Download AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC1 Driver

KissSh0t

2014-04-22 23:07

Actually, even if they are not mention of optimisation, they are optimised for Mantle and work perfectly fine for Mantle, Maybe not all cards benefit the same way of a gain boost, but, simply try 2x 7970 and you will see the gain even with a 6cores intel. I know there's something between GCN1.0 and GCN1.1 who will need some alternative change ( maybe on the way data / textures are pinned in the memory ), for have more boost, but actually the gain is allready there. I think the most "optimisations" who could be made are on the starswarm demo, but hé, this is just a demo of an engine, ....

They do not work perfectly with Mantle yet.. they "sort of" work with Mantle, the cards that have more than 2GB of video memory, the issue will not be so apparent. As AMD stated, these cards will be optimized in future driver releases. --- These new Beta drivers cause flickering in the weapon customization screen, the previous 14.3 did not. Has anyone else noticed this?

#4805348

CPC_RedDawn

2014-04-23 01:54

Considering it only happens to their CCC, I say otherwise

Considering I have experienced this bug my self waaaay back when I had my 4870x2 and since having my HD7970 and my HD7770 in two different rigs I have never experienced this bug with the drivers I have been using and this is also using two different OS's (W7 and 8). I have had my 7970 since August 2012 so I was on 12.8 drivers.

#4805404

yasamoka

2014-04-23 04:59

Welcome to capitalism baby. "ALL YOUR MONEY ARE BELONGS TO US, HA HA HA HA" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fvTxv46ano (replace 'base' with 'money') Anyway most Big companies are like this, the most notorious is apple for forcing ppl to buy newer Ipod touch(s) and Iphones by disallowing older models from Update the OS.

Nothing in front of Android vendors who flat out stop even sending any updates your way. iPhone 4 users get iOS7, and those are 3-year-old phones. Not to say an iPhone 4 isn't slow with iOS7's transitions, but...a 3-year-old phone, with the newest software. So don't just bash Apple for that. At least they have a unified OS, not every vendor has to build a ROM for every single phone of theirs. Also, you're responding to an irrelevant post with irrelevant information anyways, just the daily dose of driver posts.

#4805414

theoneofgod

2014-04-23 06:47

GPU2 99% bug still there with ULPS. 14.3 has no issue. Damn AMD.

#4805452

dampflokfreund

2014-04-23 09:56

Oh no! A beta driver that still has bugs! We need to make sure every f***ing last AMD employee burns in hell forever!!! Come on, people. Treat a beta version as what it is: an unstable piece of software. Regarding Mantle, it's still a new API. If you expected it to work perfectly in a short amount of time, all I can say is, wisdom is not your forte. I started using beta drivers because the latest stable ones (14.1, if I remember correctly) had a problem with rendering shadows in Dead Space. That said, I expected bugs when switching from a stable version to an unstable one. Haven't had any so far, but I know that must be due to luck rather than anything else (i.e. I'm not using any of the apps that are buggy with the 14.3 drivers). If I were to try this particular beta, I would expect bugs as well. That said, since mine are working properly, I'm not gonna switch. You ungrateful types should do the same, unless you're willing to deal with bugs.

Yes, it's still beta... we haven't got a WHQL sinche 5 months now, dude.

#4805455

Benik3

2014-04-23 10:16

I wonder, how many people who still blaming here really reported the bugs to the AMD...

#4805462

DiceAir

2014-04-23 10:49

Oh no! A beta driver that still has bugs! We need to make sure every f***ing last AMD employee burns in hell forever!!! Come on, people. Treat a beta version as what it is: an unstable piece of software. Regarding Mantle, it's still a new API. If you expected it to work perfectly in a short amount of time, all I can say is, wisdom is not your forte. I started using beta drivers because the latest stable ones (14.1, if I remember correctly) had a problem with rendering shadows in Dead Space. That said, I expected bugs when switching from a stable version to an unstable one. Haven't had any so far, but I know that must be due to luck rather than anything else (i.e. I'm not using any of the apps that are buggy with the 14.3 drivers). If I were to try this particular beta, I would expect bugs as well. That said, since mine are working properly, I'm not gonna switch. You ungrateful types should do the same, unless you're willing to deal with bugs.

without us moaning here and without us saying what issues we have it will take AMD 10x as long to release proper drivers

#4805503

yasamoka

2014-04-23 12:37

it's not about whether its relevant or not, its a analogy. Looks like I've stepped on Apple fanboy's tail.

Read my reply carefully, first of all....I didn't call your post irrelevant. Second of all, I have a Galaxy Note and will be upgrading to another Android phone soon. I do not have a single Apple device. But I give credit where its due and I don't spread FUD and bash just to ride on the hatetrain, which is what you seem to like to do. If you've no further information to fuel your argument then its more honorable to not reply.

#4805516

ClockClocker

2014-04-23 13:00

the only 14.XX driver i tested was 14.1 (if i remember right) and that one bsod on playing a video and i reported it to AMD. From the posts here it seems like it's an issue of the 14.xx drivers. So i keep sticking with 13.12. Mantle support for 7000 Series is also pretty disapointing.

#4805549

sapo_joe

2014-04-23 14:23

After the BIOS update, I can use the 14.X drivers as I wish, with no BSODs, no lockups, no problems at all. I'm in love with AMD again... If you're having problems with your hardware, you could check for BIOs updates. (do it the proper way, with a DOS bood disk).

#4805568

caleb59

2014-04-23 14:53

WHQL? Are you serious bro? God help us all if that will be true... 14.3 Beta is better driver for me - stable and zero bsod's on 8.1 so far!

#4805608

DiceAir

2014-04-23 15:56

As always, there are some who shout FIRE! FIRE! when a new driver is released. This is one of the best AMD drivers i've used, no BSOD's on Windows 8.1, then again, I rarely have issues at all. Mantle is working great in BF4, now if only Dice could fix their broken game. If you are getting BSOD's i suggest you try to solve your hardware/software issues.

What you mean by broken game. I can play the game and get no lag etc etc. I get a bug but the game is not broken. People don't understand what broken means. Broken means you can literly can't play it.

#4805634

Rich_Guy

2014-04-23 16:56

Core clock being locked in 3D mode is definitely fixed in these, would have done it by now 🙂

#4805647

DiceAir

2014-04-23 17:32

Play any 64 player server, especially on the naval strike DLC rubber banding, packet loss and poor network performance.

at least you can go into the game and play. Although you lag etc etc you can still go into the game. I'm not getting any of those issues and I played all maps and modes and on 64 man servers

#4805665

davido6

2014-04-23 18:03

getting now thanks

#4805694

yasamoka

2014-04-23 19:04

Say what? Please read your own post carefully. And I own many apple products, enough to take note that what I say is true. And Android as well I think you mistaken my criticism for hate post, or you got butthurt.

...is wrong with you? I was referencing the post you were replying to...

#4805701

DiceAir

2014-04-23 19:23

Considering this happens to everyone on the server, I don't believe you. Maybe you found a magical server without these issues, if so please let everyone in the community know. It is still broken for me, you can argue semantics, but I will not buy another Dice game because of this, they need to fix the game to have my respect. 6+ months later is too long to wait, I barely play anymore.

i'm from south Africa and only South African players allowed. But if you don't want to believe me then so be it. I'm happy with my game so far.

#4805720

Rich_Guy

2014-04-23 20:23

I guess you missed the RC tagged this drivers have 😀 , so they aren't really beta .

Yup, this is the 14.4 WHQL driver, as as well as sending it off to Microsoft to get certified (which takes about 2 weeks), they've also put it up for download so we can get it now.

#4805721

The Mac

2014-04-23 20:23

Core clock being locked in 3D mode is definitely fixed in these, would have done it by now 🙂

Yup, fixed for me.

#4805730

Jackalito

2014-04-23 20:35

I wonder, how many people who still blaming here really reported the bugs to the AMD...

I usually wonder about the same thing 🙂 That been said, I always use DDU on safemode between new drivers installation and haven't had any major hiccups (apart from stuttering with DX games with Catalyst 14.2 and 14.3) lately. So far so good with my 290X :banana: