Anche TechPowerUp! salta sul carro di NVIDIA
Inviato: giovedì 21 maggio 2015, 14:54
TPU!, non sempre proprio super partes, salta definitivamente sul carro di NVIDIA con un editoriale da far accapponare la pelle.
http://www.techpowerup.com/212724/its-n ... lease.html
Detto in parole povere, TPU! sta dando ad AMD "dell'azienda poco seria", nonostante negli ultimi giorni quella poco seria sembri proprio NVIDIA.
http://www.techpowerup.com/212724/its-n ... lease.html
Sebbene i driver di AMD non abbiano nulla in meno rispetto a quelli di quelli NVIDIA, la redazione di TPU! punta il dito sulla casa di Sunnyvale perché non rilascia un driver WHQL da 160 giorni (ricordiamo che una casa, per avere un driver certificato da MS, deve pagare dei soldoni).As of today (20/05/2015), it has been over 160 days since AMD released a WHQL-signed Catalyst driver update, in what is a clear sign of decay in the company's after-sales support for the consumer graphics market. Once tuned to a near-monthly release of its Catalyst Software suite, which added optimzations for new games, improved upon support for existing ones; CrossFire multi-GPU support profiles; even if not adding support for new GPUs; AMD slipped into quarterly WHQL release cycle in 2013-14. It now seems to have deviated from even that.
The company's last WHQL-signed Catalyst release was Catalyst 14.12 Omega WHQL, which released on 09/12/2014, 161 days ago. The company has since only released two "Beta" drivers, notably Catalyst 15.4 Beta, with optimization for Grand Theft Auto V, and AMD FreeSync support. In contrast, NVIDIA adopted a faster driver update cycle than its previous monthly GeForce WHQL driver releases, under its "Game Ready" driver program. New WHQL-signed releases predate almost every AAA PC game release. There's still no word on a Catalyst WHQL update, and with launch of new graphics cards slated for the third week of June, it's unlikely that the company will release one interim. By then, it will have been 196 days since a Catalyst WHQL driver release. Such a slow driver update cycle would do little to inspire confidence in buying the next-generation Radeon product, even if it establishes a performance lead over GeForce.
Detto in parole povere, TPU! sta dando ad AMD "dell'azienda poco seria", nonostante negli ultimi giorni quella poco seria sembri proprio NVIDIA.