NimeZ Modded Drivers vs. AMD Legacy in 2024
Benchmarking NimeZ modded drivers for AMD Radeon GPUs vs. the official AMD Legacy driver set in 2024, using an R9 290X and RX 480 4GB in 9 games on an average gaming PC in 2024.
NimeZ have been providing modded drivers for unsupported AMD graphics cards for years, usually coming to prominence around the time something popular loses driver support. This happened in 2024, and I compared these modded drivers against the official legacy drivers in early 2024. Since then, AMD have issued a second legacy driver pack for older GCN 1, 2 and 3 GPUs. Have these drivers fixed the issues that previously required NimeZ, and is there a performance benefit to either one? And can NimeZ benefit owners of GPUs that still have access to official drivers?
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00:00 NimeZ Modded Drivers vs. AMD Legacy in 2024
01:03 Background: A recent history of AMD drivers
02:35 Test System: Ryzen 5 5600X, 32GB DDR4-3600
03:21 GCN 2.0 Gaming Benchmarks (R9 290X)
03:24 Benchmarks: Spider-Man Remastered
03:56 Benchmarks: God of War
04:24 Benchmarks: Uncharted 4
04:51 Benchmarks: Forza Horizon 5
05:29 Benchmarks: Halo Infinite
06:23 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077 (fail)
07:00 Benchmarks: The Witcher 3 Remastered
07:30 Benchmarks: Fortnite
07:53 Benchmarks: GTA V
08:21 Are NimeZ drivers better than AMD Legacy drivers?
10:22 Should you use NimeZ drivers instead of current official drivers?
10:22 GCN 4.0 Gaming Benchmarks (RX 480 4GB)
11:37 Official driver issues
12:17 Conclusion: Should you use NimeZ drivers with old GCN graphics cards in 2024?
R9 290X vs. 2024: https://youtu.be/BW9xqX6oogg
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