06-20-2015, 09:38 PM
This:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/06/1...YWG7ka1kxM
Apparently the driver AMD provided for the 300 series: It should be noted that this driver will not work or install on AMD Radeon 200 series, so we cannot install it for the R9 290X comparison.
It is an artificial lock out for people with 200 series cards from the noble and angelic AMD. There is no way the driver will not work unless AMD locks it out with software ID checks. These really are the same chips.
If nvidia pulled some kind of crap like this, it would be a huge bash party. They got all kind of hate for "neglecting kepler" and here AMD 100% sabotages the 200 series performance by releasing a driver that refuses to work on their old cards- which is the same silicon.
WOW!
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/06/1...YWG7ka1kxM
Quote:For the new MSI R9 390X GAMING 8G video card we are using AMD supplied drivers for use only with the R9 300 series. This is driver version: "AMD-15.15-Radeon300-Series-Win8.1-Win7-64Bit-June15.
Quote:For the XFX Radeon R9 290X DD video card we are using, which runs at 1GHz stock AMD specs for R9 290X we are using Catalyst 15.5 Beta which is the latest driver for 290X.
Apparently the driver AMD provided for the 300 series: It should be noted that this driver will not work or install on AMD Radeon 200 series, so we cannot install it for the R9 290X comparison.
It is an artificial lock out for people with 200 series cards from the noble and angelic AMD. There is no way the driver will not work unless AMD locks it out with software ID checks. These really are the same chips.
If nvidia pulled some kind of crap like this, it would be a huge bash party. They got all kind of hate for "neglecting kepler" and here AMD 100% sabotages the 200 series performance by releasing a driver that refuses to work on their old cards- which is the same silicon.
WOW!