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Download: AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2
You can now download the new Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2 driver. The new driver offers Multi GPU support for Radeon Rx Vega and adds support for project Cars 2.
Download: GeForce 385.69 WHQL driver - 09/21/2017 02:30 PM
Download the Nvidia GeForce GameReady 385.69 WHQL driver as released by NVIDIA. This driver adds support for Project Cars 2, Call of Duty: WWII open beta, Total War: WARHAMMER II, Forza Motorsport 7,...
Download: Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.9.1 driver - 09/07/2017 08:12 PM
AMd just released their Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.9.1 driver. The driver offers a multitide of big fixes. You can read all about them at the download pages. Download here....
Download: AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2 Drivers - 08/25/2017 07:50 AM
Overnight AMD once again updated their drivers, this time it is build 17.8.2. This is a beta driver, not WHQL certified and adds support for F1 2017, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Early Access), a...
Download: GeForce 385.41 WHQL driver - 08/24/2017 02:08 PM
You can now download GeForce 385.41 WHQL driver. The new GeForce Game Ready 385.41 WHQL drivers are optimized for Destiny 2's PC Open Beta, the NVIDIA HBAO+ and ShadowPlay Highlights PlayerUnknown'...
Download: Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.8.1 WHQL driver - 08/21/2017 09:59 PM
AMD released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.8.1 for you to download. The new driver update brings support for Radeon RX Vega Series Graphics, Quake Champions and Early Access Agents of Mayhem. Al...
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#5474280 Posted on: 09/21/2017 10:12 PM
IIRC PCars1 (a gameworks title) suffered a lot on AMD cards (and even some older gen NV cards) when many objects were on screen like grass, probably a draw calls limitation on top of maxwell optimization. Ian pointed that the graphics engine has some 80% new code for efficiency, so I wonder how decently AMD cards will run it this time.
IIRC PCars1 (a gameworks title) suffered a lot on AMD cards (and even some older gen NV cards) when many objects were on screen like grass, probably a draw calls limitation on top of maxwell optimization. Ian pointed that the graphics engine has some 80% new code for efficiency, so I wonder how decently AMD cards will run it this time.
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#5474316 Posted on: 09/22/2017 12:22 AM
Not too much this month ???
This is a Non-WHQL so cant say (Not too much this month)
Because it isn't the WHQL release is it.
WTF are you even trying to say?
Not too much this month ???
This is a Non-WHQL so cant say (Not too much this month)
Because it isn't the WHQL release is it.
WTF are you even trying to say?
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#5474354 Posted on: 09/22/2017 04:54 AM
You cant judge the drivers content if it isn't the full
You don't have a clue.
You cant judge the drivers content if it isn't the full
WHQL
driver is what im saying.You don't have a clue.
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#5474357 Posted on: 09/22/2017 05:17 AM
You cant judge the drivers content if it isn't the full
WHQL drivers are the same Beta drivers that gets pushed out but comes with an added signing/certificate from Microsoft, and most of the time these WHQL releases are older drivers compared to the latest Beta and might have fixes missing due to the fact that this whole signing process involves time and money. WHQL doesn't necessarily make drivers bulletproof or "full/complete" as you're implying.
You cant judge the drivers content if it isn't the full
WHQL
driver is what im saying.WHQL drivers are the same Beta drivers that gets pushed out but comes with an added signing/certificate from Microsoft, and most of the time these WHQL releases are older drivers compared to the latest Beta and might have fixes missing due to the fact that this whole signing process involves time and money. WHQL doesn't necessarily make drivers bulletproof or "full/complete" as you're implying.
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So poking around the XML dump of this driver as per what I tend to try to do and list for new AMD driver updates shows these changes this time:
Driver version is 17.30.1091 up from 17.30.1081 dated September 18th compared to September 5th.
For Crossfire we have these changes.
Call of Duty Black Ops 3 was updated.
For Honor was updated.
Project Cars 2 was updated.
PUBG or Player Unknown's Battle Grounds was added.
For DXX there's a profile for "Mixed Reality" and it looks as such.
Not too much this month, main thing was obviously Vega Crossfire support.
Also comparing the INF itself and assuming it's a bug it looks like the Turbo Sync / Enhanced Sync property is missing(?) from the Vega GPU settings in 17.9.2 so that could possibly be why there's a known issue listing enhanced sync as possibly missing from CNext in this driver and a clean driver install as the recommended for seeing if it comes back.
17.9.2
HKR,, KMD_EnableContextBasedPowerManagement, %REG_DWORD%, 1
HKR, "UMD\DXVA", Cm_EnableContextBasedPowerManagement, %REG_SZ%, "1"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\amdkmdap", KMD_MgpuSlsWsSupport, %REG_DWORD%, 0
HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Khronos\Vulkan\Drivers", "%25%\System32\amd-vulkan64.json", %REG_DWORD%, 0
HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Khronos\Vulkan\Drivers", "%25%\SysWow64\amd-vulkan32.json", %REG_DWORD%, 0
HKR,, ContentProtectionDriverName, %REG_SZ%, amdmiracast.dll
HKR,, KMD_EnableOPM2Interface, %REG_DWORD%, 1
HKR, "UMD\DXVA", VForceUVDH265OEM, %REG_SZ%, "1"
HKLM, "Software\AMD\CN", UA_Enabled, %REG_DWORD%, 1
HKR,, ECCMode, %REG_DWORD%, 0
17.9.1
HKR,, KMD_EnableContextBasedPowerManagement, %REG_DWORD%, 1
HKR, "UMD\DXVA", Cm_EnableContextBasedPowerManagement, %REG_SZ%, "1"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\amdkmdap", KMD_MgpuSlsWsSupport, %REG_DWORD%, 0
HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Khronos\Vulkan\Drivers", "%25%\System32\amd-vulkan64.json", %REG_DWORD%, 0
HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Khronos\Vulkan\Drivers", "%25%\SysWow64\amd-vulkan32.json", %REG_DWORD%, 0
HKR,, ContentProtectionDriverName, %REG_SZ%, amdmiracast.dll
HKR,, KMD_EnableOPM2Interface, %REG_DWORD%, 1
HKR, "UMD\DXVA", VForceUVDH265OEM, %REG_SZ%, "1"
HKLM, "Software\AMD\CN", UA_Enabled, %REG_DWORD%, 1
HKR,, KMD_TurboSyncControl, %REG_DWORD%, 0
I think ECC refers to color settings of some sort so both might be valid, only T-Sync was replaced by ECC in 17.9.2 instead of having both properties but I don't know for sure, still it might be enough to add it in manually in the registry and rebooting and it might be back after that.