AMD Releases Catalyst 14.12 Omega Software

Octopuss · Dec 10, 2014

I don't feel like needing to confess why I do things the way I do.
Films, pictures and games look exactly the same to me with or without CCC, probably because I have high quality IPS monitor and don't need to change one bit of anything. I also prefer having control over stuff, without any automated changes (which don't even work from what I've seen thus far) I didn't ask for.

RejZoR · Dec 10, 2014

Actually videos are the only things that are affected more now, if you enable forced processing of all video sources in CCC. Before, it was a bit twitchy... The rest doesn't feel all that different. Not even Bioshock Infinite.

Solaris17 · Dec 10, 2014

Octopuss said:
I don't feel like needing to confess why I do things the way I do.
Films, pictures and games look exactly the same to me with or without CCC, probably because I have high quality IPS monitor and don't need to change one bit of anything. I also prefer having control over stuff, without any automated changes (which don't even work from what I've seen thus far) I didn't ask for.

??? You know IPS displays mean nothign when it comes to AA usage and its totally dependent on resolution right? You know what it doesnt matter.

What I can say though is from MY experience with having windows 10 preview since release this driver has worked the BEST and is far more stable (which I couldnt really comment on the betas it could have been the beta OS) I was also having odd graphical glitches in accelerated programs like outlook and so far their have been no issues. with leaving them open while playing games.

Octopuss · Dec 10, 2014

Solaris17 said:
??? You know IPS displays mean nothign when it comes to AA usage and its totally dependent on resolution right? You know what it doesnt matter.

I wasn't even talking about AA. Are people unable to process text today because of some eruptions on the Sun or what?

ensabrenoir · Dec 10, 2014

Octopuss said:
I wasn't even talking about AA. Are people unable to process text today because of some eruptions on the Sun or what?

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Steevo · Dec 10, 2014

Octopuss said:
I wasn't even talking about AA. Are people unable to process text today because of some eruptions on the Sun or what?

IPS does nothing to enhance videos using the GPU shaders.

You seem like you are throwing out the most cliche statements and acronyms to cover up your lack of understanding how all of this works.

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/bilagrid/bilagrid_web.pdf

http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems2/gpugems2_chapter27.html

IPS monitors will NOT perform hardware acceleration, will NOT make edges smoother, will NOT perform edge enhancement. Having a IPS with bpp set at 8 would be like having a 4K monitor and gaming at 1080 on it.

There are a hundred different reasons why using the enhancements, features, and settings only available in CCC is a good idea, and the least of them now is the whole 24MB of memory it takes when running up to the 50 or so when its actually doing things for you.

But whatever.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Dec 12, 2014

Octopuss said:
I haven't gotten any black screens yet either. You might had been getting different ones though, mine were always happening on the desktop, never while playing a game.
But it seems fixed, and I'm happy about it.
Just need to uninstall CCC to make the happiness complete now.

Mine was fine on the desktop. Mine happened within 5 to 10 mins of game play and it would not recover. I gamed for over 2 hrs the other night without any issues at all and the gpu never got over 64c with 50% fan. I am going to adjust the fan curve a little more as I have plenty of room to play with the speed.

fullinfusion · Dec 12, 2014

No issues here on the Omega.

I did have a slight hiccup after the install, but I just removed the driver and manually deleted the extra folders and such.

As much as I hate DDU I used the latest version in safe mode and ran a clean and did another install.

It works, I'm not getting the same benchmarks but hell, who cares!

Games in crossfire with the added frame-pacing fix sure works well, and looks sweet :peace:

IMHO it's going to be a nice WHQL with a few more tweaks done before launch.

LeonVolcove · Dec 12, 2014

Could this driver compatible with my A10 7850k?

my internet connection is kinda slow right, thanks to rain

anyway, if its worth it i am gonna download it

if not i am gonna pass

Thank You Before

Frag_Maniac · Dec 12, 2014

Friggin HUGE driver release. Massive boost in AC Unity and a fair improvement in Far Cry 4 too.

Even on the beta for Unity I was having to run lowest settings at 1366x768 on my 7970.

I can now run Ultra Textures and Environment, High Shadows, everything else Very High, SSAO and FXAA at 1080p and it looks and runs very nice. I've also forced 16x AF in CCC.

The only strange thing is, Far Cry 4 hitches more than Unity now, but moslty just in areas where new map textures are loading in and just briefly.

I've had a few long screen freezes in Unity of 5 sec or so though where no doubt assets are loading in, so each have their own quirks there. Strangely enough though a 2nd or 3rd checkpoint loading of the same spot in Unity results in significantly reduced freeze, then no freeze at all.

I recant what I've said about AMD only focusing on new gen GPUs and APUs. Just wish they'd tell us if they're planning on unified memory like Nvidia.

I posted this here because the only thread pertaining to the Omega drivers on the AMD board is a rant thread, which I think is misleading and unfair.

AsRock · Dec 12, 2014

Solaris17 said:
??? You know IPS displays mean nothign when it comes to AA usage and its totally dependent on resolution right? You know what it doesnt matter.

What I can say though is from MY experience with having windows 10 preview since release this driver has worked the BEST and is far more stable (which I couldnt really comment on the betas it could have been the beta OS) I was also having odd graphical glitches in accelerated programs like outlook and so far their have been no issues. with leaving them open while playing games.

Well with Virtual Super Resolution i find there is no need for MSAA or alike now if you bump that up.

Mussels · Dec 12, 2014

to those with driver problems: windows update.

apparently a windows update broke some driver installers, and a newer windows update fixes the issue.

Frag_Maniac · Dec 12, 2014

I've been applying all W7 driver updates. There's very few I don't install. My rule of thumb is to apply any critical updates that are automatically selected, and any optional ones that say they resolve system issues.

The Omega driver installed fine for me and so far zero problems that I can see. Whether I installed them after the Windows hotfix update or am just lucky, I don't know.

Furthermore, if TPU had tested this driver with a better game selection, the uneducated, like Gmr_Chick, wouldn't be passing it off as just another run of the mill average driver, as if it's unnecessary to install.

There's been TONS of buzz on the net about how poorly both Far Cry 4 and AC Unity run, even on Nvidia spec, whom endorsed both titles. Running it on Sniper Elite III, BF4, and Ryse just isn't a realistic or fair test to showcase what this driver can do.

Sorry for the peeve, but the Omega rant thread on the AMD board was locked before I could respond. Please TPU, help us avid, experienced, PC gamers educate the uneducated, BEFORE the melt downs happen.

Octopuss · Dec 13, 2014

Shit, I've gotten my first black screen freeze

So it's not fixed after all (even thought it seems to happen much less frequently)

AsRock · Dec 13, 2014

Octopuss said:
Shit, I've gotten my first black screen freeze So it's not fixed after all (even thought it seems to happen much less frequently)

You tried cleaning the slot and re sitting the card as when i did that with mine some 10 month month ago that issue went.

RejZoR · Dec 13, 2014

No issues with Cat 14.12 on my HD7950.

Frag_Maniac · Dec 13, 2014

I just had a guy ask me on another forum yesterday if Unity would run on his 7870 now with Omega. I've seen a guy on a 270x run it at 1080p with Ultra/High settings and he gets very good frame rates and very fast combat animation.

So I have to think that Unity can now run on much lower than their claimed Minimum spec with these drivers. I told the guy since his 7870 is only roughly 10% less powerful than a 270x, he could probably run it on at least High/Med settings.

D007 · Dec 14, 2014

Yea, I n

Mussels said:
to those with driver problems: windows update.

apparently a windows update broke some driver installers, and a newer windows update fixes the issue.

Noticed that too when my gf just installed the last update. Her system went ape shit.

I still won't use the omega drivers though. They refuse to install for her system and when they do install, it acts like there is no gpu installed.
So yea, not very beneficial to us to not have a driver installed and be stuck at crappy res.

manofthem · Dec 14, 2014

As fate would have it, as soon as I decide to install this driver, I get other issues. I don't think it's related to the driver, as I think issues started right before installing, but I've uninstalled since anyway.

It's going to take more messing with, as it's acting like the pc is infected, so now i'm seeing if I can get it working back to normal. If not, an OS reinstall will be in order, along with the Omegas.

Mussels · Dec 15, 2014

D007 said:
Yea, I n

Noticed that too when my gf just installed the last update. Her system went ape shit.

I still won't use the omega drivers though. They refuse to install for her system and when they do install, it acts like there is no gpu installed.
So yea, not very beneficial to us to not have a driver installed and be stuck at crappy res.

that is the symptom of the windows update, and its affected various companies not just AMD. you can uninstall the update, or install a newer one that removes it for you.

D007 · Dec 15, 2014

Mussels said:
that is the symptom of the windows update, and its affected various companies not just AMD. you can uninstall the update, or install a newer one that removes it for you.

Ahh tyvm. Good to know I can give it another shot then.
Much appreciated.

I have to say I am pretty disappointed in the amount of people here, who attacked everyone who said they had a problem with the drivers.
I hope those people can do a little growing up.

ap4lifetn · Dec 18, 2014

I am still getting an intermittent screen flicker, does anyone else?

AsRock · Dec 18, 2014

Nope, only bug i have had with it is selecting 150 dpi for desktop as when it's selected Diablo 3 mouse pointer don't show

ap4lifetn · Dec 18, 2014

AsRock said:
Nope, only bug i have had with it is selecting 150 dpi for desktop as when it's selected Diablo 3 mouse pointer don't show

well damn, its not as frequent as before, but i am still getting an intermittent flicker that will happen at the desktop or randomly in games.

TRWOV · Dec 18, 2014

After some testing I'm back to 14.9. These Omega drivers just gave me lower results overall on my 5350. Supposedly APUs were going to get a nice performance boost but in my case I lost around 6%.

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AMD Releases Catalyst 14.12 Omega Software

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