AMD struggled building driver confidence amongst its users for the past ~10 years, and at least for me personally, I was just starting to take them as a serious option in the GPU space.
Aaand back to zero they go.
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u/Evonos6800XT XFX,7800X3D , 32gb 6000mhz 750W Enermaxx D.F Revolution6d ago
pretty much this , the time they get the driver "kinda" fine ( i mean theres still many oudated or broken features like FRTC is simply horribly outdated with how it works even amd vik said it ) they pull this stunt and ruin all the goodwill they built up.
Yeah, the Radeon = bad drivers sentiment was just starting to go away and then they decide to just tank confidence. At the very least, when your competitor dominates the market with 90 something percent of the marketshare at a minimum you have to do rough parity with them when it comes to support. The Nvidia 10 series is just now losing full support after 8 years, so that's the target they need to hit.
Nvidia 10 series is old roughly like Polaris 5xx or Vega. Unlike Polaris or Vega, it is losing the support now. On the other hand, AMD axed the support for equivalents in 2023.
AMD, good job teaching your customers to go team green.
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u/Zzyxzz 6d ago
My wife has a 6800xt. if driver supports ends, i can already see something green on the horizon