MP 7,1 Simple workaround to run the latest AMD drivers in bootcamp

[DFP1989]

I have now had success in getting the latest windows drivers running properly for my W5700X and can see a decent improvement in performance.

What games are you running on Windows 10?

Only game I’ve been trying to play is COD MW, and it’s slow as molasses using the BC drivers (terrible fps), and visually broken using the Apple drivers (rainbows and other weirdness).

 

[blackie36]

MS FlightSimulator 2020 - has been running perfectly without any issues (and with noticeably better performance).

 

[OkiRun]

MS FlightSimulator 2020 - has been running perfectly without any issues (and with noticeably better performance).

Have you experienced difficulty with your GPUs as other posters have?

 

[blackie36]

None whatsoever - I have got dual W5700X in my machine and it has been completely stable in both Mac OS and Windows - not that having the dual cards makes any difference on the windows side.

 

[DFP1989]

None whatsoever - I have got dual W5700X in my machine and it has been completely stable in both Mac OS and Windows - not that having the dual cards makes any difference on the windows side.

First person I’ve seen rocking dual W5700X cards, what apps are you using with them?

I was hoping to get a boost from adding a 5700XT that I already had to my W5700X, worked in Davinci Resolve Studio but did nothing in FCP X (where I wanted it most). Not sure where it’s because they aren’t a 1:1 match or not.

 

[fireedo]

I have now had success in getting the latest windows drivers running properly for my W5700X and can see a decent improvement in performance.

This will only work if you take the following steps (which differs in some parts to the video install guide on bootcampdrivers.com)

- Boot into safe mode

- Run DDU (as per the bootcampdrivers.com install video) 3 times. After the third time, restart.

- Boot back into windows normally, and install the *official Apple bootcamp drivers*, via the setup file. Do not restart your computer.

- Download bootcampdrivers.com August Red drivers, use 7Zip to extract them to a folder and call that folder ‘Red’.

- Without restarting, go to Device Manager and under Display, right click on your graphics card (It should be identified as W5700X now), and click update driver. Search for drivers manually, and point it towards the folder ‘Red’. Keep the option ‘search within subfolders’ ticked. It should update the driver.

- After this is done, before finally restarting, run the setup.exe from the folder ‘Red’, and make sure ‘Factory Reset’ is NOT checked.

The above steps should get the drivers installed and a notable performance increase. I still have an issue with the Adrenalin software crashing but this does not affect in any way the stability of the driver, or impact performance.

so far using this method, my gaming performance is great, tested so far with doom eternal, wasteland 3 and warzone.
just need to set fan(s) rpm to prevent GPU overheat

 

[DFP1989]

I have now had success in getting the latest windows drivers running properly for my W5700X and can see a decent improvement in performance.

I think your trick worked!

 

[blackie36]

Good news - do you have issues with the Adrenalin control panel? Mine starts to open (in the performance tab), but then crashes. Has no impact on the driver performance, but still a bit annoying.

On the Mac side, I'm primarily using Davinci, FCPX and Photoshop / Lightroom.

 

[DFP1989]

Good news - do you have issues with the Adrenalin control panel? Mine starts to open (in the performance tab), but then crashes. Has no impact on the driver performance, but still a bit annoying.

On the Mac side, I'm primarily using Davinci, FCPX and Photoshop / Lightroom.

No it opens just fine, and no more graphics glitches.

 

[blackie36]

No it opens just fine, and no more graphics glitches.

Strange - wonder what is going on with mine - does the performance tab work too?

 

[DFP1989]

Strange - wonder what is going on with mine - does the performance tab work too?

I’ll check today.

Are the dual cards showing an improvement for you in Final Cut Pro? Does activity monitor show them both hard at work at times?

 

[blackie36]

I only really saw FCPX start to take advantage of the dual cards when I started processing Canon R5 video. My feel is that it still doesn't use the dual cards as well as Davinci, but I haven't had the chance to do any real detailed testing.

FCPX 10.4.9 seems to have improved the use of dual cards, but again - I'm saying that more through feel than anything scientific.

 

[johnnymcc]

I'm resurrecting this thread since I'm a new 7,1 owner. I have two GPUs - an MPX module (580x) and a stock Vega Frontier that I'd prefer to use for the gaming side in Windows. Currently When I boot into Windows, it's like it only sees the 580x MPX with my LG 5k connected and ignores my Vega Frontier with the 30" ACD via displayport...

 

[DFP1989]

Does it show up in Device Manager at all? Have you tried pulling the 580X just to see if it makes a difference?

 

[NemesysSoft]

Is this still working? I'm stuck with version 23.9.1 on my MacBook Pro from 2019 with the 5600M. I play Star Citizen and, at launch, it suggests I use 24.3.1. Banakid has made 24.4.1 drivers but the installer generates an error.