20:52

docsonic said:
16.11.1

Sweet thanks

Bantu · 3 Nov 2016 at 21:14

maybe this one will finally work for me and allow me to move on from 16.7.3

shankly1985 · 4 Nov 2016 at 00:46

Battlefield 1 crossfire fixed with latest drivers posted on BF forums

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-u...-crimson-16-11-1-crossfire-flicker-fix#latest

TonyTurbo78 · 4 Nov 2016 at 07:45

Nice will try it later. I'm not holding my breathe though. If the flickering is fixed, I bet the negative scaling on some maps is still evident.

TonyTurbo78 · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:55

New drivers installed, flickering has gone on Ballroom Blitz, not checked the other maps yet, but Ballroom was the worst for the flicker and terrible scaling.

So, almost full ultra @ 1440p, scaling isnt bad and the flicker appears to be fixed. But here's the thing, with Post Process set to high or ultra, look at the shimmer on the floor.

And now compare with Post Process set to Medium...shimmering gone

Bantu · 4 Nov 2016 at 15:57

oh wow.. it looks beautiful on ultra.