anexanhume
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Skyrim was fixed pretty quickly, and I didn't encounter really any bugs (textures missing in Riften, that's about it). That's just one example, but it disproves the tautology they've been sluggish for all new releases.
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Skyrim was fixed pretty quickly, and I didn't encounter really any bugs (textures missing in Riften, that's about it). That's just one example, but it disproves the tautology they've been sluggish for all new releases.
Broken Hope
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Still not quickly enough IMO, especially in regards to SLI/Crossfire, Nvidia had SLI support out the day before the game was released as far as I know, AMD didn't have crossfire support out till like a month after release which is way too slow, gamers don't want to wait a month or more to play a new game properly, especially if the other side's customers don't have the same issue.
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What games exactly?
Honest question, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, and I often wander around gaming blogs and forums...
Broken Hope
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Have you not seen the amount of hotfix drivers that they have released in the last few months? There was at least 3 versions of 11.11, granted other than Rage most issues were Crossfire related.
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Or have you missed all the NVIDIA/Skyrim co-branding?
There have been vice-versa examples as well, must've sucked really bad playing Dragon Age 2 as an NVIDIA user at launch.
Yet it's a bug that will only hit a really small percentage of the users. And as I said, vice versa, 290.36 made me not able to play Battlefield 3 or use any sort of video acceleration on my 580.
Grass, greener, other side.
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Recent games that had issues with AMD drivers that I can think of without digging (and I include CFX since it is a marketed and sold feature and not supporting it is a bug):
Startcraft, Crysis 2, Rage, SS3:BFE, BF3, F12010, Dirt2, Homefront, BFBC2, STALKER, CoDBO, Hawx2
Also there were bluray playback issues...google earth issues...
Go read some Catalyst release notes and you'll find tons more.
DavidGraham
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Indeed .
In regards to drivers there is no question that AMD is the one with inferior quality , it gets even worse with old games , Just try BF2 and tell me about the black spots you see on the ground !
HOCP had many reports on this one , calling AMD to do more efforts to improve quality .
Anyway , this shouldn't distract us from the soon-to-be-great launch , or at least that is what I expect it to be .
I'll just add that I am a fan of AMD - tended to have them in my systems more than NV - so I'm going to HOPE that the horrible 2011 driver year was a result of AMD redirecting resources to developing PERFECT drivers for the 79XX series.
This is a possible cause. I bet it would be a great experience for the driver team(s) to have to author drivers, for vliw4, vliw5, gcn, lol! Let's give these guys a break.
Having used both SLI and CFX systems for the past year, I have to say that Nvidia is indeed a bit better, but AMD is not so far behind. Please guys don't exaggerate.
Now it would be better to stick to the matter at hand. 7970 is launching today. Let's all stand in awe and see what it brings to the table!
I didn't have any problems with Crysis 2, or BF3. Perfect. on both those games. In BF3 I noticed most of the message board complaining seemed to be from Nvidia owners (they said even factory overclocked Nvidia cards had do be downclocked to stock to avoid problems? WTF?), and as I recall 2XXX and possibly 4XXX Nvidia cards had a major shadow issue in BF3, whereas my 4890 from the same generation was fine. >> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-3.html
Havent had any issues in 2-3 years of owning a 4890, thouigh I dont really PC game much.
I used to think it was all internet hype about Catalyst sucking. But they've clearly been taking steps backwards recently. If it were only one or two games that were quickly fixed that's not bad, but I'm talking about major issues that caused my GTX260 to vastly outperform a 6970 for months. Not to mention the AMD cards couldn't run Rage properly at all, regardless of the poor performance. Not acceptable, and I have never experienced such a thing with my NV cards.
Is that completely AMD's fault or maybe the developer who's still sour for one little Alpha-build leak?
What? Your GTX260 couldn't even run BF3 properly where my 4890 will run rings around it too, besides not having bugs. >>http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-3.html
Where would a GTX 260 outperfom a 6970?
I've had zero issues with my 4890. Hearing all the horror stories about all factory overclocked Nvidia's not working in BF3, as well as tons of other problems, made me glad to be on AMD. Specially considering my 4890 has a 100mhz factory OC without issues.
Well then I don't know why AMD lists a fix for these in their release notes
Crysis 2 was unplayable with CFX for weeks after its initial release. Basically a 20 Hz strobe light. They eventually fixed it. Anyway, don't argue with me, just tell AMD to stop fixing - and documenting fixes - for problems that never existed
Hey is this thread about gcn or the quality of amd's drivers? I forget. Can any of you remind me?
Well then I don't know why AMD lists a fix for these in their release notes
Crysis 2 was unplayable with CFX for weeks after its initial release. Basically a 20 Hz strobe light. They eventually fixed it. Anyway, don't argue with me, just tell AMD to stop fixing - and documenting fixes - for problems that never existed
Well, I dont care or know about crossfire since I dont use that. C2 certainly worked perfectly for me and I rarely even update my drivers.
I'm sure every Nvidia driver lists multiple bug fixes too, neither here nor there.
Nobody is complaining (too much) about how bad AMD's drivers are for 3 generations ago. The problems were 5XXX and 6XXX.
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