ARCHIVAAMD Catalyst Driver Version 14.6 RC2
AMD Catalyst Driver Version 14.6 RC2. - AMD has now made available the build of the Catalyst 14.6 RC2. Update graphics driver bringing Mantle and True Audio. Drivers support Windows 7, Windows 8.1 - 32/64 bit.
Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 RC2 Windows Driver:
- Starting with AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta, AMD will no longer support Windows 8.0 (and the WDDM 1.2 driver)
- Windows 8.0 users should upgrade (for Free) to Windows 8.1 to take advantage of the new features found in the AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta
- AMD Catalyst 14.4 will remain available for users who wish to remain on Windows 8
- A future AMD Catalyst release will allow for the WDDM 1.1 (Windows 7 driver) to be installed under Windows 8.0 for those users unable to upgrade to Windows 8.1
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 R9290X - 2560x1600 Ultra – improves up to 15%
AMD Radeon R9290X 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
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 Eyefinity enabled will see application stability 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
AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 RC Driver for Windows®
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