AMD 15.3 beta drivers now out

[Elixer]

Saw this @ rage3d:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

[snip]

*edit Sam's post is much more clear.

Mods, feel free to nuke my post, and make Sam's post be "official"

 

[Warsam71]

Hello everyone,

Click here to download the driver.

Driver Highlights:

AMD Freesync™ Support for single GPU product configurations:

AMD Freesync technology support is now available for single GPU configurations. For more information on how Freesync works, FAQ's and what products are currently supported, please visit the Freesync Technology Page.

Please refer to the screenshot below for how to enable FreeSync within Catalyst Control Center.

Mixed Rotation Eyefinity now available on Radeon™ R9 285 series
AMD Radeon™ R9 285 now supports Mixed Rotation Eyefinity for "0" and "90" degrees rotations

More information is available at the following link.

In addition this release includes new Crossfire profiles for:

Battlefield Hardline
Evolve
Far Cry 4
Lords of the Fallen
Project Cars
Total War: Attila

Furthermore, this release includes improved Crossfire profiles for:

Alien Isolation
Assassin's Creed Unity
Civilization - Beyond Earth
FIFA 2015
Grid Autosport
Ryse: Son of Rome
Talos Principle
The Crew


For instructions on how to uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, you may refer to the following support resources:

How-To Uninstall AMD Catalyst™ Drivers From A Windows® Based System
How-To Install AMD Catalyst™ Drivers For A Windows® Based System

Please make sure to read the Feature Highlights and the Known Issues sections to learn more about this version of the driver and use the Issue Reporting Form to report any bugs – Thank you!


Resolved Issues:
Screens may blank out when enabling a 3x1 SLS with 3 HDMI monitors
Leadwerks : Project Manager crashes with a "Pure Virtual Function Call" error
Second Life : Rigged mesh objects are not rendered correctly when hardware skinning is enabled in the in game settings
Star Trek Online : Block corruption is experienced when MSAA is enabled in the in game settings
System hangs/BSOD upon resuming from S3/S4 sleep on AMD Radeon™ R9 285 configured in AMD CrossFire™ mode
With AMD CrossFire™ enabled, Timeout Detection Recovery (TDR) occurs during actual gameplay when YouTube Mix moves to the next song in Firefox
Screen tearing on enabling VSync with Alien: Isolation game
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 HD series GPU's.
Primary display may not be retained after disabling Crossfire while in Eyefinity mode
Enabling or disabling Crossfire may lead to one side of the 4K MST display being shown as black
Minor stuttering may be seen in Dragon Age Inquisition on Single and Multi GPU configurations​
Total War : Attilla - The game may hang during in game cinematics on certain Kaveri platforms with a separate discrete GPU
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim : Fog / Clouds may flicker on Radeon HD 5800 series products


Important Note:
The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Dying Light is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Techland to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.


Known Issues:
Lord of Fallen : Flickering may be observed during gameplay on some 3D monitors
FIFA 2015 : On a limited number of AMD APU + AMD GPU configurations a crash may be experienced if the "No Limit on FPS" game option is enabled
Dragon Age inquisition : Random game crashes may be experienced in Mantle mode
The Catalyst Control Center may hang when using the 'Check for Updates" option
Battlefield 4 : Screen tearing / Stutter may be experienced in Three way Crossfire setup in Eyefinity mode
A black screen may be experienced when attempting to enable Eyefinity after changing the display mode (Portrait, Landscape)
Pull down detection fails to lock in Metro Video playback applications
A system restart or hang may be observed on sleep/resume while transcoding video with Media Espresso
Battlefield Hardline : Changing resolution from low to high and enabling Vsync may result in intermittent corruption and stutter. Restarting the game is a temporary solution to the problem
Some 5K displays may experience flickering on some AMD E-Series APU's
Frame drops may be experienced with Blu-Ray playback on certain AMD Kaveri APU's when connected to 5K displays
Total War: Attila - The game may randomly restart when first launched
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Intermittent flickering may be observed when accessing the in game menu
Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash when launched on R9 285 series products with Crossfire and Mantle enabled
Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash on first launch when in High Performance mode
Freesync does not work after hotplugging the display with Windows Aero (DWM) off
A temporary workaround is to toggle Windows Aero on/off or by restarting Windows
Freesync is not enabled in Diablo III unless Vsync is enabled in the game
A temporary workaround is to enable Vsync in the game

 

[cusideabelincoln]

I thought VSR would be added for Tahiti cards? I don't see the option.

 

[gradoman]

Ooh, thanks!

 

[mindbomb]

http://youtu.be/toKoNnjOQ88

Recording of mantle games running 1680x1050 is still bugged.

 

[Elixer]

Um, Sam, these drivers list the exact same version #'s as the Omega drivers.
Only thing new is the openGL driver.
The rest (D3D & Mantle) are the exact same?

Here is a pic of the versions:

*edit, seems the files are changed, but, for whatever reason, they didn't update the version numbers

 

[Vesku]

I thought VSR would be added for Tahiti cards? I don't see the option.

Going to be frustrating if GCN 1.0 is left out. Although it may just be a consequence of their driver release schedule falling behind:

AMD says it plans to add support for Radeon R-series cards from the R7 260 up, but only in a "phase 2" driver due in January or February 2015. The company says adding support for those lower-end cards requires it to "explore a new implementation vs. what's in Omega," which will "take additional time"—hence the delay.

http://techreport.com/news/27483/vsr-is-amd-answer-to-nvidia-dsr-tech

 

[DiogoDX]

4 months for the same 14.12 with freesync and crossfire profiles. They need the separate CAPs back asap.

 

[monstercameron]

hmm what about win10?

 

[Elixer]

hmm what about win10?

IIRC, MS pushes those out, not AMD, so, if they are updated, it should be in windows update.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Warsam71,

Is it possible to update drivers without a reboot being required? (Like the Nvidia Geforce drv).

 

[psolord]

Um, Sam, these drivers list the exact same version #'s as the Omega drivers.
Only thing new is the openGL driver.
The rest (D3D & Mantle) are the exact same?

Here is a pic of the versions:

QFT.

The audio driver seems to have a minor update as well.

Also, is anyone having system hangs/game crashes with Assassin's Creed Unity in Crossfire mode?

 

[james1701]

I did notice on the Heaven benchmark the screen is not scaled full screen with this driver unlike the Omega.

I found that for some reason under desktop properties I would not give me a 1200x1600 or 1600x1200 resolution for my 2077FP. That was causing my flanking monitors to go out of range. It recognizes the monitors, and display resolutions under properties in my digital flat panel section.

 

[DownTheSky]

The folks @ Guru3d got VSR working on all GCN cards in 8.1 by using the Win 10 driver.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=397877

 

[Magic Carpet]

The folks @ Guru3d got VSR working on all GCN cards in 8.1 by using the Win 10 driver.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=397877

Interesting find. Thanks.