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[Thorqemada]

AMD released the Radeon Cat 14.6 beta:

http://support.amd.c...ndows-beta.aspx

Uninstall the old Driver, runs for Win7 and Win 8.1 but not Win 8 !!!

It runs well so far and my hghlight is the unlocked GPU scaling.


◾Performance improvements
◾Watch Dogs performance improvements
◾AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 4x MSAA – improves up to 25%
◾AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 4x MSAA – improves up to 28%
◾AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra settings, MSAA = 4X) - 92% scaling
◾Murdered Soul Suspect performance improvements
◾AMD Radeon R9 290X – 2560x1600 4x MSAA – improves up to 16%
◾AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra settings, MSAA = 4X) - 93% scaling
◾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 desktops
◾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

Known Issues
◾Running Watch Dogs with a R9 280X CrossFire configuration may result in the application running in CrossFire software compositing mode
◾Enabling Temporal SMAA in the AMD Catalyst Control center under a CrossFire configuration when playing Watch Dogs will result in Flickering
◾AMD CrossFire configurations with Eyefinity enabled will see application stability with BattleField 4 or Thief when running Mantle
◾Catalyst Install Manager text is covered by Express/Custom radio button text
◾Express Uninstall does not remove C:\Program Files\(AMD or ATI) folder

Edited by Thorqemada, 28 May 2014 - 02:07 AM.

[Nick Rarang]

Thanks for the heads up however I neither play Thief nor Watchdogs and I have an older 7970 which doesn't benefit from this beta driver's enhancements so I'm gonna stick with 14.4 whql's.

[Thorqemada]

Well, the notes are Highlights and do not necessarily mean older Cards do not get fixes, performance improvements and the other stuff.
Mixed Resolution Eyefinity is a HUGE thing if you have some Monitors at home that collect dust bcs you can now put a 1440x900 Monitor alongside a 1920x1200 screen!



PS: http://www.anandtech...ctionality-more

Edited by Thorqemada, 28 May 2014 - 04:38 PM.