Catalyst 14.6 Beta

[LLv34_Flanker]

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 AMD will be releasing a new set of drivers this week with new features and fixes Worth giving them a try. At least Guru3D is discussing them on forums and usually have links to download quite fast  Some 600km away from home so can not test them myself until weekend though

Edited May 27, 2014 by LLv34_Flanker

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Links are always helpfull to emphasize ones post

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=389479

 

 

 

The most interesting changes or updates are the multiple resolutions for guys with maybe one 27" and twice a 24" monitor.

 

 

Changelog:

Performance-Verbesserungen:

Watch Dogs:

• AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 4xMSAA – improves up to 25%
• AMD Radeon R9 290X - 2560x1600 4xMSAA – improves up to 28%
• AMD Radeon R9 290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra settings, MSAA = 4X) - 92% scaling

Murdered: Soul Suspect:

• AMD Radeon R9 290X – 2560x1600 4xMSAA – improves up to 16%
• AMD Radeon R9 290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra settings, MSAA = 4X) - 93% scaling

AMD Eyefinity Verbesserungen:

• 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 technologyEnables support for Multi-GPU configurations with Thief (requires the latest Thief update)
  • 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
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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

 

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