Tomorrow, NVidia published a blog post ,And video together) About the importance of well -developed and well -designed GPU drivers, and this process involves an excavation in AMD.
Most of the articles read from a company desk like NVIDIA, just like any blog posts – is filled with explanatory and infographics. This is not a particularly an eye -catching article, unless it refers to beta drivers and Windows Hardware Quality Labs (or WHQL) certification. This section of the blog post is one of the beta video drivers of AMD (not completely) subtle jab.
Blog post says: “Microsoft only recommends using WHQL-certified drivers, as only these guarantee compatibility and a smooth user experience … because our promise of game Ready Driver Program and Quality depends on all of this work, we do not release sub-purses beta drivers with minimal testing, which support separate sports and products from different development branches, which support different sports and products, which support separate sports and products. Are.”
NVIDIA clearly does not refer to AMD by name, but AMD is only the other “GPU seller” that makes gaming GPU (although it is to change soon). AMD often releases “optional” or “beta” GPU drivers and less frequently “recommended” WHQL certified drivers. While NVIDIA claims that the drivers without WHQL certification are “sub-barbar” and are incredible to “smooth user experience”, it is not clear that it necessarily applies to beta drivers of AMD.
In blog posts, NVIDIA states, “We do not release sub-cross beta drivers with minimal testing” and that NVIDIA “is the only GPU seller to certify each driver to WHQL,” but this is not really true. Just two months ago, Nvidia released Gefforce Hotfix Driver 511.72And the driver's release blog says:
“To ensure this, these hotfix drivers are provided as beta, optional and provided. They are run through a very brief QA process. The only reasons are the existence that is to fix you more.
The only beta driver from NVidia appears to be hotfix, while AMD releases most beta drivers. Ultimately, all the drivers of Nvidia do not certify WHQL by their own entry – unless Nvidia means that they will never re -release another hotfix driver.
We have reached AMD as to what is the meaning of their drivers to be beta or WHQL and whether it matters this difference for performance and stability.
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