Descrizione

Driver AMD in versione finale per schede video dalla famiglia Radeon HD 5000 sino alla serie Radeon R9 200, compatibile anche con le APU delle famiglie A e E per quanto concerne la componente GPU integrata. Questo driver implementa il supporto ufficiale alla scheda Radeon R9 295X2 oltre a varie ottimizzazioni per le tecniche di frame pacing in abbinamento a configurazioni CrossFire. Di seguito sono riportate le principali note a corredo.

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)