AMD Polaris and Vega GPUs only to receive critical updates AMD is sunsetting its Polaris and Vega support on Windows. The company will only provide critical security patches.  It has been long speculated that AMD has already abandoned the Vega and Polaris architectures, but the company has now confirmed that this is indeed the case. […]
  • Kryo8888@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This also means APUs using vega are included right? Been thinking of buying a laptop with 7730u but this might be the reason why i might change my mind

      • BikerBaymax@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        As much as I would like to try that on my RX 580, the installation is just such a trainwreck hassle for not experienced users like me.

        • chocotripchip@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I’m not even on a Radeon GPU anymore but last time I installed these drivers the setup had been greatly streamlined, it wasn’t more complicated than installing official drivers.

    • bubblesort33@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Let’s be honest here. Usually these patches are driver optimizations for new games. What kind of a new game runs on a Vega architecture IGP with 6 to 8 CUs, and 1/2 the performance of an RX 6400. Anything that’s last generation has probably already been updated to run well.

      Even if you’re looking at like e-sport titles, I’d be shocked to see driver’s having improved things by more than 1% in the last year in like Fortnite or League of Legends.

      • kokobash@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        My HD6950 before can run The Division before but due to AMD, pushing it out of driver updates, game gets all glitchy with artifacts.

    • imaginary_num6er@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Should have bought the 5500H that was launched in June that is already obsolete in drivers with this latest news.

    • CatalyticDragon@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      They will still make regular updates for bugs/security. There are millions of these units in production and AMD is not dropping support for them.

      These older architectures are just not a focus for new features and the drivers are being split out into a sperate package.

      They said :

      The AMD Polaris and Vega graphics architectures are mature, stable and performant and don’t benefit as much from regular software tuning. Going forward, AMD is providing critical updates for Polaris- and Vega-based products via a separate driver package, including important security and functionality updates as available. The committed support is greater than for products AMD categorizes as legacy, and gamers can still enjoy their favorite games on Polaris and Vega-based products.

      If a laptop with a 7730u meets your needs today it likely will continue doing so for some time. That said, obviously older architectures are closer to EOL than newer ones so that comes with pros and cons. Cheaper but official support will drop off sooner.

      Not sure how an APU with a 680M or 780M stacks up in price.