Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Dec 17, 2015, 23:24:
Something I am liking is AMD is now releasing a driver-only version of their drivers which weighs in at 12MB.

I disliked when they stopped driver only downloads so think that would be a good option to offer.

Though I'm not sure I can find it, on a driver page I do see something listed as "AMD Minimal Setup" for about 12MB. Though below (poorly designated) it states "A Web-based installer.. installs the minimum required​"

Personally that defeats the point and is arguably worse (useless for updating multiple systems), and I'm not 100% certain their definition of "minimum required" matches mine. They may define the driver control panel as part of what's "minimal" and only excluding things like languages etc (basically redundant to a certain install environment).

Frankly I haven't seen anything that makes me want to update my main system, or any that I use regularly, to their "Crimson" driver. From what I've seen so far I won't be updating unless I have a reason to and I otherwise don't need a reason to stay on the currently installed driver.

The FO4 compass flicker has been fixed, but now there is minor flicker while in power armor. FPS are also a lot better especially at the institute first place where I saw FPS drops.

This comment was edited on Dec 18, 2015, 02:33.

Rigs wrote on Dec 17, 2015, 19:59:
While being the biggest AMD whiner here, I'm loathe to hit that 'Update' button...at least until some other guinea pig tries them first. I have my system set just right and a bad driver update is gonna fuck with my OCD...


=-Rigs-=

Well, if you'd just switch to the Green Team, you'd never have to worry about that as a potential problem.

Kids never learn...

Something I am liking is AMD is now releasing a driver-only version of their drivers which weighs in at 12MB.

Where did 15.15 come from...?

I feel like they've gone stark, raving bananas--the first Crimson driver was not released as a beta--presumably, it was therefore a WHQL driver. Except that it wasn't a WHQL driver at all. The second driver released was a beta Crimson driver officially, which supposedly fixed a few things. This third Crimson driver is not a beta driver, but somehow is the exact same driver released as a beta earlier--the second Crimson driver. So the 15.12 WHQL is exactly the same driver as the 15.11.1b Crimson?

Wouldn't it have been better to have left the 15.11.1b driver alone until you had some substantial improvements for the next release? And the original 15.11.1b Catalyst driver release has just vanished--I still have it in my AMD directory. AMD has removed the driver completely--even on the Previous Drivers page the "15.11" drivers are the original Crimsons--and not the original Catalyst drivers. They've taken something exceedingly simple and made a mess of it, imo.

Cutter wrote on Dec 17, 2015, 20:04:

Rigs wrote on Dec 17, 2015, 19:59:
While being the biggest AMD whiner here, I'm loathe to hit that 'Update' button...at least until some other guinea pig tries them first. I have my system set just right and a bad driver update is gonna fuck with my OCD...

I just did and it says everything is up to date. So it's not updating yet for whatever reason.

I think all they did was "promote" the beta drivers they had previously released to fix the fan-speed issue. That link says the download contains "AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12 Driver version 15.30.1025.1001", which is the same version listed on my Update tab as the currently installed version. Also, the "Resolved Issues" list is almost identical compared to the beta release:

November-30-hotfix.aspx
AMD-Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-15.12.aspx

Edit: bah, I didn't read the whole page. It explicitly says so :

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12

This release provides users with a Microsoft WHQL certified version of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update driver.

Rigs wrote on Dec 17, 2015, 19:59:
While being the biggest AMD whiner here, I'm loathe to hit that 'Update' button...at least until some other guinea pig tries them first. I have my system set just right and a bad driver update is gonna fuck with my OCD...


=-Rigs-=

I just did and it says everything is up to date. So it's not updating yet for whatever reason.

While being the biggest AMD whiner here, I'm loathe to hit that 'Update' button...at least until some other guinea pig tries them first. I have my system set just right and a bad driver update is gonna fuck with my OCD...


=-Rigs-=

Isn't this a 15.12 Crimson release? Also, the page claims that these are just the official WHQL version of the 15.11.1 version.