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    AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    More performance and features for Radeon graphics cards and APUs.
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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Isn't Virtual Super Resolution essentially just forced super-sampling? Still a neat option to have, I guess.

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    So this is the last (=omega) driver we'll see from AMD

    Interested to see if the bug fixes hold true - they've said the same in the past but the display sleep bug seems to creep back in again and again.

    I'll see if I can test the gains (if any) compared to slightly more recent AMD drivers than May, but hurry up and get this driver WHQL certified guys!

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Would have been interested to see what improvements it made to the cheaper end (i.e. my (A8 APU) 8550G + 8570M dual graphics combo I have in my £300 laptop - Sometimes it works great but more often than not the dual graphics doesn't kick in/doesn't improve performance if forced.)
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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Doesn't seem to be a lot for the owners of the older (pre-R series) GPU's, but I think I'll give Omega a go anyway, as perhaps the bug fixes are going to be worth having.

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Only AMD can compare 1.5 year old driver to newest one when showing performance improvements.

    sorry I know I am nvidia fan boy, but, really amd?!

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Typing error:

    Ignore comment, you switched the order of the results around for Grid, and this confused me
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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Quote Originally Posted by AlexKitch View Post
    Isn't Virtual Super Resolution essentially just forced super-sampling? Still a neat option to have, I guess.
    Pretty much. Although having played around with DSR on nVidia kit, I am underwhelmed by it.....and at 1080p (or lower) I found it to be nothing but a way to lower IQ.
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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    So this is the last (=omega) driver we'll see from AMD <snip>
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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    The day after I get a GTX 970 AMD release a new driver ha!
    Last edited by Mauley; 09-12-2014 at 12:00 PM. Reason: spelling mistake

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    They compared launch driver and this one, seems reasonable, Nvidia does that all the time, and I mean ALL THE TIME, usually intervals as long as 3 years, so yeh.

    I had nvdidia for over 10 years, before getting my first radeon, and amd been superb whole time, even if people claim that nvidia drivers are somehow better , maybe in the past, now? Nvidia is slacking with their driver support.

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Pretty much. Although having played around with DSR on nVidia kit, I am underwhelmed by it.....and at 1080p (or lower) I found it to be nothing but a way to lower IQ.
    I was just about to ask how a video card feature could make the viewer stupider, and then realised that "IQ" stood for "image quality". I obviously need a cup of coffee!

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't some community-modded AMD (then ATi) graphics driver called Omega way back when? Must've been around 10 years ago or so.

    At least I had a flashback episode of sorts, when I read the title of the Hexus article.

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Quote Originally Posted by azrael- View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't some community-modded AMD (then ATi) graphics driver called Omega way back when? Must've been around 10 years ago or so.

    At least I had a flashback episode of sorts, when I read the title of the Hexus article.
    Good call, I remember that driver too

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Quote Originally Posted by aniilv View Post
    Only AMD can compare 1.5 year old driver to newest one when showing performance improvements.

    sorry I know I am nvidia fan boy, but, really amd?!

    Actually for certain users (namely myself), the 14.4 drivers were the last really stable performing drivers. So I can understand why they would use them as a reference point.

    Everything since I have found to be terribly sketchy, so I am looking forward to hopefully resolving the issues on that bug list - to which I have most. Performance boost is a nice to have sure, but for me its about the bugs.

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    Re: AMD Catalyst 'Omega' Driver

    Quote Originally Posted by .havoc View Post
    Actually for certain users (namely myself), the 14.4 drivers were the last really stable performing drivers. So I can understand why they would use them as a reference point.
    In the blog they use 13.12 and 14.2 as reference points for their performance claims.

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