After a false start or two, amd is finally getting the first beta of mantle out the door. Does mantle change our battlefield 4 recommendations. Radeon r7 260x bf4 battlefield 4 1080p mantle youtube. These products will see limited gains in battlefield 4 and amd is currently investigating optimizations for them. Dice has begun rolling out a few hefty battlefield 4 game update across most platforms. Following last months battlefield 4 patch, thief is the second big. Along with its highly anticipated game patch that includes an amd mantle renderer for battlefield 4, dice posted numbers from its own testing, pointing out the performance difference between directx 11. Those who buy the amd radeon r9 270 series will receive a free battlefield 4. Hours ago a battlefield 4 mantle patch was released by dice as. This is horrible i cant believe a beta driver with a beta api on a game with a beta patch only gives free performance improvements. I kept having issues trying to enable mantle, so ive gone ahead and uploaded this tutorial. Amd mantle battlefield 4 performance as we reported earlier this week, the past weekend saw the release of both amds mantle enabled catalyst drivers and the mantle patch for battlefield 4, so. Evaluating amds trueaudio and mantle technologies with thief.
Amd mantle api performance analysis with radeon r7 260x. Amd mantle now supported in battlefield 4 nvidia users. R9 290, radeon r7 260x and the radeon r7 200 series integrated kaveri apus. Our test systems included the lowend r7 260x, the midrange r9. At the moment, mantle support for battlefield 4 is only available on the r9 290x, r9 290, r7 260x and the latest amd kaveri apus. Our first round of tests reflects performance in battlefield 4 at 1920x1080 using the games medium quality preset the radeon r7 260 never dips below 60 frames per second. Amd radeon r9 290x, r9 290, r7 260x and kaveri apu. Update amd confirms mantle catalyst driver delay could be. Future amd catalyst releases will include full test coverage for all amd products supported by mantle. A free update to battlefield 4, due in december, will enable mantle support in. Battlefield 4 using mantle we tested the catalyst 14. Update amd confirms mantle catalyst driver delay could. Dice notes that with mantle, the game yielded about 14 percent. While the patch only adds mantle support to the game, an amd.
Two updates are currently live as of this writing on the pc and xbox one. On thursday, amds highly anticipated mantle api technology is expected to go live, courtesy of a mantle enabling battlefield 4 update and a new set. Msi radeon r7 260x mantle test battlefield 4 maxed out. I just got 260x r7 o forums battlelog battlefield 4. Mantle patch which has already been downloaded by the battlefield 4. Amd has finally released the mantle patch and catalyst 14. Video skips thats because live streaming while playing on 10mb down and 1mb up 1mb up is why im force to use 480p stream. Hours ago a battlefield 4 mantle patch was released by dice as adds support for the amd mantle graphics api. Battlefield 4 mantle early performance testing late last week, ea and dice released the long awaited patch for battlefield 4 that enables support for the mantle. Set battlefield 4 to use mantle api from the video settings make sure the game is running in borderless not fullscreen this step is vital.
The amd radeon r7 250x, which is essentially a rebranded amd radeon hd 7770 ghz edition, is expected to fill the gap between the oland based r7 250 and the new bonaire based r7 260 r7 260x. Amd mantle api performance analysis with radeon r7 260x, r9. Dice officially launches mantle update for battlefield 4. Please note that only the following gcn cards will work for now. In order for gamers to actually play battlefield 4 with mantle renderer, they do need to meet several requirements first. Remember, amd was running bf4 at 4k res on an a10 and a single r9 290 at ces. In order to use mantle you will need the following. According to polygon, amd will be releasing a patch in december to greatly improve the performance of the frostbite 3 engine in battlefield 4 and create a nice 1080p gaming experience. Set obs to capture your monitor and begin a recording. Amd mantle update driver released to press initial results. The patch for battlefield 4 was released a few days ago which added mantle support to the game but public was unable to use the api until the.
Known issues mantle performance for the amd radeon hd 7000hd 8000 series gpus and amd radeon r9 280x and r9 270x gpus will be optimized for battlefield 4 in future amd catalyst releases. The r9 290x will also be bundled with battlefield 4, for an asyet unannounced. While there were some reports flying around about further delays of the battlefield 4 mantle patch it has been. The patch for battlefield 4 was released a few days ago which added mantle support to the game but public was unable to use the api until the drivers were out at amds end. The radeon r7 265 can handle this games ultra preset, but we dialed msaa back from 4x to 2x, set aa post to medium, and used ssao instead of. Whereas battlefield 4 was primarily a multiplayer game, thief is the first single player game to gain mantle support. Battlefield 4 discrete gpu 2,560 x 1,440, ultra detail, cpu 4. Youll likely see a slight increase, more so if you have a low to mid tier cpu rather than a high tier cpu. The first game running on frostbite 3 to benefit from mantle will be battlefield 4 which will get a patch in december that will activate the mantle support. Of course, one being supported amd products such as radeon r9 290x, r9 290, and r7 260x as well as kaveribased aseries apus. Amd radeon r9 290x, r9 290, r9 280, r9 270, r7 260x, r7 260, hd 7000 series, hd 8000 series, a107850k and a107700k. Battlefield 4 amd mantle update released graphics news. While there were some reports flying around about further delays of the battlefield 4 mantle patch it has been delivered on time today by dice. Multigpu support under directx and mantle will be added to starswarm in a.
Additional patches will be launching throughout the day on the playstation 4 and playstation 3. Dice put battlefield 4 through three test scenarios, entrylevel gaming, mainstream gaming, and enthusiast gaming. Mantle is useless f forums battlelog battlefield 4. Amd radeon r9 270 comes with free battlefield 4 along with.