Mustang Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 This looks exciting! http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.techspot.com%2Fnews%2F59074-amd-unveils-major-gpu-driver-update-catalyst-omega.html
Brisse Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 Impressive how much hype they created just by putting the word "Omega" after "Catalyst".
SkateZilla Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) from what I was told, this driver is completely different from Previous Catalyst's and uses a new Driver Architecture. It was developed by a Separate/New Driver Team hired specifically to fix the driver problems. They included features that were originally external programs (ie Super Sampling and stuff from other applications (ie Radeon Pro). They also dumped the old Video Processing Driver model for a new one (dropping the original one designed to run on Windows XP). These are the driver's I've been waiting for, supposedly should fix alot of DPMS Off/Sleep mode blue screens when system turns off my screens, as well as Cross fire issues. These + EDGE Soon *(Hopefully) should make DCS on 4 Screens butter smooth. Edited December 6, 2014 by SkateZilla Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
javelina1 Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 I ended up bailing on AMD, and went with a GTX 970. I truly wish all the best for the AMD driver crowd. Believe me, I've suffered through some of those challenges. (though nVidia works fantastic for DCS, it really sucks for us Win 8.1 types whilst flying CloD). You can never have the best of all worlds, so it appears... MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
cichlidfan Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 ...(though nVidia works fantastic for DCS, it really sucks for us Win 8.1 types whilst flying CloD). You can never have the best of all worlds, so it appears... What's wrong with it for CloD? @Skates Unfortunately, new and different do not always equate with better. ;) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
SkateZilla Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 For those Eyefinity fans out there, Catalyst Omega now supports 24 monitor arrays on systems with four GPUs. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Buckeye Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 Ah man, they do this right after my two GTX 970s for SLI arrived. Oh well, I hope these drivers work out well for the AMD crowd :thumbup: I'll be able to at least give them a shot for a couple weeks since I won't be able to do my new build until the end of the month (time constraints). Rig: SimLab P1X Chassis | Tianhang Base PRO + Tianhang F-16 Grip w/ OTTO Buttons | Custom Throttletek F/A-18C Throttle w/ Hall Sensors + OTTO switches and buttons | Slaw Device RX Viper Pedals w/ Damper Tactile: G-Belt | 2x BK LFE + 1x BK Concert | 2x TST-429 | 1x BST-300EX | 2x BST-1 | 6x 40W Exciters | 2x NX3000D | 2x EPQ304 PC/VR: Somnium VR1 Visionary | 4090 | 12700K
SkateZilla Posted December 6, 2014 Posted December 6, 2014 So I can Run an 18 screen array now :) Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
*Rage* Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Any FPS improvement over the 14.41s? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th "Scorpions" Aggressor Squadron Discord: 64th Aggressor Squadron TS: 195.201.110.22
tommytank Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Got a download link this morning; anyone tried it yet?
remon Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) On my machine (7790), almost identical to 14.41. Anyone else? Edited December 9, 2014 by remon
HiJack Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Hmm, should I upgrade from 14.41? The last DCS Update killed frames completely :(
Brisse Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Anyone tested DCS yet? I tried Arma3 on my 6950 and noticed no difference. I did not bother to benchmark DCS before updating.
T_A Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 For those with performance to spare , AMD now has its DSR solution aswell - called " Virtual Super Resolution" enjoy. IAF.Tomer My Rig: Core i7 6700K + Corsair Hydro H100i GTX Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7,G.Skill 32GB DDR4 3000Mhz Gigabyte GTX 980 OC Samsung 840EVO 250GB + 3xCrucial 275GB in RAID 0 (1500 MB/s) Asus MG279Q | TM Warthog + Saitek Combat Pedals + TrackIR 5 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Mustang Posted December 9, 2014 Author Posted December 9, 2014 This driver is great, from first impressions it surpasses the previous driver i've been using for DCS (beta 14.41 OpenCL2.0 drivers) by a small amount :)
SkateZilla Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) I think an AMD Rep said to uninstall old ones abd reboot before installing Omega Driver due to changes in driver structure. For those with performance to spare , AMD now has its DSR solution aswell - called " Virtual Super Resolution" enjoy. Only for Hawaii GPUs right now Just upset I have to wait for VSR :-( Edited December 9, 2014 by SkateZilla Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Mustang Posted December 9, 2014 Author Posted December 9, 2014 Big discussion of driver here for additional info http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=395312
SkateZilla Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 I'm a frequent visitor to overclock.net, havent beed to guru in a while.. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
*Rage* Posted December 9, 2014 Posted December 9, 2014 Anyone tested if the game recording utility now works in DCS? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 64th "Scorpions" Aggressor Squadron Discord: 64th Aggressor Squadron TS: 195.201.110.22
Chazz_BMF Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Anyone tested if the game recording utility now works in DCS? or Oculus DK2? :cry: :pilotfly:Wolfpack Production:pilotfly: -=<[WiN 10, I7 3770K @ 4,5 Ghz, Corsair H100i, Sabertooth Z77, 16 GB Dominator, Sapphire 7970 VaporX 6GB, C70 Vengance, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Saitek Pro rudder, Track IR, Beyerdynamics MMX 300 ]>=- DCS/FC2/FC3/Arma videos on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/WolfpackproductionDK "Fortes Furtuna Juvat"
SkateZilla Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 or Oculus DK2? :cry: AFAIK, the oculus dk2/DCS issue is Dx9 related. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
streakeagle Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 I uninstalled, rebooted, installed omega, rebooted, and got a pop-up about not finding any amd devices, so catalyst won't start. Tried this a couple of different ways, still can't get Windows to see my 7970 with Omega installed. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
SkateZilla Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) I uninstalled, rebooted, installed omega, rebooted, and got a pop-up about not finding any amd devices, so catalyst won't start. Tried this a couple of different ways, still can't get Windows to see my 7970 with Omega installed. I've been getting this since I started an hour ago: Edited December 10, 2014 by SkateZilla Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
streakeagle Posted December 10, 2014 Posted December 10, 2014 Yup, that's exactly what I get. If I uninstall and go back to 14.11.2 beta, everything is okay. Going to try running DDU in safe mode after uninstall to completely clean old driver stuff. But this is unnecessarily frustrating. I am sitting on the fence waiting for DCS 2.0 to be released before getting a new gpu. If nVidia is superior for DCS 2.0, I will have no choice but to abandon AMD after all these year of using ATi / AMD since 3dfx went away. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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