Chinese Moore Threads GPUs See A 40% Improvement In CryEngine & Various Fixes With Latest Drivers

Chinese Moore Threads GPUs See A 40% Improvement In CryEngine & Various Fixes In Latest Drivers 1

Chinese GPU maker, Moore Threads, has adopted a somewhat aggressive approach towards its software development, as the company's new driver update brings significant performance uplifts.

Regarding GPU portfolio, Moore Threads has made some decent releases with their MTT S80 featuring support for PCIe Gen 5.0. However, their driver department has lagged a lot behind, which results in a lot of untapped potential for their GPUs. We previously reported that the company is progressing towards improving its GPUs in rendering applications such as Unreal Engine 5, and now the driver update finally targets mainstream consumers.

With the new 230.40.0.1 community driver, the Chinese GPU manufacturer aims to improve performance through several optimizations and bug fixes. Moreover, the new update also brings in support for the outdated OpenCL 3.3 as well.

The new driver update brings vast performance improvement figures, starting out with the famous FPS shooter Valorant. The highly popular title in China witnessed a 40% performance increase at 1080p, which is a huge number considering that we haven't seen such optimizations by the company before. Moreover, titles like Project CARS also saw a decent bump, but overall, Moore Threads is striving towards establishing a position in the GPU industry, especially in China.

Apart from gaming, the new update emphasizes improving figures at synthetic benchmarking applications. It is disclosed that benchmarks such as the "Neon Nior Benchmark " also see a vast improvement since Moore Threads has optimized applications utilizing the "CryEngine" engine. The famous Unigine Valley running at DX11 now provides enhanced benchmarking figures, showing a 30% uplift. The driver update can indeed be categorized as a "well-rounded" one, and we look forward to similar future updates.

MTT 230.40.0.1 driver fixed Issues:

Resolved occasional graphical issues when launching “NARAKA: BLADEPOINT”

Resolved occasional graphical issues near the snow-covered terrain and land transitions in “NARAKA: BLADEPOINT”

Resolved occasional graphical issues during shooting scenes in “Apex Legends.”

Resolved occasional inability to launch NBA2K Online2.

Resolved texture errors and graphical issues during gameplay in “The Crew 2.”

Resolved occasional blue screen issues when running Valley with DirectX 11 options on MTT S70.

Resolved occasional screen flickering issues during prolonged runs of Heaven, Valley, and “Movies & TV.”

Resolved occasional screen flickering issues when running Heaven in DirectX 11 mode with 3840×2160 resolution.

Resolved occasional system crashes when running Heaven or Valley and entering sleep mode using a script.

Resolved system crashes when running 3DMark 11 with 3840×2160 resolution.

Resolved occasional monitor display issues when alternatingly plugging and unplugging two or more Display Port data cable interfaces.

Resolved occasional blue screen issues when switching display modes to “Computer Only” in DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport (MST) mode.

Resolved occasional failure to wake from sleep in Display Stream Compression (DSC) mode.

Resolved occasional system crashes during Windows system sleep/wake stress testing after over 1000 cycles.

Resolved occasional system crashes when continuously restarting the system with four screens in extended mode using a script.

Resolved system crashes when using OBS software to capture “Genshin Impact” gameplay.

Resolved system blue screen issues when playing two AV1 HDR 7680×4320 resolution videos simultaneously with PotPlayer.

Resolved occasional graphical issues when playing online videos in Edge or Chrome browsers.

Resolved occasional slow startup of PES Control Center when clicking the installation package.

Resolved non-combination key becoming a shortcut key issue in PES Control Center.

Known Issues:

“Counter-Strike Online” occasionally crashes when entering a room.

SketchUp 2023 does not support anti-aliasing.

When running multiple instances of Heaven or Valley with Windows OpenGL, GPU images may display incorrectly.

After the system enters sleep mode and the Display Port data cable is disconnected, the mouse may not wake up the monitor.

When maximized, PES Control Center may overlap with the system taskbar.

The driver can now be downloaded through PES Control, MTT’s graphics control software that also serves as a driver update platform.

Moore Threads hasn't gained the traction in Chinese markets that it was expected to, but that was related to the company's "naive" software resources. The company still has a long way to go if it wishes to reach near the likes of its competitors, but for now, they are at least heading in the right direction.