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    Anyone try out the AMD 14.6 RC2 driver?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Dark9T, Jun 25, 2014.

  1. Dark9T

    Dark9T Notebook Geek

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    AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC2 (14.200.1004.0 June 20)

    Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.6 RC Driver for Windows

    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

    3DMark Sky Diver improvements:
    AMD A4 6300 – improves up to 4%
    Enables AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire support

    Grid Auto Sport:
    AMD CrossFire profile

    Wildstar:
    Power Xpress profile
    Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application

    Watch Dogs:
    AMD CrossFire – Frame pacing improvements
    Battlefield Hardline Beta:
    AMD CrossFire profile

    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 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


    Download:
    http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx
     
    Dark9T, Jun 25, 2014
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    tried and can start up windows
     
    littlecx, Jun 25, 2014
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    Dark9T Notebook Geek

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    good news!! haha
     
    Dark9T, Jun 26, 2014
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Tried it and its more stable then beta... No crashes :)
     
    TomJGX, Jun 26, 2014
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    I'll take that back... Crashed at War thunder 2 times yesterday.. It seems to be more of an issue with switchable graphics but it still crashes with War thunder just like 14.6 beta...
     
    TomJGX, Jun 28, 2014
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    hows the OCing with this driver? you still using this driver?
     
    Dark9T, Jun 29, 2014
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