Graphical oddities with MBP16/5500M, macOS & BootCamp

[imrazor]

I'm experiencing some graphical oddities with a fairly new MBP 16" (i9 2.3GHz, 5500M 4GB, 16GB RAM, 1TB.) In macOS, I can run a benchmark called Valley seemingly all day long at maximum settings (Ultra, full screen, 2560x1600.) Trying to run the same benchmark under BootCamp causes all sorts of weird anomalies, whether I use the stock Apple drivers or the ones from bootcampdrivers.com.

Additionally, playing the Unity game Pathfinder: Kingmaker under macOS causes a weird flickering snow effect (like a dead analog TV channel) after an hour or two of playing. The game Control on BootCamp needs to have settings set to Low, otherwise the game has trouble loading textures (white/black textureless models start showing up.)

Is this a GPU defect/damage, or just crappy drivers in general?

 

[Yebubbleman]

Considering that this exists, I have a feeling that you might want to check with AMD to see if there's a driver update available: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208908

 

[imrazor]

The most recent drivers on AMD's site for the 5300M/5500M are November 2019, the release date of the MBP 16". So in other words, AMD is still providing launch day drivers for these models of MBP.

 

[jerryk]

With the Apple Silicon announcement, I would not be surprised if AMD is not spending too much time on drivers for the Bootcamp-ed 16" MBPs.

 

[imrazor]

With the Apple Silicon announcement, I would not be surprised if AMD is not spending too much time on drivers for the Bootcamp-ed 16" MBPs.

Be that as it may, decent drivers are crucial to the Intel MBP’s future viability as a Windows laptop. And AMD did release new drivers for the 5600M; how much would it kill them to just repackage them for the 5300m and 5500m?