On MaximumPCMagazine’s latest podcast, Nvidia finally took a stance on AMD’s Mantle. MaximumPCMagazine invited Nvidia’s Distinguished Engineer Tom Petersen and Senior Director of Engineering Rev Lebaradian who shared their thoughts about it, and confirmed that Nvidia is not part of it, will not support it, and there are – at least to them – no big benefits from using it. Continue reading Nvidia Finally Officially Speaks About AMD’s Mantle – Will Not Support It, No Real Benefit Using It
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AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC Driver Released
AMD has released a new Release Candidate driver for its graphics cards. According to its changelog, this new driver includes all the improvements found in the 14.6 RC driver, comes with an updated Crossfire profile for Plants vs. Zombies and improves CrossFire scaling (3840×2160 High Settings) in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag up to 93%. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC Driver Released
Grand Theft Auto V, COD: Advanced Warfare & Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars May Support AMD’s Mantle
AMD fans, get ready for a treat. Videocardz has posted a story with a list of some new triple-A games that may (or may not) support AMD’s Mantle API. Since this list has not been confirmed yet, we strongly suggest taking everything you’re about to read with a grain of salt. Continue reading Grand Theft Auto V, COD: Advanced Warfare & Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars May Support AMD’s Mantle
Computex TAIPEI 2014 – AMD Showcases Performance Difference Between DirectX & Mantle
During Computex TAIPEI 2014, AMD showed off the performance difference between Microsoft’s DirectX and Mantle, and today the red team released a video from it. AMD used an AMD FX-8350 8-core CPU with an AMD Radeon R9 290X and the performance difference in Starswarm was around 50fps. While Starswarm ran in particular scenes with 2-4fps via DX11, the same benchmark on the same hardware ran with 55fps under Mantle. Enjoy the video after the jump! Continue reading Computex TAIPEI 2014 – AMD Showcases Performance Difference Between DirectX & Mantle
AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 Driver Released, Comes With Performance Improvements In Latest Games
AMD has released a new set of drivers for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, AMD’s Catalyst 14.6 RC2 driver comes with performance improvements to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. In addition, the Red team has implemented various Crossfire performance improvements for Watch_Dogs, Battlefield Hardline and GRID: Autosport. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 Driver Released, Comes With Performance Improvements In Latest Games
AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta Drivers Officially Released, Drops Support For Windows 8
AMD has officially released a new beta driver for its graphics cards. According to its release notes, this is the first driver that does not support Windows 8 (from now on, all AMD Catalyst drivers will no longer support Windows 8). This means that PC gamers will have to upgrade to Windows 8.1 in order to take advantage of newer drivers for their graphics cards. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta Drivers Officially Released, Drops Support For Windows 8
AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC Driver Out, Fully Supports OpenGL 4.4, CrossFire & Mantle Improvements
AMD has released the 14.4 Release Candidate driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, this new driver brings full support for OpenGL 4.4, packs various CrossFire and Mantle improvements and supports the latest dual-GPU from AMD, the Radeon R9 295X. Continue reading AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC Driver Out, Fully Supports OpenGL 4.4, CrossFire & Mantle Improvements
Crytek’s Cevat Yerli On Mantle: “With Mantle We Think That Real-Time Graphics Will Hit CG Quality”
AMD has released a new video from its GDC 2014 presentation of Mantle, in which Crytek’s Cevat Yerli shared his opinion about Mantle. During this year’s GDC, Crytek announced that CRYENGINE will support Mantle and Yerli claimed that with Mantle developers using CRYENGINE will be able to achieve CG quality graphics. Continue reading Crytek’s Cevat Yerli On Mantle: “With Mantle We Think That Real-Time Graphics Will Hit CG Quality”
AMD On Why Mantle & DirectX 12 Are So Important; “DX12 Is The Result Of Common Goals”
AMD has released two new videos in which the red team reveals the reasons why both Mantle and DirectX 12 are really important to PC gaming. As AMD noted, both Mantle and DirectX 12 will benefit existing customers, and will offer better performance for all games supporting them. Microsoft has been working with GPU hardware manufacturers to find you ways the GPU can be enabled to do the best rendering techniques with great quality and performance, and DX12 is the fruit of that collaboration. DX12 aims to fully exploit the GPUs supporting it. In addition, DX12 was the result of common goals as everyone participating in this program wanted to resolve performance issues that could not be resolved otherwise. Enjoy! Continue reading AMD On Why Mantle & DirectX 12 Are So Important; “DX12 Is The Result Of Common Goals”
AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Released, Priced At $1499, Fastest Card Available
And it’s finally here. The fastest card on the planet is available and comes from the red team. Radeon R9 295X2 is the fastest card currently available and is priced at $1499. Yes yes, that’s a really expensive card but know that: a) this is basically a dual-GPU card and b) comes with a water cooling solution. Continue reading AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Released, Priced At $1499, Fastest Card Available