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zarx on 30 January 2014

 

BF4 Mantle update is live

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/news/view/bf4-mantle-live/

How to enable Mantle

In order to use Mantle you will need the following:

  • AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta drivers. AMD will post them here.
  • AMD Radeon GPU with Graphics Core Next
    • Note: AMD Catalyst™ 14.1 initially supports the AMD Radeon™ R9 290X, R9 290, R7 260X and “Kaveri” APU (learn more)
  • 64-bit Windows (7, 8 or 8.1)

If you have the above you will see a new “Graphics API” option in the in-game Graphics Options settings after starting the game, here you can switch between using DirectX 11 and Mantle (remember to restart the game after changing).

 

 

Here is a summary of the test cases:

Test case 1: Low-end single-player 2: 64-player multi-player 3: Multi-GPU single-player
CPU AMD A10-7850K (‘Kaveri’ APU), 4 cores @ 3.7 GHz AMD FX-8350, 8 cores @ 4 GHz Intel Core i7-3970x Extreme, 12 logical cores @ 3.5 GHz
GPU N/A AMD Radeon 7970 3 GB 2x AMD Radeon R9 290x 4 GB
Settings 720p Medium Ultra 1080p Ultra 1080p 4x MSAA
OS Windows 7 64-bit Windows 8 64-bit Windows 8 64-bit
Level Singapore Siege of Shanghai South China Sea
DX11 avg 26.6 ms/f (37.6 fps) 18.87 ms/f (52.9 fps) 13.24 ms/f (78.4 fps)
Mantle avg 23.3 ms/f (43 fps) 15.08 ms/f (66.3 fps) 8.38 ms/f (121.5 fps)
Improvement 14% faster 25.1% faster 58% faster

 

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JEMC on 30 January 2014

Nice improvements for "free". 25% faster, because I assume that the second case is the most common among users (neither low end or high end hardware) is a big improvement.

Btw, the ms/f is the time it takes to render each frame, right?



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Pemalite on 30 January 2014

Holy shit crap, 58% faster for a system that only has half the amount of GPU's as mine. o.o
But, Dual 290X's and an i7 6-core and they couldn't afford to ditch the crappy 1080P panel? I mean really?

I need more in-depth benchies at higher resolutions, but that would shift the load to be more GPU bound, which means the "Performance gain" percentages aren't going to look as impressive.



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JEMC on 30 January 2014
Pemalite said:

Holy shit crap, 58% faster for a system that only has half the amount of GPU's as mine. o.o
But, Dual 290X's and an i7 6-core and they couldn't afford to ditch the crappy 1080P panel? I mean really?

I need more in-depth benchies at higher resolutions, but that would shift the load to be more GPU bound, which means the "Performance gain" percentages aren't going to look as impressive.

I'm sure sites like [H]ardOCP and others will give it a run. Just give them time.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Pemalite on 30 January 2014
JEMC said:
Pemalite said:

Holy shit crap, 58% faster for a system that only has half the amount of GPU's as mine. o.o
But, Dual 290X's and an i7 6-core and they couldn't afford to ditch the crappy 1080P panel? I mean really?

I need more in-depth benchies at higher resolutions, but that would shift the load to be more GPU bound, which means the "Performance gain" percentages aren't going to look as impressive.

I'm sure sites like [H]ardOCP and others will give it a run. Just give them time.


Yeah but but but, I wanted benchmarks months ago when they first announced it!



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JEMC on 30 January 2014
Pemalite said:
JEMC said:
Pemalite said:

Holy shit crap, 58% faster for a system that only has half the amount of GPU's as mine. o.o
But, Dual 290X's and an i7 6-core and they couldn't afford to ditch the crappy 1080P panel? I mean really?

I need more in-depth benchies at higher resolutions, but that would shift the load to be more GPU bound, which means the "Performance gain" percentages aren't going to look as impressive.

I'm sure sites like [H]ardOCP and others will give it a run. Just give them time.


Yeah but but but, I wanted benchmarks months ago when they first announced it!

And players wanted a bug free game.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Pemalite on 30 January 2014
JEMC said:
Pemalite said:
JEMC said:
Pemalite said:

Holy shit crap, 58% faster for a system that only has half the amount of GPU's as mine. o.o
But, Dual 290X's and an i7 6-core and they couldn't afford to ditch the crappy 1080P panel? I mean really?

I need more in-depth benchies at higher resolutions, but that would shift the load to be more GPU bound, which means the "Performance gain" percentages aren't going to look as impressive.

I'm sure sites like [H]ardOCP and others will give it a run. Just give them time.


Yeah but but but, I wanted benchmarks months ago when they first announced it!

And players wanted a bug free game.

Well. I wasn't silly enough to buy an EA game. :P
I still wan't benchmarks. o.o

*Throws tantrums*



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JEMC on 30 January 2014

@Permalite_ I find you a little stressed. I think you need one of these

It swears when you hit it.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

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Pemalite on 30 January 2014
JEMC said:

@Permalite_ I find you a little stressed. I think you need one of these

It swears when you hit it.


I do.
It's after midnight anyway, I'm going to sleep and rage at benchmarks in the morning (Hopefully!) whilst pretending to work.



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shakarak on 30 January 2014

Seeing this Mantle stuff really is making me regret my GTX 770 purchase last month. Why can't more companies use openGL :(