Do these AMD Drivers exist?

[Melvis]

So im running a Beta Crimson Driver on my laptop and a week or so ago a update came up that are meant to be WHQL 16.40....anyway everytime I do the "update" it never seems to apply it, says its installed, reboot and it then says again there is a update, the same one....looking on there website the driver doesnt even exist!

So im confused and lost, anyone got any ideas?

AMD E2-1800 HD 7340 Graphics.

 

[FYFI13]

So im confused and lost

That's how i felt with R9 380... Even with installed display driver only i kept getting update notifications while gaming. Yes, it actually kicked me out of game to desktop! Then once i clicked "download update" and it said "you're running lastest version of Crimson software"

 

[Caring1]

If it's an AMD APU the drivers don't always work, just ask @RejZoR

 

[Aquinus]

If it's an AMD APU the drivers don't always work, just ask @RejZoR

Oh come on. It's been at least a month since I've heard him cry about his E-350. Do we really need to start all of that up again? Saying that is like saying, "I'm ready for a rant."

 

[qubit]

That's how i felt with R9 380... Even with installed display driver only i kept getting update notifications while gaming. Yes, it actually kicked me out of game to desktop! Then once i clicked "download update" and it said "you're running lastest version of Crimson software"

This would drive me nuts and is unacceptable in my book. The fact AMD still has problems like this even now tells me that AMD's quality control still sucks imo. I never see garbage like this with NVIDIA drivers.

@RejZoR Have you seen this problem?

 

[Aquinus]

@RejZoR Have you seen this problem?

Rejzor is going to complain that support for his cheap E-350 was dropped early. That's the only thing he has had to contend with on the E-350 but he rants enough about it to make it seem like AMD came to his house and robbed him at gunpoint.

his would drive me nuts and is unacceptable in my book. The fact AMD still has problems like this even now tells me that AMD's quality control still sucks imo. I never see garbage like this with NVIDIA drivers.

Except it doesn't. I got 6 years of good support for my 6870s and that if you're expecting one of AMD's lowest end APUs to have longer support and better support than all of their other, more commonly used, products, then you're missing the point.

Also, I feel like you're forgetting the times when nVidia released drivers that could kill cards but, please, continue to tell me how AMD sucks and how you don't recall all the times nVidia has done stupid shit.

 

[qubit]

Rejzor is going to complain that support for his cheap E-350 was dropped early. That's the only thing he has had to contend with on the E-350 but he rants enough about it to make it seem like AMD came to his house and robbed him at gunpoint.

Except it doesn't. I got 6 years of good support for my 6870s and that if you're expecting one of AMD's lowest end APUs to have longer support and better support than all of their other, more commonly used, products, then you're missing the point.

I know, those rants are funny, lol. Keep yer hair on rej!

Sorry, but a low end, APU coming to the end of its support life doesn't excuse bugs like this. We're talking very basic programming to check for versions, which should never show problems like this.

Glad you've had good driver support. The quality of it certainly seems to depend on what product you have and that goes for NVIDIA too. I remember seeing some very glitchy driver support when I played with my two GTX 8800 cards in SLI about a year ago. I was running W7 and using the latest drivers available, which were admittedly rather old by now.

And yes, you're right, two 10 year old cards - positively ancient I got both of them cheap in a fire sale, lol and technically I've got three cards, two Ultras and one GTX, but it didn't matter how I paired them up, they didn't work quite right. I could still see the performance gain from SLI though.

 

[Aquinus]

Sorry, but a low end, APU coming to the end of its support life doesn't excuse bugs like this. We're talking very basic programming to check for versions, which should never show problems like this.

It's probably updating the control panel, not the driver. They can be updated independently. Driver support was already dropped, wasn't it?

Edit:

As a courtesy to our valued supporters we are providing a final Beta driver together with the release of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition. The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Beta driver includes the redesigned user interface as well as some enhanced features. More information can be found in the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 for Non GCN Products Release Notes. This driver is provided "as is" and will not be supported with further updates, upgrades or bug fixes.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?product=legacy3&os=Windows+10+-+64

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Rejzor is going to complain that support for his cheap E-350 was dropped early. That's the only thing he has had to contend with on the E-350 but he rants enough about it to make it seem like AMD came to his house and robbed him at gunpoint.

Except it doesn't. I got 6 years of good support for my 6870s and that if you're expecting one of AMD's lowest end APUs to have longer support and better support than all of their other, more commonly used, products, then you're missing the point.

Also, I feel like you're forgetting the times when nVidia released drivers that could kill cards but, please, continue to tell me how AMD sucks and how you don't recall all the times nVidia has done stupid shit.

Nvidia's GPUs all get the same driver support, regardless if they were $50 or $500. The 8400gs and the 8800GTX had the same lifespan for drivers. The 750ti will get driver updates as long as maxwell gets them. A part costing less is no excuse for shorter driver support, as far as nvidia is concerned.

AMD dropped the ball with their VILV parts. The 6000 series was DX11 compatible, and should have continued to get driver updates, as nvidia's 500 and 400 series continue to receive. If AMD was planning to drop VILV, then they should have been selling VILV GPUs.

 

[Aquinus]

Nvidia's GPUs all get the same driver support, regardless if they were $50 or $500. The 8400gs and the 8800GTX had the same lifespan for drivers. The 750ti will get driver updates as long as maxwell gets them. A part costing less is no excuse for shorter driver support, as far as nvidia is concerned.

AMD dropped the ball with their VILV parts. The 6000 series was DX11 compatible, and should have continued to get driver updates, as nvidia's 500 and 400 series continue to receive. If AMD was planning to drop VILV, then they should have been selling VILV GPUs.

You say that like Terascale GPUs haven't been around for a while. AMD dropped support for all Terascale cards, not just the later ones, which made sense because it's a very different animal than GCN. You can't really compare that to nVidia because they haven't overhauled their GPUs to the extent that the switch from Terascale to GCN was.

Your excuse is that AMD dropped the ball because they didn't support products released at different times for the same period of time. Okay there, buddy.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

AMD dropped the ball with their VILV parts

VLIW Very Long Instruction Word

 

[RejZoR]

I have a E-450 which is newer. And I stopped bothering with it, because dumb driver still insists there is a new driver which clearly doesn't work with it. Good luck with any APU, because they are shite as far as driver support or quality goes.

It's also nice to see that with enough bitching, people remember it. Now you know to avoid APU's if you don't want problems because someone got an erection after 3 years and decided to drop the support entirely. Even from god damn legacy drivers. FU AMD.

 

[cdawall]

I have a E-450 which is newer. And I stopped bothering with it, because dumb driver still insists there is a new driver which clearly doesn't work with it. Good luck with any APU, because they are shite as far as driver support or quality goes.

It's also nice to see that with enough bitching, people remember it. Now you know to avoid APU's if you don't want problems because someone got an erection after 3 years and decided to drop the support entirely. Even from god damn legacy drivers. FU AMD.

The E-450 was realeased August 22, 2011, the final driver that supports it is the 16.2.1 beta. That is almost 5 years of support...

 

[RejZoR]

No it doesn't. That "beta" driver that allegedly supports it DOESN'T support it. Only some weird franken driver from Windows Update works with it, sort of. It's bad and it can't even accelerate stupid Youtube video properly even though the exact same GPU runs lower bitrate 4K video easily. But 720p on Youtube, too much of a hassle because drivers are shit. Anything from AMD webpage just flat out refuses to even install. And not with "sorry not supported when you fire up the installer, no it starts installing and then churns out stupid errors. Like, totally retarded. And the old driver keeps on bitching there is a new driver available. That doesn't frigging work with the APU. AMD is gonna have a very hard time convincing me to ever again buy any AMD APU. Especially because APU's are expected to have a longer term support, they are bought by people who use same system for ages. People who replace GPU's every 2 years don't even care if support is terminated after only 3 years...

 

[cdawall]

No it doesn't. That "beta" driver that allegedly supports it DOESN'T support it. Only some weird franken driver from Windows Update works with it, sort of. It's bad and it can't even accelerate stupid Youtube video properly even though the exact same GPU runs lower bitrate 4K video easily. But 720p on Youtube, too much of a hassle because drivers are shit. Anything from AMD webpage just flat out refuses to even install. And not with "sorry not supported when you fire up the installer, no it starts installing and then churns out stupid errors. Like, totally retarded. And the old driver keeps on bitching there is a new driver available. That doesn't frigging work with the APU. AMD is gonna have a very hard time convincing me to ever again buy any AMD APU. Especially because APU's are expected to have a longer term support, they are bought by people who use same system for ages. People who replace GPU's every 2 years don't even care if support is terminated after only 3 years...

I have a stack of AMD APU's all of which have had more than 3 years of support??

 

[RejZoR]

3 years? Wow man, that's a long support time...

 

[cdawall]

3 years? Wow man, that's a long support time...

I can't magically make the clock spin faster they have only been out that long. You act like nvidia was better in any way with parts. Nforce 3 came out in late 2003, Nvidia dropped support for them in 2007 by not even bothering to release Vista drivers.

 

[RejZoR]

I never said that. It's shitty in general when companies drop driver support so quickly for things that are meant to be used for a lot longer. I don't expect new game profiles every 2 weeks for it, but at least working god damn Youtube would be a massive start...

 

[cdawall]

I never said that. It's shitty in general when companies drop driver support so quickly for things that are meant to be used for a lot longer. I don't expect new game profiles every 2 weeks for it, but at least working god damn Youtube would be a massive start...

Would you prefer if technology just stagnated so old junk could be supported forever? Guess what life moves on. You purchased a super low end APU and AMD dumped it, welcome to something that wasn't cost effective to support.

 

[Aquinus]

Remember when I said:

Oh come on. It's been at least a month since I've heard him cry about his E-350 E-450. Do we really need to start all of that up again? Saying that is like saying, "I'm ready for a rant."

We've all heard these arguments before and once again, I'm reading them yet again, just as I prophetically claimed. Lets get over it and stop derailing the thread.

...and @Caring1, look at what you've done.

Either way, I think the thread can be closed, @Melvis got his answer: AMD dropped support and the old beta crimson driver doesn't know better.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

The AMD E350/E450 are super cheap pieces of crap not fit for use, I had a laptop with one and even when it was supported with up to date drivers it was a POS, I'm frankly surprised it ran windows let alone YouTube.

 

[Caring1]

...and @Caring1, look at what you've done.

That was my intention.
I had the same model laptop and APU and had the same error messages. I'm just not as expressive as he is.

 

[RejZoR]

The AMD E350/E450 are super cheap pieces of crap not fit for use, I had a laptop with one and even when it was supported with up to date drivers it was a POS, I'm frankly surprised it ran windows let alone YouTube.

Up to date drivers. Drivers have been broken for ages and then they dropped support, leaving users helpless, with drivers in a broken state. I don't care if they dropped support, if only god damn HD playback worked fine. But it just doesn't. This is why I've bought Intel APU instead this time around. Had 3x Intel low end devices and I was more happy with all of them than with AMD. And then everyone's shocked why AMD share is so low. I know why. People are pissed with their incompetence and they go to competitor's products where they at least pretend to care. AMD just flat out doesn't give a shit when it comes to APU's.

 

[Recon-UK]

And they say Nvidia have bad drivers???

Nope that's correct they do... sigh..

 

[TheGuruStud]

Every time I see e-450, I think, "Oh, shit, not the driver rant, again."

Don't install the control panel b/c what are you going to do in it on that thing