**THE AMD DRIVERS THREAD**

[Loxa]

How is the new drivers compared to the old 14.6beta?

 

[LtMatt]

How is the new drivers compared to the old 14.6beta?

Working fine here. Not sure there is too much difference apart from a few updates for Plants Vs Zombies, Grid and Sniper Elite V3.

 

[Heisenberg]

Is watch dogs performing better with these drivers in crossfire. I get better performance from one 7950 than two at the moment

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Been reading about this and I dont think its AMD's fault. Nvidia owners have also reported similiar issues. It seems some of the monitor manufacturers (eg AOC) have cut corners when adhering to certain standards and its enough for some GPU's to throw a wobbly probably because they have strict compliance.

It also seems to show why AMD appear to be doing nothing about it (although there is one twitter AMD employee feed that people are keeping an eye on) as they probably can't or dont feel its their issue to sort out.

I recall them doing something similar regarding frame-pacing too didn't they? (Was a long time ago though, so might be remembering wrong)

 

[Silent_Scone]

I've been dealing with Shane who is technology manager in Toronto. Trying to create a quick fix by modifying the timings in the inf file for the AOC panel. So far it's been unsuccessful. Personally because of how inconsistent the results are on various cards, I think it's a signal issue with them.

 

[LtMatt]

^ So you're silent scone, thought you were when you DM'd me on twitter.

 

[Silent_Scone]

 

[whyscotty]

^ So you're silent scone, thought you were when you DM'd me on twitter.

Is this what yours was like MrFrosty?

 

[LtMatt]

I knew anyway. Saw your posts on oc.net.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Fair enough lol.

Is this what yours was like MrFrosty?

Yep

 

[fa5719]

I've been dealing with Shane who is technology manager in Toronto. Trying to create a quick fix by modifying the timings in the inf file for the AOC panel. So far it's been unsuccessful. Personally because of how inconsistent the results are on various cards, I think it's a signal issue with them.

Most probably YES sounds logical / soma AMD cards run OK , but not many . Nvidia is fine , though

 

[AlamoX]

AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC Is Now Available

The folks at AMD sent word that the new AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 driver is now available. Feature highlights include:

Plants vs. Zombies (Direct3D performance improvements):

AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 Ultra – improves up to 11%

AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 Ultra – improves up to 15%

AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra) - 92% scaling

3DMark Sky Diver improvements:

AMD A4 6300 – improves up to 4%

Enables AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire support

Grid Auto Sport:

AMD CrossFire profile

Wildstar:

Power Xpress profile

Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application

Watch Dogs:

AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvements

Battlefield Hardline Beta:

AMD CrossFire profile

Source : http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

 

[whyscotty]

AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC Is Now Available

The folks at AMD sent word that the new AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 driver is now available. Feature highlights include:

Spoiler

Plants vs. Zombies (Direct3D performance improvements):

AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 Ultra – improves up to 11%

AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 Ultra – improves up to 15%

AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra) - 92% scaling

3DMark Sky Diver improvements:

AMD A4 6300 – improves up to 4%

Enables AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire support

Grid Auto Sport:

AMD CrossFire profile

Wildstar:

Power Xpress profile

Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application

Watch Dogs:

AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvements

Battlefield Hardline Beta:

AMD CrossFire profile

Source : http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26506283&postcount=3596

 

[AlamoX]

[/SPOILER]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26506283&postcount=3596

wow 4 full hours before xD, at least it wasn't a new thread

 

[Footyslayer]

New Official AMD drivers. Updated version of 14.6, worth upgrading. This should become a WHQL driver soon.

AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 RC Driver for Windows® Operating System



Download Link
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

*Sigh*

Thought I'd give this a go as it seems newer but I am still getting the exact same issue with 14.6...

All installs fine, screen looks good. Do the reboot after installation and just after the windows loading screen I get a black screen and can only see my mouse cursor. This would normally be the screen where I would enter my password.

Does anyone please have any ideas?

 

[humbug]

*Sigh*

Thought I'd give this a go as it seems newer but I am still getting the exact same issue with 14.6...

All installs fine, screen looks good. Do the reboot after installation and just after the windows loading screen I get a black screen and can only see my mouse cursor. This would normally be the screen where I would enter my password.

Does anyone please have any ideas?

Win 8.1?

I had that once, after the install reboot, all i did was hit return to wake it up and the login screen appeared.

It hasn't done it since.

 

[Confused Stu]

*Sigh*

Thought I'd give this a go as it seems newer but I am still getting the exact same issue with 14.6...

All installs fine, screen looks good. Do the reboot after installation and just after the windows loading screen I get a black screen and can only see my mouse cursor. This would normally be the screen where I would enter my password.

Does anyone please have any ideas?

Had that issue once myself after a driver install (Win7). Just pressed Enter and it logged into one of the user accounts, logged out and the normal screen was back. Never happened after that very first boot with the new driver installed.

 

[humbug]

Had that issue once myself after a driver install (Win7). Just pressed Enter and it logged into one of the user accounts, logged out and the normal screen was back. Never happened after that very first boot with the new driver installed.

I see a pattern here

 

[LtMatt]

*Sigh*

Thought I'd give this a go as it seems newer but I am still getting the exact same issue with 14.6...

All installs fine, screen looks good. Do the reboot after installation and just after the windows loading screen I get a black screen and can only see my mouse cursor. This would normally be the screen where I would enter my password.

Does anyone please have any ideas?

If you can, try this.

 

[Confused Stu]

I see a pattern here

Great minds thinking alike, good sir.