BootCampDrivers now works on iMac Pro

[google0912]

Hey,

also installed the new 18.2.1 drivers and at least its playable - but Witcher 3 only roughly 60fps at 1440p without Hairworks... I thought 4k would be possible if it's near 1080/ti?

And the Unigine Heaven score is also only half of the GTX 1080 (2600 in 1600x900, so maybe 2100-2300 in 1080p, havent tried yet in Bootcamp).

Do you think a better driver will be released? I honestly thought the vega 64 would deliver more...

 

[Mac32]

Hey,

also installed the new 18.2.1 drivers and at least its playable - but Witcher 3 only roughly 60fps at 1440p without Hairworks... I thought 4k would be possible if it's near 1080/ti?

And the Unigine Heaven score is also only half of the GTX 1080 (2600 in 1600x900, so maybe 2100-2300 in 1080p, havent tried yet in Bootcamp).

Do you think a better driver will be released? I honestly thought the vega 64 would deliver more...

Still waiting for my iMac Pro (looking forward to testing and benchmarking), but for what it's worth:

1: The Vega Pro cards are underclocked versions of the desktop models.
2: The current official Bootcamp driver from Apple/AMD is crap. The unofficial Bootcamp driver is still relying on unoptimal hacks because of Apple's egregious lack of support, and is using a Radeon 580 driver. Don't know how this affects overall GPU performance, but hopefully there is still a possibility of better performance when/if Apple gets their act together. Just keep sending requests to Apple and AMD support. If enough people complain, this will be fix sooner rather than later.
3: The desktop version of Vega 64 is comparable to Nvidia 1080 (1080ti smokes Vega64), and Vega 56 is equal to 1070.

 

[google0912]

Still waiting for my iMac Pro (looking forward to testing and benchmarking), but for what it's worth:

1: The Vega Pro cards are underclocked versions of the desktop models.
2: The current official Bootcamp driver from Apple/AMD is crap. The unofficial Bootcamp driver is still relying on unoptimal hacks because of Apple's egregious lack of support, and is using a Radeon 580 driver. Don't know how this affects overall GPU performance, but hopefully there is still a possibility of better performance when/if Apple gets their act together. Just keep sending requests to Apple and AMD support. If enough people complain, this will be fix sooner rather than later.
3: The desktop version of Vega 64 is comparable to Nvidia 1080 (1080ti smokes Vega64), and Vega 56 is equal to 1070.

Is there any other way of contacting Apple except through Communities Forum? I fear that they dont care about the gpu driver, especially under Bootcamp since its not their OS

 

[Mac32]

Is there any other way of contacting Apple except through Communities Forum? I fear that they dont care about the gpu driver, especially under Bootcamp since its not their OS

Try these for a start:
AMD support:
tech.support@amd.com
tech.support2@amd.com

Apple support:
www.apple.com/feedback/

 

[google0912]

Ok, have tested TimeSpy benchmark (default settings):

Graphiocsscore: 6138

That would put the GPU (Vega 64) on par with a GTX 1070, maybe a bit above; but not really close to GTX 1080...

At least a little something

 

[Mac32]

Ok, have tested TimeSpy benchmark (default settings):

Graphiocsscore: 6138

That would put the GPU (Vega 64) on par with a GTX 1070, maybe a bit above; but not really close to GTX 1080...

At least a little something

You could turn up the base fan speed with Mac Fan Control, and undervolt the GPU and overclock the HMB2 ram (check the temperatures and overclock carefully!). I wonder how much the Radeon 580 driver impacts the Vega bootcamp performance. Hard to say really. However, as far as benchmark scores go, I think slightly above desktop Nvidia 1070 is fairly realistic, because of the downlocked Vega Pro GPU and VRAM.

 

[sputnikBA]

3: The desktop version of Vega 64 is comparable to Nvidia 1080 (1080ti smokes Vega64), and Vega 56 is equal to 1070.

to be fair, a 1080ti is beast of a card that smokes everything (including a base 1080)

 

[mhd2100]

AMD are working on their drivers for updated Vega support in iMac Pro. There is evidence of this in Adrenalin 18.2.1, which is why the new workarounds for this version actually work, but for official compatibility I think the AMD engineers are still some way off releasing something, as when I've mapped the Apple device settings to this driver the screen goes and stays black after installing it on an iMac Pro (External displays work ok though).

 

[google0912]

AMD are working on their drivers for updated Vega support in iMac Pro. There is evidence of this in Adrenalin 18.2.1, which is why the new workarounds for this version actually work, but for official compatibility I think the AMD engineers are still some way off releasing something, as when I've mapped the Apple device settings to this driver the screen goes and stays black after installing it on an iMac Pro (External displays work ok though).

How much could be accomplished by optimised drivers in comparison to your drivers in terms of performance in your opinion?