AMD's Catalyst Omega Graphics Driver Bursting With New Features, Including FreeSync, 5K Support, And More

[Wineclaw]

All they need now is something to compete with ShadowPlay.

 

[cmi86]

14.9 was a disaster for everyone in AMD's camp. They even accepted that the driver did more bad than good.

Whats funny is it was the only driver release to make my CCC jump up and down in my notifications like a jack russel terrier. I was on 13.4 and never received a notification until 14.9 which was a total downgrade.

 

[Lutfij]

I worked my way from 13.8 and each one made the whole system edgy. 14.4 was somewhat stable but with 14.9 just bringing the CCC suite window up on your desktop and closing it would cause CCC to crash. Post crash,(stated in windows error report as an appcrash), the entire system would crash or reboot.

Come to think of it, AMD need to revise their driver packages and suites. There's just one or maybe 2 driver packs for their entire lineup of chipsets, raid/sata, GPU's and APU. Uninstalling them is a PITA as you either need to manually select the drivers to uninstall (via CCC uninstall window) or you risk uninstalling everything with "express".

This is the main cause for the drivers either not installing properly(with an error/fail report at the end of installation) or you have a tough time with Drive sweeper. Worst case scenario, a full format to clean the crud off the system due to broken registry entries.

 

[cmi86]

I worked my way from 13.8 and each one made the whole system edgy. 14.4 was somewhat stable but with 14.9 just bringing the CCC suite window up on your desktop and closing it would cause CCC to crash. Post crash,(stated in windows error report as an appcrash), the entire system would crash or reboot.

Come to think of it, AMD need to revise their driver packages and suites. There's just one or maybe 2 driver packs for their entire lineup of chipsets, raid/sata, GPU's and APU. Uninstalling them is a PITA as you either need to manually select the drivers to uninstall (via CCC uninstall window) or you risk uninstalling everything with "express".

This is the main cause for the drivers either not installing properly(with an error/fail report at the end of installation) or you have a tough time with Drive sweeper. Worst case scenario, a full format to clean the crud off the system due to broken registry entries.

Luckily DDU has worked very well for me on AMD drivers so far (I just do it by default when switching drivers) My issues with 14.9 were with flash related, loading any page in chrome while flash was running would cause a 2-3 hang and audio loop. Inconsistent drivers being one reason I think I am going to give the green team a try in my new 4690K build. 970 or upcoming 960 most likely. I am excited for what AMD has in the pipeline with the 3XX line but that is just too far away and maxwell just looks too good to hold out on at the moment.

 

[Sakkura]

All they need now is something to compete with ShadowPlay.

They've had that for a while.

 

[alidan]

thats why i dont use beta drivers

 

[SessouXFX]

look at what happen with bulldozer. one of the reason why it looks so underwhelming was because AMD own fault for over hyping the processor.

If you watch AMD's SVP's video about Carrizo on Youtube, he sounds like he wants to turn up the hype quite a bit about that one too... it is hard to hold back on over-hyping when you desperately need the sales.

And this is exactly why they're going to end up out of the CPU business before long. People don't have time to waste money on hype, watching a sizable chunk of change go down the gutter because AMD didn't fulfill their end of the deal. Folk like myself, that were willing to buy their products, will just as soon spend money on an Intel, used or new, than to have a half-cooked product.

When it comes to their GPUs, they were put on notice by Nvidia. Hype alone can't overcome placid efficiency and performance. For their sake, they better come correct, and be able to meet or exceed Team Green's offering. They don't have to trump Nvidia all around, but they better be on the same field, playing hard.

 

[youssef 2010]

@flash 2021. I tried VSR on my 290X, It's great in theory but I don't think it will have a great impact on visual quality

 

[Saiful Eletrical Wiring Servies]

wow..no issue when i update omega,,no black screen,,no stuck ,,awsome free..tq AMD ..good job .i always using amd...