AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC1 (14.200.1004.0 July 9) Download

Posted by: asder00 on: 07/10/2014 08:52 PM [ 370 comment(s) ]

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Download the AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC1 (14.200.1004.0 July 9) driver. This driver works with Windows 7 and 8.1.

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

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 14.7 RC Driver for Windows

Includes all improvements found in the AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 RC driver
AMD CrossFire™ and AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics profile update for Plants vs. Zombies
Collaboration with AOC has identified non-standard display timings as the root cause of 60Hz SST flickering exhibited by the AOC U2868PQU panel on certain AMD Radeon™ graphics cards. A software workaround has been implemented in AMD Catalyst 14.7 RC driver to resolve the display timing issues with this display.

Users are further encouraged to obtain newer display firmware from AOC 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.

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 RC Driver for Windows

Plants vs. Zombies (Direct3D performance improvements):

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

3DMark Sky Diver improvements:

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

Grid Auto Sport:

AMD CrossFire profile

Wildstar:

Power Xpress profile
Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application
Performance improves up to 24% at 2560x1600 on the AMD Radeon R9 and R7 Series of products for both single GPU and multi-GPU configurations.

Watch Dogs:

AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvements

Battlefield Hardline Beta:

AMD CrossFire profile

Known Issues

Running Watch Dogs with a R9 280X CrossFire configuration may result in the application running in CrossFire software compositing mode
Enabling Temporal SMAA in a CrossFire configuration when playing Watch Dogs will result in flickering
AMD CrossFire™ configurations with AMD Eyefinity enabled will see instability with BattleField 4 or Thief when running Mantle
Catalyst™ Install Manager text is covered by Express/Custom radio button text
Express Uninstall does not remove C:\Program Files\(AMD or ATI) folder

Build Info:
DriverVer=07/09/2014, 14.200.1004.0000
Catalyst: 14.7
CCC: 2014.0709.1135.19003
D3D: 9.14.10.01044
OGL: 6.14.10.12967
OCL: 10.0.1526.3
Mantle: 9.1.10.0020

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lycanwrath
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#4870204 Posted on: 07/10/2014 08:47 PM

Thanks Asder!
Downloading right now

MerolaC
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#4870209 Posted on: 07/10/2014 08:55 PM

Thanks!!!

k4sh
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#4870213 Posted on: 07/10/2014 08:57 PM

Seems to be very close to 14.6 RC2. Not sure it's worth the download.
Thank you anyway Asder.

lexuger
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#4870218 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:01 PM

Thanks! i'm gonna try out right now.

WittyScreenName
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#4870226 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:15 PM

SlackerITGuy
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#4870237 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:37 PM

Same version for everything, come on AMD, damn...

EDIT: Btw thanks asder00!

The Mac
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#4870238 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:38 PM

CCC is newer, thats all

freeman94
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#4870246 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:45 PM

CCC is newer, thats all

Yeah, They don't even change number...It's still says its 14.6 RC in CCC for me.

windrunnerxj
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#4870257 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:53 PM

Did they fix BSODs with this version? Those were from HW acceleration, I think or whenever I tried to play BF3 or CIV5 with my browser open. Launch the game and get a BSOD -> reboot and launch the game again -> game starts fine.

Started from 14.6, I've seen some similar posts about this issue so I had to roll back to 14.4

Agonist
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#4870258 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:53 PM

Not updating drivers untill they make major performance enhancements or fix the heat "thing" that was introduced in 14.6.

Still no word as to WHY every single card runs 5-10c hotter with 14.6 compared to drivers earlier than 14.4

I dont have this issue with my crossfire 7850s. Even with high oc of 1150/1400. Thought they have AIO H50s on them and memory heatsinks. Always under 50c load.

Thanks asder00. Gonna download. Each one since 14.6 beta has made my new eyefinity setup with mixed monitors work better.

derpyQ
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#4870263 Posted on: 07/10/2014 09:59 PM

AMD still has a lot of issues to fix....
High temps, OpenGL performance issues, Mantle optimizations in BF4 for 7xxx cards, and more. The first two were only introduced in 14.4 and newer drivers. Hard to imagine they might've been fixed without even updating the component numbers

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#4870271 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:07 PM

thanks asder.

@AMD, waiting 1 month for...? 14.6 rc with an other name? i can't see differences in release note.

Rich_Guy
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#4870279 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:13 PM

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Edit: Official release notes indicate that this driver includes an updated crossfire profile for PvZ Garden Warfare, and a fix to reduce flickering in one specific monitor. COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

Looks like they've just added a couple of extra fixes to the 14.6s, but seen as were now in July, they've had to call em 14.7, as Julys the 7th month

cristian.a
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#4870282 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:15 PM

Yeah, They don't even change number...It's still says its 14.6 RC in CCC for me.

For me too.. Say 14.6 RC in CCC and GPU-Z. :3eyes:

Thank you asder00

PieEyedPiper
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#4870287 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:21 PM

Not updating drivers untill they make major performance enhancements or fix the heat "thing" that was introduced in 14.6.

Still no word as to WHY every single card runs 5-10c hotter with 14.6 compared to drivers earlier than 14.4

I'm not convinced the "heat" thing was ever proved, certainly not across the board. I've definitely not seen any before/after comparisons, either.

Personally, I've not noticed any difference in temps at all between these and the last 6+ sets but that doesn't mean that newer generations 260/290 don't see such behavior. I'd be curious to know if you were willing to do some proper testing on the matter.

That being said, I don't exactly feel compelled to swap these in for the rc2's, either.

windrunnerxj
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#4870293 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:25 PM

Personally, I've not noticed any difference in temps at all between these and the last 6+ sets but that doesn't mean that newer generations 260/290 don't see such behavior.

I didn't measure the temps but my fan was noticeably louder on 14.6RC1 than on 14.4 or older versions. I doubt they screwed up automatic fan control (that's what I use) and I've seen posts about temp being 5-10c higher than usual.

Gizmo
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#4870294 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:25 PM

Thanks for the effort Asder,but Wow.....AMD neck and neck with Creative on useful driver updates and not fixing glaring problems....what a f*n joke :puke2:

PieEyedPiper
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#4870298 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:29 PM

I was just thinking about that, if the issue was a matter of fan profiles.

If the issue is widespread and people are, in fact, getting temps of 5-10*C hotter (idle AND load) using 14.6+ I would have expected further study.

For a moment, I was all swept up, myself, into the notion that my card was running hotter when those reports started appearing. Fortunately, it was just a good 'ol case of placebo.

knocks on wood

Thanks for the effort Asder,but Wow.....AMD neck and neck with Creative on useful driver updates and not fixing glaring problems....what a f*n joke :puke2:

Now that's some funny ish!

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#4870308 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:36 PM

Could the temperature issue be related to higher ambient temperatures? Personally, I haven't seen any noticeable increases on my system with AMD video cards.

DrunkenDonkey
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#4870316 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:46 PM

I have not seen an increase either, or at least not noticeable to make me an impression. Usually driver with temps increase is a good one, meaning card gets used more = more fps and/or smoother play in the games. If you have played a specific game and now you see it runs hotter then congrats - they might have optimized the drivers for it

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#4870318 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:46 PM

I'm afraid I might leave the AMD-bandwagon (donkey) for Nvidia in a few months, had enough of lousy drivers, zero optimizations, stutter, lack of drivers and Mantle support for older +32nm cards.

sapo_joe
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#4870329 Posted on: 07/10/2014 10:57 PM

Downloading.... Let's test these!

Thanks for sharing!

sapo_joe
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#4870338 Posted on: 07/10/2014 11:05 PM

I'm afraid I might leave the AMD-bandwagon (donkey) for Nvidia in a few months, had enough of lousy drivers, zero optimizations, stutter, lack of drivers and Mantle support for older +32nm cards.

I left nVidia a few months ago for the same reason dude... Couldn't enable HW acceleration on browsers or I had system crashes, etc...

What now? LOL

RzrTrek
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#4870343 Posted on: 07/10/2014 11:08 PM

I left nVidia a few months ago for the same reason dude... Couldn't enable HW acceleration on browsers or I had system crashes, etc...

What now? LOL
Intel Graphics?

Rich_Guy
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#4870368 Posted on: 07/10/2014 11:32 PM

Ive said many times, if you don't want driver problems, get yerselves a console, as both AMD and Nvidia have them.

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