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Joined: May 31, 2011
Posts: 2631
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
So i started with the 13.2 Final AMD drivers. running at 6032x1200 resolution, all other getting at High/Ultra, with AA off and Post AA at 2x.
Single player - 39-40fps
MP on Shanghai Rising - 40-41fps
Installed these Beta drviers, enabled Mantle API in the video options, restarted, and...
Single player - 46-47fps
MP on Shanghai Raising - 49-52fps
(yes, the exact same spot, looking in the same direction as before)
So ya, a pretty bloody nice increase, if you ask me. And i may be nuts, but I think the effects looks a bit more detailed. That's what I get for not taking screenshots.
So if anyone else runs a 7xxx or newer AMD GPU, I totally recommend these drivers. I'm sure one could expect at least the same results on single screen. Runnign the game at such a high resolution really chews up my system, and squeezing another +20% out of my framerate is pretty sweet.
Though, one drawback I noticed was that since it doesn't use Directx directly, my Fraps and TS3 overlays didn't come up.
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What do you use to benchmark?
From what i hear , Mantel helps remove any bottlenecking when you pair up lower end CPU with med/high end AMD GPU's thus increasing FPS.
Also people with 2 or more GPU's will see a nice increase also no matter what CPU they have.
Cant wait till its fully optimised for each CGN card and more games use it
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I just used the "perfoverlay.drawfps 1"  console command.  I have a high end CPU (2700k 4.5ghz)  and GPU (7970 *cough* only one *cough*) and i still saw  a great improvement. Â
Upon more reading  it seems that some folks with the newest cards have been reporting some wacky results.  Since this is the first public release,  i expect it to improve as it matures.
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Joined: Aug 23, 2012
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Ahh.. ya was wondering if you used a 3rd party program to bench.
Wiith higher end cpu's your min and average fps should rise up and max fps will also but not as much i believe.
Soons the stupid prices for amd cards go away you will have your second card lol
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As i mentioned, programs like Fraps use OpenGL or Directx, and I'm not aware of one that would be able to interpret the Mantle API.
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Oh yah lol, guess we will have to wait till fraps gets an update .
Im going to run some benches when i get home tonight, I only played a few minutes with mantle had some problems getting it to work. Turns out that i didnt diable my IGPU on my I5 and it was causing the game to crash when i went into options.
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U mean 13.12 amd driver. Caused my r9 290 to jump up by 20 to 40 fps. And fraps runs fine on my setup with new driver.
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Nope, 14.1 Beta 6. Once you get it installed, you have to select the new API in the BF4 Video Options, then restart the game.
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Perhaps it has trouble with Crosire. I recall another emmber taht runs two cards having trouble. Also in other areas of the net, along with issues on those new cards. Drivers for new hardware is always a bit slwo to mature in the first place.. Still, my results are still excellent.
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