Has anyone tried out the AMD Catalyst Omega driver?

[blacksheep123]

Haha, I think you might be going through the placebo effect

Catalyst only affects the GPU and has nothing do with CPUs (Mantle and APUs aside). If you were to see any change it would be from the new features it has for your GPU in gaming and video playback.

omega drivers contain upto 29% improvements for APU according to official statements through AMD
http/cdn2.expertreviews.co.uk/sites/expertreviews/files/1/84//amd_omega_drivers_1.png?itok=NyQJe7RH

(Mantle and APUs aside)

He has a FX CPU which would receive no benefit from this driver.

he doesnt have fx pu.. its intel

but he has AMD gpu which amd promises to improve by 19 %
http/cdn2.expertreviews.co.uk/sites/expertreviews/files/1/83//amd_omega_drivers_3.png?itok=OCwSTMM9

 

[blacksheep123]

I have the hibernation button and I use it all the time. The old driver works perfectly with it. Omega seems to have an issue. It does not allow the system to shut off the power after I click on hibernate (I kept it for about 30mins which is way too much time for hibernating). Also when the screen goes into power saver mode it does not wake up. so I have to press the power key to switch off the laptop and then switch it ON.

I have a laptop and so the mobility driver version of omega. May be there is a problem with that version

lol graphics driver donot have any connection with the chipset driver... it has to do with something else

you donot make any sense

 

[avishkarkedari]

I have the hibernation button and I use it all the time. The old driver works perfectly with it. Omega seems to have an issue. It does not allow the system to shut off the power after I click on hibernate (I kept it for about 30mins which is way too much time for hibernating). Also when the screen goes into power saver mode it does not wake up. so I have to press the power key to switch off the laptop and then switch it ON.

I have a laptop and so the mobility driver version of omega. May be there is a problem with that version

lol graphics driver donot have any connection with the chipset driver... it has to do with something else

you donot make any sense

*facepalm*
My graphics card AMD Radeon HD8670m 2Gb..... a Mobility Radeon gfx -_-

I know the gfx driver doesn't have anything to do with the chipset....

 

[avishkarkedari]

I updated the driver and then got back to the old version for the hibernate issue (as I need it all the time)

But this app still shows that I have omega
http/tinypic.com/r/142ammg/8

 

[hatsamshuz]

Anyone tried this with mobile APU + GPU configurations?

 

[avishkarkedari]

Anyone tried this with mobile APU + GPU configurations?

I don't have a mobile APU but I do have a mobile GPU. I tried this driver with it. It works great and shows noticeable improvements in the performance. But the driver does not allow the laptop to go into hibernation (power is never switch off when hibernated) and also it does not allow the screen to wake up when it goes into powersaver

 

[N7XO]

Omega isn't what I was expecting, they tried to make it so social, you can even connect if you want. Its acting like a console dashboard. I didn't noticed any improvements and I think some games are actually worse. I run that shetty pay to win Planetside 2 on ultra, 50 to 60 fps the whole time and for some unknown reason I'm hitting 35 regularly. But the worse part is that consolite-looking on the Catalyst. If I want to record something, I use Fraps I don't need any of the features there, everything seems to be really over hyped on my opinion. Oh, and the optimization is clearly a joke, its just a recommendation of in-game settings which is always wrong.

And I miss the overdrive, to work on with the manual cooler and to adjust its speed. I'm going back to the previous Catalyst until they wake up on that thing.

 

[smeezekitty]

Omega isn't what I was expecting, they tried to make it so social, you can even connect if you want. Its acting like a console dashboard. I didn't noticed any improvements and I think some games are actually worse. I run that shetty pay to win Planetside 2 on ultra, 50 to 60 fps the whole time and for some unknown reason I'm hitting 35 regularly. But the worse part is that consolite-looking on the Catalyst. If I want to record something, I use Fraps I don't need any of the features there, everything seems to be really over hyped on my opinion. Oh, and the optimization is clearly a joke, its just a recommendation of in-game settings which is always wrong.

And I miss the overdrive, to work on with the manual cooler and to adjust its speed. I'm going back to the previous Catalyst until they wake up on that thing.

You must be talking about AMD Raptr. That is installed by default now
but it was available separately before. Catalyst Control Center is
available just like normal and is only slightly changed from the previous verson

 

[N7XO]

Omega isn't what I was expecting, they tried to make it so social, you can even connect if you want. Its acting like a console dashboard. ,.....

.....And I miss the overdrive, to work on with the manual cooler and to adjust its speed. I'm going back to the previous Catalyst until they wake up on that thing.

You must be talking about AMD Raptr. That is installed by default now
but it was available separately before. Catalyst Control Center is
available just like normal .....

I must be ultra noob then, I tried to find in the same day the CCC but no success. I think because my old Icon wasn't working and I immediately assumed that Raptr was the new crappy control center. Shame on me. Found it here. Still Raptr is useless for me, nothing special really and I find no boost on any game ... do this happens to you? It should be optional. Thanks for the info.

 

[smeezekitty]

Omega isn't what I was expecting, they tried to make it so social, you can even connect if you want. Its acting like a console dashboard. ,.....

.....And I miss the overdrive, to work on with the manual cooler and to adjust its speed. I'm going back to the previous Catalyst until they wake up on that thing.

You must be talking about AMD Raptr. That is installed by default now
but it was available separately before. Catalyst Control Center is
available just like normal .....

I must be ultra noob then, I tried to find in the same day the CCC but no success. I think because my old Icon wasn't working and I immediately assumed that Raptr was the new crappy control center. Shame on me. Found it here. Still Raptr is useless for me, nothing special really and I find no boost on any game ... do this happens to you? It should be optional. Thanks for the info.

It doesn't help much but it isn't really hurting anything either

 

[Hugoagogo]

My black screening has now become more regular after installing these new drivers. Running win 7 64 with an amd 8350,Sapphire r9 290 reference with watercooling. Kinda fed up with this considering this was a flagship card. Looking at NVidia now as I really have tried all the options/fixes recommended for this card.Going back to 14.4 in the meantime

 

[FrankIT]

I got the notification regarding the AMD Catalyst Omega driver update via the Raptr application of AMD. I haven't installed any of the v14 drivers due to the black screen on installation and rebooting problem with the Windows 8.1

So wanted to ask whether anyone has tried out this new driver on a Dell Inspiron series laptops?
And if yes then what was your experience?

I read the release notes in which they mentioned about resolving the problems with the black screen. But still wanted to ask about the driver situation with the Dell Laptops before installing them.

I am using Dell Inspiron 3537 Win8.1 64-bit

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS THREAD IF YOU GOT ANY. I need performance improvements for the graphics card not just for gaming purpose but for also other simulation softwares for the project work

Any progress? I have the same laptop. Thanks!

Bro. I have installed the Omega v14. I was hoping to get a black screen after installing it. But, to my surprise it didn't go black. Try to install it as well. Do not mind if your display adapter shows "AMD Radeon R9 m265x" that is absolutely fine. Will update you if I find any problem. but for the mean time it works perfectly.

 

[that8850mguy]

I got the notification regarding the AMD Catalyst Omega driver update via the Raptr application of AMD. I haven't installed any of the v14 drivers due to the black screen on installation and rebooting problem with the Windows 8.1

So wanted to ask whether anyone has tried out this new driver on a Dell Inspiron series laptops?
And if yes then what was your experience?

I read the release notes in which they mentioned about resolving the problems with the black screen. But still wanted to ask about the driver situation with the Dell Laptops before installing them.

I am using Dell Inspiron 3537 Win8.1 64-bit

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS THREAD IF YOU GOT ANY. I need performance improvements for the graphics card not just for gaming purpose but for also other simulation softwares for the project work

Any progress? I have the same laptop. Thanks!

Bro. I have installed the Omega v14. I was hoping to get a black screen after installing it. But, to my surprise it didn't go black. Try to install it as well. Do not mind if your display adapter shows "AMD Radeon R9 m265x" that is absolutely fine. Will update you if I find any problem. but for the mean time it works perfectly.

Hey dude, have you had any problems with the new AMD 14.12 drivers yet? I'm talking about possible hibernation problems/shutting down problems. I gave up installing the the AMD drivers last time when these issues started occurring for me. I have the same laptop as well (Dell 3537). It would be awesome if these drivers went problem free. Thanks