Star swarm cpu batch submission time 4 cores d3d vs. Mantle was a lowoverhead rendering api targeted at 3d video games. Vega 64 d3d unavle to run mantle beta driver star swarm. Star swarm benchmark using the nitrous engine the only drawback to all of this wonder amd mantle talk is you can download the star swarm demo on steam but you have to wait for amd to release the catalyst 14. Amd claims that there are performance gains of 45% when using the r9 290 series on battlefield 4, as well as a whopping 200% boost when running the star swarm tech demo. Today is a momentous day for the team behind amd radeon graphics, as we are proud to announce the official public availability of the amd catalyst 14. Directx 12 is flexing its muscle in the star swarm demo. Test your amd mantle oxide games star swarm benchmark on. Amd radeon r9 290x, r9 290, r9 280, r9 270, r7 260x, r7 260. We were using amds top tier fx8350 processor for testing and it clearly showed. Amd eyefinity technology is not currently supported in the star swarm.
Feb 02, 2014 star swarm was a demo which clearly showed the power of mantle. Amd radeon r9 290x, r9 290, r9 280, r9 270, r7 260x, r7 260, hd 7000. The only drawback to all of this wonder amd mantle talk is you can download the star swarm demo on steam but you have to wait for amd to release the catalyst 14. Amd radeon r9 290x, r9 290, r9 280, r9 270, r7 260x, r7 260, hd 7000 series, hd 8000 series, a107850k and a107700k. Star swarm was a demo which clearly showed the power of mantle. Amd originally developed mantle in cooperation with dice, starting in 20. Mantle driver delayed, but you can still try star swarm. Star swarm is a realtime demo of oxide games nitrous engine, which pits two aicontrolled fleets against each other in a furious space battle. Nvidias upcoming dx 11 driver fares better than mantle. Amd mantle api performance analysis with radeon r7 260x. Jan 30, 2014 amd is working overtime this week trying to get the first mantle driver out for gamers.
Nvidias upcoming dx 11 driver fares better than mantle api. The star swarm demo is a little too much for the a107850ks integrated radeon r7class gpu, but at the low quality setting, using mantle at least makes the animation into playable framerate. Authenticamd amd fxtm8350 eightcore processor physical cores. Amds mantle api arrives in new beta driver, free star swarm benchmark released. Mantle was designed as an alternative to direct3d and opengl, primarily for use on personal computers, although mantle supports the gpus present in the playstation 4 and in the xbox one. Jan 31, 2014 im sure youve all enjoyed the amd mantle videos featuring oxide games benchmark demo star swarm which was being used to demonstrate the power of amds mantle api as promised the star. The nitrous engine powered, star swarm demo has finally bean released onto. Nitrous engine star swarm demo now available for download on steam showcases the power of mantle api. Amds mantle api arrives in new beta driver, free star.
Originally conceived as an internal stress test, oxide decided to release star swarm so that the public can share our vision of what we think the future of gaming can be. Amd releases gamechanging mantle support in new catalyst beta driver. Test your amd mantle oxide games star swarm benchmark on steam. According to amd, gamers who load the new beta catalyst driver should see up to 45% improvement in frame rate running battlefield 4, and 200% when using the driver and playing the star swarm demo. From 4 am est, gamers will be able to download a mantleenabled patch for battlefield 4 through eas. Lost alpha mod video star swarm mantle benchmark is now available samsung 840 evo msata 1tb goes on preorder. The star swarm demo was originally built to showcase amds mantle api, but the current version has been modified to include support for.
Since mantle only needs to work on amds gpus and can be tweaked for. Amd officially launches mantle, new driver and patches available. Amd eyefinity technology is not currently supported in the star swarm application. Amd has released a couple of hours ago a beta version of its catalyst 14. May 11, 2015 today is a momentous day for the team behind amd radeon graphics, as we are proud to announce the official public availability of the amd catalyst 14. Feb 03, 2014 amd releases gamechanging mantle support in new catalyst beta driver. Amd mantle driver release notes show huge performance. It comes with a substantial number of caveats amd, for example, bluntly. Amd says its still optimising mantle performance for the hd 7000 line, and the drivers are beta to begin with so its quite likely that whatever figures star swarm throws out will only. Testing of the software shows big performance gains from the mantle patch, amd said. Amd have launched their new graphics api, mantle, to the public and you can pick it up right now in the new catalyst 14.
The star swarm comparison because star swarm was tested too, not just thief has an axis of 080 and shows better and better performance on nvidia, though not too much higher than mantle on amd. We were told last night that they were working on another build of it and that build would be done this morning. Amds mantle api arrives in new beta driver, free star swarm. This morning, amd planned to launch its mantle driver, with support for battlefield 4 that patch, from ea, should still be. The second is the recently released thief, which once again showed a significant performance increase with mantle api. The latest version of the amd catalyst software suite, amd catalyst 14. Results star swarm stress test general discussions. Between the leak about amd mantle being included in the soon to be released amd catalyst controller 14.
My findings with star swarm stress test d3d vs mantle. Improved performance in battlefield 4 and up to 319% faster in the star swarm demo in single gpu configuration in extremely cpulimited situations. Star swarm mantle benchmark is out on steam guru3d forums. Mar 24, 2014 the star swarm comparison because star swarm was tested too, not just thief has an axis of 080 and shows better and better performance on nvidia, though not too much higher than mantle on amd.
Jan 18, 2014 oxide games tim kip shows what the nitrous engine can do running on new amd mantle technology in this exclusive interview at ces 2014 focusing on the star swarm online game demo and the future of. The star swarm demo can run two to three times faster than the nonmantle version. Star swarm is a realtime demo of oxide games nitrous engine, which. This indicates that the performance advantage of mantle on the lower end platform is larger for amd than the dx11 changes in nvidias 337.
But its safe to say that at least in this one instance, at this time, star swarms mantle rendering path produces even better results than its directx 12 path on amd cards. Directx benchmarks with battlefield 4 and star swarm. Mantle technology see the performance benefits of amds new api. Amd nears launch of mantle software to enable outstanding pc. As we mentioned a few days back, amds been working on a new set of drivers for its gcnbased graphics cards and apus, which enable.
Amd s mantle api arrives in new beta driver, free star swarm benchmark released. Mantle driver will tdr when running star swarm on the loading screen. Lost alpha mod video star swarm mantle benchmark is now available samsung 840 evo msata 1tb goes on preorder 3 pages 1 2 3 mr yellow. We were using amd s top tier fx8350 processor for testing and it clearly showed an increase in performance over directx where gpu. In 2015, mantle s public development was suspended and in 2019. The driver amd shipped out for mantle testing is the same driver the company made public at 12.
We were told last night that they were working on another build. Works for the 64 bit version of windows 7, windows 8 and windows 8. Amd mantle powered flagship nitrous engine star swarm. Mantle driver delayed, but you can still try star swarm kitguru. Amd releases gamechanging mantle support in new catalyst. Beyond earth, a turnbased strategy game based in the interstellar age, in which you travel to and colonize habitable planets by realpolitik, was announced last weekend, with support for amd s mantle api, besides directx 11. Incgamers puts amds mantle to the test with the star swarm. The driver installed fine, but the option to change the renderer from dx11 to mantle doesnt show up in battlefield 4 and in the star swarm stresstest benchmark start mantle is greyed out and on mouse over it says mantle driver not detected.
Battlefield 4 news amd mantle supporting catalyst 14. Amd mantle driver release notes show huge performance gains. Upcoming nvidia driver promises better game performance in. Authenticamd amd ryzen 7 1800x eightcore processor physical cores. The benchmark showcases the power of amds mantle api. We tested battlefield 4 on the same platforms we used for testing star swarm but added crossfire benchmarks to examine mantles dualgpu performance story. So far, just one game, eas battlefield 4, has been optimized for mantle, although a tech demo of an upcoming game, star swarm, has also been released. Amd mantle api performance analysis with radeon r7 260x, r9. Amd eyefinity technology is not currently supported in the star swarm application amd testing for the amd catalyst 14. Incgamers puts amds mantle to the test with the star. Originally conceived as an internal stress test, oxide decided to release star swarm.
Now the first benchmark star swarm has a normal axis ranging from 0 till 80. Jan 30, 2014 star swarm mantle benchmark is out on steam. Feb 01, 2014 the driver installed fine, but the option to change the renderer from dx11 to mantle doesnt show up in battlefield 4 and in the star swarm stresstest benchmark start mantle is greyed out and on mouse over it says mantle driver not detected. Amd mantle powered flagship nitrous engine star swarm benchmark released on steam. In fact, mantle is the very first api designed directly by game. Ran star swarm stress test with my 8350 no oc and a single 290x also no oc. Amd mantle enabled star swarm demo released modcrash. Amd nears launch of mantle software to enable outstanding. Amd is working overtime this week trying to get the first mantle driver out for gamers. Star swarm is important because it shows the impact mantle can make in. While i have a shiny new 280x in my rig, star swarm cripples by old i5760 even with its clock upped to 4. If online shooters arent your bag you can still start playing around with mantle yourself with the free star. The star swarm demo can run two to three times faster than the non mantle version. Gpu gets stuck in a low power state after it was previously stressed to max power.