AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL disponibles para descarga

AMD ha liberado una nueva versión de sus controladores gráficos con los AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL, entrega oficial que cuenta con la certificación de los Laboratorios de Calidad de Hardware para Windows o WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs).

Esta entrega trae una extensa lista de mejoras en varios videojuegos como por ejemplo: Bioshock Infinite, Company of Heroes 2, Crysis 3, GRID Autosport, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, Batman: Arkham Origins, Wildstar, Tomb Raider, Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV, Lichdom y StarCraft II, también en benchmark sintéticos como: 3DMark Sky Diver, Fire Strike y 3DMark11.

La nueva entrega también brinda de manera oficial soporte para decodificación JPEG a las plataformas AMD AM1, decodificación que fue habilitada por primera vez en las APU A10 series con los AMD Catalyst 14.1.

Estos controladores soportan la gama de productos AMD Radeon R9/R7/R5 series (tanto escritorio como móviles) como así también las antiguas GPUs AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7000/8000 (desktop y móviles). También brindan soporte para las APU con gráficos R7/R6/R5/R3 y todas las APU con gráficas HD 6000D/G series.

Respecto a los sistemas operativos, los Catalyst 14.9 están disponibles solo para Windows 7/8/8.1 en sus ediciones de 32 y 64-bit. A continuación la extensa lista de mejoras de estos controladores gráficos de AMD.

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 – 1920×1080 – 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 (2560×1440, 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 – 1920×1080 Ultra – improves up to 11%
– AMD Radeon R9290X – 2560×1600 Ultra – improves up to  15%
– AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840×2160 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 (3840×2160 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 (2560×1440, AA, 16x AF) – improves up to 20%

 

AMD Mantle enhancements

• Mantle now supports AMD Mobile products with Enduro technology

• Battlefield 4:  AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1366×768; high settings) – 21% gain
• Thief: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920×1080; high settings) – 14% gain
• Star Swarm:  AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920×1080; 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

 

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
    1. Fill – legacy mode, best for identical monitors
    2. Fit – create the Eyefinity surface using best available rectangular area with attached displays
    3. Expand – create a virtual Eyefinity surface using desktops as viewports onto the surface
• Eyefinity Display Alignment
• Enables control over alignment between adjacent monitors
• Driver detects layout of extended desktop
  • Can create Eyefinity display group using this layout in one click!
• One-Click Setup

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 Catalyst™ Drivers for Radeon™ R9 200, R7 200, HD 7000, HD 6000 and HD 5000 Series
AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL (Windows 7/8/8.1 64-bits)
AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL (Windows 7/8/8.1 32-bits)
AMD Catalyst 14.9 (Linux 32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD Mobility Radeon™ Notebook Drivers
AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL (Windows 7/8/8.1 64-bits)
AMD Catalyst 14.9 WHQL (Windows 7/8/8.1 32-bits)

Notas de Lanzamiento (Windows)