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**THE AMD DRIVERS THREAD**
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Caporegime
Good lad. You will be missed.
Yes they are. They're the new Windows 8.1 preview drivers, however they work fine with Windows 7/8. Infact im using them myself on Windows 8 now with no problems. Definitely newer drivers and caps than 13.6 beta 2.
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I hope they get crossfire fixed its nice to have choices 
I hope they get crossfire fixed its nice to have choices
Its not broken so to speak, in its current state, it just has room for improvement which is what the new drivers should give, taking away the last little bit of ammo from the green team in the process
But yes, with these we essentially have a completely level playing field for multi-GPU users, both should act and perform as well as one another.
Caporegime
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Don't worry, you know what I'm like, I'll be back
Since the start of last year I've gone...
6950 CF>7970>6950>670>7970>460>7970CF and soon to be 780 LTG, so guess what follows next??
I hope as well as the frame pacing, they can pull a '12.11 never settle' performance gain out the bag. Unlikely but stranger things have happened. Fingers and toes crossed.
Its not broken so to speak, in its current state, it just has room for improvement which is what the new drivers should give, taking away the last little bit of ammo from the green team in the process
But yes, with these we essentially have a completely level playing field for multi-GPU users, both should act and perform as well as one another.
Spot on.
I don't think it will give performance gains just now, but now that its sorted they can certainly put focus into getting the absolute best performance from multiple cards
I'm am expecting a nice clock for clock perf bump from GCN 2.0 cards though, 9970's to sit between a 780 and Titan* to see AMD through BF4's launch then on with the 20nm goodies next year
*With over voltage, possibly still to 1.3-1.4v, could make a laughing stock of volt locked GK110's.
Edit: While I remember matt, once I get my 780 we can easy do some comparison testing on various games etc...get some percentage figures out to the masses.
I'm am expecting a nice clock for clock perf bump from GCN 2.0 cards though, 9970's to sit between a 780 and Titan* to see AMD through BF4's launch then on with the 20nm goodies next year
*With over voltage, possibly still to 1.3-1.4v, could make a laughing stock of volt locked GK110's.
Edit: While I remember matt, once I get my 780 we can easy do some comparison testing on various games etc...get some percentage figures out to the masses.
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Caporegime
Sounds good and i'll be up for that. I've been running the clocks in my sig for a while now so it'll be good to clock them up again.
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9970's are they bypassing 8xxxx series name?
Sweet
Afaik yes, HD8000 is dropping to OEM only branding, kind of how Nvidia handled the GTX300 series.
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Don't worry, you know what I'm like, I'll be back
Since the start of last year I've gone...
6950 CF>7970>6950>670>7970>460>7970CF and soon to be 780 LTG, so guess what follows next??
A graphics card or two perhaps
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I don't think it will give performance gains just now, but now that its sorted they can certainly put focus into getting the absolute best performance from multiple cards
I'm am expecting a nice clock for clock perf bump from GCN 2.0 cards though, 9970's to sit between a 780 and Titan* to see AMD through BF4's launch then on with the 20nm goodies next year
*With over voltage, possibly still to 1.3-1.4v, could make a laughing stock of volt locked GK110's.
Edit: While I remember matt, once I get my 780 we can easy do some comparison testing on various games etc...get some percentage figures out to the masses.
You expect the 9970 to only fall between the 780 and titan? So that will be what,20%.....maybe? I was thinking about holding out for them but I am gonna try 780 SLI after all I think.
Yeah, like many a think amd will go for a large hot chip on 28nm, if it wasn't for bf4 amd would probably have held out for 20nm and titan killing perf.
I'll be getting 1 780 now, see what the 9970's can do then decide if I'll get a second or move to 9970's.
One thing for sure, the competition is brilliant, just need amd to be sensible with pricing now!
I'll be getting 1 780 now, see what the 9970's can do then decide if I'll get a second or move to 9970's.
One thing for sure, the competition is brilliant, just need amd to be sensible with pricing now!
Man of Honour
Will you be waiting until the HD 9970 launches before going water on the GTX 780.
Soldato
I will bet the new frame drivers will be delayed again tbh.
That entirely depends on ek, they're usually a good 8 weeks at the earliest for getting blocks to market after lightning release, so it may just tie in with the 9970 release.
If they have blocks out very soon after launch it would be rude not to put it under water
Soldato
No they will happen
They give a good month notice of the release, now they couldn't pin point a date if they wasn't 100% sure.Not long now cant wait for theses.
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