The AMD Driver Thread

Martini1991 · 30 Dec 2018 at 22:42

DragonQ said:
Or just preference. I've always done it this way in Afterburner because if your fan is constantly changing, the pitch and general sound it makes will also constantly change. If it's only switching between 2 or 3 static values the change is far less annoying and noticeable IMO.

Because of the limited points it's not the same.
Also, while I can understand people having it as a preference with a proper fan set up with multiple static points, that isn't the case here as it's not an option of static or dynamic, nor is it as flexible as AB because of the lack of extra points.

Playing "The Division" at the moment is fine, as I've got the points where I want them for that game. However with something like FM19 I'd need to create a separate fan set up because it's just revving between X and Y constantly.

Either way, it's not as refined as MSI AB.

shankly1985 · 31 Dec 2018 at 00:03

Martini1991 said:
Because of the limited points it's not the same.
Also, while I can understand people having it as a preference with a proper fan set up with multiple static points, that isn't the case here as it's not an option of static or dynamic, nor is it as flexible as AB because of the lack of extra points.

Playing "The Division" at the moment is fine, as I've got the points where I want them for that game. However with something like FM19 I'd need to create a separate fan set up because it's just revving between X and Y constantly.

Either way, it's not as refined as MSI AB.

Create an application profile so the fan setup loads up with that game.

Martini1991 · 31 Dec 2018 at 00:13

shankly1985 said:
Create an application profile so the fan setup loads up with that game.

I've done that.
Doesn't change the fact that it's less refined than it could (Should) be.

shankly1985 · 31 Dec 2018 at 07:14

Martini1991 said:
I've done that.
Doesn't change the fact that it's less refined than it could (Should) be.

I do agree, right now it takes extra work trying to get that sweet spot.

nashathedog · 31 Dec 2018 at 11:08

DragonQ said:
Or just preference. I've always done it this way in Afterburner because if your fan is constantly changing, the pitch and general sound it makes will also constantly change. If it's only switching between 2 or 3 static values the change is far less annoying and noticeable IMO.

Martini1991 said:
Because of the limited points it's not the same.
Also, while I can understand people having it as a preference with a proper fan set up with multiple static points, that isn't the case here as it's not an option of static or dynamic, nor is it as flexible as AB because of the lack of extra points.

Playing "The Division" at the moment is fine, as I've got the points where I want them for that game. However with something like FM19 I'd need to create a separate fan set up because it's just revving between X and Y constantly.

Either way, it's not as refined as MSI AB.

shankly1985 said:
Create an application profile so the fan setup loads up with that game.

Martini1991 said:
I've done that.
Doesn't change the fact that it's less refined than it could (Should) be.

shankly1985 said:
I do agree, right now it takes extra work trying to get that sweet spot.

I prefer it as it is with the 18.12.1 & older package, I've always preferred to take the easiest route to get things set up but Vega's been anything but, I've never bothered messing with fan settings unless I have to so setting the old fan version in Radeon to a max of 61% did the trick, I brieflly messed around with the new fan curve before rolling back my drivers & hated it, Static curve points sounds like a step backwards to me.

ED209 · 31 Dec 2018 at 18:40

Dose anyone have a sapphire r9 nitro 390 8gb at all? I'm trying to install the latest drivers and it just sits there on detecting hardware.

I used the AMD driver utility to remove the previous drivers in safe mode and then rebooted in to windows to install the latest drivers but they refuse to install

This is on windows 7 64 bit

Edit......I clicked custom install and this bypassed the hardware checking and installed fine

mortals · 3 Jan 2019 at 20:48

Not sure if anyone has noticed this.
Just installed 18.12.3 (after doing clean uninstall of 18.12.1) & it's notifying me there's a new update available.

Apparently I should update to 18.12.2 but I have 18.12.3 installed?!

Are AMD drivers really this bad?? or are they having a bad month??

shankly1985 · 3 Jan 2019 at 20:53

mortals said:
Not sure if anyone has noticed this.
Just installed 18.12.3 (after doing clean uninstall of 18.12.1) & it's notifying me there's a new update available.

Apparently I should update to 18.12.2 but I have 18.12.3 installed?!

Are AMD drivers really this bad?? or are they having a bad month??

Already been answered.
Amd recommended the latest WHQL drivers that is why it's saying to update to 18.12.2
The latest beta driver is 18.12.3

gpuerrilla · 3 Jan 2019 at 22:21

Yep if you read back it was said.

K1LaW8tt5 · 3 Jan 2019 at 23:54

shankly1985 said:
Already been answered.
Amd recommended the latest WHQL drivers that is why it's saying to update to 18.12.2
The latest beta driver is 18.12.3

true or not, I shouldn't be getting pop ups and notifications to "update" to a previous driver version regardless if the driver I'm currently running is beta or not.
It's a bug , lets not gloss over it and pretend it is okay.

shankly1985 · 4 Jan 2019 at 01:32

weldon855 said:
true or not, I shouldn't be getting pop ups and notifications to "update" to a previous driver version regardless if the driver I'm currently running is beta or not.
It's a bug , lets not gloss over it and pretend it is okay.

It's not a bug it's by design. If you not happy with the notification just turn it off.

DragonQ · 4 Jan 2019 at 09:29

I noticed the other day that my frame rate was pretty sluggish in games and then noticed that my GPU was running nowhere near 100%. I checked the obvious things, temperature, CPU usage, etc. but everything seemed normal. In the end I did a DDU & driver reinstall (18.11.2) and that seems to have fixed it. Rather annoying though that I had no issues before attempting to upgrade to 18.12.2, I wish I hadn't bothered.

nitram100 · 4 Jan 2019 at 09:47

Should we use enhanced sync with a freesync monitor?

shankly1985 · 4 Jan 2019 at 11:50

nitram100 said:
Should we use enhanced sync with a freesync monitor?

I have mine always enabled.

chaosophy · 4 Jan 2019 at 13:52

nitram100 said:
Should we use enhanced sync with a freesync monitor?

afaik Enhanced Sync only kicks in when your FPS is outside of the monitor's Freesync range, so may as well have it enabled.

nashathedog · 4 Jan 2019 at 19:09

shankly1985 said:
It's not a bug it's by design. If you not happy with the notification just turn it off.

There is a bug at the moment, If you chose to not be notified about updates when installing your driver it shouldn't flash you with an accept and install window every time you turn the PC on, It's doing that to me, trying to get me to install 18.12.2.

nitram100 said:
Should we use enhanced sync with a freesync monitor?

If I'm remembering right Enhanced sync is related to when framerates exceed your monitors maximum, I asked some time ago and was told to keep it on like already mentioned.

Got this on a Google

https://www.techspot.com/news/75212-amd-unveils-enhanced-sync-adrenaline-v-1772.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/8ak4gh/vsync_freesync_enhanced_sync_chill_frtc_what_do_i/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6yfunz/enhanced_sync_combine_with_freesync/

YB2ndBEST · 4 Jan 2019 at 22:08

I disable ehanced sync and frtc. I leave freesync on and use chill as my limiter. It's been the most responsive smoothest gaming I've done in years. So tasty

GoogalyMoogaly · 5 Jan 2019 at 11:33

I wish there was a global option for Chill, having to set it on a game-by-game basis is annoying, especially as the AMD app seems to fail to auto-detect around 75% of the games on my system.

mortals · 5 Jan 2019 at 12:08

I just went back to 18.12.2 & every windows startup I get a notification that appears twice saying there are new updates

in the software it says:
Currently Installed: 18.12.2
New Recommended: 18.12.2
New Optional: 18.12.3

I clicked on express upgrade of 18.12.2 to see if the notification stops but a installer starts & closes.
Notifications are still appearing

Not sure if there are 2 variants of 18.12.2 ? :confused:

Or is it notifiying me that the 'optional' version 18.12.3 is available?
just an anoyance more than anything

nashathedog · 5 Jan 2019 at 12:51

mortals said:
I just went back to 18.12.2 & every windows startup I get a notification that appears twice saying there are new updates

in the software it says:
Currently Installed: 18.12.2
New Recommended: 18.12.2
New Optional: 18.12.3

I clicked on express upgrade of 18.12.2 to see if the notification stops but a installer starts & closes.
Notifications are still appearing

Not sure if there are 2 variants of 18.12.2 ?
Or is it notifiying me that the 'optional' version 18.12.3 is available?
just an anoyance more than anything

It's a bug that's also happening here, I mentioned it a couple of posts back replying to shankly1985 who was discussing what I think is a similar but different issue with nitram100.
The woes that come with major updates.