AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 BETA Download

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Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Windows® Beta Driver Performance Improvements

• Dragon Age: Inquisition performance optimizations
  - Up to 5% performance increase over Catalyst™ 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
  - Optimized AMD CrossFire™ profile
• Far Cry 4 performance optimizations
  - Up to 50% performance increase over Catalyst™ 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.

Important Notes

• The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Far Cry 4 is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Ubisoft to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire™ configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.

Resolved Issues

• [409235]: Small chance of intermittent screen tearing or corruption in Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare on high settings 4K resolution in AMD CrossFire™ mode.
• [408892]: World of Warcraft can sometimes exhibit corruption when using CMAA in AMD CrossFire™ configurations.
• [407431]: Minecraft sometimes produces corruption when changing video settings in windowed mode.
• [407338]: XDMA Quad CrossFire™ configurations in portrait Eyefinity modes sometimes display tearing or stuttering.

Known Issues

• [408723]: System can sometimes hang when upgrading to Catalyst™ 14.11.2 from Catalyst™14.7 in AMD CrossFire™ configurations. As a workaround please completely uninstall previous Catalyst™ software versions before installing Catalyst™14.11.2 beta.
• [409518]: Slight performance drops in FIFA 2015 on AMD CrossFire™ configurations.
• [409502]: Occasional flickering sometimes observed while playing FIFA 2015 in AMD Dual Graphics configurations.
• [409638]: Slight Battlefield 4 performance drop on AMD Radeon™ R9 290X in AMD CrossFire™ configuration.
• [409628]: AMD Radeon™ R9 285 intermittently hangs in Hitman Absolution on new game start.
• [408484]: AMD Radeon™ R9 285 can sometimes exhibit flickering in Assassins Creed Unity.
• [409613]: Assassins Creed Unity can sometimes experience frame stutter on some AMD CrossFire™ configurations.
• [408706]: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare intermittent black screen when loading game in Quad AMD Crossfire™ configurations.
• [409600]: Civilization: Beyond Earth mantle users in AMD CrossFire™ configurations may sometimes experience an issue where they cannot change their game resolution. As a work around please use "Enable MGPU=1" in the games configuration .ini file.

AMD is currently working with BioWare to resolve the following issues:

• Flickering is sometimes observed in Dragon Age: Inquisition on a limited number of surfaces in AMD CrossFire™ configurations.

AMD is currently working with Ubisoft to resolve the following issues:

• Uneven hair corruption sometimes observed in Assassins Creed Unity when applying "ultra" game settings.
• Flickering occasionally observed between windows on walls in Assassins Creed Unity.
• Windows/Doors intermittently flash with black textures in Assassins Creed Unity.
• Assassins Creed Unity occasionally exits to desktop when "ultra" game settings are applied.