Download AMD Radeon Software Crimson 16.9.1 driver

#5332214 Posted on: 09/08/2016 11:19 AM

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Thanks. Will download and try them.

#5332216 Posted on: 09/08/2016 11:27 AM

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thank you

#5332218 Posted on: 09/08/2016 11:29 AM

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Reporting back:

DDU'ed the previous driver, installed this one. By default the "Power Efficiency" was uncheck (which is good for me), since I always turned it off. Maybe they know it's a source of stuttering.

Wow. Maybe they do check their driver issue reports?

DX11 ST Overhead
Left 16.9.1 - Right 16.8.3
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/aot/164483/aot/163545

Completely new branch?
Driver version
21.19.134.1

Something I don't recall having is such deep drops on CPU frequency on the DX12 test, scores are the same though.


FireStrike: http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/10087460/fs/9997140#
TimeSpy: http://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/411851/spy/372649

#5332231 Posted on: 09/08/2016 11:57 AM

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Thanks

#5332232 Posted on: 09/08/2016 11:57 AM

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Thanks, a lot of fixes and known issues

#5332234 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:01 PM

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Also updates the Vulkan runtime to 1.0.21.0 from 1.0.17.0 (Removing the older versions is recommended as they tend to stack otherwise but it's not a requirement.) although you can also get a pre-release version of 1.0.21.2 from this post on their Git repository but it's only really for fixing some problems with the SDK itself. - https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers/issues/883

EDIT: "Atiapfxx.exe -r -sys -s test.xml" XML dump and comparison with the earlier one from 16.8.3

Two new OGL properties of some kind.
" Oljfsi3Oj034fLF "
" JLUwluq2091DJLe "

Crossfire profile changes for.
Project C.A.R.S
Windows Media Player
Cyberlink PowerDVD
Unigine Heaven
DOTA 2
Dirt Rally
Call of Duty Black Ops 3
Star Wars Battle Front
Total War Warhammer
Overwatch
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
F1 2016
Obduction

New Crossfire profiles for.
Watch Dogs 2
Dead Rising (1)

"DxxBlob" changes for.
Grand Theft Auto 5

"DxxBlob" additions.
Showdown
Overwatch
FIFA17

OGL (OpenGL) changes.
Europa Unversalis
Compiz
Petrel
Rust
Company of Heroes 2
GRID Autosport

OGL (OpenGL) additions.
Civilization 5
F1 2015

"High Perf GPU Affinity" additions. (Prefer dedicated GPU over integrated, I think.)
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Forge - Halo 5: Guardians Edition
Gears of War (UWP remastered version?)


Also, a lot of VR profiles were added.

#5332237 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:10 PM

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Thanks, looks like this time we have something new to play with.

#5332238 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:11 PM

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I must check Doom to see if there is new Vulcan ver. ingame.

#5332240 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:13 PM

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I'm looking forward to testing Deus Ex in DX12, so I really hope this version fixes the BSODs I got with every 16.8.x drivers I tried.

#5332241 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:17 PM

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On my side these drivers won't allow me to set 4K60hz (club3D adapter), going to reinstall.

#5332245 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:22 PM

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I think it would require the game itself to support a newer Vulkan SDK for full effect although it could still be that it reports AMD GPU's running via the 1.0.21.0 runtime now even if the game itself might still be on 1.0.17.0 or possibly lower.
(I'm not sure what the game itself uses for it's Vulkan SDK though I would assume it's 1.0.17.0 and of course backwards compatible as I think Nvidia was initially on 1.0.8.0 or some such and now it's 1.0.12.0 with newer drivers.)

EDIT: And of course for the developers to implement any additions of a newer Vulkan SDK into said game instead of just recompiling against the newer SDK but I don't believe Vulkan 1.0.x adds that much since new features were planned for a larger 1.1.x update or some such from what I remember of the documentation. (It's also there on the Github repository for the Khronos group along with pretty good version notes for what these updates add, much of it being related to SDK fixes but there's stuff for vendor specific extensions ala OpenGL as well and some other things I don't completely understand myself.)

#5332246 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:22 PM

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Since when did GRID Autosport and F1 2015 support OpenGL?

#5332249 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:25 PM

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I assume these OGL profiles are mainly Linux and/or Mac related.
(Driver itself is Windows but the same profile file could still go into upcoming Linux drivers for example.)

The full profile in the xml looks as such:


0x00000001
0x00000001


That's the new one for OGL / OpenGL whereas for Windows / D3D there already existed several profiles targeting the various exe files.


HighPerfGPUAffinity
Grid AutosportProfile


HighPerfGPUAffinity
Grid AutosportProfile



GridAutosportProfile


GridAutosportProfile



EDIT: Ah there is a Linux port, well that confirms it.
(I guess the profile file "atiapfxx.blb" is shared across both Win and Linux then or at least the profile info in it.)

#5332251 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:29 PM

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AFAIK since they got a Linux port.

#5332253 Posted on: 09/08/2016 12:34 PM

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hum, its weird how performance on 1070 suffers quite a bit (relatively speaking) and the 1060 is not experiencing any change


(assuming the charts arent bogus / showing cherrypicked data)