AMD's Groundbreaking Omega Driver

GreiverBlade · Dec 10, 2014

INSTG8R said:
Nice stable drivers with some much requested Bug Fixes and some new features for new cards. Fine set of drivers I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. The "Hype" everyone is on about was created by, well everyone not AMD.

i noticed some improvement in frames stability (too bad my TV doesn't handle VSR heheh ... i had to DDU the driver in safe-mode and re-install it afterward ) only in Archeage i notice some stuttering (well the frame stability isn't as good as i saw in other game if i had to put it with other words) IE: before solid 80fps+ nearly everywhere and now drop under 49fps sometime (less a burden with Vsync but i am a antivsync most of the time ... my fault so

)

FreedomEclipse · Dec 10, 2014

INSTG8R said:
The "Hype" everyone is on about was created by, well everyone not AMD.

True dat.

it starts when some reporter calls it 'groundbreaking' when really its a slight overhaul with a few tweaks and bug fixes.

GhostRyder · Dec 10, 2014

GreiverBlade said:
i noticed some improvement in frames stability (too bad my TV doesn't handle VSR heheh ... i had to DDU the driver in safe-mode and re-install it afterward ) only in Archeage i notice some stuttering (well the frame stability isn't as good as i saw in other game if i had to put it with other words) IE: before solid 80fps+ nearly everywhere and now drop under 49fps sometime (less a burden with Vsync but i am a antivsync most of the time ... my fault so )

INSTG8R said:
Nice stable drivers with some much requested Bug Fixes and some new features for new cards. Fine set of drivers I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. The "Hype" everyone is on about was created by, well everyone not AMD.

FreedomEclipse said:
True dat.

it starts when some reporter calls it 'groundbreaking' when really its a slight overhaul with a few tweaks and bug fixes.

I mean, its not really that hyped, they showed a chart and called it "Omega" but I did not see like some AMD guys running around everywhere talking about the Omega driver or anything like that so I do not count it really as hyped other than a few posts from different sites claiming it is amazing.

It works for me, I did a fresh install this time around since it added a lot and I decided it might be necessary to make sure everything went off without a hitch (Better safe than sorry). Works great and honestly I have not experience enough games yet to say how big the improvements are. I think its nice considering this driver came with such a huge amount of new features, bug fixes for a variety of things, and some improvements across the board which to me counts as a job well done.

EarthDog · Dec 10, 2014

Perhaps it was the media then..."Groundbreaking"...

But they sure as hell hyped Mantle/TruAudio which, at this time, hasn't panned out.

D007 · Dec 10, 2014

So groundbreaking that it broke my girlfriends PC.
I will never again buy ATI.
Drivers are such shit.
I thought Nvidia was bad but this is ridiculous.
The driver won't even install on tons of peoples PC's and it's a known issue.
All it did was like totally corrupt my gf's pc and make it almost unusable.
Horrible lag, resolutions and CCC disappeared entirely, error message that "no ATI driver is installed", etc.
What a hunk of garbage.

AsRock · Dec 10, 2014

D007 said:
So groundbreaking that it broke my girlfriends PC.
I will never again buy ATI.
Drivers are such shit.
I thought Nvidia was bad but this is ridiculous.
The driver won't even install on tons of peoples PC's and it's a known issue.
All it did was like totally corrupt my gf's pc and make it almost unusable.
Horrible lag, resolutions and CCC disappeared entirely, error message that "no ATI driver is installed", etc.
What a hunk of garbage.

May i ask what video card you installed it for ?.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 10, 2014

Just installed this driver for my 6310M :laugh:

I will see if it boosts my GW2 fps past 15 lol

INSTG8R · Dec 10, 2014

D007 said:
So groundbreaking that it broke my girlfriends PC.
I will never again buy ATI.
Drivers are such shit.
I thought Nvidia was bad but this is ridiculous.
The driver won't even install on tons of peoples PC's and it's a known issue.
All it did was like totally corrupt my gf's pc and make it almost unusable.
Horrible lag, resolutions and CCC disappeared entirely, error message that "no ATI driver is installed", etc.
What a hunk of garbage.

PEBKAC! People that won't install for are trying to install the wrong version. The rest is pure PEBKAC

FreedomEclipse · Dec 10, 2014

INSTG8R said:
PEBKAC! People that won't install for are trying to install the wrong version. The rest is pure PEBKAC

I had to google what that meant

Devon68 · Dec 10, 2014

I had to google what that meant

Thanks for saving me the time to look it up.

INSTG8R · Dec 10, 2014

OneMoar said:
feel free to ignore D007 hes the same guy that went on a 30 page rant spanning 4 separate forums about how he could't get 4K over HDMI when all he had todo was enabled one option in his tvs menu ..

So I am prolly correct it's a PEBKAC

GreiverBlade · Dec 10, 2014

Devon68 said:
Thanks for saving me the time to look it up.

well i have another word set for it in my signature :roll:

hummmm i noticed that after the DDU safe-mode my FPS wen't quite smoother than clean install via AMD method, DDU might be labeled "dangerous" but if used correctly it's a rig saver (if not life), since in safe-mode you can't uninstall CCC or drivers, and in windows : screen resolutions problems (user fault

since i tried to use VSR on a screen that was not, but really not adapted for that)

GLD · Dec 10, 2014

I wonder why the Omega drivers didn't work on my system? Tried twice with a fresh dl.

TheMailMan78 · Dec 10, 2014

All I can think of when I read "Groundbreaking" and "AMD driver" in the same sentence.....

INSTG8R · Dec 10, 2014

GLD said:
I wonder why the Omega drivers didn't work on my system? Tried twice with a fresh dl.

I grabbed mine from here. Of course you made sure you grabbed the right ones?

FreedomEclipse · Dec 10, 2014

TheMailMan78 said:
All I can think of when I read "Groundbreaking" and "AMD driver" in the same sentence.....

When i see posts like this I can imagine AMD's PR Department saying....

Mussels · Dec 11, 2014

D007 said:
So groundbreaking that it broke my girlfriends PC.
I will never again buy ATI.
Drivers are such shit.
I thought Nvidia was bad but this is ridiculous.
The driver won't even install on tons of peoples PC's and it's a known issue.
All it did was like totally corrupt my gf's pc and make it almost unusable.
Horrible lag, resolutions and CCC disappeared entirely, error message that "no ATI driver is installed", etc.
What a hunk of garbage.

did you do a clean install? i've had no issues with clean installs or upgrades on my machines.

D007 · Dec 11, 2014

Mussels said:
did you do a clean install? i've had no issues with clean installs or upgrades on my machines.

Yea, multiple times.
Ended up doing a system restore.

I just did some looking around on the matter and it seems that using DDU to uninstall then install the driver in safe mode, it is the way to go. Not sure if it will work yet.
But doing a clean install and standard install method, does not work for her computer.
i7 and 6950.
Win 7 x64.

Seeing as I build computers and do my own support all the time.
I think I know how to install a display driver XD.

GLD said:
I wonder why the Omega drivers didn't work on my system? Tried twice with a fresh dl.

You get that figured out?

And another topic here about having issues with it.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/new-catalyst-omega-is-borking-my-desktop.207938/

I guess none of us know how to install a driver.....
Some of you people need to try not being such trolls all the time.

AsRock · Dec 11, 2014

D007 said:
Yea, multiple times.
Ended up doing a system restore.

I just did some looking around on the matter and it seems that using DDU to uninstall then install the driver in safe mode, it is the way to go. Not sure if it will work yet.
But doing a clean install and standard install method, does not work for her computer.
i7 and 6950.
Win 7 x64.

Seeing as I build computers and do my own support all the time.
I think I know how to install a display adapter XD.

You get that figured out?

And another topic here about having issues with it.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/new-catalyst-omega-is-borking-my-desktop.207938/

I guess none of us know how to install a driver.....
Some of you people need to try not being such trolls all the time.

I be willing to try the drivers with my 6970 if ya like see if it happens as with my 290X i have had 0 issue witht he omega driver or any for a long time in fact.

eidairaman1 · Dec 11, 2014

Not bein trolls. Im stickin to 14.9s. Only thing I deem necessary to update driver wise is the motherboard drivers. As of 3 years ago my bro's machine I can install Catalyst Drivers ontop of one another and they only update the files needed and leave the rest alone. I'm unsure what to tell you but Instead of ranting here get in reach with AMD and say something about it. Saying something here really doesn't get the drive makers attention.

Octopuss · Dec 11, 2014

D007 said:
So groundbreaking that it broke my girlfriends PC.
I will never again buy ATI.
Drivers are such shit.
I thought Nvidia was bad but this is ridiculous.
The driver won't even install on tons of peoples PC's and it's a known issue.
All it did was like totally corrupt my gf's pc and make it almost unusable.
Horrible lag, resolutions and CCC disappeared entirely, error message that "no ATI driver is installed", etc.
What a hunk of garbage.

This is one of the most stupid posts I have seen in last months.

Devon68 · Dec 11, 2014

This is one of the most stupid posts I have seen in last months.

Well it seems he just has bad experience with AMD.
I never had any issues with AMD drivers. Currently using version 14.4

Octopuss · Dec 11, 2014

I think it's far more probable that he's just incompetent and blames a driver, which millions (I guess) of people are using without problems. Also the style of his post is so typical I feel like googling some memes up.

RCoon · Dec 11, 2014

Chill thy beans brethren. Ain't no need for talk of under bridge dwelling species and men resembling lady parts.

More discussion on the use of the word "groundbreaking"

AsRock · Dec 11, 2014

RCoon said:
Chill thy beans brethren. Ain't no need for talk of under bridge dwelling species and men resembling lady parts.

More discussion on the use of the word "groundbreaking"

VSR is groundbreaking, some thing that should of happened many years ago.

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AMD's Groundbreaking Omega Driver

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