AMD's Mantle, yes or no?

eldestgecko

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I have a Radeon 7770 vapor-x OC edition paired with an AMD fx 6300. Should I download and install the AMD 14.1 video driver beta? What are the benefits and the risks? I know that if I dont like the beta i can just roll my driver back, I just need to know if its worth my time?
 
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It is worth trying, just be prepared to revert back if you don't like the results. I see a fair amount of mixed results, mostly positive for BF4, but some people get some major hickup like stuttering, and others have had problems in other games with the drivers.

It is more likely you'll prefer it, but there are still kinks to work out.

eldestgecko

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Do you use the Beta yourself? if so, what are some of the improvements you have noticed?
 

matrix0077

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i have r9 280x and i see about 20% difference but the big thing that i like is that its stable if you look at whole map in BF4 your fps won,t drop even though its awesome i can,t recommend to you to use mantle my game was crashing a lot because of mantle on campaign it was ok but in MP it was crashing so i really don,t recommend
 

jrizzz

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I have a 7950 and i got about 6-8 fps increase but it stutters hard once in a while so i just went back to direct x.
And vram usage maxes out at 3gb so that could be why it stutters for me.
 
It is worth trying, just be prepared to revert back if you don't like the results. I see a fair amount of mixed results, mostly positive for BF4, but some people get some major hickup like stuttering, and others have had problems in other games with the drivers.

It is more likely you'll prefer it, but there are still kinks to work out.
 
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