AMD promises driver to fix Rage issues by end of day [Update]

AMD will issue an updated driver later today, which should in theory fix the bugs in the PC version of Rage.

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[Update] ATI/AMD have issued updated drivers for Rage, which you can download here.

[Original Story] Rage is suffering from its share of bugs on the PC, but help should be coming soon.

Ironically, players are being told to avoid updating their drivers. "Don't use the current Rage performance driver," an AMD employee said.

According to tweets from AMD Catalyst Creator Andrew D, old OGL files are to blame, and an updated driver is coming later today. "Don't use the current Rage performance driver - package includes very old OGL files, that's why you're seeing corruption etc," read one tweet. "New Rage driver with proper OGL component will be posted later today," said another tweet.

It sounds promising, and John Carmack's initial response to complaints was to update to the latest drivers. However, as previously reported, the Radeon update didn't seem to make significant progress toward fixing the bugs.

In a post on the Bethesda Blog, the company mostly echoes what we've heard elsewhere. Users shouldn't update AMD drivers yet, but a new version is coming soon. Those using Nvidia should update to the current beta driver.

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    October 4, 2011 1:00 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, AMD promises driver to fix Rage issues by end of day.

    AMD will issue an updated driver later today, which should in theory fix the bugs in the PC version of Rage.

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      October 4, 2011 3:01 PM

      As is now linked to on the twitter feed, new RAGE performance drivers are available @ http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU121AMDCatRagePerfDriver.aspx

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      October 4, 2011 3:13 PM

      Still no Crossfire support. And this driver does not include BF3 beta optimization. Awesome! I'm made of money so it's cool.

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      October 4, 2011 3:15 PM

      Nothing is fixed. I have texture popping but that's the least of my concerns. I have a smooth game for maybe 1-5 seconds at a time, and then the entire game freezes for 4-10 seconds. Then 1-5 being smooth, and another 4-10 of being completely frozen.

      Radeon HD 5770, 5g RAM, dual core 3 GHz CPU.

      I haven't even gotten out of the vault yet because the freezing as the door opens is unbearable. Even if I were a saint and had all of the patience in the world the game would still be unplayable.

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        October 4, 2011 3:35 PM

        How is this a tweak or even a driver? i just uninstalled whatever video card driver(s) i had, reinstalled this and it states I have no video card driver. Is this supposed to be some add-on to a previous driver?

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          October 4, 2011 4:07 PM

          As it stands I appear to have a problem installing ANY new drivers for my video card. The install files know I have a 5770 but when I install and reboot, windows 7 automatically starts installing its own drivers which are almost a month old.

          Also, I chose "Custom" for the patch that is supposedly going to magically make Rage work and yet I see nothing saying "Video drivers" or hinting that they may be display drivers at all. What are hydravision and amd app sdk runtime? Are they supposed to magically unfuck every one's experience with the game thus far?

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            October 5, 2011 9:55 AM

            When you uninstall your old video drivers, there's a checkbox labeled something like "Delete driver files after uninstall." Check that, let it install the default VGA driver afterwards, then reboot and install the new drivers.

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              October 5, 2011 9:58 AM

              If it wasn't clear, I'm talking about the Device Manager based driver uninstall, not an ATI uninstaller or anything. You should use the ATI uninstaller first, then go to device manager, look at the properties on your display device, go to the drivers tab, click "Uninstall," then check the box marked "Delete the driver software for this device." and click OK. Then reboot and try installing the new ones.

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        October 4, 2011 4:37 PM

        exact same thing here, except I'm on a quad core. Total fucking bullshit and awful performance.

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      October 4, 2011 3:16 PM

      When did it become the standard to have to wait for a new video card driver to come out to be able to play every new major release?

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        October 4, 2011 3:16 PM

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        October 4, 2011 3:48 PM

        It isn't the standard. New drivers are typically released that improve performance for major games. In this case, RAGE was never going to work and it's a weird clusterfuck.

        Give it more than 18 hours before we consider this "the standard" for fuck's sake.

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          October 4, 2011 3:50 PM

          "Rage was never going to work"

          Interesting. I kinda doubt Id would release something they were sure wasn't going to work.

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            October 4, 2011 4:26 PM

            All it would take is running the game on any AMD card released in the last two years using any drivers released in that time. There is no way they didn't know about this.

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              October 4, 2011 4:53 PM

              You're assuming a lot. There may have been changes in recent drivers that negatively impacted performance, or they could have had assurances that an updated driver would be ready and it somehow wasn't.

              I hardly believe that Id didn't do any testing or that for some malicious reason they decided to release a broken game.

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        October 4, 2011 6:38 PM

        does Microsoft/AMD issue GPU driver updates for the 360 with new releases aswell?

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      October 4, 2011 3:34 PM

      What about my Nvidia card, I get horrific pop-in:

      Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz
      12GB Viper Xtreme DDR3 2000 (triple channel)
      ASUS Rampage III Extreme Mobo LGA 1366
      Palit GeforceGTX 560Ti 2GBx2 in SLI (4GB VRAM!)
      120GBx2 OCZ Agility 2 SSDs SATA II in Raid 0
      1TBx2 WD Caviar Black SATA III in Raid 1
      OCZ ZX Series 1250Watt Modular PSU
      Corsair Hydro Series H59 CPU Cooler
      NZXT Phantom Black Case x7 fans
      LG 10x Bluray Burner, etc, etc.

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        October 4, 2011 4:29 PM

        Well I can see right there that the problem is you're running a case with 7 fans. You need to have either 6 fans or 8 fans so it can run them in triple or dual channel.

        You didn't list the important stuff either, like your cable manufacturer (you're using MONSTER cables for power and ethernet, right??), the type of keyboard, the desk it's on, etc.

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          October 4, 2011 4:42 PM

          Don't hate Homie.

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            October 4, 2011 5:08 PM

            If only the shack supported signatures, I bet you'd have a sweet jpeg of all your stats next to a photoshopped female ninja.

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          October 4, 2011 5:46 PM

          rofl, you sir made my day.

          Reminds me of an old .gifI have kicking around, with Edward Norton (as Tyler Durden in the corner)

          "You are not your fucking system specs.
          You are not your uptime stats. your script file, or your oversized desktop screencap.
          You are not your broadband connection.
          You are not your fucking postcount."

          http://parasite.dyndns.info/misc/youarenot.gif


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          October 4, 2011 6:42 PM

          I lol'd.

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        October 5, 2011 10:02 AM

        Damn, your e-peen is HUGE

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      October 4, 2011 4:05 PM

      Hmm wonder how this goes with the new beta driver they delivered for BF3?

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      October 4, 2011 4:06 PM

      this improved performance for me, but still horrific texture popping and even worse, corrupt textures (misplaced tiles)...completely unplayable. i'm quite shocked that id shipped the game like this.

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        October 4, 2011 4:08 PM

        Make sure Catalyst AI is turned to Quality in the Catalyst Control Center to fix the flickering/corrupt textures. Turn on Triple Buffering to get rid of texture pop in, and turn on Wait for Vertical Refresh to fix screen tearing. ENJOY!!!

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          October 4, 2011 5:08 PM

          None of that worked for me :(

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          October 5, 2011 3:08 PM

          thanks!! setting AI to quality fixed the corruption. I still have quite a bit of texture pop in, but at least it's playable now.

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      October 4, 2011 6:47 PM

      Wonder if they did any QA over at id.

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        October 4, 2011 7:08 PM

        I imagine they worried more about the console versions, it's a lot easier to release a PC patch than it is to publish one on PSN or XBL, I'd guess.

        First bit of the game ran pretty well for me on a Radeon 5770, but now that I'm Wellspring, a lot of the main NPC's are flickering all over the place with artifacts and such all around them.

        Guess I'll hold off on playing until ATI and id get their shit together :/

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          October 5, 2011 2:45 AM

          They seem to have been fanatical about consoles this time around, as if their continued existence depends on a complete migration.

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      October 4, 2011 9:20 PM

      This fixed the flashing artifacts, and made the texture popping a little better. Now I really notice the tearing, light across my crosshair. Basically though, it fixed everything that was broken.

      HOWEVER, NOW MINECRAFT AND SPAZ CRASH ON LAUNCH!

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        October 5, 2011 7:25 PM

        Well, that's your problem right there; you're trying to play Minecraft.

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      October 4, 2011 11:55 PM

      This is why I refuse to buy AMD/ATI Gfx. nVidia FTW.

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        October 5, 2011 4:52 AM

        Maybe you haven't heard, but Nvidia cards haven't been bug-free with rage either.

        In fact, there are posts in this same thread saying as much.

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      October 5, 2011 1:59 AM

      Beteshda game releases and drivers, starts feeling like a curse.

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      October 5, 2011 2:01 AM

      I remember having an AMD card on Doom 3s release. I had to install ATI beta drivers for Doom 3 and switch back to stable drivers for all the other games.

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        October 5, 2011 3:53 AM

        Ah yes I remember this. I was sporting a ATI 1900XT and a 21" Sony CRT back then.

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          October 6, 2011 10:16 PM

          I'm still sporting a 21' Sony CRT. fuck LCD's to be quite honest. The degradation in quality is horrific. But it seems that people have forgotten just how horrible LCD's are compared to CRT's as time has gone on. Which is a damn shame. It's like night and day still, even after all these years.

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