AMD's been batting 1000 for the past year. First PCPer uncovers a driver bug
that effectively makes Crossfire useless, then they ship R9 based cards to
reviewers that somehow don't act
like the shipping retail units.
Top that off with the release of a Mantle
driver that's only available as a Beta release and really doesn't seem to do
much for performance (at least in Battlefield 4.)
But my irritation has nothing to do with 4 figure graphics
cards or 4K resolutions. My problem is
one that has been around since AMD started sticking HDMI ports on their
graphics cards. It's a small annoyance
but perhaps the most telling of all.
It's simply the fact that every AMD driver I've used for the
past 4 years has consistently, without fail, hijacked the sound on my gaming
PC's. It seems that just because HDMI
can support audio AMD somehow believes that this is where sound should come
from.
The only fix is a workaround. A disgusting throwback to the days of Windows
95 whereby the fix was to disable a driver or a service.
So it is with HDMI ports on AMD GPU's.
It's not so much that the problem is minor; it's that it
exists at all!
Yes, this may indeed be more of a Windows issue but it only
happens with the installation of a new AMD driver and it keeps happening! If AMD can't get something as simple as this
corrected with years of driver releases behind them then how can they be
trusted to fix the big issues?
It suggests a flawed process that permeates every level of
AMD's development methodology.
Think about it this way.
Would you trust a mechanic to rebuild the engine in your car if he
didn't know how to change a flat tire?
The simple stuff can reveal a lot of truths.
Watch the video below
to see my "Fix."
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