AMD Catalyst™ 15.4.1 Beta for Windows® - AMD FreeSync™ technology updates

Supported Products: (not specified in AMD's official website for this specific release)

Desktop
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    

All-In-One Desktop    ​
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series
 
APU
Windows 8.1 32-bit with Kaveri APU is currently not supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.4 Beta driver.
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    

Notebook
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
​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:

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

AMD Catalyst 15.4.1 Beta Driver for Windows 7 & 8.1 32/64 bit

AMD Catalyst 15.5 Beta

This driver release is recommended for The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt and Project Cars.

Package Contents

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.5 Beta contains the following:

•     AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 14.502.1014.1001.

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.5 Beta Windows Driver

Crossfire Profile Update for:

• *The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt

Performance Improvements for the following :

• The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt :  Up to 10% performance increase on single GPU Radeon R9  and R7 Series graphics products
• Project Cars - Up to 17% performance increase on single GPU Radeon R9 and R7 Series graphics products

Recommendations:

For further information on how to optimize your drivers for The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt  and AMD CrossFire™ please read the following article.

Know Issues:

• ​​*The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt : To enable the best performance and experience in Crossfire,  users must disable Anti-Aliasing from the games video-post processing options. Some random flickering may occur when using Crossfire. If the issue is affecting the game experience, as a work around we suggest disabling Crossfire while we continue to work with CD Projekt Red to resolve this issue
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - We are aware that some users may be experiencing random crashes during gameplay on AMD Radeon™ R9 285 series products and are working with CD Projekt Red to investigate the issue and determine a fix.
• [419945] Project CARS: Corruption may be observed if Anti-Aliasing is set to DS2M when run in Crossfire mode.  As a workaround we suggest using a different Anti-Aliasing method.

Supported Products:

Desktop
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    

All-In-One Desktop    ​
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series
 
APU
Windows 8.1 32-bit with Kaveri APU is currently not supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.5 Beta driver.
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    

Notebook
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
​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:

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

15.5 Beta Win7 32-bit

15.5 Beta Win7 64-bit

15.5 Beta Win8.1 32-bit

15.5 Beta Win8.1 64-bit

AMD Catalyst 15.15

This release provides​​ support for the new ​AMD Radeon™ 300 series products for Microsoft Windows®.

Package Contents

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.15

Supported Products:

• AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series
• AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series
• AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X 

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows 7 64 Bit
• Windows 8.1​ 64 Bit

AMD Catalyst 15.6 Beta

This driver release included optimizations for Batman: Arkham Knight.

Package Contents
The AMD Catalyst Software Suite, AMD Catalyst 15.6 Beta contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst Display Driver version 14.502.1014.1004.

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.6 Beta Windows Driver

• Performance and Stability improvements for Batman: Arkham Knight

Important Note:

AMD Crossfire support is currently disabled for Batman: Arkham Knight while AMD works closely with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to resolve the issue. An update for this issue will be released as soon as it is available

Known Issues:

• [422129] Batman: Arkham Knight – The application may crash during in game benchmarking or while exiting the game
• [422130] Batman: Arkham Knight – The screen may turn black or pink while changing resolution to 1680x1050.

Supported Products:

Desktop
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    

All-In-One Desktop    ​
AMD Radeon HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon HD 6350A Series
 
APU
Windows 8.1 32-bit with Kaveri APU is currently not supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.6 Beta driver.
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    

Notebook
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
​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:

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

15.6 Beta Win7 32-bit

15.6 Beta Win7 64-bit

15.6 Beta Win8.1 32-bit

15.6 Beta Win8.1 64-bit

AMD Catalyst 15.15 v2 for R(x) 300 Series

This release provides​​ support for the new ​AMD Radeon™ 300 series products for Microsoft Windows® and includes optimizations for Batman™: Arkham Knight.

Package Contents

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite contains the following:

• ​​​AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.15.1004

Highlights

• Performance and Stability Improvements for Batman™: Arkham Knight

Important Note:

AMD Crossfire support is currently disabled for Batman™: Arkham Knight while AMD works closely with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to resolve the issue. An update for this issue will be released as soon as it is available.

Known Issues:

• [422129] Batman™: Arkham Knight - The application may crash during in game benchmarking or while exiting the game
• [422130] Batman™: Arkham Knight - The screen may turn black or pink while changing resolution to 1680x1050.

Supported Products:

• AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series
• AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series
• AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X 

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows 8.1 64-bit version
• Windows 7 64-bit version with SP1 or higher

AMD Catalyst 15.7 driver

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™ 15.7 contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.20.1046

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 15.7 Windows Driver

• Windows 10 Technical Preview Support
• Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
• Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
• Performance Optimizations versus AMD Catalyst Omega
• AMD FreeSync and AMD CrossFire Support
• AMD CrossFire Profile Enhancements
• Linux Distro's supported

Windows® 10 Support

This is a Technical Preview driver with full WDDM 2.0 support for Windows® 10 and DirectX® 12 on all Graphics Core Next (GCN) supported products,  AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 and newer graphics products. Official driver support for AMD products will be available when Microsoft launches Windows® 10 on July 29th, 2015.

NOTE: To ensure stability, users should upgrade to the latest available Windows® 10 Technical Preview build provided by Microsoft before installing AMD Catalyst™ 15.7.

Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)

VSR provides image quality enhancements to games and Windows® desktop users by rendering images at a higher resolution and then down-scaling the same. VSR support has now been extended to the following products:

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series	AMD Radeon R9 280 Series
AMD Radeon R9 390 Series	AMD Radeon R9 270 Series
AMD Radeon R9 380 Series	AMD Radeon R7 260 Series
AMD Radeon R7 370 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon R7 360 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon R9 295X2	AMD Radeon HD 7790 Series
AMD Radeon R9 290 Series	Desktop A-Series 7400K APUs and above

Below is a list of supported resolutions:

Target Display Timing	Supported VSR Modes
1366 X 768 @ 60Hz	1600 X 900 1920 X 1080
1600 X 900 @ 60Hz	1920 X 1080
1920 X 1080 @ 60Hz	2560 X 1440 3200 X 1800 3840 X 2160 (AMD Radeon R9 285, AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series)
1920 X 1200 @ 60Hz	2048 X 1536 2560 X 1600 3840 X 2400 (AMD Radeon R9 285, AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series)
2560 X 1440 @ 60Hz	3200 X 1800
1920 X 1080 @ 120Hz	1920 X 1200 @ 120Hz 2048 X 1536 @ 120Hz

 

Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)

FRTC allows the user to set a maximum frame rate when playing an application in full screen exclusive mode. This feature provides the following benefits:

• Reduced GPU power consumption
• Reduced system heat
• Lower fan speeds and less noise

This feature is supported on applications using  DirectX 10 or higher and on the following AMD graphics products:

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series	AMD Radeon R9 280 Series
AMD Radeon R9 390 Series	AMD Radeon R9 270 Series
AMD Radeon R9 380 Series	AMD Radeon R7 260 Series
AMD Radeon R7 370 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon R7 360 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon R9 295X2	AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
AMD Radeon R9 290 Series

AMD FreeSync and AMD CrossFire Support

AMD FreeSync and AMD CrossFire can now be used together in applications using DirectX 10 or higher. Please note, this feature is currently not supported on systems configured in AMD Dual Graphics mode.

AMD CrossFire Profile Enhancements

AMD Catalyst 15.7 includes enhancement for the following games since AMD Catalyst Omega:

• Battlefield: Hardline
• Evolve
• Far Cry 4
• Lords of the Fallen
• Project CARS
• Total War: Attila
• Alien: Isolation
• Assassin's Creed Unity
• Civilization®: Beyond Earth
• FIFA 2015
• GRID Autosport
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• Talos Principle
• The Crew
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Dying Light
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Performance Optimizations versus AMD Catalyst Omega Driver

Single GPU performance on Windows 8.1 based system:

• Up to 7% in Far Cry 4 on AMD Radeon R7 and AMD Radeon R9 200 series and up *
• Up to 10% in Tomb Raider on AMD Radeon R7 and AMD Radeon R9 200 series and up *

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™ 15.7 Software Suite requires Windows® 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
• The AMD Catalyst™ 15.7 Software Suite requires Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is included in all AMD Catalyst™ packages.

Resolved Issues:

• [413076] Second Life - Avatar rendering is corrupted when hardware skinning is enabled
• 414307] Star Trek Online - Block corruption is observed if MSAA is enabled
• [412702] A black screen is observed when setting up a 3x1 SLS with 3 HDMI monitors
• [411847] Leadwerks : A crash is observed with a "Pure Virtual Call" error message
• [410367]  System black 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] AMD 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 Radeon HD Series graphics adapters.
• [410398] A black screen may be experienced when attempting to enable Eyefinity after changing the display mode (Portrait, Landscape)
• [410391] Primary display may not be retained after disabling AMD CrossFire while in AMD Eyefinity mode
• [409705] Enabling or disabling AMD  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

Known Issues: 

The following known issues only apply to systems using Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 SP1 and later:

• [422853] Some systems may experience minor performance drop from 15.15 to 15.20 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with HairWorks enabled
• [422800] Some Kaveri APU based systems may experience minor performance drop on PCMark8 video_group_chat & Casual Gaming tests
• [422797] Display profiles are not retained after driver upgrade from 14.502 to 15.20
• [422671] Flickering corruption occurs in Dirty Rally with Advanced Blending enabled
• [422944] Fire in Total war Attila may experience corruption when in AMD CrossFire mode
• [422621] With quad AMD CrossFire mode enabled, TDR or blank display occurs when launching DirectX 9 application in full screen
• [419871] BSOD observed when performing an express uninstall of the display driver in 4K resolution
• [422056] 3DMark Farandole may crash when AMD Mantle is selected from the test suite
• [422291] Battlefield 4 triggers TDR and crash when running in AMD Mantle mode
• [422249] DLL missing popup message may be encountered when performing an express uninstall of the display driver. This will not impact the uninstall process
• [422342] Cyberlink PowerDVD plays 3D content in 2D mode
• [421570] Audio driver is banged out for non-primary ASIC after enabling CF and rebooting system
•  [421719] Flickering and intermittent display blanking out with LG31MU97 if resolution is set above 1920x1080
• [422675] Intermittent BSOD occurs when launching a race in Dirt Rally
• [422674] Corruption may occur in Dirt Rally with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled
• [422672] Flickering corruption may occur in Dirty Rally when changing settings during gameplay
• [422671] Flickering corruption may occur in Dirty Rally with Advanced Blending enabled
• [421388] AMD Radeon R9 390 Series may experience screen corruption in 3Dmark11 "Deep Sea" Demo
• [422806] Battlefield: Hardline crashes on pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del while running in AMD Mantle mode
• [422623] Rage: In game cinematic may stutter when quad AMD Crossfire mode is enabled
• [421110] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Corruption may be observed when AA is enabled in AMD Crossfire mode

Linux Distro's supported

Linux Distributions Supported: This version of the AMD Catalyst Linux Proprietary Graphics Driver is designed to support the following Linux distributions:

Distributions supported:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 7.1, 7.0, 6.6, 6.5
• Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, 14.04.2, 15.04
• SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3, 12
• OpenSuSE 13.1

Distribution specific packages are available for:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 7.1, 7.0, 6.6, 6.5
• Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, 14.04.2

New Features:

• AMD PowerXpress support for laptops equipped with Intel 6th generation (Skylake) CPUs
• Linux Platform Atomics & SVM Fine Grain Buffer support for Carrizo APUs
• Multi-Device support for OpenCL 2.0

Please see Installer Notes to understand how to install this driver.

Supported Products:

Desktop

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series	AMD Radeon R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon R9 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon R7 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon R7 200 Series	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

All-In-One Desktop    

AMD Radeon HD 7600A Series	AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon HD 7450A Series	AMD Radeon HD 6350A Series

APU
"Kaveri", "Godavari", and "Carrizo" series APUs are only supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.7 on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit) and Windows 8.1 64-bit

Desktop	Mobile
A-Series with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon R2 Graphics

AMD Notebook
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

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:

• Linux (32 & 64-bit version) (refer to above section 'Linux Distro's supported' for a list of supported distro's and PDF for installation help)
• Windows 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

15.7 Win 7 32-bit

15.7 Win 7 64-bit

15.7 Win 8.1 32-bit

15.7 Win 8.1 64-bit

15.7 Win 10 32-bit

15.7 Win 10 64-bit

15.7 Linux (Proprietary) 32 & 64-bit

AMD Catalyst 15.7.1 Beta

Package Contents

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.7.1 driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.20.1062

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 15.7.1 Windows Driver

Windows® 10 Support

This driver provides support for Windows® 10 as well as full WDDM 2.0 and DirectX® 12 support which is available on all AMD  Graphics Core Next (GCN) products, - AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 and newer graphics products.

For more information on products supported please visit the Supported Products Tab and view the AMD Product Compatibility chart.

Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)

VSR provides image quality enhancements to games and Windows® desktop users by rendering images at a higher resolution and then down-scaling the same. VSR support has now been extended to the following products:

AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R9 280 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Series    AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 380 Series    AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 370 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 360 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2            AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series    Desktop A-Series 7400K APUs and above

Below is a list of supported resolutions:

Frame Rate Target Control™ (FRTC)

FRTC allows the user to set a maximum frame rate when playing an application in full screen exclusive mode. This feature provides the following benefits:

• Reduced GPU power consumption
• Reduced system heat
• Lower fan speeds and less noise

This feature is supported on applications using DirectX® 10 or DirectX® 11 and on the following AMD graphics products:

AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R9 280 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Series    AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 380 Series    AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 370 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 360 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2            AMD Radeon™ HD 7700 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series

 

AMD FreeSync™ and AMD CrossFire™ Support

• AMD FreeSync™ and AMD CrossFire™ can now be used together in applications using DirectX® 10 or DirectX® 11. Please note, this feature is currently not supported on systems configured in AMD Dual Graphics mode.

Performance Optimizations

• Counter-Strike® : Global Offensive - Profile change to reduce Flip Queue Size - improves the latest positional information from the keyboard and mouse.

 

Resolved Issues:

• [421165] Battlefield™ Hardline becomes unresponsive after toggling the in-game Vsync option.
• [422261] Mantle based application may crash when system is woken from sleep mode
• [422291] Battlefield™ 4 may crash if run in Mantle mode with AMD Crossfire™ enabled
• [422273] A crash may be experienced on some AMD Radeon™ R9 300 series products while running the Unigene benchmark
• [422249] A 'missing Dll' error message may be experienced while doing an express uninstall of the current driver
• [421444] Transcoded clips may fail to play on some Drag and Drop devices
• [422853] Some systems experience a minor performance drop from 15.15 to 15.20 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with HairWorks enabled
• [422800] Some "Kaveri" APU-based systems may experience minor performance drop on PCMark8® Video Group Chat & Casual Gaming tests
• [422797] Display profiles are not retained after driver upgrade from 14.502 to 15.20
• [422249] DLL missing popup message may be encountered when performing an express uninstall of the display driver. This will not impact the uninstall process
• [422342] Cyberlink PowerDVD plays 3D content in 2D mode
• [421570] Audio driver is banged out for non-primary ASIC after enabling CF and rebooting system
• [422675] Intermittent BSOD occurs when launching a race in Dirt Rally™
• [422621] With quad AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled, TDR or blank display occurs when launching DirectX® 9 application in full screen
• [419871] BSOD observed when performing an express uninstall of the display driver in 4K resolution
• [422671] Flickering corruption may occur in Dirt Rally™ with Advanced Blending enabled
• [422672] Flickering corruption may occur in Dirt Rally™ when changing settings during gameplay
• [422056] 3DMark Farandole may crash when AMD Mantle is selected from the test suite

 

Known Issues: 

• [424127] The Firefox browser may crash while opening multiple tabs (2 or more)
• Disabling hardware acceleration or opening multiple windows instead of multiple tabs is a temporary workaround solution
• [423536] F1™ 2015 may experience poor AMD Crossfire™ scaling
• [423976] GTA V may crash on extended gameplay on some AMD Radeon™ R9 300 series products
• [423982] Grid: Autosport™ and Batman™:  Arkham Knight may not launch on some Intel+AMD configurations
• [423651] Applying Video Quality (VQ) settings while playing Flash/HTML5 content may result in screen flicker
• [420370] The Frame Rate option is erroneously displayed in the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center Performance Tab for systems with Intel processors and AMD GPUs.
• [423656] A Blue Screen error may be encountered on some AMD Radeon ™ R9 300 series products if AMD Crossfire™ is enabled/disabled while BluRay or DVD playback is in progress
• [423520] AMD Dual Graphics may not be available on some AMD A10-5750M-equipped laptops
• [423824] Unable to create an SLS in Eyefinity if a 5K display is part of the SLS.
• [423759] Fill SLS mode will not apply when 2560x1600 resolution and 2560x1440 resolution displays are used
• [423378] Dirt Rally™ may show corruption in game textures after installing the V500 game update
• [423969] System may hang while running the 3D Mark 2011 benchmark in a loop on some AMD Radeon™ R9 200 series products.
• [422748] Battlefield™ Hardline may experience stuttering during game play
• [422806] Battlefield™ Hardline crashes on pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del while running in AMD Mantle mode
• [423311] A TDR error may be experienced when running the Windows Metro camera application.
• [422944] Fire in Total War™ : Attila may experience corruption when in AMD CrossFire™ mode
• [422291] Battlefield™ 4 triggers TDR and crash when running in AMD Mantle mode
• [421719] Flickering and intermittent display blanking out with LG31MU97 if resolution is set above 1920x1080
• [422674] Corruption may occur in Dirt Rally™ with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled
• [421388] AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Series may experience screen corruption in 3Dmark11 "Deep Sea" Demo
• [422623] Rage: In game cinematic may stutter when quad AMD Crossfire™ mode is enabled
• [421110] The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt - Corruption may be observed when AA is enabled in AMD Crossfire™ mode

 

AMD Product Compatibility:

Desktop:

AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series    ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

All-In-One Desktop:

AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series

APU:

Desktop                                                      Mobile
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R4 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics   AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon™ R2 Graphics

Notebook:

MD Radeon™ R9 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

Compatible Operating Systems:

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.7.1 is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit) 

AMD Catalyst 15.8 Beta

Package Contents

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.8 Beta Driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.201.1151

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.8 Beta Windows Driver

• This driver provides support for the Oculus 0.7 SDK on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. More information on the Oculus 0.7 SDK can be found at the following link on the Oculus Developer site:

Performance Optimizations

• Batman™: Arkham Knight - Performance and quality/stability updates
• Ashes of the Singularity - Performance optimizations for DirectX® 12

Resolved Issues:

• [424009] Adobe® Lightroom may crash if GPU rendering is enabled
• [423336] Mouse cursor coordinates may be swapped on some 3x1 Eyefinity configurations
• [421110] The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt - Corruption may be observed when AA is enabled in AMD CrossFire™ mode
• [424127] The Firefox browser may crash while opening multiple tabs (2 or more)
• [425168] Anti Aliasing settings are not retained after Applying in the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center
• [425156] System hangs when launching Call of Duty® - Modern Warfare 3 or Diablo™ III
• [424776] Metal Gear Solid® : Ground Zero may crash when launched
• [425421] Call Of Duty®: Black Ops III - texture corruption observed when launched in DirectX® 11 mode
• [425452] Sword Coast Legends - FRTC settings are not activated in the game
• [411945] Project CARS may experience corruption when AA is set to D2SM
• [425382] A green screen may be observed on some "Llano"/"Ontario" APU's when playing video under Windows 10
• [424330] Watch Dogs™ may experience flickering / corruption after changing game resolution
• [425440] AMD HDMI® Audio is disabled after driver installation
• [423013] F1 2015™ may experience flickering during gameplay or in game benchmarking
• [422551] Call of Duty® - Advanced Warfare may freeze randomly when run in Quad CrossFire mode
• [424168] Text corruption observed when using Windows 10 Mapp application
• [424222] System may hang when installing the driver on a Windows 10 system with 2 or more GPUs
• [424710] "Device being used by another application" error is displayed when attempting audio playback on Windows 7 systems

Known Issues:

• [423924] Unable to create an Eyefinity SLS if one of the displays is a MST display device
• [423759] Unable to apply Fill mode in Eyefinity if 2560x1600 and 2560x1440 resolutions are used together
• [425484] DiRT Rally™ crashes during gameplay and benchmarking when launched in DirectX 11® mode on some BENQ 144HZ Freesync monitors
• [425496] Mad Max - Color corruption is observed when Alt+Ctrl+Del is pressed followed by the Escape key
• [422806] Battlefield™ Hardline crashes on pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del while running in AMD Mantle mode
• [422674] Corruption may occur in DiRT Rally™ with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled
• [425417] Windows 10 driver installation may halt on some systems with an AMD 990FX chipset and AMD CrossFire™ enabled
• As a temporary workaround, please uninstall the existing driver before installing the AMD Catalyst™ 15.8 Beta driver
• [425432] Some BENQ 144hz Freesync monitors may lose the signal while uninstalling the driver
• [425659] Assassin's Creed® Unity may experience minor frame stutter when AMD CrossFire™ mode is enabled

AMD Product Compatibility:

Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series    ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

All-In-One Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series

APU:
Desktop:                                                      Mobile:
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R4 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics   AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon™ R2 Graphics

Notebook:
AMD Radeon™ R9 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.9.1 Beta Driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.201.1151

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.9.1 Beta Windows Driver

Performance Optimizations:

• Star Wars™: Battlefront Beta - Performance and quality optimizations
• Fable Legends : Includes the latest DirectX® 12 optimizations for the Fable Legends: Benchmark

Resolved Issues:

• [59474] Diablo 3 crashes in the Act 2 Desolate Sands area of the game
• [59081] The AMD Catalyst Control Center 'update' option fails to download the latest driver
• [58800] Dragon Age: Inquisition may crash if launched in Mantle mode
• [58781] The DirectX® Diagnostic tool does not report DirectX® 12 available on supported products
• [58677] World of Warships may crash on some AMD Radeon HD5000 and HD6000 series products
• [58646] Assassin's Creed® Unity may experience minor frame stutter when AMD CrossFire™ mode is enabled
• [58485] Anti Aliasing settings not being retained after changes are applied
• [58450] Some BENQ 144hz Freesync™ monitors may lose the signal while uninstalling the driver
• [58495] DiRT Rally™ crashes during gameplay and benchmarking when launched in DirectX® 11 mode on some BENQ 144HZ Freesync monitors

Known Issues:

• [57189] GTA V crashes on some AMD Radeon R9 390X GPU's
• [76899] Star Wars: Battlefront Bata -  Flickering may be experience if AMD Crossfire is enabled
• [56099] Corruption may occur in DiRT Rally™ with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled
• [59792] A black screen may be encountered on bootup on Windows 10 systems. The system will ultimately continue to the Windows login screen.
• [76930] Intermittent playback issues with Cyberlink PoweDVD when connecting to a 3D display with an HDMI cable
• [76924] A TDR error may be experienced while toggling between minimized and maximized mode while viewing 4K Youtube content
• [59475] Elite: Dangerous - poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode
• [59298] Final Fantasy XIV - Heavensward may crash when run in DirectX 11® mode and borderless window mode
• [58870] Some applications may fail to launch on some Mobility platforms when launched in High Performance mode
• [425417] Windows 10 driver installation may halt on some systems with an AMD 990FX chipset and AMD CrossFire™ enabled
• [58506] Mad Max - Color corruption is observed when Alt+Ctrl+Del is pressed followed by the Escape key

AMD Product Compatibility:

Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series    ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

All-In-One Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series

APU: AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.9 Beta on Windows® 7 (32 & 64-bit),  Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows® 10 (64-bit).
Desktop:                                                      Mobile:
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R4 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics   AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon™ R2 Graphics

Notebook:
AMD Radeon™ R9 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 15.10 Beta

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.201.1151.1005

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Windows Driver

Performance Optimizations

• Ashes of the Singularity™ -  DirectX® 12 Quality and Performance optimizations

Resolved Issues:

• [77786] Video playback of MPEG2 video fails with a playback error/error code message
• [77754] A TDR error or crash is experienced when running the Unreal Engine 4 DirectX® benchmark
• [77073] Star Wars™: Battlefront is able to use high performance graphics when launched on mobile devices with switchable graphics
• [76930] Intermittent playback issues with Cyberlink PowerDVD when connecting to a 3D display with an HDMI™ cable
• [59403] Ashes of the Singularity™ - A 'Driver has stopped responding' error may be experienced in DirectX® 12 mode
• [58435] Driver installation may halt on some configurations
• [76924] A TDR error may be experienced while toggling between minimized and maximized mode while viewing 4K YouTube content

Known Issues:

• [77970] Ashes of the Singularity™ may crash on some AMD 300 series GPUs
• [59528] Core clock fluctuations may be experienced when FreeSync™ and FRTC are both enabled on some AMD CrossFire™ systems
• [58233] Ashes of the Singularity™ may fail to launch on some GPUs with 2GB Video Memory. AMD continues to work with Stardock to resolve the issue. In the meantime, deleting the game config file helps resolve the issue
• [77255] The secondary display adapter is missing in the Device Manager and the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center after installing the driver on a Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 system
• [59475] Elite: Dangerous - poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode
• [59792] A black screen may be encountered on bootup on Windows® 10 systems. The system will ultimately continue to the Windows login screen

AMD Product Compatibility:

Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series    ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

All-In-One Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series

APU: AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.9 Beta on Windows® 7 (32 & 64-bit),  Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows® 10 (64-bit).
Desktop:                                                      Mobile:
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R4 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics   AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon™ R2 Graphics

Notebook:
AMD Radeon™ R9 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

 

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 15.11 Beta

This driver contains quality and performance optimisations for Call of Duty: Black Ops III (DX11 with Crossfire may cause flickering), resolved Ashes of the Singularity crash on 300-series GPUs and potential launch failure for 2GB GPUs, plus other big fixes. Issues for Batman: Arkham Knight that is noted for crashing at certain locations within the game, and Elite: Dangerous still suffers bad performance in SuperCruise mode. For those curious to ask, this isn't the new AMD driver suite Crimson that VC recently reported on and is expected at the end of this month.

The AMD Catalyst Software Suite, AMD Catalyst 15.11 Beta Driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst Display Driver version 15.201.1151.1007

Highlights of AMD Catalyst 15.11 Beta Windows Driver

Performance Optimizations

• Call of Duty: Black Ops III  - includes quality and performance optimizations

Resolved Issues:

• [79796] The Oculus runtime may crash on launch
• [79577] The Intel graphics is flagged in an error state in the Device Manager in systems with switchable graphics
• [78654] An error may be experienced when installing the latest graphics driver package on some AMD Radeon R9 380 series products
• [77255] The secondary graphics adapter is missing in the Device Manager and the AMD Catalyst Control Center after installation of the driver
• [77176] A TDR error is experienced when launching Star Wars: Battlefront while a You Tube video plays in the background
• [59792] An extended black screen may be experienced during bootup under Windows 10 between the Windows Logo and the Windows login prompt
• [77970] Ashes of the Singularity may crash on some AMD 300 series GPUs
• [58233] Ashes of the Singularity may fail to launch on some GPUs with 2GB Video Memory.

Known Issues:

• [79824] Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Flickering may be observed when running the game in DirectX 11 mode and with AMD Crossfire enabled
• [79484] Batman: Arkham Knight - An application crash may be experienced at some game locations
• [78912] A black screen may be experienced on booting Windows 10 on some systems with switchable graphics  -  with AMD Radeon HD5000 series graphics cards,  when connected to an HDMI monitor
• [59475] Elite: Dangerous - poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Catalyst 15.11 Beta Driver is compatible with the following AMD products.

Desktop

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series	AMD Radeon R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon Nano Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon R9 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon R7 300 Series	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
AMD Radeon R7 200 Series

All-In-One Desktop    

AMD Radeon HD 7600A Series	AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon HD 7450A Series	AMD Radeon HD 6350A Series

APU
"Kaveri", "Godavari", and "Carrizo" series APUs are only supported by AMD Catalyst 15.11 Beta on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit) and Windows 8.1 64-bit and Windows 10 (64-bit)

Desktop	Mobile
A-Series with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon R2 Graphics

AMD Notebook
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

AMD Radeon R9 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R7 M300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
AMD Radeon R5 M300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series

Compatible Operating Systems

AMD Catalyst 15.11 Beta is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 15.11.1 Beta

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.11.1 Beta Driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.201.1151.1010

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.11.1 Beta Windows Driver

Performance Optimizations:

Includes quality and performance optimizations for the following titles:

• Star Wars™: Battlefront
• Fallout 4
• Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
• Call of Duty® : Black Ops III

Known Issues:

• [80314] Assassin's Creed® Syndicate - Game cannot be launched in full screen mode on some laptop systems  with an Intel processor and an AMD graphics device
• [80119] Star Wars™ :  Battlefront - Game cannot be launched in full screen mode on some laptop systems with an Intel processor and an AMD graphics device.
• [79824] Call of Duty® : Black Ops III - Flickering may be observed when running the game in DirectX® 11  mode and with AMD Crossfire™ enabled
• [59475] Elite: Dangerous - poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode
• [78912] A black screen may be experienced on booting Windows® 10 on some systems with switchable graphics  -  with AMD Radeon™ HD5000 series graphics cards,  when connected to an HDMI monitor
• [99999] Far Cry 4: The game may hang on launch on some AMD Radeon™ 200 and 300 series products under Windows® 7 and Windows® 8.1

AMD Product Compatibility:

Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series    ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

All-In-One Desktop:
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series

APU: AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.9 Beta on Windows® 7 (32 & 64-bit),  Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows® 10 (64-bit).
Desktop:                                                      Mobile:
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R5 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R4 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
A-Series with AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
FX-8800P with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics   AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series
E-Series AMD with  Radeon™ R2 Graphics

Notebook:
AMD Radeon™ R9 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 M300 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

 

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

AMD Crimson Edition

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Driver version 15.30.1025

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition
Radeon Software Crimson Edition is AMD’s revolutionary new graphics software that delivers redesigned functionality, supercharged graphics performance, remarkable new features, and innovation that redefines the overall user experience.

Radeon Settings:
Radeon Settings is the new, streamlined user interface, engineered to bring out the best of AMD graphics hardware. User-friendly and feature-rich, Radeon Settings is lightning fast and starts upto 10x times faster than the previous AMD Catalyst Control Center. Radeon Settings provides a brand new game manager, improved AMD Overdrive options per game and new video, display and Eyefinity tabs.

New Install UI:
The driver installer now provides a brand new, streamlined user experience with a reduced number of clicks required, providing better usability and an easy to install user experience.

Liquid VR:
The AMD Radeon Software Crimson edition is the first publicly available driver that enables all LiquidVR features, which are currently being validated and tested by VR headset manufacturers and ecosystem partners.

Asynchronous Shaders:
A feature that has been extensively used by game console developers is now available to PC Gamers. Asychronous Shaders break complex serial workloads into smaller parallel tasks, thereby allowing idle GPU resources to be used more efficiently and parallel workloads allow tasks to be completed much faster.

Shader Cache:
The shader cache feature allows complex shaders to be cached, thereby resulting in reduced game load times, lower CPU usage and reduced stuttering and latency during gameplay.

Optimized Flip Queue Size:
The optimized Flip Queue Size provides users with the very latest keyboard and mouse positional information during gameplay to reduce input latency on DirectX 9 , DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications. This feature is a driver optimization, therefore it is automatically enabled and requires no user configuration or setup.

Freesync Enhancements:
  ○ Minimum/Maximum display rate is now listed in Radeon Settings
  ○ Low framerate compensation to reduce or eliminate judder when application FPS falls below the minimum refresh rate of an AMD Freesync enabled display
  ○ New support for AMD Freesync with AMD Crossfire in DirectX 9 titles

Custom Resolution Support:
This feature provides users more control over display capabilities allowing the user to create custom display profiles to attempt to drive their display with chosen resolution, timings, refresh rates and pixel clocks.

Frame Pacing Enhancements:
Frame pacing support is now extended to DirectX 9 titles.

Frame Rate Target Control Enhancements:
FRTC enhancements include: power saving capabilty, support for DirectX 9 titles and an extended range for target control (30 - 200 FPS).

Updated Video Feature support for 'Carrizo' products:
  ○ FluidMotion for smoothing playback of 24/30 FPS video using Cyberlink PowerDVD 15 for Blu‐Ray playback
  ○ Improved edge enhancement for sharper images
  ○ Improved de‐interlacing for interlaced content

Power Optimization:
Improved power optimizations for video, gaming and FRTC enabled gaming environments  (AMD Radeon R7 360, AMD Radeon R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 390 series and AMD Radeon Fury series)..

Directional Scaling:
Enhanced image quality for 1080p media content scaled to 4K resolution using adaptive directional filtering technology (AMD Radeon Fury products).

Dynamic Contrast Update:
Qualative changes are now content adaptive and provides video enthusiasts with improved video quality and contrast settings (AMD Radeon R8 285, AMD Radeon R9 380 and AMD Radeon Fury products).

DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 support:
Provides full support for DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 connections via certified dongles.

Resolved Issues:

[57198] GTA V - game crashes with a TDR error
[59298] Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward - game crashes when run in DirectX 11 mode on some AMD Radeon R9 390x series products
[76921] The AMD Radeon Settings application will use the system default browser when launching web content
[77703] A crackling noise is heard when running a 3D application in AMD Crossfire mode with Vsync enabled
[78455] Autodesk Max 2016 - A crash may be experienced when launching the application on some AMD Radeon products
[78465] Prepar3D - A TDR error may be experienced when launching the application on some AMD Radeon R9 200 and AMD Radeon R9 300 series products
[80838] A TDR error may be experienced when playing fullscreen video using the Windows 10 Movies & TV app on some laptops with AMD processors and GPU's
[80840] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Poor scaling may be experienced when launching the game in AMD Crossfire™ mode
[80939] Secondary adapter may display error code 43 when enabling/disabling AMD Crossfire
[81499] AMD Freesync does not function on some Intel + AMD laptop systems under Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
[81531] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Flickering may be observed on rain drops that fall on in game characters
[81593] A BSOD error may be encountered when launching Bluray / Windows Media Player with a wireless display
[81790] Skype - The system may hang when connecting to a 1080p video call
[81827] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Random corruption may be experienced in-game
[99999] AMD Freesync does not function if a Youtube video is playing alongside a 3D application

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition is compatible with the following AMD products.

Desktop

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
AMD Radeon R9 Nano Series	AMD Radeon R7 230 Series
AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8500+ Series
AMD Radeon R9 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7700+ Series
AMD Radeon R7 300 Series

APU
AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition  on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit),  Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows 10 (64-bit).

Desktop	Mobile
AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R7	AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R3
AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R6	AMD FX-8800P APUs with AMD Radeon R7
AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R5	AMD E-Series APUs with Radeon R2
AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R4	AMD Radeon™ HD 8500+ Series

AMD Notebook
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

AMD Radeon R9 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R7 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R5 M300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8500M +  Series
AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7700M + Series

Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

64-BIT

CRIMSON 64-bit W10

CRIMSON 64-bit W8.1

CRIMSON 64-bit W7

32-BIT

CRIMSON 32-bit W10

CRIMSON 32-bit W8.1

CRIMSON 32-bit W7

AMD Crimson Edition

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update Driver version 15.30.1025.1001

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition
Radeon Software Crimson Edition is AMD’s revolutionary new graphics software that delivers redesigned functionality, supercharged graphics performance, remarkable new features, and innovation that redefines the overall user experience.

Spoiler

Radeon Settings:
Radeon Settings is the new, streamlined user interface, engineered to bring out the best of AMD graphics hardware. User-friendly and feature-rich, Radeon Settings is lightning fast and starts upto 10x times faster than the previous AMD Catalyst Control Center. Radeon Settings provides a brand new game manager, improved AMD Overdrive options per game and new video, display and Eyefinity tabs.

New Install UI:
The driver installer now provides a brand new, streamlined user experience with a reduced number of clicks required, providing better usability and an easy to install user experience.

Liquid VR:
The AMD Radeon Software Crimson edition is the first publicly available driver that enables all LiquidVR features, which are currently being validated and tested by VR headset manufacturers and ecosystem partners.

Asynchronous Shaders:
A feature that has been extensively used by game console developers is now available to PC Gamers. Asychronous Shaders break complex serial workloads into smaller parallel tasks, thereby allowing idle GPU resources to be used more efficiently and parallel workloads allow tasks to be completed much faster.

Shader Cache:
The shader cache feature allows complex shaders to be cached, thereby resulting in reduced game load times, lower CPU usage and reduced stuttering and latency during gameplay.

Optimized Flip Queue Size:
The optimized Flip Queue Size provides users with the very latest keyboard and mouse positional information during gameplay to reduce input latency on DirectX 9 , DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications. This feature is a driver optimization, therefore it is automatically enabled and requires no user configuration or setup.

Freesync Enhancements:
  ○ Minimum/Maximum display rate is now listed in Radeon Settings
  ○ Low framerate compensation to reduce or eliminate judder when application FPS falls below the minimum refresh rate of an AMD Freesync enabled display
  ○ New support for AMD Freesync with AMD Crossfire in DirectX 9 titles

Custom Resolution Support:
This feature provides users more control over display capabilities allowing the user to create custom display profiles to attempt to drive their display with chosen resolution, timings, refresh rates and pixel clocks.

Frame Pacing Enhancements:
Frame pacing support is now extended to DirectX 9 titles.

Frame Rate Target Control Enhancements:
FRTC enhancements include: power saving capabilty, support for DirectX 9 titles and an extended range for target control (30 - 200 FPS).

Updated Video Feature support for 'Carrizo' products:
  ○ FluidMotion for smoothing playback of 24/30 FPS video using Cyberlink PowerDVD 15 for Blu‐Ray playback
  ○ Improved edge enhancement for sharper images
  ○ Improved de‐interlacing for interlaced content

Power Optimization:
Improved power optimizations for video, gaming and FRTC enabled gaming environments  (AMD Radeon R7 360, AMD Radeon R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 390 series and AMD Radeon Fury series)..

Directional Scaling:
Enhanced image quality for 1080p media content scaled to 4K resolution using adaptive directional filtering technology (AMD Radeon Fury products).

Dynamic Contrast Update:
Qualative changes are now content adaptive and provides video enthusiasts with improved video quality and contrast settings (AMD Radeon R8 285, AMD Radeon R9 380 and AMD Radeon Fury products).

DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 support:
Provides full support for DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 connections via certified dongles.

 

Resolved Issues:

Known Issues with 15.11.1 Update:

AMD Product Compatibility:

Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

Crimson 15.11.1 32-bit

Crimson 15.11.1 64-bit

AMD Crimson Edition

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Beta  contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Beta Driver version 15.30.1025.1001

AMD Crimson Edition

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12 contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12 Driver version 15.30.1025.1001

AMD Product Compatibility:

Compatible Operating Systems

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Crimson 15.12 WHQL Win7 32-bit

Crimson 15.12 WHQL Win7 64-bit

Crimson 15.12 WHQL Win8.1 32-bit

Crimson 15.12 WHQL Win8.1 64-bit

Crimson 15.12 WHQL Win10 32-bit

Crimson 15.12 WHQL Win10 64-bit

AMD Crimson Edition

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 Hotfix Driver contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 Hotfix Driver Version 15.301.1201

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 Hotfix
Basically, this driver provides fixes for the following issues:

Known Issues:

AMD Product Compatibility:

Compatible Operating Systems

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Crimson 16.1 WHQL Win7,8.1/10 32-bit

Crimson 16.1 WHQL Win7/8.1/10 64-bit

AMD Crimson Edition

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 (Legacy) Driver contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 (Legacy) Driver Version 15.301.1201

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 (Legacy) - For non GCN GPUs
Basically, this driver provides fixes for the following issues:

Known Issues:

AMD Product Compatibility:

Compatible Operating Systems

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Crimson 16.1 (Legacy) Win7/8.1/10 32-bit

Crimson 16.1 (Legacy) Win7/8.1/10 64-bit

AMD Crimson Edition

Highlights

• Performance/Quality improvements and an AMD Crossfire™ profile is available for Rise of the Tomb Raider™
• An AMD Crossfire™ profile is available for Fallout 4

Resolved Issues:

Known Issues:

AMD Product Compatibility:

Compatible Operating Systems:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Crimson 16.1.1 WHQL Win7/8.1/10 32-bit

Crimson 16.1.1 WHQL Win7/8.1/10 64-bit

AMD Radeon 16.15.1009 Beta (Vulkan)

Package Contents The AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan Version 16.15.1009

Please note that this initial Windows driver is not packaged with DirectX driver components, so it is not a suitable replacement for your everyday graphics driver. Information on Vulkan are listed by Khronos Group here, specifications are listed on GitHub here.

NOTE:
This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support.

When installing the AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan on the Windows operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan.

The AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.

AMD Product Compatibility

The AMD Radeon Software for Vulkan is compatible with the following AMD products.

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Desktop
The AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
AMD Radeon R9 Nano Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8500 - HD 8900 Series
AMD Radeon R9 200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7700 - HD 7900 Series

APU
AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows 10 (64-bit).

Desktop	Mobile
AMD Radeon R9 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R7 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R5 M300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8500M - HD 8900M Series
AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7700M - HD 7900M Series

AMD Notebook
AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

AMD Radeon R9 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R7 M300 Series	AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series
AMD Radeon R5 M300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8500M - HD 8900M Series
AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7700M- HD 7900M Series

Important Notes

• This product is based on a published Khronos specification but has not yet passed the Khronos Conformance Test Process. A fully conformant implementation of the Vulkan API will be included in a forthcoming Radeon Software release.
• This driver is intended as beta level support for use solely with Vulkan applications and as such some Radeon Software functionality has been removed. This is including and not limited to support for other Graphics APIs, Radeon Settings and other Radeon Software driver features.

Known Issues

• Some AMD PowerXpress systems may experience instability
• Windows re-sizing in some applications may cause an application crash
• HDMI and DP to DVI adapters on Windows 7 may intermittently cause display issues

AMD Issue Reporting Form

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, visit the AMD Issue Reporting Form.

Compatible Operating Systems

AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

WINDOWS

Windows 7/8.1/10 (32-bit + 64-bit)