Wccftech Released an Article Showing Big Gains for AMD on Windows 10

[AngryGoldfish]

Can anyone offer an opinion on the legitimacy of this report:

http://wccftech.com/amd-r9-fury-x-performance-ahead-nvidia-980-ti-latest-drivers/

I have always relied on TechPowerUp for highly detailed graphs of performance. But are there are logical reasons for Windows 10 offering such a big performance gain on AMD? Maybe there is for the Fiji chip, but did AMD plan the 200 series 4-5 years ago with Windows 10 in mind? Surely Windows 10 was nothing more than a basic concept back then.

I'm not into the wars between the two competitors; I don't care who's more powerful. I care whether the card I want is powerful enough for me and the games I play. If upgrading to Windows 10 sooner than I had planned results in such a performance boost, that's exciting. But I'm not sure where TechPowerUp is getting their Performance Summary from.

For example, here is the 980ti Lightning review at 1440p with Windows 10:



Here is the ASUS Fury review (my card) at 1440p with Windows 7:



No performance gain.


And in The Witcher 3, unless TechPowerUp have changed the settings of their benchmark, performance drops massively with Windows 10 on all both the 980ti and Fiji range:

Windows 10:
https://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_980_Ti_Lightning/images/witcher3_2560_1440.png

Windows 7:
http://tpucdn.com/reviews/ASUS/R9_Fury_Strix/images/witcher3_2560_1440.gif


Far Cry 4 with Windows 10:
https://tpucdn.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_980_Ti_Lightning/images/farcry4_2560_1440.png

Far Cry with Windows 7:
https://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Nano/images/farcry4_2560_1440.gif

Again, no performance gain.



Anyone know what's going on here? Is that article nonsense and TechPowerUp are losing it with their mathematics? I've gone through all the individual reviews that were shared between the Nano/Fury/Fury X and the Lightning 980ti. I saw virtually no performance gained going from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Am I missing something here?

[Guest Kloaked]

Am I not reading this correctly, because with what you have them labeled as, Windows 10 is clearly giving a performance gain.

[don_svetlio]

Performance is gained from A-sync compute - something GM200 and GCN 1.1 and above are good at.

[Stardar1]

First off, before Titan X, the R9 295 x2 was always the most powerful single card one could get.

 

as for the Fury series, the Fury X just needs more VRAM, and drivers plox

 

EDIT: drivers to increase overclocking potential

[Str_Mape]

Am I not reading this correctly, because with what you have them labeled as, Windows 10 is clearly giving a performance gain.

Fury X gains 0.4 FPS, well within margin of error.

[Guest Kloaked]

Fury X gains 0.4 FPS, well within margin of error.

 

ah, yes.

[AngryGoldfish]

I think some of you are missing the point of my post. Sorry if I was a little convoluted.

 

When you break down where TechPowerUp are getting their Performance Summary numbers from, it doesn't add up. AMD aren't gaining that much in the individual benchmarks.

[robinspi]

Well, first off, some HD 7000 series GPUs are advertized to be optimized for DX12, so there is a good reason why the refreshes are DX12 (Win10) ready. Its all in the DX12 optimizations and the drivers, so if AMD tries harder on their drivers, they can actually squeeze some more performance out of their cards.