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    New amd 14.2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Trome71, Feb 28, 2014.

  1. Trome71

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    AMD 14.2 BETA

    Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.2 Beta V1.3 Driver for Windows®
    Thief: Crossfire Profile update and performance improvements for single GPU configurations
    Mantle: Multi-GPU configurations (up to 4 GPUs) running Battlefield 4 are now supported
    Frame Pacing for Dual Graphics and non-XDMA configurations above 2560x1600 are now supported with Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4
    Dual graphics DirectX 9 application issues have been resolved
    Minecraft: Missing textures have been resolved
    3D applications no longer see intermittent hangs or application crashes
    Resolves corruption issues seen in X-plane

    Known Issues
    Notebooks based on AMD Enduro or PowerXpress™ technologies are currently not supported by the Mantle codepath
    Thief does not render the right eye when CrossFire and Stereo 3D is enabled
     
    Trome71, Feb 28, 2014
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    Donno how it will affect my system until in about a week.
     
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    still doesn't support the R9 M290X.....so still not buying it.
     
    thegh0sts, Feb 28, 2014
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    From what i see, making drivers is not easy ;)

    Just sayin.
     
    Trome71, Feb 28, 2014
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    thanks for sharing it! +1
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Mar 5, 2014
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    Let me say this to you for the 100,000 time. The R9 M290X is a rebrand of a rebrand. 7970M=8970M which infact also = R9 M290X they are all the same exact gpu's. There is driver support or dell would not sell them.

    Dell reps am I not correct.
     
    Hackintoshihope, Mar 5, 2014
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    From what it seems, i cant get both cards running in mantle for BF-4 causing my FPS to drop during gameplay.
    Last driver caused my game to crash, now it starts but it seems it disables my crossfire.
     
    Trome71, Mar 5, 2014
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    Just to add to the convo. I have a new Alienware 17 (see the sig) with the Radeon M290X GPU. I uninstalled the Dell drivers and installed the new 14.2 Beta drivers today, all is working well. XTU stress tests complete easily. Will post bench tests soon.
     
    LawyerLynn, Mar 6, 2014
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