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HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY NOTICED A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DRIVER BRANCHES FOR PHOTO EDITING?? 🤔

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  1. Cleo Silva
    @cleo.silva

    hmmmm ok every time i open the AMD app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected, now Im doing serious photo editing with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. is the slower branch genuinely more tested, or is it the same driver with a different label?? 😭 i would also like to know if switching branches is painful, or if it is just a matter of downloading a different package and installing it cleanly. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Zoe S.
    @zsato

    hmmmm quick q which apps do u use for everyday work, and do they list a recommended drvier? ??

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  3. Zoe S.
    @zsato

    ps page 1 lets gooo. honestly just reset the settings and save yourself the pain :)

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  5. Soren
    @svarga_35

    ps mods can we pin this thread, my office machine is officially haunted

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  6. Lina Wolfe
    @lina_router

    ugh. told my boss it would take 10 minuets. its been since tuesday

    facepalm

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  7. Lina Wolfe
    @lina_router

    ps mods can we pin this therad

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  8. Lina Wolfe
    @lina_router
    in reply to @lina_router

    broadly: gaming branches ship faster with optimizations for new releases. studio/stable branches ship less often and focus on validation with creative apps. both run games and apps fine. the difference is cadence and test focus, not capability. hope that helps :)

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  9. Kenji Eriksen
    @kenjie814

    wait does this also apply to game-ready?

    RAM prices doing their own thing again smh

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  10. Zoe S.
    @zsato

    if everyday work pays your bills, the stable/studio branch is a sensible default, games still run well on it; u just get new game optimizations a bit later. hope that helps :)

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  12. Wes Vance
    @mutex_owl

    Dont hop branches every week. Pick one, note teh version, and only change when smth you need is fixed or added. Frequent switching makes troubleshooting harder. fingers crossed 🤞

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  13. Wes Vance
    @mutex_owl

    Switching branches is easy: donwload the other package from teh AMD support page and install it with the clean install option (or DDU if u want to be thorough). ur apps dont need reinstalling. good luck man!

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  14. Kofi
    @kofi.larsen
    in reply to @mutex_owl

    exact same thing happened to my desktop last month hope that helps :)

    it works on my machineâ„¢

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  15. Kenji Eriksen
    @kenjie814
    in reply to @kofi.larsen

    ahh classic check your creative apps system requirements page. some list a minimum driver version for GPU acceleration features. make suree whichever branch you pick meets that.

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  18. Soren
    @svarga_35

    ok weird one spent 3 hours on ratchet and im still not done

    rage

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  20. Kenji Eriksen
    @kenjie814

    btw i come back to this thread every week just for teh drama. this. so much this

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