The wait for Mantle is (almost) over.
BF4's Mantle Patch Out But Wait for Necessary AMD Drivers : Read more
BF4's Mantle Patch Out But Wait for Necessary AMD Drivers : Read more
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Catalyst-141-Beta-Driver-Brings-Mantle-Support-Frame-Pacing-Phase-2-HSAmulti-GPU support is patchy at best with Mantle today as AMD told me that there were some “show stopper” bugs with CrossFire that were causing crashes in BF4. Stuttering is also being reported with CrossFire
Apparently neither of you read the performance numbers. An A10 with no discrete GPU showed a smaller performance gain than an i7 with a couple of R9-290s in crossfire. The setups they used were balanced although there weren't any midrange machines. Granted the numbers aren't trustworthy until see some more independent testing, but I'm amazed how many AMD/Intel/Apple/Android... basher's will jump on someones retarded comment just because it supports their point of view. Until there are some more real results all we can see is that it seems mantle gives a considerable performance boost.Yeah, the improvement with a decent CPU like the I5 or I7 is only like 2-3%. It's purely for their slow CPU/APUs. Even when the new Catalyst is released, it'll only be for the new GPUs - R8, R9 etc, they've intentionally left out 79xx, 78xx despite them being identical to R8, R7 and using GCN to trick people into upgrading.Estix :It feels very intentionally misleading that their test case is an A10-7850K with an R9 290X.This platform would be insanely CPU-limited, which is why it sees such a large boost.Most people will have a more balanced build, or even one where the system bottleneck lies with the GPU, and would see far less of an improvement.Mantle is a Good Thing, but don't tell people to expect what they won't get :/
It feels very intentionally misleading that their test case is an A10-7850K with an R9 290X.This platform would be insanely CPU-limited, which is why it sees such a large boost.Most people will have a more balanced build, or even one where the system bottleneck lies with the GPU, and would see far less of an improvement.Mantle is a Good Thing, but don't tell people to expect what they won't get :/
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Catalyst-141-Beta-Driver-Brings-Mantle-Support-Frame-Pacing-Phase-2-HSAmulti-GPU support is patchy at best with Mantle today as AMD told me that there were some “show stopper” bugs with CrossFire that were causing crashes in BF4. Stuttering is also being reported with CrossFire
In plain English, this means Mantle can offer extreme benefits in areas which feature CPU bottlenecks but will feature more limited performance increases in GPU-bound scenarios. This is an important distinction to make and AMD gave us a few examples of how systems will react.