Yesterday, new game update for Battlefield 4 enabled Mantle API support that DICE has developed in conjunction with AMD. However this patch requires an AMD catalyst driver update to enable Mantle in-game.It seems like AMD has to delay the update to early February after it discovered a major bug with its Catalyst 14.2 driver at the last minutes of the driver roll out .
AMD has rolled out Adrenalin 24.8.1 drivers, which include support for Black Myth: Wukong, HYPR-Tune support, and much more.
Admin note: Attempted to point to AMD directly, but it crashes N4G for some reason. An exception to the rule at this moment.
Earlier today, Microsoft announced as part of its Q4 2024 earnings results that Xbox hardware sales fell 42 percent year-over-year.
Xbox sales tanking so hard that even the PS5 can't make up for it for AMD lmao
A partially redacted data sheet highlighting the expected ray tracing features coming to RDNA 4 GPUs has been shared by well-known hardware information leaker @Kepler_L2. We expect the features to also be present in the hybrid RDNA 3 + RDNA 4 RT design coming to PS5 Pro when it launches (presumably) later this year or early next year. The leaked data points seem to confirm that advancing ray tracing technology is going to be a major focus of RDNA 4.
This will be the actual start to Ray Tracing on consoles, I'm really looking forward to seeing what PSSR is capable of as well.
I can't wait to see what games designed around this can do.
if astro bot is fully raytraced / 60fps on the pro model, we can start believing the hype
There's gonna be quite a difference between ps5 and ps5 pro compared to ps4 and ps4 pro
As always:
I can't wait for the specs of the new consoles.
Wether it's NSW2, Xbox Next or PS6.
If Cerny stays the lead architect of the PS6's hardware (which is very likely I guess?), I am VERY excited for Sony's approach.
They've always done something unique noone else did.
And I expect the same for the PS6.
Edit: man, crazy. PS6 (six!) is already near! Time flies.
Pity about the delay, was really looking forward to seeing this puppy in action!
Sadly, I'm waiting either way. Woh the unfortunate souls that have the 7950, 7970, r280x, r270x, 7870...oh shit every card that should be but wont because they are using the 290 and 260 to beta test the driver.
Hopefully my 7950 will see love soon.
So the next Catalyst driver will include Mantle API?. That's great! I'm excited what will be the next improvements of my Videocard
Idk but playing bf4 yesterday after patch I use to get less than 60 fps in ultra, now I get more than 100 fps. I have a i7 3770k and sli gtx 660. Idk about mantle but its much more stable now. Thanks dice at least you got something right for me at least.
Interesting...