Yes I am careful. If there are reports of widespread issues I normally remove the driver and wait for AMD's next version.
By the way, the Apple driver is actually version 17.6. They changed the text of the version number to 17.10 so that newer games will run. But it doesn't have some of the newer optimizations.
Hey Yo, check this out:
Almost every mac computer i owned Had some type of Wierd gpu issue my 2012 rmbp had all kinds of Wierd throttling lagging issues and the Temprature was handled by a wierd algorithm Which kicked of the fans after 90degrees celcius For the GPU i guess (under bootcamp games lagged heavily and thats after a while; it was fine at first)
My mid 2014 rmbp has a Semi-dead iris Pro and i took it to genius bar telling them that the machine crashes if Running iris pro for 1-2h or sometimes after 20minutes it crashes and since the system boots up on iris I cant even startup but they replaced some irrelevent part and Sent me back the unit and To this Day im running this machine with gpu switching turned Off and its fine (GT750M)
This new radeon pro 580 seems To be promising really i ran cod wwii almost everything maxed out 1440p60fps locked There is a bug where When i start the game The frame rate is locked on 20 or sth but Changing the resolution and reverting back Gets me passed the bug its not important since i had this issue i my older macs on Infinite and advance warfare too i guess
So the performance with the ollllld version 15 drivers which are unsupported were just fine
And i could run assassins creed origins on high 30fps locked high setting(and thats because of the old drivers but still its pretty good for an unsupported driver)
Batmanarkham origins maxed out (except one setting) 1440p 30fps locked ( i lock fps and turn vsync on for screen tearing and Drastic framerate changes it feels better really)
So alhough havent Tried( have installed but havent tried) the 17.10 official drivers they gotta take these already good performances to a whole another level
And For people like me Who dont have a single app stor ein the country or people who dont have an apple store nearby or people who dont want to risk System failure
They shouldnt mess with the GPU caus ealthough i respect skillful people but Youre only ine person or maybe a small team And As you said you only test on a m395x so Its Not really safe To install these stuff
If sth goes wrong the best thing that can happen is that youll have to reinstall windows and all the applications or maybe steam libraries allover again And unofficial drivers can cause thermal issues Or damage the GPU in the Long run
I know people report huge fps bumps but Only if something Goes Wrong You gotta be prepared for anything (maybe My terrible experience with mac gpu's make me say that)
So my advice to most people(other than people who are ready for everything cause they have an apple store nearby etc.)
Dont even think about messing with mac GPUs dont play with GPUs smc controls Vram and All of those stuff dont Difuse The fusion drive Keep em fused
Just use your mac the way its supposed to be used and Specially under bootcamp
Again good job man lots of people might really need those drivers and you could be helping a lot but this is a heads up for People Who Seriously dont want to take Any big risks And almost everybody is In this category
God bless and best wishes bro❤️
