14.9 WHQL Win 7/8 out; a step in the right direction?

Didn't read anything in those release notes that made me think twice about giving up on AMD.
 
finally, and coming from nvidia recently I REALLY REALLY miss nvidias install method of not having to go through and uninstall all of your previous stuff. Why the hell has ati not done this yet? They use that method on their apu drivers...
 
Ristogod said:
Didn't read anything in those release notes that made me think twice about giving up on AMD.
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word. I swear. They waste time with the most insignificant BS. Crysis 3, Bioshock: Infinite,Tomb Raider, and Benchmarks!!! wohooo w2g amd!

Which brings my EFFFINNNN point back. When you see a card review, what gets benched? Hrmm.... Bioshock Inifinite, Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, and Firestrike! So it begs the question does AMD ever do a fricking thing for their customers that isn't a self serving piece of marketing? The answer is F NO!

I hope one day review sites start bench marking if cards can run properly in DX9 or return from low power state correctly, or hit 120hz on DVI-D without requiring a patch. Then maybe AMD will put some effort into fixing these long standing issues, instead of the BS we get.
 
I installed the driver after a stint on the 14.4 and the only thing positive is that after applying the pixel clock patch, streaming videos such as youtube is not pixelated just like using the 14.4 drivers with the 1.2.4 patcher.

Still no pixel clock enabler disclaimer AMD [shakes head].
 
Hmm with these drivers xhamster vids when in fullscreen will freeze if the mouse is moved. Doesn't happen on any other flash vids.

edit: yeah it's kinda annoying and should be fixed asap :bleh:
 
Monitors still drop out, 3 generations of video cards with the same problem...Its not going to be 4 the for me...and I sick of reporting it AMD feedback.
 
HyperNovae said:
finally, and coming from nvidia recently I REALLY REALLY miss nvidias install method of not having to go through and uninstall all of your previous stuff. Why the hell has ati not done this yet? They use that method on their apu drivers...
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This is actually the first time in ages that I did an uninstall first before installing these. My usual method is to just install OTT of the previous install. I only did it this time due to the promise of updated CCC to see if there really is any difference. Don't see any so far. BUT, my card is "old" compared to the latest releases. HD7970 here.

EDIT: Per the CCC, my HDTV is not supported for audio. None of the screen images can be activated from within CCC. However, the audio is working just fine after activating it from within the Windows Sound Panel. This issue is constant over several releases of CCC and with my other HDTV. Both of these are nearly new HDTVs, too.
 
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t0adp1p3 said:
word. I swear. They waste time with the most insignificant BS. Crysis 3, Bioshock: Infinite,Tomb Raider, and Benchmarks!!! wohooo w2g amd!

Which brings my EFFFINNNN point back. When you see a card review, what gets benched? Hrmm.... Bioshock Inifinite, Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, and Firestrike! So it begs the question does AMD ever do a fricking thing for their customers that isn't a self serving piece of marketing? The answer is F NO!

I hope one day review sites start bench marking if cards can run properly in DX9 or return from low power state correctly, or hit 120hz on DVI-D without requiring a patch. Then maybe AMD will put some effort into fixing these long standing issues, instead of the BS we get.
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Murdered Soul Suspect
  • AMD Radeon R9 290X (2560x1440, 4x MSAA, 16x AF) – improves up to 50%
  • AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 6%
  • CrossFire configurations improve scaling up to 75%
Watch Dogs
  • AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 9%
  • AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvement
  • Improved CrossFire performance – up to 20%
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not big review games but a few did review WD

nv does the same thing the games used in reviews get the most work

yell at review sites to use more games and rotate them

and what dx9 games and what do they do ?
 
Dude how old are Crysis 3 and Bioshock infinite? Absolutely zero people play those anymore and haven't in ages. Tomb Raider? Seriously it's been on sale for $5 for almost a year now it has no one playing it anymore.

I just don't understand why they waste valuable manpower and resources with that crap when the drivers have legitimate issues. Want to fix something, then fix the problems, devote manpower to stability. Devote manpower to making installs and uninstalls dead simple and flawless. Devote manpower to making sure your drivers work with stuff people use, i.e Afterburner, TRIXX, CRU etc.. Devote manpower to making Eyefinity flawless. You get the pic, don't waste time on games no one but review sites care about anymore. If you have to fix games then pick ones people will continue to play. (WoW, other MMO's, Diablo, BF, COD, aka popular games that aren't already dead by the time you get a fix out for them).

To answer your question about DX9: DX9 games have a few issues. One is, in crossfire they will eventually start to artifact and then eventually crash so hard it requires a driver install. The other is texture corruption which requires using old DLL's in the respective folders to eliminate.
 
t0adp1p3 said:
Dude how old are Crysis 3 and Bioshock infinite? Absolutely zero people play those anymore and haven't in ages. Tomb Raider? Seriously it's been on sale for $5 for almost a year now it has no one playing it anymore.

I just don't understand why they waste valuable manpower and resources with that crap when the drivers have legitimate issues. Want to fix something, then fix the problems, devote manpower to stability. Devote manpower to making installs and uninstalls dead simple and flawless. Devote manpower to making sure your drivers work with stuff people use, i.e Afterburner, TRIXX, CRU etc.. Devote manpower to making Eyefinity flawless. You get the pic, don't waste time on games no one but review sites care about anymore. If you have to fix games then pick ones people will continue to play. (WoW, other MMO's, Diablo, BF, COD, aka popular games that aren't already dead by the time you get a fix out for them).

To answer your question about DX9: DX9 games have a few issues. One is, in crossfire they will eventually start to artifact and then eventually crash so hard it requires a driver install. The other is texture corruption which requires using old DLL's in the respective folders to eliminate.
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only one I have and play is Diablo and cfx only works for me with vsync on and it is not needed for me at 1600p 60hz so I don't use it saves on heat output

and 680 sli is not much better as I get a bad stutter in big battles sometimes that I don't with a single 290x, I still have to look into it to see what the 680's are doing when it stutters have to play with AB on more

and I have never had a "crash so hard it requires a driver install" on anything
 
HyperNovae said:
finally, and coming from nvidia recently I REALLY REALLY miss nvidias install method of not having to go through and uninstall all of your previous stuff. Why the hell has ati not done this yet? They use that method on their apu drivers...
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Gee, thanks for telling me...I didn't know that. I just installed the 14.9WHQL's right on top of the 14.7RC3's and am having no problems at all. But, uh, thanks for the tip--I'll be sure and, uh, uninstall "everything" and then reinstall it since that's what you did for some reason...;) Seems like you'd by reflex & habit if nothing else "not having to go through and uninstall all of your previous stuff"--uh, that you'd have done that just like I did and, as you claim, nVidia does...;)
 
bill dennison said:
only one I have and play is Diablo and cfx only works for me with vsync on and it is not needed for me at 1600p 60hz so I don't use it saves on heat output

and 680 sli is not much better as I get a bad stutter in big battles sometimes that I don't with a single 290x, I still have to look into it to see what the 680's are doing when it stutters have to play with AB on more

and I have never had a "crash so hard it requires a driver install" on anything
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Yeah happens to me quite frequently to the point I just don't play DX9 games anymore in CFX. I am not trying to be a AMD hater, I am just going by my experience. I wish like heck they worked, but they don't for me.
 
WaltC said:
Gee, thanks for telling me...I didn't know that. I just installed the 14.9WHQL's right on top of the 14.7RC3's and am having no problems at all. But, uh, thanks for the tip--I'll be sure and, uh, uninstall "everything" and then reinstall it since that's what you did for some reason...;) Seems like you'd by reflex & habit if nothing else "not having to go through and uninstall all of your previous stuff"--uh, that you'd have done that just like I did and, as you claim, nVidia does...;)
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What? :lol: Not really sure what you are saying at all. Maybe english isn't your native language I have no idea. Regardless, for years back on xp I use to use a driver sweeper anytime I installed a new driver as I am sure many people did or the thing wouldn't have existed. Then in about 2010 when I had my first Nvidia card since my 6800gt I noticed you didn't need to do all that stuff and just install the new drivers over top of the old ones. Being back on an ATI card now it would seem they recommend uninstalling all of the previous ati software and installing the new ones on a fresh slate. I assume you are trying to be a dick with your post but again I have no idea exactly what you are saying.
 
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Yes, some people have no problems installing AMD drivers on top of old drivers. The vast majority do however (have problems doing that). Hence, AMD's new video. Google it if you must.
 
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I you stick to AMDs WHQL drivers you can pretty much install straight over the top, however for beta drivers it is recommened to do an uninstall before you install new drivers.

I have only had driver installation specific issues when installing over beta's
 
I think I have had 3 times in the last 3 years that installing straight over the top did not work, then I just ran the drivers uninstall routine then reloaded same driver

now if I could just get rid of geforce experience and Raptr only :bleh:
 
AMD Fluid Motion Video for Blu-ray playback with PowerDVD is one feature that I tried a few days ago and really like it. 14.9 WHQL completely broke the function :mad:
 
t0adp1p3 said:
Dude how old are Crysis 3 and Bioshock infinite? Absolutely zero people play those anymore and haven't in ages. Tomb Raider? Seriously it's been on sale for $5 for almost a year now it has no one playing it anymore.
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Devil's advocate: Crysis 3 and Tomb Raider are some of the most graphically demanding games out there.
 
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