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The AMD Driver Thread

humbug said:
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And Boarderless mode FreeSync.

excellent :)
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Yep, excellent feature that Nvidia Gysnc users have had and is definitely welcome. So many games use pseudo fullscreen and it rendered (pun intended) Freesync worthless.

Dishonored 2 is a perfect example and now I am enjoying freesync with borderless windowed mode in that game. It makes a huge difference when Freesync is on.
 
using the reference rx 480 8 gig sapphire card here and im finding the new crimson to be sluggish and crashing.

eg when i open it up and click gaming it takes longer than it used to and if i close it with wattman selected i always get a error saying "radeon settings: host application has stopped working"

i done a full uninstall and had win 10 in safe mode with ddu as well earlier and the problem is still there.

oh i even just left it open when i went for a bog break earlier and i came back to the same error lol

guess its just teething problems like the old wattman crash :)

only game i tried was overwatch and that ran like a champ as always :)
 
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hello everyone i'am having problems with new driver when I start up system I get a notification saying default radeon wattman settings have been restored due to a system failure. I have not been into the wattman settings yet, I have uninstalled new driver using ddu then reinstalled but I keep getting the same notification, then last night I couldn't get any games to run each one would crash my system, I removed my overclocks and still I would get the same outcome. anyone had this happen
 
Finally after the latest update I can output 10bit at 60hz to my TV.
Before anything above 30hz and I wouldn't get any output at all.
 
Need to do some more gaming and more testing with the latest drivers but so far so good! Did a quick run of 3DMark and Valley and got my highest scores in both.
 
chaosophy said:
Need to do some more gaming and more testing with the latest drivers but so far so good! Did a quick run of 3DMark and Valley and got my highest scores in both.
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True, on Spy did with the Nano @1140/550, GFX Score 5558
My GFX score is only beaten by a FuryX @ 1145/545 with GFX Score 5599 :( (as far as AMD cards go)
 
prjwebb said:
Had to disable Chill. I was only getting 100-120fps in Overwatch while active where I'd usually get 180-200.
Chill was set to 60min 250 max.
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Thats how its designed to work. If you went back to one them spots you get 180-200 fps you move the mouse around fast the FPS will jump up

Read post from people though and for competitive games best just leaving chill disabled.
 
shankly1985 said:
Thats how its designed to work. If you went back to one them spots you get 180-200 fps you move the mouse around fast the FPS will jump up

Read post from people though and for competitive games best just leaving chill disabled.
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Yeah, this was while moving around. While idle it dropped to 60 which was fine. But when moving I want to be getting my full FPS.
 
In their video on Chill they claim - in some games at least - that you can get better response times with it enabled, even though the overall FPS may be lower.
Be interesting to see if any of the review sites look into this.
 
I only get on or off for chill in global wattman on my 480

Where do you alter the range ... Or is it because I only have a 60hz screen?

Giz
 
GizF1 said:
I only get on or off for chill in global wattman on my 480

Where do you alter the range ... Or is it because I only have a 60hz screen?

Giz
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Once enabled go into one of the profiles for the game and scroll down.

Just tested Deus Ex it works very well no noticeable input lag at all. Frame rate is much lower though vs off
 
Chill is good when doing nothing competitive or proper gaming that requires the higher frame rates, a good example of this is doing world quests or generic grinding in WoW or other mmos.

I really need 75 FPS to crush some nuts via right clicks don't I, another good way to use chill is when you are going AFK but don't want to quit the game, some games take ages to get into and its not due to loading times, just ****ing splash screens.

You can easily toggle these on or off when you wish and a good way to save power, early days at the moment and hopefully they allow you to set it so, once you are gaming, it goes to full FPS, options are nice, just on and off at the moment is a start.
 
Raelgun said:
Chill is good when doing nothing competitive or proper gaming that requires the higher frame rates, a good example of this is doing world quests or generic grinding in WoW or other mmos.

I really need 75 FPS to crush some nuts via right clicks don't I, another good way to use chill is when you are going AFK but don't want to quit the game, some games take ages to get into and its not due to loading times, just ****ing splash screens.

You can easily toggle these on or off when you wish and a good way to save power, early days at the moment and hopefully they allow you to set it so, once you are gaming, it goes to full FPS, options are nice, just on and off at the moment is a start.
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Some valid points there
 
Didn't realise you couldn't increase voltage in wattman. That's disappointing have gone back to afterburner.

And these drivers dont play nice when I use my TV as a second monitor artifacting all over the place. Unless I shut down and restart and make sure nothing adjusts my clockspeed then they are fine.

If I play around with my clocks then return to stock and enable my TV as a second screen it artefacts. Very odd.

This is after a couple of DDU's and re-installs. Dont know if its because my screens are different resolutions. My main screen is 1440p
 
Finners said:
Didn't realise you couldn't increase voltage in wattman. That's disappointing have gone back to afterburner.

And these drivers dont play nice when I use my TV as a second monitor artifacting all over the place. Unless I shut down and restart and make sure nothing adjusts my clockspeed then they are fine.

If I play around with my clocks then return to stock and enable my TV as a second screen it artefacts. Very odd.

This is after a couple of DDU's and re-installs. Dont know if its because my screens are different resolutions. My main screen is 1440p
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I can change voltage on my 290
 
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