AMD Catalyst Drivers (Windows 7/8 32-bit)

What's new in this version:

THE AMD CATALYST SOFTWARE SUITE, AMD CATALYST 14.9 CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:
- AMD Catalyst Display Driver version 14.301.1001
- AMD Catalyst Control Center (version 14.301.1001)

HIGHLIGHTS OF AMD CATALYST 14.9 WINDOWS DRIVER:
- Support for the AMD Radeon R9 285
- Performance improvements (comparing AMD Catalyst 14.9 vs. AMD Catalyst 14.4)

3DMARK SKY DIVER IMPROVEMENTS:
- AMD A4 6300 – improves up to 4%
- Enables AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire support

3DMARK FIRE STRIKE:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series - improves up to 5% in Performance Preset

3DMARK11:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series - improves up to 4% in Entry and Performance Preset

BIOSHOCK INFINITE:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series – 1920x1080 - improves up to 5%

COMPANY OF HEROES 2:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series - improves up to 8%

CRYSIS 3:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 10%

GRID AUTO SPORT:
- AMD CrossFire profile

MURDERED SOUL SUSPECT:
- AMD Radeon R9 290X (2560x1440, 4x MSAA, 16x AF) – improves up to 50%
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 6%
- CrossFire configurations improve scaling up to 75%

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

BATMAN ARKHAM ORIGINS::
- AMD Radeon R9 290X (4x MSAA) – improves up to 20%
- CrossFire configurations see up to a 70% gain in scaling

WILDSTAR:
- Power Xpress profile
- Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application
- Performance improves up to 30% on the AMD Radeon R9 and R7 Series of products for both single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations

TOMB RAIDER:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series – improves up to 5%

WATCH DOGS:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series / R9 270 Series – improves up to 9%
- AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvement
- Improved CrossFire performance – up to 20%

ASSASSIN'S CREED IV:
- Improves CrossFire scaling (3840x2160 High Settings) up to 93% (CrossFire scaling improvement of 25% compared to AMD Catalyst 14.4)

LICHDOM:
- Improves performance for single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations STAR CRAFT II:
- AMD Radeon R9 290X (2560x1440, AA, 16x AF) – improves up to 20%

AMD EYEFINITY ENHANCEMENTS:
- Mixed Resolution Support
- A new architecture providing brand new capabilities
- Display groups can be created with monitors of different resolution (including difference sizes and shapes)

USERS HAVE A CHOICE OF HOW SURFACE IS CREATED OVER THE DISPLAY GROUP:
- Fill – legacy mode, best for identical monitors
- Fit – create the Eyefinity surface using best available rectangular area with attached displays
- Expand – create a virtual Eyefinity surface using desktops as viewports onto the surface

EYEFINITY DISPLAY ALIGNMENT:
- Enables control over alignment between adjacent monitors

ONE-CLICK SETUP:
- Driver detects layout of extended desktop
- Can create Eyefinity display group using this layout in one click!

NEW USER CONTROLS FOR VIDEO COLOR AND DISPLAY SETTINGS:
- Greater control over Video Color Management:
- Controls have been expanded from a single slider for controlling Boost and Hue to per color axis
- Color depth control for Digital Flat Panels (available on supported HDMI and DP displays)
- Allows users to select different color depths per resolution and display

AMD MANTLE ENHANCEMENTS:
- Mantle now supports AMD Mobile products with Enduro technology
- Battlefield 4: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1366x768; high settings) – 21% gain
- Thief: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920x1080; high settings) – 14% gain
- Star Swarm: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920x1080; medium settings) – 274% gain
- Enables support for Multi-GPU configurations with Thief (requires the latest Thief update)

AMD AM1 JPEG DECODING ACCELERATION:
- JPEG decoding acceleration was first enabled on the A10 APU Series in AMD Catalyst 14.1 beta, and has now been extended to the AMD AM1 Platform
- Provides fast JPEG decompression
- Provides Power Efficiency for JPEG decompression

RESOLVED ISSUES:
- 60Hz SST flickering has been identified as an issue with non-standard display timings exhibited by the AOC U2868PQU panel on certain AMD Radeon graphics cards. A software workaround has been implemented in the AMD Catalyst 14.9 driver to resolve the display timing issues with this display
- Users seeing flickering issues in 60Hz SST mode are further encouraged to obtain newer display firmware from their monitor vendor 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.
- 4K panel flickering issues found on the AMD Radeon R9 290 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
- Screen tearing observed on AMD CrossFire systems with Eyefinity portrait display configurations
- Instability issues for Grid Autosport when running in 2x1 or 1x2 Eyefinity configurations
- Geometry corruption in State of Decay

KNOWN ISSUES:
- [404829]: Horizontal flashing lines on second screen in a clone mode with V-Sync on using AMD Mobility Graphics with Switchable Intel Graphics
- [404508]: Display takes a long time to redraw the screen after an S4 cycle
- [405432]: Mantle driver will TDR when running Star Swarm on the loading screen
- [404660]: GPU gets stuck in a low power state after it was previously stressed to max power
- [403032]: Severe flickering observed on default launch of SimCity 4
- [403449]: Playing any media sample in full screen in the 2x1/1x2 Fill SLS configuration leads to TDR
- [400573]: Intermittent application hang observed while launching Aliens vs. Predator
- [400693]: While running performance test, crash is observed with fault module atidxx32.dll
- [401386]: Severe corruption and flashing light observed with specific game settings in Grid 2
- [401289]: Flashing lights in Batman Arkham Origins game main menu

AMD DESKTOP PRODUCT FAMILY COMPATIBILITY:
- AMD Radeon R9 290 Series
- AMD Radeon R5 230 Series
- AMD Radeon R9 280 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series
- AMD Radeon R9 270 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
- AMD Radeon R7 260 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
- AMD Radeon R7 250 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
- AMD Radeon R7 240 Series

AMD ALL-IN-ONE DESKTOP PRODUCT FAMILY COMPATIBILITY:
- AMD Radeon HD 7600A Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7450A Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6350A Series

AMD EMBEDDED PRODUCT FAMILY COMPATIBILITY:
- AMD Radeon E8860
- AMD Radeon E6460
- AMD Radeon E6760

AMD APU PRODUCT FAMILY COMPATIBILITY:
- A-Series AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000G Series
- A-Series AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000G Series
- A-Series AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000G Series
- A-Series AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7000D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6000D Series

AMD MOBILITY RADEON FAMILY COMPATIBILITY:
- AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7000M Series
- AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
- AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

NOTES:
- When installing the AMD Catalyst Driver for Windows operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst Driver.
- The AMD Catalyst 14.9 Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
- The AMD Catalyst 14.9 Software Suite requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is included in all Catalyst packages.
- 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.
- Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers are no longer bundled in the AMD Catalyst software suite.