(MILD RANT) Follow-up Questions On Ryzen Mobile Graphics Drivers

Skyflakes
Skyflakes Member Posts: 6

Tinkerer
edited August 2023 in 2018 Archives
Hi,

I currently own an Aspire 3 A315-41G-R4BW laptop and I am wondering if there will be an upcoming graphics driver update for Raven Ridge Ryzen Mobile APUs this 2019?

Additionally, is Acer working closely with AMD to provide stable and reliable graphics drivers to consumers who also brought similar Ryzen Mobile APUs? There have been numerous complaints from consumers about OEMs such as HP, Lenovo, and Acer where graphics drivers for Ryzen Mobile were somewhat half-baked or even completely causing BSODs.

Hell, even I cannot use Google Sketchup on my laptop because of this. The AMD community knows very well that the AMD's Zen Architecture and Vega Graphics provide a viable (and even a cheaper) alternative for Intel and Nvidia products, and that made me switch to AMD.

And I really hope I am not wrong this time around. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Answers

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,889 Trailblazer
    edited December 2018
    >>>graphics drivers for Ryzen Mobile were somewhat half-baked>>>

    IME, driver issues are generally almost all due to seriously under-baked, rapid-fire, heavy-handed major Win10update releases which are like entirely new Windows versions under the previous Windows naming conventions. Sketchup would likely work just fine if the machine was still running on the 1st or 2nd major Win10update versions since you first got the machine. Microsoft's new and unimproved Windows life-cycle policies, if left essentially unchanged in the next few months, will likely be the "open windows of opportunity" needed for some seriously good alternatives to finally break the status quo in PC GUIs by mid 2020. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet  This is why my ACER and HP Win10 machines now default boot to one of these alternative GUIs. It's been set up to have essentially the same look, feel & intuitiveness as Microsoft's last half-way decent GUI, Win7. Except it's faster and a more stable, predictable environment than current state of affairs with the so-called Win10. And there you have my "mild rant" about what I think is the "root" cause of device driver problems from Lenovo, HP, ASUS, Dell and yes even ACER.  Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • Skyflakes
    Skyflakes Member Posts: 6

    Tinkerer
    What you mentioned is just one of the factors that affect this kind of experience for consumers.
    While we can blame Microsoft for its Frankenstein Windows 10, we certainly cannot turn a blind eye against other factors such as negligence of OEMs and graphics card manufacturers, AMD or Nvidia.

    It was just this November at the AMD subreddit when AMD announced to release bi-annual graphics updates towards OEMs, which was supposedly a quarterly WHQL update.  Like, 2 is better than 4 now?  And where did all the updates go?

    Frankly, I am too tired to blame everyone now.  It has been a year since Ryzen Mobile hit the market.  And its been more or less 2 months of me trying to find a solution.  Tried every possible solution to make the most out of my laptop.

    I guess I just have to accept what I have right now.

    Thanks for the reply.

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