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My First Battlefield 4 Impression With Mantle API And R9 270X AMD Card

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Me and some friends who own an AMD video card checked out Battlefield 4 with the AMD mantle API. Our first impression is that it is too earlier to play with it. We used it over 3 hours and we all said that it will boost the game performance and it is really noticeable and measurable. However, there is a problem of regular heavy frame drops and we all wondered if this is a problem with Battlefield 4 or the latest AMD beta video drivers. What ever the reason is, we decided to go back to DirectX today but that … Continue reading My First Battlefield 4 Impression With Mantle API And R9 270X AMD Card

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The Reason For AMD´s Mantle Driver Delay

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The AMD Mantle driver (AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta driver) should have been released with the latest Battlefield 4 patch with Mantle support. But the driver was not released on time due to a last-minute delay caused by too late detected driver issues. That´s why AMD did hold back the driver. AMD wrote “We are putting the finishing touches on the AMD Catalyst™ 14.1 Beta driver, which enables support for Mantle and many other fabulous features. We appreciate your patience and will update you as soon as it’s ready for download!”. While we still don´t know for how much time the … Continue reading The Reason For AMD´s Mantle Driver Delay

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DICE Released A New Battlefield 4 Patch Including Mantle Support For AMD Cards

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DICE just rolled out the PC Game Update January 30 for Battlefield 4. Apart from bug fixes and balancing, the patch comes with the long-awaited Mantle support. This new render engine is a low-level graphics API which should increase the BF4 performance for people who have an AMD video card which supports Mantle. Find out about the requirements and how to use the Mantle renderer here. The main problem is that you will need the AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta drivers but it seems that AMD didn´t get them out today. According to DICE, AMD will post the drivers here soon. … Continue reading DICE Released A New Battlefield 4 Patch Including Mantle Support For AMD Cards