AMD has released a new set of drivers that come with improved performance on Watch_Dogs, an AMD Crossfire profile for Wildstar, and single GPU and multi-GPU performance enhancements on Lichdom. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC3 Driver Out, Improves Watch_Dogs Performance On Single GPU & Multi-GPU Configs
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AMD On Mantle & DX12: Both APIs Can Co-Exist, Mantle Benefits Both Developers & Gamers
AMD has released a 20-minute video in which it discussed a lot of topics regarding Mantle and DirectX 12. AMD explained how Mantle is different than other programming interfaces, detailed the benefits it brings to both game developers and gamers, Continue reading AMD On Mantle & DX12: Both APIs Can Co-Exist, Mantle Benefits Both Developers & Gamers
Nvidia Finally Officially Speaks About AMD’s Mantle – Will Not Support It, No Real Benefit Using It
On MaximumPCMagazine’s latest podcast, Nvidia finally took a stance on AMD’s Mantle. MaximumPCMagazine invited Nvidia’s Distinguished Engineer Tom Petersen and Senior Director of Engineering Rev Lebaradian who shared their thoughts about it, and confirmed that Nvidia is not part of it, will not support it, and there are – at least to them – no big benefits from using it. Continue reading Nvidia Finally Officially Speaks About AMD’s Mantle – Will Not Support It, No Real Benefit Using It
AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC Driver Released
AMD has released a new Release Candidate driver for its graphics cards. According to its changelog, this new driver includes all the improvements found in the 14.6 RC driver, comes with an updated Crossfire profile for Plants vs. Zombies and improves CrossFire scaling (3840×2160 High Settings) in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag up to 93%. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC Driver Released
Grand Theft Auto V, COD: Advanced Warfare & Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars May Support AMD’s Mantle
AMD fans, get ready for a treat. Videocardz has posted a story with a list of some new triple-A games that may (or may not) support AMD’s Mantle API. Since this list has not been confirmed yet, we strongly suggest taking everything you’re about to read with a grain of salt. Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V, COD: Advanced Warfare & Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars May Support AMD’s Mantle
Computex TAIPEI 2014 – AMD Showcases Performance Difference Between DirectX & Mantle
During Computex TAIPEI 2014, AMD showed off the performance difference between Microsoft’s DirectX and Mantle, and today the red team released a video from it. AMD used an AMD FX-8350 8-core CPU with an AMD Radeon R9 290X and the performance difference in Starswarm was around 50fps. While Starswarm ran in particular scenes with 2-4fps via DX11, the same benchmark on the same hardware ran with 55fps under Mantle. Enjoy the video after the jump! Continue reading Computex TAIPEI 2014 – AMD Showcases Performance Difference Between DirectX & Mantle
AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 Driver Released, Comes With Performance Improvements In Latest Games
AMD has released a new set of drivers for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, AMD’s Catalyst 14.6 RC2 driver comes with performance improvements to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. In addition, the Red team has implemented various Crossfire performance improvements for Watch_Dogs, Battlefield Hardline and GRID: Autosport. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 Driver Released, Comes With Performance Improvements In Latest Games
AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta Drivers Officially Released, Drops Support For Windows 8
AMD has officially released a new beta driver for its graphics cards. According to its release notes, this is the first driver that does not support Windows 8 (from now on, all AMD Catalyst drivers will no longer support Windows 8). This means that PC gamers will have to upgrade to Windows 8.1 in order to take advantage of newer drivers for their graphics cards. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta Drivers Officially Released, Drops Support For Windows 8
AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC Driver Out, Fully Supports OpenGL 4.4, CrossFire & Mantle Improvements
AMD has released the 14.4 Release Candidate driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, this new driver brings full support for OpenGL 4.4, packs various CrossFire and Mantle improvements and supports the latest dual-GPU from AMD, the Radeon R9 295X. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC Driver Out, Fully Supports OpenGL 4.4, CrossFire & Mantle Improvements
Crytek’s Cevat Yerli On Mantle: “With Mantle We Think That Real-Time Graphics Will Hit CG Quality”
AMD has released a new video from its GDC 2014 presentation of Mantle, in which Crytek’s Cevat Yerli shared his opinion about Mantle. During this year’s GDC, Crytek announced that CRYENGINE will support Mantle and Yerli claimed that with Mantle developers using CRYENGINE will be able to achieve CG quality graphics. Continue reading Crytek’s Cevat Yerli On Mantle: “With Mantle We Think That Real-Time Graphics Will Hit CG Quality”