Re: AMD releases a new GPU driver to enhance mining performance stability
2017/08/22 14:36:11
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BTW - tried this out of curiosity (and because it has the widest GPU support of any driver version out of AMD that includes RX series support).
A10-7860K and a pair of R9 290 - the R9s are SPECIFICALLY listed on the support list, the A10 is unclear but SEEMS to be covered by the "R7 graphics" comments AND IS STILL A CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION APU.
Windows 7.
Fresh from-scratch install.
Driver did not recognise the A10 iGPU AT ALL, and DID NOT WORK on the R9 cards - GPU-Z showed it as being installed, but NO OPENCL SUPPORT.
Tried updating via Device Manager - no change, "the drivers are current".
Completely destroys the entire reason for this driver version if it doesn't support OpenCL.
I was TICKED OFF enough about it that I spent the time sending AMD feedback about the issues - and included commentary about "why did this show up first for Windows when MOST MINING MACHINES RUN LINUX".
Congratulations AMD, you've just about got me to the point of ignoring anything past the RX 4xx series (which has WORKING drivers in the 16.9.2 WHQL version that also work well with older cards AND APUs).
Now that vorsholk has stopped his abuse, I'm returning to folding.
I no longer MOO due to abuses by certain "whales" in the Gridcoin community - so I now work the Distributed.net project directly again.
