The AMD Driver Thread

Tacitus · 9 Mar 2015 at 04:02

I've had my two 290xs for a fortnight now, and I honestly cannot complain about crossfire drivers.

With that said, I've been extremely busy so I haven't gamed a lot, and the newest game I've played is DA:I, which I know is particularly well-optimised for AMD cards. But even older stuff which I'd heard was extremely problematic was running flawlessly for me, Witcher 2, Dark Souls II, AC:IV. 60 FPS constantly at 3200x1800

deuse · 9 Mar 2015 at 14:20

Still no drivers. What great thing are AMD going to give us?

dwskillz · 9 Mar 2015 at 14:51

dont know but i just bought a 980 time to go green xD

elmuzzy66. · 9 Mar 2015 at 15:40

A bit disappointing that vsr is not coming to the 7 series.

Ayahuasca · 9 Mar 2015 at 15:42

It'll either be due to them not being able to do it properly or saving features like that as selling points for new cards. With it being AMD I'd bet it's to do with the former.

humbug · 9 Mar 2015 at 15:46

AMDMatt said:
VSR will not be introduced to the HD 7000 Series.

They lack the correct display controllers. This piece of silicon on the graphics chip interfaces with the graphics die and the monitor. Older AMD Radeon GPUs are not capable of executing highly dynamic refresh rate adjustments in their display controller.

BradleyW · 9 Mar 2015 at 15:56

For those playing Dying Light, applying Tomb Raider CFX profile will net you an additional 3-4 minimum fps.

Gregster · 9 Mar 2015 at 16:01

Drivers coming in 10 days time then.

thecremeegg · 9 Mar 2015 at 18:09

elmuzzy66. said:
A bit disappointing that vsr is not coming to the 7 series.

What's the deal if you run a 7970 and 280x in Xfire

nutsnut · 9 Mar 2015 at 18:32

same architecture, they are effectively two 7970's.

So will not get VSR, its only the 285, 290, 290x I believe.

eyetrip · 9 Mar 2015 at 19:36

Come on amd, at least tell us what the delay is all about.

If it's something awesome, shout it from the roof tops.

Mind you, I'm suddenly not sure why I care. Had one day off since 23rd feb, and did an 85 hour week last week, and this week not shaping up well, so god knows when I can use them anyway.

savagesam117 · 9 Mar 2015 at 19:49

Does VSR play well with anyone else? I seem to try and use it, and frame rates drop loads.

What am i doing wrong?

Uncle Petey · 9 Mar 2015 at 19:51

What are you playing and what are you scaling to?

savagesam117 · 9 Mar 2015 at 19:53

Elite Dangerous and going up to 2560 x 1440.

Final8y · 9 Mar 2015 at 19:54

savagesam117 said:
Does VSR play well with anyone else? I seem to try and use it, and frame rates drop loads.

What am i doing wrong?

It plays very well for me, but you must take into account the higher resolution and if you have any AA applied which may just be too much for a single card in some games.

savagesam117 · 9 Mar 2015 at 19:58

Final8y said:
It plays very well for me, but you must take into account the higher resolution and if you have any AA applied which may just be too much for a single card in some games.

I now know why.. I totally forgot to town down the settings a little. Turned AA down and it's fine now. Cheers.

I'm going to stay at 1080p, i can't even see a difference!

triss · 9 Mar 2015 at 20:35

eyetrip said:
Come on amd, at least tell us what the delay is all about.

If it's something awesome, shout it from the roof tops.

Mind you, I'm suddenly not sure why I care. Had one day off since 23rd feb, and did an 85 hour week last week, and this week not shaping up well, so god knows when I can use them anyway.

From the Q&A thread

1. Will the driver on the 19th be on time and will it be BETA or WHQL?
Yes, this driver has been scheduled for some time. The 19th is a firm date.

This will be a non-WHQL as with many of our recent postings, but rest-assured, this driver will have received an extensive amount of testing by the time it gets posted.

Would indicate its not delayed at all, just its not actually due yet

K1LaW8tt5 · 9 Mar 2015 at 22:08

scheduled for release 2 days after bf hardline. I hope it all goes wrong and hardline and gta v run like crap on release. Im glad i didnt buy any new games since before christmas.

savagesam117 · 9 Mar 2015 at 22:11

weldon855 said:
scheduled for release 2 days after bf hardline. I hope it all goes wrong and hardline and gta v run like crap on release. Im glad i didnt buy any new games since before christmas.

Well you're full of joy aren't you!

Bonjour · 9 Mar 2015 at 22:14

Maybe that's, at least in part, the reason for the time of release. They want to get support for Hardline spot on.