AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver

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DarkKnightDude

DarkKnightDude

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I'm not sure if this should be a separate thread or not, here is 14.3A apparently.

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

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows®
Thief:
AMD Mantle and AMD True Audio support
Improves stuttering observed in CrossFire mode
Call of Duty: Ghosts: QUAD CrossFire profile update – improves level load times
Audio issues observed when using CrossFire configurations (and V-sync enabled) have been resolved
BattleField 4: V-sync issues observed on CrossFire configurations (with Mantle enabled) have been resolved
 
Spanners

Spanners

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I can't get my card (R9 290) to keep constant clocks with added voltage using any driver after 13.12.

14.1 and 14.2 both throttle for me regardless of temps or power settings. Anyone else experiencing this? Will try 14.3 soon but I'm doubtful it will be any different.
 
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f1sherman

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Spanners said:
I can't get my card (R9 290) to keep constant clocks with added voltage using any driver after 13.12.

14.1 and 14.2 both throttle for me regardless of temps or power settings. Anyone else experiencing this?
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I've heard about that, but no issue here.

I have problem with RPM sensor gone in AB,
custom BIOS suddenly making my card unusable,
and temp/RPM fan occasionally following some random GODKNOWS WHAT curve.
All past v14.
 
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Silverforce11

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3DVagabond said:
Well, Ryan wasn't impressed.
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Depends on how good a CPU you got, most rigs are i3 to i5 and users who overclock are niche. For the average gamer, the performance gains would be massive, akin to another tier of graphics cards.

Then there's the top tier, good CPU but CF or more, surely, the bottleneck is down the CPU again once you push GPU grunt.

Me, I can play game with no sound at all without it bothering me, so TA is meh.
 
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3DVagabond

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Silverforce11 said:
Depends on how good a CPU you got, most rigs are i3 to i5 and users who overclock are niche. For the average gamer, the performance gains would be massive, akin to another tier of graphics cards.

Then there's the top tier, good CPU but CF or more, surely, the bottleneck is down the CPU again once you push GPU grunt.

Me, I can play game with no sound at all without it bothering me, so TA is meh.
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Sorry, I was talking about TrueAudio. The performance gain on the i3 was quite impressive, IMO. Although you're likely not to see to many i3's rockin 290X's. Could be some C2Q's though that would also benefit a lot.
 
frozentundra123456

frozentundra123456

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Not a very complete review, as Ryan said, but I think mantle is more useful for bf4, since some online players will turn down settings for a high frame rate. For thief, since its single player, I would expect most players to use gpu limited settings, where mantle has little benefit.

Would be nice if AT got a full mantle review out. Seems like not a lot of full tests coming out lately.
 
frozentundra123456

frozentundra123456

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After looking at game.gpu tests, it does look like mantle makes amd cpus much more competitive in this game.

20 percent improvement for 4670k and 60 percent improvement for 8350 (ave fps). However, Haswell i3 is still faster than 8350, only 20 percent improvement in ave fps but 82 percent improvement in min fps.

So overall, nice improvement with a relatively slow cpu. Problem is one cant base a cpu decision on using mantle because so many games dont support it.

Would be interesting to see if there is much improvement in an apu without a discrete card. Would depend on how low one turned down the settings I suspect.
 
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lavaheadache

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Spanners said:
I can't get my card (R9 290) to keep constant clocks with added voltage using any driver after 13.12.

14.1 and 14.2 both throttle for me regardless of temps or power settings. Anyone else experiencing this? Will try 14.3 soon but I'm doubtful it will be any different.
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I get this behavior too. Posted it in my PSA: powercolor thread
 
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Kenmitch

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3DVagabond said:
Sorry, I was talking about TrueAudio. The performance gain on the i3 was quite impressive, IMO. Although you're likely not to see to many i3's rockin 290X's. Could be some C2Q's though that would also benefit a lot.
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I have a i3 paired with a 290 DD....The 290x or i5 would have been overkill for my Capstone 450w'r :)
 
codyray10

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Will try these out tonight. I'm not very optimistic about the stuttering being gone on 7000 series crossfire.
 
jackstar7

jackstar7

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Well, with them saying they'll resolve low power state for additional GPUs in the next release, I'm anxious to get that next release.
 
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wand3r3r

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Spanners said:
I can't get my card (R9 290) to keep constant clocks with added voltage using any driver after 13.12.

14.1 and 14.2 both throttle for me regardless of temps or power settings. Anyone else experiencing this? Will try 14.3 soon but I'm doubtful it will be any different.
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Are the temps hitting 94c? It will throttle no matter what to maintain 94c.
 
biostud

biostud

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Just ran the Thief 4 Benchmark

Max setting
D3D Min: 31.1 Max: 58.5 Avg: 42.1
Mantle Min: 33.3 Max: 61.0 Avg: 44.4
+5.5%

Very low
D3D Min: 34.1 Max: 68.6 Avg: 48.3
Mantle Min: 39 Max: 76.9 Avg: 55.5
+14.9%
 
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