Anyone install the M$ update for AMD chipsets?

[ratszo 17]

Any feedback on the update from AMD users?

Seems like big news for AMD players:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2645594

Poor review from Softpedia:

"Microsoft’s recent patch for AMD Bulldozer processors was expected to bring a significant performance boost to CPUs using this architecture, but early tests seem to suggest that in most cases the “fix†doesn’t deliver any benefits to systems using it."

http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Bulldozer-Windows-7-Performance-Patch-Tested-Results-Disappoint-241228.shtml

[mamasan8 11]

Haven't noticed any difference. 3dmark gave me same score, games have same FPS. It's said to give 5-10% performance but I wonder in what case.

EDIT: There might be a slight advantage when encoding video or it could be just placebo. But I can't remember seeing all my 8 cores close to 100% utilization when I've encoded before.

Edited January 3, 2014 by mamasan8

[xXxatrush1987 10]

nope not for arma, as the small fp unit on fx processors limits anyway.

rendering and synthetic benchmarks yes, arma no(unless placebo, which would be great for the ones experiencing it)

[Ezcoo 47]

Did anyone else have déjà vu when reading about this? :p

[lordprimate 159]

is that from 2011?