Caporegime
I think the TX will be out before the 390X, i think AMD will wait and react to it.
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The AMD Driver Thread
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I think the TX will be out before the 390X, i think AMD will wait and react to it.
Caporegime
Yer it will but if AMD at least gave a bit of info, people like me might wait till they are both released.
Caporegime
Agreed, total silence is not good.
Soldato
It's quite clear what AMD's strategy is regarding drivers.
Bigger more substantial updates, so as to maximise the attention and marketing of their products.
In the meaning time .... tumbleweed.
When the new drivers do come out they will be something of the same nature as the 'Omega' drivers. Just to wow customers and make it look special.
Bigger more substantial updates, so as to maximise the attention and marketing of their products.
In the meaning time .... tumbleweed.
When the new drivers do come out they will be something of the same nature as the 'Omega' drivers. Just to wow customers and make it look special.
Caporegime
There better be something special, or I predict a riot 
Caporegime
I switched team (2x AMD R9-290 > 2x Nvidia GTX 970) last month when i couldn't play Dying Light or Evolve, and right now i'm really happy. I can finally enjoy my games with the hardware i bought.
Seriously when i see AMD has not released a new driver yet, i think i did the best choice to come back to NVidia... AMD has great graphic cards but even the best hardware need good drivers to work well, and with Crossfire it's not the case.
Seriously when i see AMD has not released a new driver yet, i think i did the best choice to come back to NVidia... AMD has great graphic cards but even the best hardware need good drivers to work well, and with Crossfire it's not the case.
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From what I've seen from AMD, this long wait between drivers is a one off and they will be going back to monthly updates again going forward. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
That being said, they really need to communicate to the customers better. If they'd given people an explanation for what was going on I reckon there'd be far fewer annoyed people right now.
That being said, they really need to communicate to the customers better. If they'd given people an explanation for what was going on I reckon there'd be far fewer annoyed people right now.
Soldato
Yeah, lets all drop AMDMatt a message about that!
Soldato
Yeah, lets all drop AMDMatt a message about that!
Matt said this ages ages on this thread
Matt said this ages ages on this thread
Matt also repeatedly said there was no fixed date for release, that they would be released when they are ready. We've since learned that the release date is the 19th, and has been set for a while, so Matt has taken a bit of a hit to his credibility, sadly.
Soldato
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they actually said a while back that they were dropping monthly updates
edit; 2012 in fact :/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5880/...hly-driver-updates-releases-catalyst-126-beta
Soldato
They said they dropping monthly whql releases. Monthly drivers have continued in beta state..
This delay isn't something that will carry on. It's happening because of Freesync time frame nothing more tbh amd needs these driver out for freesync this why they is a delay atm.
Caporegime
So Freesync is the big thing with the next drivers? Seems a little harsh to make everyone wait on CF profiles for the sake of Freesync.
Yes, especially when they could have reverted to using CAPS as a temporary measure to keep their users updated.
Soldato
You used to be able to make them yourself !
Basically there was this little app that could make profiles. IIRC there are three or four ways for Crossfire to work and all you had to do was pick one and try again if it failed.
Pretty sure they stopped it working which is a shame, because even though Crossfire didn't actually work properly at the time it was a darn sight better than nothing.
Nvidia have been properly on the ball lately. EVGA used to play catch up but they've been so good it's made EVGA redundant.
You can still create and change SLI profiles too, had to do it the other week to Dying Light. No idea if you still can on AMD though.
Soldato
Got around to trying Dying Light on 14.12.
Found either Hitman Absolution or 1x1 Optimize custom Crossfire profiles seem to work flawlessly with all settings maxed out and vsync on.
Tested at 1440P on a single 295x2.
^^^
It's still there andy, it can get you from good to great performance in mgpu, when there isn't a profile.
