AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC1 (14.100.0.0 April 15) Download

Posted by: asder00 on: 04/21/2014 08:00 PM [ 177 comment(s) ]

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Download the AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC1 (14.100.0.0 April 15) driver. This driver works with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.

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

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows

Support for the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X
CrossFire™ fixes enhancements:

Crysis 3 – frame pacing improvements
Far Cry 3 – 3 and 4 GPU performance improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings
Anno 2070 – Improved CrossFire scaling up to 34%
Titanfall – Resolved in game flickering with CrossFire enabled
Metro Last Light – Improved Crossfire scaling up to 10%
Eyefinity 3x1 (with three 4K panels) no longer cuts off portions of the application
Stuttering has been improved in certain applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync Enabled

Full support for OpenGL 4.4

OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:

ARB_buffer_storage
ARB_enhanced_layouts
ARB_query_buffer_object
ARB_clear_texture
ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
ARB_texture_stencil8
ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
ARB_multi_bind
ARB_bindless_texture
ARB_spare_texture
ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
ARB_indirect_parameters
ARB_compute_variable_group_size
ARB_shader_draw_parameters
ARB_shader_group_vote

Mantle beta driver improvements:

BattleField 4: Performance slowdown is no longer seen when performing a task switch/Alt-tab
BattleField 4: Fuzzy images when playing in rotated SLS resolution with an A10 Kaveri system

Known Issues

System will TDR or BSOD when encoding with Power Director 11
Driver installation might result in a black screen when installing on a Dual AMD Radeon R9 295X configuration under Windows 8.1 on specific platforms (see below). The issue can be overcome by rebooting the PC; upon reboot the display driver will be installed. The remaining Catalyst components can then be installed.

ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z (990FX)
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme (Z87
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (X79)

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DrunkenDonkey
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#4804616 Posted on: 04/21/2014 07:57 PM

There you go, thanks

Extraordinary
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#4804618 Posted on: 04/21/2014 07:59 PM

Cheers asder00

Seren
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#4804619 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:00 PM

Hmm...

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows

Support for the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X
CrossFire™ fixes enhancements:
Crysis 3 – frame pacing improvements
Far Cry 3 – 3 and 4 GPU performance improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings
Anno 2070 – Improved CrossFire scaling up to 34%
Titanfall – Resolved in game flickering with CrossFire enabled
Metro Last Light – Improved Crossfire scaling up to 10%
Eyefinity 3x1 (with three 4K panels) no longer cuts off portions of the application
Stuttering has been improved in certain applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync Enabled
Full support for OpenGL 4.4
OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:
ARB_buffer_storage
ARB_enhanced_layouts
ARB_query_buffer_object
ARB_clear_texture
ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
ARB_texture_stencil8
ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
ARB_multi_bind
ARB_bindless_texture
ARB_spare_texture
ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
ARB_indirect_parameters
ARB_compute_variable_group_size
ARB_shader_draw_parameters
ARB_shader_group_vote
Mantle beta driver improvements:
BattleField 4: Performance slowdown is no longer seen when performing a task switch/Alt-tab
BattleField 4: Fuzzy images when playing in rotated SLS resolution with an A10 Kaveri system

Known Issues

System will TDR or BSOD when encoding with Power Director 11
Driver installation might result in a black screen when installing on a Dual AMD Radeon R9 295X configuration under Windows 8.1 on specific platforms (see below). The issue can be overcome by rebooting the PC; upon reboot the display driver will be installed. The remaining Catalyst components can then be installed.
ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z (990FX)
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme (Z87
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (X79)

MerolaC
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#4804624 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:18 PM

Well, it¡s that time again.
Lets test!

Thank you asder!

B0GiE-uk-
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#4804627 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:22 PM

Sweet, downloading now!

About time AMD sorted out the Titanfall flickering. Only a month too late... :bang:

N0bodyOfTheGoat
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#4804628 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:24 PM

Was I mistaken in thinking the upcoming WHQLs, presumably based on 14.4, were going to support Windows Vista? Not for my 8800 GTS (as my 7970 Matrix is provisionally dead), but for my better half's 7850OC.

freeman94
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#4804629 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:27 PM

new version of Mantle and Full OpenGL 4.4 Support.
Hymm, will test if this new version of Mantle will works as it should on my HD7870.

fasor
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#4804631 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:30 PM

mantle + bf4 + 7870 is still unplayable (very noticeable fps drops with both vsync ON and OFF)

tested with amd-catalyst-14.4-rc-v1.0-windows-apr17.exe package from amd site

Extraordinary
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#4804632 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:30 PM

Maybe it's time for you to become the better half and upgrade her to at least 7 ?

mercury_22
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#4804634 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:31 PM

Newer RC1 amd-catalyst-14.4-rc-v1.0-windows-apr17

robertmor52
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#4804635 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:38 PM

No mantle improvements for 7000 series??? WTF is this??? :bang:

fasor
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#4804638 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:45 PM

No mantle improvements for 7000 series??? WTF is this??? :bang:

it seems like fps drops became even greater with vsync OFF =)
with vsync ON it seems the same as with previous drivers.

the main improvement is that fps drops are now the same for any vsync =)

(with 14.3beta vsync OFF was smoother)

robertmor52
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#4804639 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:47 PM

it seems like fps drops became even greater with vsync OFF =)
with vsync ON it seems the same as with previous drivers.

almost 2 months for this?????? :puke2:

...seriously...WTF are they thinking about???? I cant believe this...I think Im done with AMD...

BaNsHiE
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#4804640 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:48 PM

Goodbye!

BaNsHiE

DiceAir
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#4804643 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:53 PM

I hope it's better than previous drivers for my R9-280x.

Cybermax
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#4804644 Posted on: 04/21/2014 08:54 PM

mantle + bf4 + 7870 is still unplayable (very noticeable fps drops with both vsync ON and OFF)

tested with amd-catalyst-14.4-rc-v1.0-windows-apr17.exe package from amd site

Since there is no improvement vs. previous beta´s.. i guess im still SOL with my 2GB 270X card? Anyone with LESS than 3GB and/or 290 cards see any difference?

freeman94
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#4804654 Posted on: 04/21/2014 09:12 PM

So, I tested this drivers, and it seems that Mantle still **** on my card, but DirectX performance improve a little.
Test range (The lowest fps that I see)
14.3beta - 48
14.4rc - 51
6.25% of Improvements, I Will see the real gains in multiplayer...

Thief build-in benchmark DirectX improve whole 0.2fps compare to 14.3beta.

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#4804656 Posted on: 04/21/2014 09:13 PM

Since there is no improvement vs. previous beta´s.. i guess im still SOL with my 2GB 270X card? Anyone with LESS than 3GB and/or 290 cards see any difference?

Works great here.

DiceAir
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#4804664 Posted on: 04/21/2014 09:38 PM

Uhm have you guys uninstalled drivers then in safe mode used DDU. i did that and the drivers feels better. i tried crysis 3 and BF4 and both feels better to me

felang
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#4804672 Posted on: 04/21/2014 09:51 PM

Are these the same as the leaked March 27 drivers with same driver version in stickied thread title?

Thanks.

DiceAir
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#4804673 Posted on: 04/21/2014 09:57 PM

In Farcry 3 I still get 100% usage on one core and the rest is basically doing nothing.

juntulis
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#4804674 Posted on: 04/21/2014 09:57 PM

yay still no mantle support for 7970m and years to come...

GhostXL
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#4804676 Posted on: 04/21/2014 10:05 PM

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

4/21/2014

Released Today.

14.4 Beta.

Extraordinary
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#4804677 Posted on: 04/21/2014 10:08 PM

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

4/21/2014

Released Today.

14.4 Beta.

Downloads the same one as in OP (April 17th)

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#4804678 Posted on: 04/21/2014 10:08 PM

yay still no mantle support for 7970m and years to come...

I have the exact same specs (I assume you are on a m17x R4) and mantle works just fine on the 7970M.

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