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Oct 11, 2016 The annoyance is that I can not update the graphics driver to the latest version. That is the issue I am trying to fix. I am not sure what a BC6 driver is, I have only what was automatically installed using Bootcamp when I installed Windows on the partition of my Mac. Updates to the drivers usually occur within a week of the PC-equivalent release. The drivers have near-full functionality of features such as Radeon ReLive, Vulkan API, Freesync etc. * We also provide full installation instructions, as well as an overclocking guide. Update 2: As of October 2016, AMD and Apple have yet to release an updated Radeon driver since April. I have just used the process in this article to update to version 16.9.2 of the Radeon drivers to verify it still works correctly.
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Just something I've been pondering and wonder if or anyone has some insight. I realize mac's have a small market share, but pretty decent penetration for creative professionals. Also AMD have won the last few contracts for gpu's in mac. However, i do realize apple currently sells no form factor that can accommodate standard gpu's so it again seems like a very niche need, but there is some hope with thunderbolt 3 and external gpus which AMD demoed recently. I'm mostly wondering for selfish reasons. Some AMD 7000 series have native drivers in OSX and i have 3 of them and currently have a 7970 running mine, but if i wanted to upgrade to a newer gpu like a 1.2 i wouldnt necessarily have a smooth path ahead. Same thing for people who want the horsepower of a fury for things like premiere.
Nvidia, otoh, releases web drivers for all new cards and pretty much anytime there is a discussion about upgrading a mac gpu people always start with nvidia. So, any hope for web drivers for new amd cards in OSX? Heyyo, yeah I've been curious as well tbh. I know only certain AMD framebuffers are supported depending on if they plan on using that GPU on an official Mac product or not.
I know for example the AMD R9 390 doesn't have a supported device ID yet the R9 390X does. It would be nice to see a Crimson flavored driver for OSX but maybe the problem is the lack of demand? I could be wrong of course but I don't think that any Mac supports AMD Xconnect which is their external GPU standard.
That could also potentially be chalked up to Apple wanting Macs to keep that enterprise/workstation market appearance ever since the 90's when they moved away from gaming in a big way. Consider AMD's market possition and financial restraints right now. They are in a bit of a bind - however, with the launch of Zen and Polaris, this is likely going to change.
AMD has a rather large advantage - any game being ported from the consoles, is already optimized for it's hardware to some level. And Polaris doesn't overall change the architecture - so much as update a bunch of components, which will leave this as a status quo. Of course, some changes are inevitable with the die shrink etc. What this means is, AMD has to be very picky about where they direct resources.
And right now - the gaming world is important. AMD needs to be seen as competitive - and that means day 1 performance on games needs to improve, and drivers need to be better optimized and stray bugs need to be squashed.
Given market share gains - AMD focusing on the 5% of the market that Mac makes up will be more valuable. But for now - gaming is dominated by windows, and the server world is windows or Linux by such a wide margin, it's not even funny - meaning it's just not worth the development costs of drivers for MacOSX right now. Apple decide what drivers go into OSX and handle the development and certification. I was going to say that I'm surprised that Apple allow them to release drivers, but I see that they're only for obsolete models so maybe they've agreed to hand off support to Nvidia for those products. The market share is probably too small to bother with.
A subset of users (OSX) on a small subset of hardware share (Mac Pro) on a smaller subset of those who are running hardware from 2008-10 still and are buying second hand/third hand cards does not a convincing argument to the bean-counters make. The latest series of cards with drivers from Nvidia for OSX are the 600 series as per their driver selector.
Amd Radeon Drivers Windows 10
So you're pretty much just choosing from the same generation of second/third hand cards whether you want AMD or Nvidia. The latest series of cards with drivers from Nvidia for OSX are the 600 series as per their driver selector. If you look at the release notes you would think that they're only for old obsolete models, but they include everything in reality.
Mac Pro Amd Drivers
Proof: It's well established that web drivers for Mac include all models. The sad part of this is, virtually never, even in the heavy tinker community of hackintosh, are amd gpus recommended. I wish this would would change as I know there are ways to get amd cards running easily, and my 7970 when flipped to the 2nd bios has native support baked into OS X. This is not the case for newer gcn. Some reports are that they are ok, with device spoofs (not a big deal but sometimes clumsy) and others are you have to do full bios flash or framebuffers (can be pain the ass.). But yes, I think the main reason this isn't happening is due to the low market share.
However, that doesn't stop nvidia and I would venture to say with amd already in newer macs, and without the constant need for gaming updates, that amd wouldn't need to dedicate much resources. However, this is probably wishful thinking on my part.
At the tail-end of 2014 AMD launched their Catalyst 14.12 driver set, better known as the Omega driver set. With Omega, AMD shifted their development process for the Catalyst driver set, focusing on delivering feature updates in fewer, larger updates while interim driver releases would focus on bug fixes, performance improvements, and adding new cards.
The Omega release in turn was the first of these major releases, delivering a number of new features for Catalyst such as Virtual Super Resolution, preliminary support for FreeSync, and of course a number of performance improvements. When briefing the press on Omega, one of AMD’s points was that if it was successful they were intending to make it a yearly release – in essence putting major feature updates on a yearly cadence – and after the reaction to Omega AMD has gone ahead and done just that. So launching today and serving as the cornerstone of AMD’s video driver plans for 2016 is this year’s major update, Radeon Software Crimson Edition.
Meet Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11, in a preview/teaser of what they were working on. AMD’s initial preview focused on the UI aspects of Crimson, namely the new control panel application, Radeon Settings. And while AMD’s preview actually covered Radeon Settings in a fair bit of depth, like all good previews AMD kept everything going on under the hood for Crimson equally under wraps. As a result we have quite a bit to discuss today, with Crimson rolling out with a number of bug fixes and feature additions on top of the control panel overhaul AMD originally announced. But before diving into matters, let’s talk about AMD’s announced release schedule for Crimson going forward. Like Omega before it, Crimson is an annual release and a cornerstone for AMD’s driver plans for the next year.
Along with renaming their driver stack from Catalyst to simply Radeon Software, the Crimson branding will be sticking with this release cycle. Come late 2016, for their next major feature update the Crimson branding will be replaced with another red-themed name. Meanwhile one point of criticism towards AMD in 2015 has been the limited number of WHQL certified driver releases for the year. AMD had plenty of beta releases over the year – averaging once a month despite the fact that the company stopped adhering to a fixed monthly release schedule in 2012 – however they only released 3 WHQL certified releases. WHQL certification is in and of itself a thorny issue – it is an additional layer of quality assurance, which is good, but it doesn’t cover game-specific bugs, which are the bulk of the bugs most gamers are going to run into – so while it’s useful it alone won’t make a driver good or bad.
None the less AMD will be addressing the lack of WHQL certified releases for 2016. AMD’s plans call for up to 6 driver releases to be WHQL certified next year, with additional beta releases as necessary as AMD already does today.
Frankly the “up to” designation leaves AMD quite a bit of wiggle room in case they fall short, so it’s not a very solid promise. But on the other hand it’s legitimately difficult to plan for a specific number of WHQL releases a year in advance – one can’t predict bugs – so AMD does need some wiggle room in case they can’t meet that schedule. That said, if AMD wants to seriously address the complaints about the lack of WHQL releases in 2015 and retain their integrity, then they need to deliver on those 6 releases for 2016.
Speaking of quality assurance, AMD tells us that they have once again increased their QA testing, and stability is a top focus for 2016. With the Omega driver AMD ramped up both their automated and human testing to cover more test cases and system configurations, and for Crimson AMD has done this again. As drivers approach (and in some cases exceed) the complexity of an operating system, comprehensive driver QA becomes increasingly invaluable, and Windows 10’s aggressive driver update mechanism will bring driver quality to the forefront.
So although AMD has never not focused on driver quality and stability, there is always room for improvement. And particularly in AMD’s case, some of the Catalyst releases have shipped with some major issues despite AMD’s QA process improvements for Omega – the comes to mind – so AMD definitely needs to improve their processes to prevent future issues. As for Crimson in particular, AMD notes that they have knocked out a large number of bugs.
AMD also notes that a number of these bugs came in and/or were prioritized via user feedback, so they’re asking that we remind everyone that and that they’re encouraging anyone experiencing a driver bug to use it.