Driver Question for AMD Radeon

mike1294

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Can someone tell me why AMD keeps coming out with beta drivers for their graphic cards? I mean I have 13.4 as the most recent stable version but yet they have 13.10 for their beta. Is it safe to download the betas. Do they have many problems with them or should I wait for when they finally come out with a stable version? Also what are the profiles?
 
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The beta versions are test releases of what could possibly end up in the next stable release. They could potentially have performance updates for games, or fixes for bugs and errors (13.8 added a frame pacing function for Crossfire setups, for example). However, they could also have other, unknown bugs. If you are not comfortable troubleshooting, I'd personally stick with the stable releases.

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The beta versions are test releases of what could possibly end up in the next stable release. They could potentially have performance updates for games, or fixes for bugs and errors (13.8 added a frame pacing function for Crossfire setups, for example). However, they could also have other, unknown bugs. If you are not comfortable troubleshooting, I'd personally stick with the stable releases.

Casey
 
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mike1294

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Ok thanks. Now could you tell me what the profiles are for?