Has there been any update on the expected graphics driver update cadence for the new Nvidia card? I’m very excited for the new updates (Congrats Framework team!) but am somewhat hesitant to buy one due to the slowish GPU driver update cadence over the last year on the 7700S and how frequently new games required driver updates. Thanks in advance for any info / help!
Yours,
Jeff
Is there a reason you don’t want to use drivers provided by AMD or nVidia themselves?
It’s generally not recommended to use the manufacturer’s drivers on laptops. Here’s a post I made with some explanation about that statement with a few links:
In case some data points are helpful…
I THINK I got my Batch 3 FW16 with BIOS v3.02 loaded. The first driver pack update I can find record of came with the BIOS v3.03 update, so the first item in the list below doesn’t have the versioning scheme currently in use.
Note that these dates and AMD graphics driver versions are the beta release dates that I just looked up. Please correct anything I’m missing or wrong about!
This is not a lot of data to go by and the statement by a Framework team member (link below) was recent, so time will tell!
Aside from power limits cooling systems I am not sure what Framework, or any OEM, customizes about a card, and manufacturer drivers are generally not touching that. If you experience any problems move away from Adrenaline/Game Ready and move to Pro/Studio for stability until the wrinkles are ironed out.
That statement from AMD seems more like a legalese “don’t bother us about it, bother the customer support of whoever sold it to you” than actual advice.
they are planning to use the latest one for AMD. they asked us for help and raise what are the issue with the latest drivers. Requesting your help to test the AMD Public Graphics Driver on Framework Laptop 16
From past experience you should expect new frame work products to be abandoned immediately after release and them pick up the slack just before the next product is released