FPS tweaked boosted drivers vs. standard AMD drivers
Jan 21, 2017 23:21:13 GMT
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Post by Mat HD on Jan 21, 2017 23:21:13 GMT
Recent FPS boosted/tweaked drivers (previously known as an XG driver) have additional optimizations versus the standard drivers, including performance improvements, better memory management, better standard resolution support within the AMD settings for older games, and other OpenGL & DirectX optimizations. The aim of the drivers is to provide a better gaming experience. In most cases these drivers can boost fps by as much as 5-7 fps though this often depends on your graphics card.
The drivers have the same modifications as those made by Semp @ www.tweakforce.com for the PC AMD drivers. Credits go to him for creating the initial optimizations within the AMD installer.
Please note that emulators and non-gaming applications that are boosted by a gpu may not work as expected under tweaked drivers. It is best to use standard drivers if you wish to use those types of applications.
The list of tweaks are as follows, which are not provided within the standard driver installer settings:
F.A.Q.
Does this version of the drivers make my video card work even harder? Do I have a greater risk of overheating or the graphics card failing?
A. No it doesn't. It just applies some software-based tweaks.
It does not overclock the graphics cards without use of additional software e.g. MSI Afterburner.
So the chance of the card overheating/stopping working is the same as with the standard drivers.
I always recommend you use MacsFanControl with modified drivers regardless.
So Fps tweaked drivers are better than standard drivers then?
A. For gaming, yes - there is an improvement to performance and graphics for most users.
If you use emulators or non-gaming software you should use the alternative standard drivers that are un-tweaked because the software may not work as expected.
Is there a standard driver available for Windows 10?
A. Yes this may be called a ‘V2’ or ‘B’ edition.
The drivers have the same modifications as those made by Semp @ www.tweakforce.com for the PC AMD drivers. Credits go to him for creating the initial optimizations within the AMD installer.
Please note that emulators and non-gaming applications that are boosted by a gpu may not work as expected under tweaked drivers. It is best to use standard drivers if you wish to use those types of applications.
The list of tweaks are as follows, which are not provided within the standard driver installer settings:
- A number of standard resolutions incorporated within the AMD installer settings, with potential for providing higher resolutions to older games that may not support them otherwise.
- OpenGL custom settings enabled by default.
- OpenGL texture compression, anisotropic filtering and trible-buffering enabled by default (this does not activate the system-wide triple buffering in Crimson settings however)
- OpenGL antistropic filtering, AGP textures, dynamic dither, macro tile, micro tile, z mask fast clear, z compression are all enabled by default amongst other settings too.
- AMD texture compression is enabled by default.
- Hyper Memory is enabled by default. This allows the graphics card to use system RAM if the card's free VRAM amount starts getting low.
- Better memory management with tweaks to memory management settings, including large system cache being disabled by default.
F.A.Q.
Does this version of the drivers make my video card work even harder? Do I have a greater risk of overheating or the graphics card failing?
A. No it doesn't. It just applies some software-based tweaks.
It does not overclock the graphics cards without use of additional software e.g. MSI Afterburner.
So the chance of the card overheating/stopping working is the same as with the standard drivers.
I always recommend you use MacsFanControl with modified drivers regardless.
So Fps tweaked drivers are better than standard drivers then?
A. For gaming, yes - there is an improvement to performance and graphics for most users.
If you use emulators or non-gaming software you should use the alternative standard drivers that are un-tweaked because the software may not work as expected.
Is there a standard driver available for Windows 10?
A. Yes this may be called a ‘V2’ or ‘B’ edition.