The AMD Driver Thread

Shiari · 18 Sep 2018 at 00:09

lowdog said:
Yeah but you didn't DDU in safe mode AFTER the clean uninstall...this is what I stated.

But *why* would you do that? Are you trying to corrupt your installation? You shouldn't use DDU unless you have real issues - it may actually do something undesirable to your system, and the clean install is normally not needed either.

(No, I'm not going to try it ... my system is running just fine thanks

)

tereu5 · 19 Sep 2018 at 08:23

Shiari said:
But *why* would you do that? Are you trying to corrupt your installation? You shouldn't use DDU unless you have real issues - it may actually do something undesirable to your system, and the clean install is normally not needed either.

(No, I'm not going to try it ... my system is running just fine thanks )

But the are plenty of "leftovers" files that may/may not corrupt new driver installation. When re-rolling drivers from lets say rev 10 to rev 9 I was always under the impression that its better to clean all stuff manually or use something like DDu to avoid any possible issue. It may not happen at all but still I rather do it :>

Shiari · 19 Sep 2018 at 12:58

tereu5 said:
When re-rolling drivers from lets say rev 10 to rev 9 I was always under the impression that its better to clean all stuff manually or use something like DDu to avoid any possible issue. It may not happen at all but still I rather do it :>

It's really only *needed* if you have any issues with it in the first place. And in that case there's the "clean install" option that both nVidia and AMD offer nowadays, basically DDU but vendor specific ... there's really no reason to also run DDU. There's also no *need* to uninstall the drivers from the competitor when switching cards, though pretty much anyone would do that anyway. And those old drivers aren't loaded if the hardware isn't present, so they don't get in the way of anything.

DDU has you make a savepoint ... that's done because it might actually be deleting something it shouldn't have, and so you have a savepoint to return to.

Basically you can most of the time just install the AMD drivers on top of the old ones without a clean install. If that ends up giving you problems try again with the clean install. In the unlikely event that this also gives you problems then that would be a good time to also try DDU before installing them.

nashathedog · 19 Sep 2018 at 13:31

tereu5 said:
But the are plenty of "leftovers" files that may/may not corrupt new driver installation. When re-rolling drivers from lets say rev 10 to rev 9 I was always under the impression that its better to clean all stuff manually or use something like DDu to avoid any possible issue. It may not happen at all but still I rather do it :>

I only do a ddu if as mentioned I've got a problem after installing the latest driver, The only other time is when we are getting a major driver overhaul such as when we moved to Adrenalin or Crimson for the first time.

tereu5 said:
But the are plenty of "leftovers" files that may/may not corrupt new driver installation. When re-rolling drivers from lets say rev 10 to rev 9 I was always under the impression that its better to clean all stuff manually or use something like DDu to avoid any possible issue. It may not happen at all but still I rather do it :>

If you're going backwards you sometimes have to DDU, it's not wanted to roll back for me a few times forcing me to DDU. But I think it is a risk doing it all the time.

Bloot · 19 Sep 2018 at 21:24

New 18.9.2 drivers https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-18-9-2

Panos · 21 Sep 2018 at 08:55

@LtMatt run many tests last night, and seems some benchmarks lost performance with 18.9.2 compared to 18.8.1
(clean installation).

https://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/16213471/fs/16417122#

Bounce · 21 Sep 2018 at 17:17

been getting a weird effect, looking like water as the ground on bf1 on the odd occasion.

See screen shot uploaded below

https://we.tl/t-iaoMjCzkeO

Ree · 21 Sep 2018 at 18:13

i've been getting like a black screen effect when going over water or with shadows indoors too on bf1, its only just started happening recently am on latest driver.

TonyTurbo78 · 21 Sep 2018 at 18:17

Think I’ll be steering well clear of these latest ones

nashathedog · 21 Sep 2018 at 18:57

Panos said:
@LtMatt run many tests last night, and seems some benchmarks lost performance with 18.9.2 compared to 18.8.1
(clean installation).

https://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/16213471/fs/16417122#

That might be due to having Freesync enabled on the lower score?

nashathedog · 21 Sep 2018 at 19:04

TonyTurbo78 said:
Think I’ll be steering well clear of these latest ones

Same here, They've just finished unpacking and they're now saying Accept & Install but I'm going to scrap that, I just bought BF1 & I'll probably have a play around with it this weekend.

Panos · 21 Sep 2018 at 19:13

nashathedog said:
That might be due to having Freesync enabled on the lower score?

No FS off

LoadsaMoney · 21 Sep 2018 at 19:23

If you're not having any problems, then don't update, as you'll only have to roll-back more than likely, im still on the very first Adrenalin set, 17.12.1s, as having no problems at all with them, even the new SOTTR runs fine on em

TonyTurbo78 · 21 Sep 2018 at 19:40

LoadsaMoney said:
If you're not having any problems, then don't update, as you'll only have to roll-back more than likely, im still on the very first Adrenalin set, 17.12.1s, as having no problems at all with them, even the new SOTTR runs fine on em

This. I’m using an older set also, think 4 or 5 versions back, certainly not Stone Age driver like yours though mate

LoadsaMoney · 21 Sep 2018 at 19:54

TonyTurbo78 said:
This. I’m using an older set also, think 4 or 5 versions back, certainly not Stone Age driver like yours though mate

nashathedog · 21 Sep 2018 at 21:09

Panos said:
No FS off

If you check your settings at the bottom of your 3dMark result it states that Freesync's on for the newer test and off for the older one.

Panos · 21 Sep 2018 at 21:25

nashathedog said:
If you check your settings at the bottom of your 3dMark result it states that Freesync's on for the newer test and off for the older one.

But I have turned it off on the drivers settings.

jupiter_man · 24 Sep 2018 at 16:47

Hi guys, I am trying to watch Amazon prime move but Amazon says "Your video will play in standard definition because your computer hardware, HDMI cables, and display must all meet content protection (HDCP) requirements for HD video."
I am using R9 Fury with 18.4.1 driver

How do I meet the HDCP requirement?
BIG Thanks!

Panos · 24 Sep 2018 at 19:50

jupiter_man said:
Hi guys, I am trying to watch Amazon prime move but Amazon says "Your video will play in standard definition because your computer hardware, HDMI cables, and display must all meet content protection (HDCP) requirements for HD video."
I am using R9 Fury with 18.4.1 driver

How do I meet the HDCP requirement?
BIG Thanks!

Have you tried to update the drivers to 18.9.1?

zophiel · 25 Sep 2018 at 14:05

i have had that a few times in the past, deleted all the cookies, cache etc and rebooted the machine, seems to work sometimes. other times its just amazon being a pain as it works later when i try.