AMD to Drop Support for Pre HD 5000 GPUs

[Olikan]

http://www.techpowerup.com/164573/AMD-to-Drop-Support-for-Pre-HD-5000-GPUs-with-Catalyst-12.7.html

as a hd 4650 user im sad

 

[lifeblood]

That's a bummer. Once I buy a new 7850 I was going to put my 4830 into the TV PC which would allow me to put the HD3650 in there into my Moms PC. Oh, well. As long as you can get older versions of the drivers it will be ok.

 

[Stuka87]

That's a bummer. Once I buy a new 7850 I was going to put my 4830 into the TV PC which would allow me to put the HD3650 in there into my Moms PC. Oh, well. As long as you can get older versions of the drivers it will be ok.

Like in the past, I am sure the old drivers will stay available for many many years. They just wont be providing new updates for them. Which really is not that big of a deal. Its not like you will be playing the latest and greatest games on an old GPU anyway.

 

[Meaker10]

Do people think when updates stop their card will explode in a ball of fire?

 

[lifeblood]

Do people think when updates stop their card will explode in a ball of fire?

No, they think when a new game or OS comes out it wont work well with it.

 

[blackened23]

Hmm, the original source is a linux site so this is for linux only I presume? I see they're quoting a linux only website.

 

[Spjut]

Like in the past, I am sure the old drivers will stay available for many many years. They just wont be providing new updates for them. Which really is not that big of a deal. Its not like you will be playing the latest and greatest games on an old GPU anyway.

Not all people need to play the games almost maxed out...And I don't see why AMD shall drop the ball for their older series this early, when Nvidia aren't

This will definitely make me more likely to go Nvidia next upgrade

 

[JimKiler]

seeing how my HD4850 works well with Diablo 3 I am still not ready to upgrade. 1920x1200 + AA are the suggested settings for Diablo 3.

 

[KAZANI]

Like in the past, I am sure the old drivers will stay available for many many years. They just wont be providing new updates for them. Which really is not that big of a deal. Its not like you will be playing the latest and greatest games on an old GPU anyway.

FYI, I play all the latest and greatest games with a Radeon HD2600 Pro just fine. I just stay away from ovehyped resource hogs, like the FPS and FPSesque RPG cultural garbage that plague the PC game market.

 

[Lonyo]

Hmm, the original source is a linux site so this is for linux only I presume? I see they're quoting a linux only website.

They have Linux support to drop?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

They have Linux support to drop?

this

 

[Don Karnage]

Time to upgrade to DX11

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Which is why, again, Nvidia has much better driver support. They're still supporting the Geforce 6 series.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

But I honestly see no reason to support the 4xxx series any longer. IMO even Windows 8 should drop support for pre Dx 11

You can always use old software/drivers if you use that hardware. The lesser variety and number of devices they have to focus on, the better quality we can expect for them. It is like a console is perfect only because it is a single device, no permutations or combinations.

Just focusing on Radeon 7xxx and 6xxx while doing little work on 5xxx while not supporting the older stuff actually gives them a chance to give pure quality for supported hardware. That is what we actually want. Provided they don't make that a reason to not deliver quality to any user and do even less work by becoming lazy about it

 

[blackened23]

They have Linux support to drop?

Yeah, they actually make linux catalyst drivers. I believe this is for linux only.

 

[Jaydip]

Linux most likely
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_catalyst_legacy2&num=1

 

[sontin]

But I honestly see no reason to support the 4xxx series any longer.

nVidia is not only supporting cards down to 6000 series they introduced FXAA and adaptive VSync for 8000+ series. And this it not the first time. Somebody who bought his 8800gtx at launch got GPU-PhysX, CUDA, 3DVision, MUltiMonitor-Support with SLI, SGSSAA (even under DX1x) and now FXAA and aVSync.

And we talking about a card which will be 6 years old in november. In contrast AMD is cutting support for a card which was their best offer until late 2009.

That is customer support...

 

[Rvenger]

How long will 5000 series last now?

 

[Spjut]

nVidia is not only supporting cards down to 6000 series they introduced FXAA and adaptive VSync for 8000+ series. And this it not the first time. Somebody who bought his 8800gtx at launch got GPU-PhysX, CUDA, 3DVision, MUltiMonitor-Support with SLI, SGSSAA (even under DX1x) and now FXAA and aVSync.

And we talking about a card which will be 6 years old in november. In contrast AMD is cutting support for a card which was their best offer until late 2009.

That is customer support...

This is pretty much what I feel...AMD's Windows 8 drivers so far are also only supported on their DX11 GPUs

AMD doesn't even fully support DX11 multithreaded rendering yet, which Nvidia has done on all their DX10/10.1 and DX11 GPUs ever since Q2 last year...Now it's unclear if AMD's DX10/10.1 GPUs ever will support it

 

[Chiropteran]

Not all people need to play the games almost maxed out...And I don't see why AMD shall drop the ball for their older series this early, when Nvidia aren't

This will definitely make me more likely to go Nvidia next upgrade

It's even worse for nvidia. At least AMD is still supporting 5 series, if you try to download drivers for nvidia's geforce 5 fx you get nothing.

No certified downloads were found for this configuration. To include beta downloads in your search, click here.

 

[blackened23]

Linux drivers are serious business

 

[Spjut]

It's even worse for nvidia. At least AMD is still supporting 5 series, if you try to download drivers for nvidia's geforce 5 fx you get nothing.

No certified downloads were found for this configuration. To include beta downloads in your search, click here.

The 5 series turns up if you search for XP drivers

Nvidia's latest win7/win8 drivers though, go back all the way to the Geforce 6 series...When AMD ends support for even their HD4000 series however, isn't it fair to complain?

 

[BD231]

Dukes ... sold a friend a 4850 a while back and now this. No windows 8 support for 4850 users. Is this for their integrated line as well?

 

[blackened23]

The 5 series turns up if you search for XP drivers

Nvidia's latest win7/win8 drivers though, go back all the way to the Geforce 6 series...When AMD ends support for even their HD4000 series however, isn't it fair to complain?

Complain about linux drivers? Whats nvidias linux support like? The original source is a linux only website and does not state anything regarding windows 8 or 7 or xp etc.

 

[jacktesterson]

Isn't the 4250/4290 still being sold on 8xx/9xx series AMD motherboards? (AM3+)

Even so, not a big deal. Its not like the 4000 series can seriously game these days unless your running 4800 series (or have them crossfired). Even then, not ideal.

For those who don't game on 4000 series its really no impact for Windows 7 or lower users.