AMD Catalyst Driver Version 15.9 Beta

AMD Catalyst Driver Version 15.9 Beta. - If you are the owner of a Radeon video card that likes to live on the wild side, the AMD Catalyst 15.9 Beta drivers is now available, which fixes some Diablo 3 crashes spotted in the Act 2 Desolate Sands area, adds Star Wars: Battlefront Beta performance and quality optimizations, and includes various other changes. Supported OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 - 32/64 bit.

The present release includes the latest DirectX 12 improvements to the Fable Legends: Benchmark, removes the bug that caused Dragon Age: Inquisition to crash when launched in Mantle mode, and corrects Anti Aliasing settings so that the changes are retained properly.

In addition to that, World of Warships won’t crash on AMD Radeon HD5000 and HD6000 series GPUs anymore, and the frame stuttering issue encountered in CrossFire mode with Assassin's Creed Unity has been fixed.

Last but not least, AMD’s developers team has also managed to remove some BENQ 144hz Freesync bugs that led to DiRT Rally crashes during gameplay and benchmarking (in DirectX 11 mode), or caused these monitors to lose signal while uninstalling driver.

However, don’t forget that this update is still a beta release, thus, you might experience GTA V crashes on certain GPUs, various corruptions in Mad Max and DiRT Rally, as well as a few other problems on specific configurations and games (please review the Release Notes below).

AMD Catalyst 15.9 Beta Driver for Windows Release Notes:

- This particular software suite updates the AMD Catalyst Display Driver and the AMD Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been updated, and is designed to provide enhanced performance and reliability.

Package Contents:

- AMD Catalyst Display Driver version 15.201.1151

Performance Optimizations:

- Star Wars: Battlefront Beta - Performance and quality optimizations
- Fable Legends: Includes the latest DirectX 12 optimizations for the Fable Legends: Benchmark

Resolved Issues:

- Diablo 3 crashes in the Act 2 Desolate Sands area of the game
- The AMD Catalyst Control Center 'update' option fails to download the latest driver
- Dragon Age: Inquisition may crash if launched in Mantle mode
- The DirectX Diagnostic tool does not report DirectX 12 available on supported products
- World of Warships may crash on some AMD Radeon HD5000 and HD6000 series products
- Assassin's Creed Unity may experience minor frame stutter when AMD CrossFire mode is enabled
- Anti Aliasing settings not being retained after changes are applied
- Some BENQ 144hz Freesync monitors may lose the signal while uninstalling the driver
- DiRT Rally crashes during gameplay and benchmarking when launched in DirectX 11 mode on some BENQ 144HZ Freesync monitors

NOTES:

- This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms.
- When installing the AMD Catalyst Driver for Windows, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst Driver.
- The AMD Catalyst 15.9 Beta Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
- The AMD Catalyst 15.9 Beta Software Suite requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed.
- AMD Eyefinity technology is designed to give gamers access to high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics "horsepower" required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility:

- AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R9 Nano Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R9 200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R7 300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R7 200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R5 230 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series Graphics

AMD All-In-One Desktop Product Family Compatibility:

- AMD Radeon HD 7600A Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7450A Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6350A Series Graphics

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility:

- AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Catalyst 15.9 Beta on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows 10 (64-bit).AMD APU Product Family Compatibility

Desktop:
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R7 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R6 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R5 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R4 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R3 Graphics
- AMD FX-8800P APUs with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
- AMD E-Series APUs with Radeon R2 Graphics

Mobile:
- AMD Radeon HD 8000D Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000D Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000D Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000G Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000G Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000G Series Graphics

AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility:

- AMD Radeon R9 M300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R7 M300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R5 M300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000M Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series Graphics
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series Graphics