15.3 BETA drivers now out

[Qamly]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

Article Number: RN-WIN-15.3 BETA
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This article provides information on the latest posting of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta.

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

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta contains the following:

AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 14.502.1014

The AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 7 32-bit
AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 7 64-bit
AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 8.1 32-bit
AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 8.1 64-bit

Installing The AMD Catalyst Software Driver
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, please refer to the following support resources:

How-To Uninstall AMD Catalyst™ Drivers from a Windows® Based System
How-To Install AMD Catalyst™ Drivers for a Windows® Based System

NOTES

This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their manufacturer for driver support.
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 15.3 Beta Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
The AMD Catalyst 15.3 Beta 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.

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta is compatible with the following AMD products.
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 APU Product Family Compatibility

Windows 8.1 32-bit with Kaveri APU is currently not supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta driver.
AMD APU Product Family Compatibility ​
Desktop Mobile
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 Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
AMD Mobility Product 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



Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Windows Driver

AMD Freesync™ Support for single GPU product configurations

AMD Freesync technology support is now available for single GPU configurations. For more information on how Freesync works, FAQ's and what products are currently supported, please visit the Freesync Technology Page

Mixed Rotation Eyefinity now available on Radeon™ R9 285 series

AMD Radeon™ R9 285 now supports Mixed Rotation Eyefinity for "0" and "90" degrees rotations
More information on setup, configuration and support for this feature is available at the following link:

New Crossfire Profiles for:

Battlefield Hardline
Evolve
Far Cry 4
Lords of the Fallen
Project Cars
Total War: Attila

Crossfire Profile Updates for :

Alien Isolation
Assassin's Creed Unity
Civilization - Beyond Earth
FIFA 2015
Grid Autosport
Ryse: Son of Rome
Talos Principle
The Crew

Important Note:

The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Dying Light is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Techland to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.

Resolved Issues:

[412702] Screens may blank out when enabling a 3x1 SLS with 3 HDMI monitors
[411847] Leadwerks : Project Manager crashes with a "Pure Virtual Function Call" error
[413076] Second Life : Rigged mesh objects are not rendered correctly when hardware skinning is enabled in the in game settings
[413392] Star Trek Online : Block corruption is experienced when MSAA is enabled in the in game settings
[410367] System hangs/BSOD upon resuming from S3/S4 sleep on AMD Radeon™ R9 285 configured in AMD CrossFire™ mode
[410293] With AMD CrossFire™ enabled, Timeout Detection Recovery (TDR) occurs during actual gameplay when YouTube Mix moves to the next song in Firefox
[407622] Screen tearing on enabling VSync with Alien: Isolation game
[407175] Catalyst Control Center Video Quality settings may not be available or retained if the "Enforce Smooth Video Playback" option is not selected on some AMD HD series GPU's.
[410391] Primary display may not be retained after disabling Crossfire while in Eyefinity mode
[409705] Enabling or disabling Crossfire may lead to one side of the 4K MST display being shown as black
[410393] Minor stuttering may be seen in Dragon Age Inquisition on Single and Multi GPU configurations​
[414660] Total War : Attilla - The game may hang during in game cinematics on certain Kaveri platforms with a separate discrete GPU
[414120] The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim : Fog / Clouds may flicker on Radeon HD 5800 series products

Known Issues:

[414653] Lord of Fallen : Flickering may be observed during gameplay on some 3D monitors
[414771] FIFA 2015 : On a limited number of AMD APU + AMD GPU configurations a crash may be experienced if the "No Limit on FPS" game option is enabled
[414752] Dragon Age inquisition : Random game crashes may be experienced in Mantle mode
[414583] The Catalyst Control Center may hang when using the 'Check for Updates" option
[414468] Battlefield 4 : Screen tearing / Stutter may be experienced in Three way Crossfire setup in Eyefinity mode
[410398] A black screen may be experienced when attempting to enable Eyefinity after changing the display mode (Portrait, Landscape)
[406495] Pull down detection fails to lock in Metro Video playback applications
[410255] A system restart or hang may be observed on sleep/resume while transcoding video with Media Espresso
[416109] Battlefield Hardline : Changing resolution from low to high and enabling Vsync may result in intermittent corruption and stutter. Restarting the game is a temporary solution to the problem
[414713] Some 5K displays may experience flickering on some AMD E-Series APU's
[414620] Frame drops may be experienced with Blu-Ray playback on certain AMD Kaveri APU's when connected to 5K displays
[415920] Total War: Attila - The game may randomly restart when first launched
[410336] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Intermittent flickering may be observed when accessing the in game menu
[416363] Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash when launched on R9 285 series products with Crossfire and Mantle enabled
[416302] Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash on first launch when in High Performance mode
[416442] Freesync does not work after hotplugging the display with Windows Aero (DWM) off
A temporary workaround is to toggle Windows Aero on/off or by restarting Windows
[416441] Freesync is not enabled in Diablo III unless Vsync is enabled in the game
A temporary workaround is to enable Vsync in the game

 

[t0adp1p3]

Holy shiz

 

[Falck]

Can someone state the different versions for d3d, ogl, mantle etc.? Thanks =)

 

[Qamly]

Wait... did AMD make a mistake here?

Did they forget to bump the version numbers?

15.3 BETA:

Omega:

 

[Gerard]

No crossfire support for freesync...why do amd continually do this? They introduce something then for some reason crossfire support for it is put on the back-burner. Eyefinity was the same deal and so was frame pacing.

 

[t0adp1p3]

No crossfire support for freesync...why do amd continually do this? They introduce something then for some reason crossfire support for it is put on the back-burner. Eyefinity was the same deal and so was frame pacing.

To be fair, that was no surprise, they have been saying that all along.


So far I have only tried Farcry 4 (finally!)
Farcry 4 in crossfire seems to run as good as you can expect an ubisoft title to run in crossfire, so that is a plus. Seems to be anywhere from 75-120 fps.

 

[blurter]

No Dying Light crossfire profile....WTF!!! Pathetic absolutely pathetic especially after AMDMatt was stating that a Dying Light profile was in the next driver and he had seen it running with increased performance....again...WTF!!!

 

[Cartel]

4 months to be a beta guinea pig.....no thanks

 

[Lupine]

No Dying Light crossfire profile....WTF!!! Pathetic absolutely pathetic especially after AMDMatt was stating that a Dying Light profile was in the next driver and he had seen it running with increased performance....again...WTF!!!

Apparently something happened. Disappointing, but at least they mentioned it specifically in the release notes:

Important Note:

The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Dying Light is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Techland to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.

I realize benefit of the doubt no longer exists for some, and perhaps rightly so, but AMDMatt's comment isn't voided by the decision to disable the profile. Its hard to define "as expected", but that certainly doesn't infer any dishonesty on his part.

 

[blurter]

Apparently something happened. Disappointing, but at least they mentioned it specifically in the release notes:

Important Note:

The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Dying Light is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Techland to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.

I realize benefit of the doubt no longer exists for some, and perhaps rightly so, but AMDMatt's comment isn't voided by the decision to disable the profile. Its hard to define "as expected", but that certainly doesn't infer any dishonesty on his part.

Fair enough but come on........4 month wait for this, pffffffffft! what a joke! This company has egg on it's face right now simple as that.

 

[Qamly]

Fair enough but come on........4 month wait for this, pffffffffft! what a joke! This company has egg on it's face right now simple as that.

I agree in that, these should have been released 3 months ago, but, we don't know what is going on, and we have no idea how many driver guys they got these days.
Speculation is, they are pooling all their resources for the 3XX cards, and DX 12 so they can make a smooth launch, and hopefully start making a profit to hire more people.

This don't help the old users with their issues though, and yeah, it sucks big time.

 

[t0adp1p3]

I'm honestly just happy they released a driver with crossfire profiles for some games. Yes I own dying light, and I am disappointed this driver doesn't have a profile for it, but at least they are attempting to communicate the issue. AMD would save themselves a TON of grief by having more open HONEST communication with their customers, and not just pr approved communication talking points. Honest communication is free btw, and way more valuable to AMD than any new tech they want to push.


I know my next graphics card purchase will not be crossfire until they can either straighten out their profile release schedule and/or their communications. I do like the underdog, and I am rooting for them, (I also might be a glutton for punishment) so I will still probably get a single 390x.

 

[nutcrackr]

They need to get back to regular driver releases.

 

[Dave]

This driver is getting ripped apart over on Guru3D forums.

 

[t0adp1p3]

4 months to disable crossfire in dying light.....yeah I would say they kind of deserve it. Nvidia Game works partnership has done a ton to hurt AMD imo. It almost seems like those games go out of there way to screw over AMD, I almost feel sorry for AMD at this point. They can't win with any of those games. Game works is becoming pretty successful at turning PC gaming into a one vendor eco system, as much as these turds on this board hate on apple, they sure do love their Nvidia- not sure if that is irony or something else.

 

[Treeckcold57]

I agree in that, these should have been released 3 months ago, but, we don't know what is going on, and we have no idea how many driver guys they got these days.
Speculation is, they are pooling all their resources for the 3XX cards, and DX 12 so they can make a smooth launch, and hopefully start making a profit to hire more people.

This don't help the old users with their issues though, and yeah, it sucks big time.

Seriously, what do you expect? AMD is a small company and their driver department is probably most likely a small team or so. But of course, this'd be a different story if AMD never had bought ATI when if it weren't for ATI. Personally, I don't need to update the driver frequently. I don't have the AAA games since I'm not interested to playing them.

 

[nutcrackr]

 

[Treeckcold57]

I'm honestly just happy they released a driver with crossfire profiles for some games. Yes I own dying light, and I am disappointed this driver doesn't have a profile for it, but at least they are attempting to communicate the issue. AMD would save themselves a TON of grief by having more open HONEST communication with their customers, and not just pr approved communication talking points. Honest communication is free btw, and way more valuable to AMD than any new tech they want to push.


I know my next graphics card purchase will not be crossfire until they can either straighten out their profile release schedule and/or their communications. I do like the underdog, and I am rooting for them, (I also might be a glutton for punishment) so I will still probably get a single 390x.

They are probably too busy to working on the R9 390X and work with MS for DX12 driver for the Windows 10. Don't they?

 

[t0adp1p3]

They are probably too busy to working on the R9 390X and work with MS for DX12 driver for the Windows 10. Don't they?

Kind of hard to express how I feel about it in words. But essentially the 390x's aren't out, so why crap on the people who own your current products so you can work on a new product.

prepare for rambling!:

I don't follow that business logic, what is the "gain": those same customers that you juts pooped on are the same ones in the market to buy your products and there is a competitor who is currently beating the shiz out of you by having a reputation of quality (whether that is deserved or not doesn't matter, that is the rep they have)

Your current customers are who you should be going out of your way to satisfy. That is how you build brand loyalty and a reputation. Not by endlessly pumping out tech at a cheaper price while ignoring and not communicating with your base.

Personally, I am a sucker so if it is faster than Nvidia I will probably buy it, but I also know going by past performance I will regret it 6 months down the line. AMD just doesn't have the resources I fear to play in this game correctly. They can't handle new products while supporting older products. As a customer why should I care, when I can go to a competitor who does both (or at least has the image that they do)?

 

[Dave]

Kind of hard to express how I feel about it in words. But essentially the 390x's aren't out, so why crap on the people who own your current products so you can work on a new product.

prepare for rambling!:

I don't follow that business logic, what is the "gain": those same customers that you juts pooped on are the same ones in the market to buy your products and there is a competitor who is currently beating the shiz out of you.

Your current customers are who you should be going out of your way to satisfy. That is how you build brand loyalty and a reputation. Not by endlessly pumping out tech at a cheaper price while ignoring and not communicating with your base.

Personally, I am a sucker so if it is faster than Nvidia I will probably buy it, but I also know going by past performance I will regret it 6 months down the line. AMD just doesn't have the resources I fear to play in this game correctly. They can't handle new products while supporting older products. As a customer why should I care, when I can go to a competitor who does both (or at least has the image that they do)?

That last sentence is where I am at, and pretty sure most enthusiasts are at that point too.