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WoFNuLL
12 years ago

Mantle Problems with Notebooks and Switchable Graphics

Hello, I have an MSI GX 70 Notebook with an AMD APU ( A10 5750M with HD 8650G Graphics Core ) and AMD GPU ( AMD HD8970M ). As far as I am able to see, the HW should be fully Capable of BF4 with Man...
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EA_Dennis
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12 years ago
@gtrsavas wrote:

same problem here, I'm using alienware m17x r4, w. 7970m. I guess this line under 14.1 driver description includes us,

  • Notebooks based on AMD Enduro or PowerXpress™ technologies are currently not supported by the Mantle codepath in Battlefield 4™

anyone else to confirm that?

  • Notebooks based on AMD Enduro or PowerXpress™ technologies are currently not supported by the Mantle codepath in Battlefield 4™

In other words, this line from the driver description means that Mantle is currently not supported for Battlefield 4 on laptops with an integrated as well as a discrete graphics card. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Enduro#PowerXpress

I'm not a developer so I have no clue if this is something that the Battlefield Team or AMD has to implement, but at least it shows that they are aware of it and that it might change in the future.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago
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    Wrong. LeeKM's blog specifically states that Enduro and PowerXpress cards are NOT supported.

    I have also noticed that the 14.2 beta 1.3 drivers give a slightly lower Windows Experience Index score compared to 13.12 mobility drivers (WHQL).

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