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i do mostly gaming. which branch of mobility catalyst display driver makes sense??

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  1. Sami
    @ssato

    hmmmm ok i use my PC for machine learning experiments and some gaming, mostly gaming. AMD offers different driver branches: a gaming-focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at cretaors. the Mobility Catalyst Display Driver Im on now is teh gaming one. should I switch? what do I lose and gain?? I would appreciate hearing from ppl who switched in either direction and why. any ideas??

    cry

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  2. Luca N.
    @early_deck

    Which apps do you use for streaming and gaming, and do they list a recommended driver?

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  4. Sami
    @ssato
    in reply to @early_deck

    my main apps requirements page lists a minimum driver, and both branches meet it. hope thats enough info 馃槄

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  5. Ava
    @acastillo

    ok so for me it was teh antivirus. swapped it and boom, fixed worked for me anyway 馃し

    lol

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  6. Ava
    @acastillo
    in reply to @acastillo

    Dont hop branches every week. Pick one, note the version, and only change when something you need is fixed or added. Frequent switching makes troubleshooting harder.

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  7. Ada Park
    @ada.park

    guys pls help my old thinkpad is officially haunted seriously need help here 馃槶

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  8. Bram Silva
    @bram_cache

    ps page 1 lets gooo... make a backup before u touch teh router, learned that teh hard way

    lol

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  9. Ada Park
    @ada.park

    oof check ur creative apps system requirements page... some list a minimum driver version for GPU acceleration features... make sure whichever branch u pick meets that. hope that helps :)

    at this point my GPU cost more than my car lol

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  10. Ava
    @acastillo

    nah tbh everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof but hey ymmv

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  11. Ava
    @acastillo

    so annoyed rn told my boss it would take 10 minutes, its been my entire lunch break any ideas??

    rage

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  12. Ava
    @acastillo

    Switching branches is easy: download the other package from the AMD support page and install it with the clean install option (or DDU if you want to be thorough). Your apps dont need reinstalling.

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  13. Luca N.
    @early_deck
    in reply to @acastillo

    been there man if streaming and gaming pays your bills, the stable/studio branch is a sensible default. games still run well on it; you just get new game optimizations a bit later.

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  14. Ava
    @acastillo

    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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