AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL Download

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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

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