Amd beta drivers or non beta for r9 280x

[itixmix]

I am getting the MSI R9 280x on tuesday, so i was wonder if i should download the beta or non beta drivers from amd. Will the beta be stable and give me better frames rates, or should i just wait until amd releases a stable version.

Also do you think I will get Battlefield 4 bundle up with this gpu?

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Beta. They include fixes and optimizations for single card configurations, covering pretty much the entire line-up of GCN architecture based cards. The latest beta drivers are actually quite stable at the moment, also.

 

[Tradesman1]

Always seems to be worth trying the Betas, can always drop back to the latest 'good' one

 

[Avro Arrow]

I use the beta for my twin HD 7970s. Since the R9-280X is essentially the same card, I would say that's the way to go.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

If you are going to use a non-beta driver, you should also download and install the CAP (Catalyst Application Profiles) from AMD. They should be located where you find your graphics card driver. These are not specific to CrossFire setups and will benefit single card configurations. My understanding is that Beta drivers include CAP, but it is also possible that a newer version of CAP be released after the current beta driver.