AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL Download

Posted by: asder00 on: 09/29/2014 09:34 PM [ 328 comment(s) ]

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Download AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL (14.301.1001.0 September 15) driver. This driver is WHQL signed and works with Windows 7 and 8.1.

We have a discussion thread open on this driver right here.

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 14.9 Windows Driver

Support for the AMD Radeon R9 28
Performance improvements (comparing AMD Catalyst 14.9 vs. AMD Catalyst 14.4)

3DMark Sky Diver improvements

AMD A4 6300 – improves up to 4%
Enables AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire support

3DMark Fire Strike

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series - improves up to 5% in Performance Preset

3DMark11

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series - improves up to 4% in Entry and Performance Preset

BioShock Infinite

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series – 1920x1080 - improves up to 5%

Company of Heroes 2

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series - improves up to 8%

Crysis 3

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 10%

Grid Auto Sport

AMD CrossFire profile

Murdered Soul Suspect

AMD Radeon R9 290X (2560x1440, 4x MSAA, 16x AF) – improves up to 50%
AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 6%
CrossFire configurations improve scaling up to 75%

Plants vs. Zombies (Direct3D performance improvements)

AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 Ultra – improves up to 11%
AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 Ultra – improves up to 15%
AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra) - 92% scaling

Batman Arkham Origins:

AMD Radeon R9 290X (4x MSAA) – improves up to 20%
CrossFire configurations see up to a 70% gain in scaling

Wildstar

Power Xpress profile
Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application
Performance improves up to 30% on the AMD Radeon R9 and R7 Series of products for both single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations

Tomb Raider

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series – improves up to 5%

Watch Dogs

AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 9%
AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvement
Improved CrossFire performance – up to 20%

Assassin's Creed IV

Improves CrossFire scaling (3840x2160 High Settings) up to 93% (CrossFire scaling improvement of 25% compared to AMD Catalyst 14.4)

Lichdom

Improves performance for single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations

Star Craft II

AMD Radeon R9 290X (2560x1440, AA, 16x AF) – improves up to 20%

AMD Eyefinity enhancements

Mixed Resolution Support

A new architecture providing brand new capabilities
Display groups can be created with monitors of different resolution (including difference sizes and shapes)
Users have a choice of how surface is created over the display group

Fill – legacy mode, best for identical monitors
Fit – create the Eyefinity surface using best available rectangular area with attached displays
Expand – create a virtual Eyefinity surface using desktops as viewports onto the surface

Eyefinity Display Alignment

Enables control over alignment between adjacent monitors

One-Click Setup

Driver detects layout of extended desktop

Can create Eyefinity display group using this layout in one click!

New user controls for video color and display settings

Greater control over Video Color Management:

Controls have been expanded from a single slider for controlling Boost and Hue to per color axis

Color depth control for Digital Flat Panels (available on supported HDMI and DP displays)

Allows users to select different color depths per resolution and display

AMD Mantle enhancements

Mantle now supports AMD Mobile products with Enduro technology

Battlefield 4: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1366x768; high settings) – 21% gain
Thief: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920x1080; high settings) – 14% gain
Star Swarm: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920x1080; medium settings) – 274% gain

Enables support for Multi-GPU configurations with Thief (requires the latest Thief update)

AMD AM1 JPEG decoding acceleration

JPEG decoding acceleration was first enabled on the A10 APU Series in AMD Catalyst 14.1 beta, and has now been extended to the AMD AM1 Platform
Provides fast JPEG decompression
Provides Power Efficiency for JPEG decompression

Resolved Issues

60Hz SST flickering has been identified as an issue with non-standard display timings exhibited by the AOC U2868PQU panel on certain AMD Radeon™ graphics cards. A software workaround has been implemented in the AMD Catalyst 14.9 driver to resolve the display timing issues with this display

Users seeing flickering issues in 60Hz SST mode are further encouraged to obtain newer display firmware from their monitor vendor that will resolve flickering at its origin.
Users are additionally advised to utilize DisplayPort-certified cables to ensure the integrity of the DisplayPort data connection.

4K panel flickering issues found on the AMD Radeon R9 290 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Screen tearing observed on AMD CrossFire systems with Eyefinity portrait display configurations
Instability issues for Grid Autosport when running in 2x1 or 1x2 Eyefinity configurations
Geometry corruption in State of Decay

Known Issues

[404829]: Horizontal flashing lines on second screen in a clone mode with V-Sync on using AMD Mobility Graphics with Switchable Intel Graphics
[404508]: Display takes a long time to redraw the screen after an S4 cycle
[405432]: Mantle driver will TDR when running Star Swarm on the loading screen
[404660]: GPU gets stuck in a low power state after it was previously stressed to max power
[403032]: Severe flickering observed on default launch of SimCity 4
[403449]: Playing any media sample in full screen in the 2x1/1x2 Fill SLS configuration leads to TDR
[400573]: Intermittent application hang observed while launching Aliens vs. Predator
[400693]: While running performance test, crash is observed with fault module atidxx32.dll
[401386]: Severe corruption and flashing light observed with specific game settings in Grid 2
[401289]: Flashing lights in Batman Arkham Origins game main menu

Download Locations

Download Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 64-bit [ 12844 downloads | Report broken link ]

Download Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 32-bit [ 805 downloads | Report broken link ]

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flow
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#4931351 Posted on: 10/06/2014 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BugMeister

@ cystacae -

..and do it all in Safe Mode, with no internet connection.. (??)

Hmm, I did this with win8.1, or else it would install some previous catalyst driver from the net.
In windows 7 it doesn't really make a difference whether I boot into safe mode or not.
However, that's with a tidy system. If one never uninstalled thoroughly, then it would be best to go into safe mode without internet connection at least once.

Oh, and with newer drivers it's usually not a biggy either, the newer files will overwrite the older ones. It's when you want to go back to older drivers...

These drivers do the same as previous drivers on my windows 8.1, so no fps improvements. On 7 I still prefer 14.3B1.

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#4931591 Posted on: 10/07/2014 04:37 AM

I notice a lot of posts with ppl having the black screen issue.. for me, although it rarely happens.. i can tell because my monitor will show the "no source signal" msg but it is brighter than when my rig is simply turned off..

disconnecting the dvi/vga cable and reconnecting it doesn't do anything .. but..

if i unplug the power adapter ..

works like a charm... it seems to be the ONLY thing that works for me on my main rig..

win7 64 bit..

hope it helps for anyone who is having problems.. give it a shot if all else fails...

cheeeeze out !!

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#4931606 Posted on: 10/07/2014 05:20 AM

did you try 14.9.1?

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#4931628 Posted on: 10/07/2014 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BugMeister

@ cystacae -

..and do it all in Safe Mode, with no internet connection.. (??)

I personally never had to go to safe mode as safe mode on 8.1 disables driver installation/uninstall. The windows default driver doesn't really add anything out of the ordinary so these are easily over written by the packaged files. If you feel much more content and safer doing that then by all means. I simply as I said do uninstall, driver cleaner, registry cleaner, reset, install new drivers. As far as no internet connection, this would only need to be done to install software that isn't quite legal. Unless I am missing something that you do know. If so, please enlighten the class by all means.

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#4931698 Posted on: 10/07/2014 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cystacae

Use DDU in safe mode.

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#4931707 Posted on: 10/07/2014 10:16 AM

Well got back home yesterday to find the main PC with a black screen, No DVI Input.
Rebooted the PC with the reset button, heard all the correct sounds for booting, windows startup, but I can't even see the Bios screen, which freaks me out.

Whats even stranger, is that my Nas, another PC, but on the same network, also has no video output, but its a Radeon 6670-LP, whose drivers haven't been updated in ages.

I finally got the Intel integrated drivers installed, but no Radeaon 290 detected at all in Device manager.
Will check tonight to see if in the Bios it hasn't switched to integarted only, but thats more of a prayer than anything else...

edit: Just to be clear, I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the drivers. I posted this here in case anyone else had the same sort of thing...(not that i'd wish it on anyone...)

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#4931728 Posted on: 10/07/2014 11:07 AM

This was the first install that I've issues with in over 3 years, uninstalling the previous drivers is usually flawless, but this time the screen went blank so I had to force a reboot. Then once the new drivers were installed CCC stops working after a while. Seen it multiple times now. Never used to have an issue. Hoping next WHQL driver will be better.

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#4931739 Posted on: 10/07/2014 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by diddly

Use the new beta drivers 14.9.1

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#4932382 Posted on: 10/08/2014 05:45 AM

Where does AMD specifically say to uninstall before upgrading ? The installation wizard recognizes existing version components requiring an upgrade from the new package, and just does it.

I have upgraded the driver three times in my current Win install iteration, from 12.x to 13.4, and then to 13.12 with no issues (during or after) whatsoever.

I can see the need for uninstalling (maybe DDU) for retro-grading (or switching vendors), but for normal ups it sounds like a lot of perpetuating placebos and old wives tales.

The release notes has links to two different articles on "how to" install, and uninstall, but not on how to "upgrade your install". At least, none that I can find.

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#4932574 Posted on: 10/08/2014 01:30 PM

If you don't have any issues with updating over existing installation good for you.

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#4932732 Posted on: 10/08/2014 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by truxartis

I get hard reboots if I don't use DDU, the thing just shuts off mid-game.

Not every game, but definitely with GRiD2 and Crysis 3. Doesn't do it when I use DDU.

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#4933456 Posted on: 10/09/2014 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Evildead666

To people with black screen after screen idle, I find it best if you just get a HDMI->DVI cable. The bug only seems to affect the DVI port and it hasn't been fixed completely for a long time.

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#4933469 Posted on: 10/09/2014 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by snip3r_3

To people with black screen after screen idle, I find it best if you just get a HDMI->DVI cable. The bug only seems to affect the DVI port and it hasn't been fixed completely for a long time.

My monitor is HDMI so I can't test it. Anyways it is a known issue for a long time from their release notes.

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#4933571 Posted on: 10/09/2014 05:25 PM

i use HDMI and i get black screens while idling too

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#4933833 Posted on: 10/09/2014 11:15 PM

Looks like im going back to the good old 13.12s, as im playing Fear again at the minute, been running fine, but i just can't get past the Alice Wade level at the minute, as the bugger just keeps freezing.

First time was after about 20 minutes, second time was about a minute in, just freezes, and when i CTRL+ALT+DEL to get the Task Manager, it takes an absolute age, as rigs on a go slow, then when i eventually get there, and get the games process ended (even though it says its running ok), my GPUs stuck at 100% load, so i have to reboot, as whole things slow as hell.

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#4933895 Posted on: 10/10/2014 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by truxartis

AMD update procedures always used to say uninstall the AMD Catalyst Install Manager through Programs and Features before installing the new driver. This does appear to have changed recently and now it is hard to find any reference to this old procedure as all 'uninstall/install' notes have been updated. You can however still find reference to the older procedures in this 13.4 release notes ( http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-arti...easenotes.aspx ) which includes a link to "how to install your AMD product" down the bottom. This link ( http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-arti...TIProduct.aspx ) clearly states that for updating the driver, uninstall the old first through Programs and Features then install the new. This is how it always was for a long time.

Until AMD then decided that their AMD Clean Uninstall Utility was the way to go! That has since disappeared from the AMD site completely. Even hard to find it in AMD archived pages. But I still see peeps recommending it's use and it can be found for download on third party dl sites still. I used this once. Muther F**king sh1t bugged my usb even though I had a intel MB. Thank god I didn't have a AMD MB. Then I really would have been up the creek.

Now it looks like advice is just install the new driver over the top of old. I personally will just keep using DDU . Going down or up. Just because you are going up doesn't mean all old files will be overwritten or sidelined. There could still be instances of missed old files interacting with a new installation (case in point, read bottom note). I mean, DDU takes a few minutes for peace of mind.

Note: For 7990 users updating to 14.9.1 , refer to release notes:
Users of dual AMD Radeon HD 7990 in AMD Crossfire mode should completely uninstall older versions of Catalyst drivers from "Add/Remove Programs" in Windows Control Panel before installing the AMD Catalyst 14.9.1 Beta.

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#4933905 Posted on: 10/10/2014 01:03 AM

Odd, just tried it again, but this time with my memory clock back to stock (was using 1300), but still keeping the same core clock of 1080, and i played it for over an hr fine, wtf

Can't see how an extra 50Mhz on the memorys to blame though, as Fear is hardly taxing, as i can play it on my low clocks profile (515/625), and still be locked at 144fps v-sync'd.

Actually, i should just play it on my low clocks profile

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#4935087 Posted on: 10/11/2014 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Extraordinary

How's your monitor sleep bug with these ?

Mine is not waking up as well from idle mode

14.4 worked fine.

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#4935569 Posted on: 10/12/2014 11:58 AM

Well... I thought these were good drivers and that I could finally move on from 14.4, but Im getting random black screens and complete PC freezing when it happens, hitting the power button does nothing and there is no HDD activity LED, so it looks like the whole machine is freezing

14.9.1 beta has a massive memory leak and used up my entire system RAM / crashed the machine in the process

Back to 14.4 again, great

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#4936045 Posted on: 10/13/2014 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MacT

Thanks MacT, that's the kind of information I was looking for.

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#4936244 Posted on: 10/13/2014 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Extraordinary

I'm using more recent (OpenCL 2.0 one) drivers and I don't have such a problems with them (using w7x64), maybe you could try use them.

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#4936249 Posted on: 10/13/2014 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by lukas_1987_dion

I'm using more recent (OpenCL 2.0 one) drivers and I don't have such a problems with them (using w7x64), maybe you could try use them.

Thanks, but different GPU, different board, different OS lol

I've tried every single driver since 14.4 and none of them work for me

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#4936290 Posted on: 10/13/2014 02:38 PM

Weird you guys are having so many issues with the cards/drivers. I mean I had some black screens when I got the card at launch but after a couple of driver releases and a vga bios update from asus I have not seen one since.
I've used it on x58/z77/z97 and win7/8 with a nice oc (1100/1300), 24/7, without any issues. I do however always do a complete uninstall and use driver fusion pro for every update and also install as admin even tho I always am one

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#4936601 Posted on: 10/13/2014 09:36 PM

Yet to work out a pattern, but sometimes I cannot get my pc to "wake up" after I have been away from it for a while, forcing me to either hard reset or power off then on.

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#4936747 Posted on: 10/14/2014 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by mtdew332

Yes.
Download the latest Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X bios.

I could kiss you, this fixed all my problems! Currently on 14.9.1 and things are working perfectly. Now I don't have to overvolt in MSI Afterburner anymore!

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