New AMD GPU driver improves performance

 

We’re excited to announce that AMD has recently updated their GPU drivers from version 13.x series to 14.x series.  Version 14.x includes updated OpenCL code that helps Folding@home run faster on GPUs (using fahcore_17).  This results in a 5-10% improvement in performance. This should result in more points for some of the AMD GPU users.  The 14.4 drivers are available both for Windows and Linux.

14.4 driver download page: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

For more detailed info and installer notes about the new drivers:

Windows-

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

Linux-

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-linux-beta-driver.aspx