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Post by Mat HD on Mar 21, 2018 19:40:20 GMT
See AMD release notes for details.
No under-the-hood changes on my end.
Includes the tweaks from 18.3.2 which was skipped for Bootcamp users.
Enjoy!
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Post by r3b3lspy on Mar 21, 2018 20:09:46 GMT
Thank you, I just installed for the first time the previous version this morning, how updates work with your software? is there any tutorial to do the updates?
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Post by Mat HD on Mar 21, 2018 20:12:18 GMT
the same process as with first time installs.
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Post by r3b3lspy on Mar 21, 2018 20:15:39 GMT
Ok so just run safe mode, device uninstaller and then do a fresh install right?
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Post by Mat HD on Mar 21, 2018 20:25:46 GMT
for everyone except iMac Pro users, yes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 20:32:20 GMT
for everyone except iMac Pro users, yes. We iMac Pro owners seem to get the easy mode. |
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Post by r3b3lspy on Mar 21, 2018 20:34:15 GMT
I'm on a 2017 Macbook Pro 15' Radeon Pro 555
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Post by mike on Mar 23, 2018 21:32:41 GMT
The temperature differences with my Vega 64 Pro are crazy. I can play STALKER Lost Alpha, Doom, Crysis 1 etc. with low fan speed (around 1500rpm) and maxed out settings in 1440p, and the GPU temps will mostly stay in the 60s Celsius range, sometimes dip down into the low 50s or into the 70s. Playing Subnautica (newer game, though fairly simplistic visuals IMO) the GPU will reach 90+ Celius very quickly. To avoid GPU maxing out at 95C and starting throttling, you have to set the fans at minimum 2300rpm. Same with Dying Light, which I've also been testing out. Playing older games (Lost Alpha, Crysis 1 etc.) in 4K does the exact same thing, or using certain types of AA in games (STALKER Call of Chernobyl - turning on the game's AA makes GPU much hotter).
Could this be from using the "wrong" drivers (ie. Radeon 580 for Vega Pro)? Or is it solely because of the iMac Pro not being proficient enough at dispersing heat from the GPU, when it's working above a certain level? Ugh, having to set a high static fan speed in OSX, then booting into Windows is certainly not ideal (ie. large GPU temp fluctuations). Anyways, hopefully using the "wrong" drivers won't cause a problem down the line. Normally I wouldn't over-analyse these things, but considering the GPU is part of a glued-together AIO...
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Post by Mat HD on Mar 23, 2018 23:24:17 GMT
The temperature differences with my Vega 64 Pro are crazy. I can play STALKER Lost Alpha, Doom, Crysis 1 etc. with low fan speed (around 1500rpm) and maxed out settings in 1440p, and the GPU temps will mostly stay in the 60s Celsius range, sometimes dip down into the low 50s or into the 70s. Playing Subnautica (newer game, though fairly simplistic visuals IMO) the GPU will reach 90+ Celius very quickly. To avoid GPU maxing out at 95C and starting throttling, you have to set the fans at minimum 2300rpm. Same with Dying Light, which I've also been testing out. Playing older games (Lost Alpha, Crysis 1 etc.) in 4K does the exact same thing, or using certain types of AA in games (STALKER Call of Chernobyl - turning on the game's AA makes GPU much hotter). Could this be from using the "wrong" drivers (ie. Radeon 580 for Vega Pro)? Or is it solely because of the iMac Pro not being proficient enough at dispersing heat from the GPU, when it's working above a certain level? Ugh, having to set a high static fan speed in OSX, then booting into Windows is certainly not ideal (ie. large GPU temp fluctuations). Anyways, hopefully using the "wrong" drivers won't cause a problem down the line. Normally I wouldn't over-analyse these things, but considering the GPU is part of a glued-together AIO... It's an unoptimized driver issue for sure, likely in part due to using Pro 580 driver. |
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Post by madone on Mar 24, 2018 14:33:40 GMT
At least it works better than what was given to us in bootcamp thanks to Mat. I wonder why AMD has not come out with Vega 56/64 specific drivers, even though they share the same sort of architecture. Not being a hardware kind of guy I understand there normally a lag in software drivers, but we have been going past six months since release.
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Post by mike on Mar 24, 2018 17:25:41 GMT
At least it works better than what was given to us in bootcamp thanks to Mat. I wonder why AMD has not come out with Vega 56/64 specific drivers, even though they share the same sort of architecture. Not being a hardware kind of guy I understand there normally a lag in software drivers, but we have been going past six months since release. It should be a simple thing for Apple to release proper drivers for Vega Pro 56 and 64, as they are basically nothing more than downclocked versions of the standard Vega GPUs. This is Apple being lazy, and caring more about emojis, wristbands and accessories, than providing actual proper software support for their products. AMD could release Vega Pro 56/64 drivers on their own, but Apple doesn't allow them. (Call and complain to Apple support.) |
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Post by john5 on Mar 25, 2018 20:42:10 GMT
The temperature differences with my Vega 64 Pro are crazy. I can play STALKER Lost Alpha, Doom, Crysis 1 etc. with low fan speed (around 1500rpm) and maxed out settings in 1440p, and the GPU temps will mostly stay in the 60s Celsius range, sometimes dip down into the low 50s or into the 70s. Playing Subnautica (newer game, though fairly simplistic visuals IMO) the GPU will reach 90+ Celius very quickly. To avoid GPU maxing out at 95C and starting throttling, you have to set the fans at minimum 2300rpm. Same with Dying Light, which I've also been testing out. Playing older games (Lost Alpha, Crysis 1 etc.) in 4K does the exact same thing, or using certain types of AA in games (STALKER Call of Chernobyl - turning on the game's AA makes GPU much hotter). Could this be from using the "wrong" drivers (ie. Radeon 580 for Vega Pro)? Or is it solely because of the iMac Pro not being proficient enough at dispersing heat from the GPU, when it's working above a certain level? Ugh, having to set a high static fan speed in OSX, then booting into Windows is certainly not ideal (ie. large GPU temp fluctuations). Anyways, hopefully using the "wrong" drivers won't cause a problem down the line. Normally I wouldn't over-analyse these things, but considering the GPU is part of a glued-together AIO... To keep the temp down, try tuning on vsync and/or max-fps 60. Otherwise, just buy the extended warranty, it's cheap! |
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Post by jamieckorea on Mar 26, 2018 13:48:35 GMT
Do any of you experts know whether or not I should touch the registry in Bootcamp? Also does anyone know the best and absolute way to factory reset a Macbook?
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Post by Mat HD on Mar 26, 2018 22:53:54 GMT
Do any of you experts know whether or not I should touch the registry in Bootcamp? Also does anyone know the best and absolute way to factory reset a Macbook? Don't touch the registry unless you know exactly what you are doing. Trust me its so easy to mess up your Bootcamp partition and make Windows unbootable just by messing with it. |
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Post by spikerules on Mar 27, 2018 16:40:43 GMT
18.3.4 is out and has FC5 optimisation. Any chance we can have that as a new update? Are the files you download basically the same as the one's on the amd site?
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