25 Nisan 2014 Cuma

AMD Catalyst Display Driver 14.4

AMD Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with ATI Radeon graphics processors. Certified by Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), AMD Catalyst Display Driver for Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and Windows XP operating systems deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation with advanced user-oriented features. This AMD Catalyst Software Suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalystsoftware suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. Precision controls for power users. Tweaks for gamers and video enthusiasts.
Simple wizard-assisted setup, easy multi-monitor configuration, and ultra reliable operation for working professionals. New user or seasoned expert, AMD Catalyst puts you in charge of The Ultimate Visual Experience.
• Industry-leading performance. AMD Catalyst boosts graphics performance with every new monthly release, including enhancements for popular Direct3D and OpenGL game titles.
• Innovative and exciting features. AMD Catalyst Software Suite includes the AMD Catalyst Control Center, delivering innovative features and unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with ATI Radeon graphics.
• Robust stability. ATI Catalyst drivers for Windows are Microsoft WHQL-certified, and include rigorously tested Linux drivers to deliver the industry’s most stable and reliable graphics performance.
The AMD Catalyst Software Suite, AMD Catalyst 14.4 contains the following:: 
* AMD Catalyst Display Driver version 14.10.1006
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* AMD Catalyst Control Center (version 14.10.1006)
Caution: The Catalyst software driver and the Catalyst Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from the same Catalyst release
Caution: The Catalyst Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 2.0 installed, the Catalyst Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.
The AMD Catalyst software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms: 
• Windows 8.1 32-bit version
• Windows 8.1 64-bit version
• Windows 8 32-bit version
• Windows 8 64-bit version
• Windows 7 32-bit version
• Windows 7 64-bit version
• Windows Vista 32-bit version
• Windows Vista 64-bit version
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
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AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Windows

AMD Catalyst Packages

NAMEFILE SIZEREVISION NUMBERRELEASE DATEDOWNLOAD LINK
Catalyst Software Suite281 MB14.44/25/2014Download
Description:
Package contains the following graphics drivers and dependent/required software for the products specified in the current version's official release notes for the 64 bit version of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1: 
                          Display Driver ver. 14.10.1006
                          OpenCL(tm) Driver ver. 10.0.1348.5
                          Catalyst Control Center
                          HydraVision
            Languages:
          Czech, Danish, German, Greek, US English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified).

 
 AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 14.4
This article provides information on the latest posting of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 14.4.
This particular software suite updates the AMD Catalyst Display Driver and the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine 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™ 14.4 contains the following:
    • AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 14.10.1006
    • Southbridge/IXP Driver
    • AMD Catalyst™ Control Center (version 14.10.1006) 
Installing The AMD Catalyst Software Driver

For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, please refer to the following support resources:
NOTES
    • 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 13.12 Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
    • These release notes provide information on the AMD Catalyst Display Driver only. For information on the AMD Multimedia Center™, HydraVision, HydraVision Basic Edition, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: http://support.amd.com/.
    • The AMD Catalyst 14.4 Software Suite requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is included in all Catalyst packages.
    • AMD Eyefinity technology is designed to give gamers access to high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics "horsepower" required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.
    • Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers are no longer bundled in the AMD Catalyst software suite. The WDM drivers install bundle can be downloaded independently through the AMD website.
AMD Product Compatibility
The AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 is compatible with the following AMD products.
AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility ​
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6550D Series
AMD Radeon R9 280 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6530D Series
AMD Radeon R9 270 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6500 Series
AMD Radeon R7 260 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6410D Series
AMD Radeon R7 250 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6370D Series
AMD Radeon R7 240 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6310D Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6300 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7800 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6200 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7700 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7660D SeriesATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7560D SeriesATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7300 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
AMD Radeon HD 6900 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
AMD Radeon HD 6800 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series​
AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series​

AMD Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised.
The Installation Verification Software is designed to prevent driver download on certain notebook products. This is to help protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised. In such a situation, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.
AMD Mobility Product Families ​
AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8000M SeriesAMD Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M SeriesAMD Mobility Radeon HD 5100 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6900M SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6620G Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6800M SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6520G Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300M SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6480G Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6380G Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6200 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6310G Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5800 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6250G Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5700 Series​
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5600 Series​
AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks using AMD chipsets ​

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release: 
    • Any notebook launched after this driver release
    • Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
    • Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
    • Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Compatible Operating Systems
The latest version of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 13.12 is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
    • Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
    • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit version)
    • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Windows Driver
    • Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
    • CrossFire fixes enhancements:
      • Crysis 3 – frame pacing improvements
      • Far Cry 3 – 3 and 4 GPU performance improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings
      • Anno 2070 – Improved CrossFire scaling up to 34%
      • Titanfall – Resolved in game flickering with CrossFire enabled
      • Metro Last Light – Improved Crossfire scaling up to 10%
      • Eyefinity 3x1 (with three 4K panels) no longer cuts off portions of the application
      • Stuttering has been improved in certain applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync Enabled
    • Full support for OpenGL 4.4
      • OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:
        • ARB_buffer_storage
        • ARB_enhanced_layouts
        • ARB_query_buffer_object
        • ARB_clear_texture
        • ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
        • ARB_texture_stencil8
        • ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
        • ARB_multi_bind
        • ARB_bindless_texture
        • ARB_spare_texture
        • ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
        • ARB_indirect_parameters
        • ARB_shader_group_vote
    • Mantle beta driver improvements: 
      • BattleField 4: Performance slowdown is no longer seen when performing a task switch/Alt-tab
      • BattleField 4: Fuzzy images when playing in rotated SLS resolution with an A10 Kaveri system
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23 Nisan 2014 Çarşamba

No 20nm Products from AMD this year either

The 20nm node remains to be problematic and as such companies stick to 28nm for the time being. Next in line is AMD who confirmed in an interview that the company will use 28nm this year throughout the year. According to the transcript of Advanced Micro Devices’ CEO Discusses Q1 2014 Results – Earnings Call, AMD will stick to 28nm process this year. The company is in the process of designing 20nm architecture and it will then move to FinFET 16nm.
 "I think what I said earlier sort of what we're doing in terms of technology strategy, we are 28 this year, we have 20-nanometer in design, and then FinFET thereafter. So that's the overall product portfolio," she said.
Both AMD and NVIDIA bake their GPUs at TSMC, which has faced delays in implementing its 20 nanometer silicon fab node transition, forcing both companies to come up with new GPUs on existing 28 nm nodes.
NVIDIA is expected to tape out its performance-segment GM204 and mid-range GM206 chips, both of which are 28 nm, later this month, and the first GeForce GTX products based on the two are expected to be released in late-Q4 2014 and early-Q1 2015, respectively.
Lisa Su – SVP and General Manager of Global Business Units

Sure, Chris. So let me take that and give you a little bit of our thinking.

So in terms of product and technology selection, certainly we need to be at the leading-edge of the technology roadmap. So what we’ve said in the past is certainly this year all of our products are in 28-nanometer across both, you know, graphics client and our semi-custom business. We are, you know, actively in the design phase for 20-nanometer and that will come to production. And then clearly we’ll go to FinFET. So that would be the progression of it.

Lisa Su – SVP and General Manager of Global Business Units
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21 Nisan 2014 Pazartesi

AMD 64-bit ARM chips are already sampling

ARM based processors will be a big thing for AMD, AMD's 64-bit ARM-based server chips, code-named "Seattle", will come to market late this year already. "We've reached a significant milestone in our ambidextrous strategy," said AMD CEO Rory Read, using the company's term for its two-fisted x86 and ARM server-chip one-two punch during a conference call after announcing AMD's financial results for the first quarter of 2014 on Thursday.
"We have introduced Seattle, our first 64-bit ARM server processor and the industry's first at 28nm technology, positioning AMD as the only SoC provider to bridge the x86 and ARM ecosystems for server applications," he said. "We are excited to announce that we have started sampling Seattle last quarter and plan to ship in the fourth quarter of 2014."
"There's been a lot of customer interest around Seattle," said AMD's SVP and GM of global business units Lisa Su, also on the call, "certainly for the server guys, the hyperscale guys, and even some adjacent markets."
The two most important things that AMD is working on in the run-up to Seattle's release, Su said, are platform development and software development – but AMD is making no promises about how much Seattle is going to bring to the company's bottom line.
"Relative to revenue, it's probably too early to tell what's going to happen in 2015, but I'd say the interest in the platform is quite high," she said.
From Read's point of view, AMD's timing is spot on. "We're catching it just as the wave is forming," he said. "This is going to be an important market over the next three, five, 10 years."
Su also said that although it's in AMD's business plan to have Seattle appear in its SeaMicro systems, don't expect to see that happen when Seattle debuts late this year. Such systems are in development, she said, but also emphasized that "the Q4 statement was a chip statement."
The SeaMicro fabric certainly gives AMD a leg-up over other 64-bit ARM players, but from Su's point of view that's not the only attraction of the Seattle project. "There's general interest in ARM, there's interest in trying out the new workloads," she said.
"I think we see the fabric as an important differentiator, but we see that as a long-term differentiator in the systems portion of the business.
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AMD Never Settle Forever bundle Now In Effect

AMD just announced their Never Settle Forever game bundle promotion. Basically you purchase selected Radeon graphics cards, and you will receive free games. This new bundle is split into three groups:buyers of the R9 280/290/295X2 series get three free games, the R7 260 and R9 270 series get two games and the R5 250 and R7 240 get one game. AMD will let you use your keys till August 2014.
This bundle will change as new titles will be added, so even if you reclaim two of your game now, you will still be able to reclaim the game that is not even on the list yet. At this point it is unknown which games will be added later. AMD has also added 4 indie game, which will be available in a pack of two, so one choice equals two indie games (see below for the list).
So we see some  games such as Hitman, Tomb Raider and Thief but also classics such as Just Cause 2 and Dirt 3. Considering the fact that you are basically getting them for free, you can’t really argue the additional value.
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AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows® Operating System

The AM D Catalyst™ 14.4 Release Candidate Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

NOTE! This Catalyst Driver is provided "AS IS", and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided with it.

Installing The AMD Catalyst Software Driver
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, please refer to the following support resources:

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows
    • Support for the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X
    • CrossFire™ fixes enhancements:
      • Crysis 3 – frame pacing improvements
      • Far Cry 3 – 3 and 4 GPU performance improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings
      • Anno 2070 – Improved CrossFire scaling up to 34%
      • Titanfall – Resolved in game flickering with CrossFire enabled
      • Metro Last Light – Improved Crossfire scaling up to 10%
      • Eyefinity 3x1 (with three 4K panels) no longer cuts off portions of the application
      • Stuttering has been improved in certain applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync Enabled
    • Full support for OpenGL 4.4
      • OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:
        • ARB_buffer_storage
        • ARB_enhanced_layouts
        • ARB_query_buffer_object
        • ARB_clear_texture
        • ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
        • ARB_texture_stencil8
        • ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
        • ARB_multi_bind
        • ARB_bindless_texture
        • ARB_spare_texture
        • ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
        • ARB_indirect_parameters
        • ARB_compute_variable_group_size
        • ARB_shader_draw_parameters
        • ARB_shader_group_vote
    • Mantle beta driver improvements: 
      • BattleField 4: Performance slowdown is no longer seen when performing a task switch/Alt-tab
      • BattleField 4: Fuzzy images when playing in rotated SLS resolution with an A10 Kaveri system
Known Issues  
    • System will TDR or BSOD when encoding with Power Director 11
    • Driver installation might result in a black screen when installing on a Dual AMD Radeon R9 295X configuration under Windows 8.1 on specific platforms (see below).   The issue can be overcome by rebooting the PC; upon reboot the display driver will be installed.  The remaining Catalyst components can then be installed.
      • ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z (990FX)
      • ASUS Maximus VI Extreme (Z87
      • ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (X79)
AMD Radeon™ Product Family Compatibility
The AMD Catalyst 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows is compatible with the following AMD products:
AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility ​
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series​AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series​​
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series​​​AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 200 Series​​​AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
​​ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Desktop Product Family
AMD A10 Series APU ​AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
AMD A8 Series APU ​ ​AMD Radeon™  HD 8000D Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 7000D Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 6000D Series
AMD A6 Series APU ​ ​AMD Radeon™  HD 8000D Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 7000D Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 6000D Series
AMD A4 Series APU ​ ​AMD Radeon™  HD 8000D Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 7000D Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 6000D Series
AMD E2-3000 APU (AMD Radeon HD 8280)AMD E1-2500 APU (AMD Radeon HD 8240)
AMD E2-2000 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7340)AMD E1-1200 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7310)
AMD E2-1800 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7340)AMD E1-300 APU (AMD Radeon HD 6310)

 AMD Mobility Radeon™ Graphics Technology Family Compatibility
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised. The Installation Verification Software is designed to prevent driver download on certain notebook products. This is to help protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer. In such a situation, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.
AMD Mobility Radeon™ Discrete Product Family ​
AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8000M SeriesAMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 7000M SeriesAMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 6000M Series 
AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks using AMD chipsets ​

Consumer Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Product Family ​
AMD A10 Series APU ​AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
AMD A8 Series APU ​ ​AMD Radeon™  HD 8000G Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 7000G Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 6000G Series
AMD A6 Series APU ​ ​AMD Radeon™  HD 8000G Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 7000G Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 6000G Series
AMD A4 Series APU ​ ​AMD Radeon™  HD 8000G Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 7000G Series
AMD Radeon™  HD 6000G Series
AMD A10-5745MAMD E2-3000
AMD A10-4657MAMD E2-2000
AMD A10-4655MAMD E2-1800
AMD A8-4557MAMD E1-2500
AMD A8-4555MAMD E1-2100
AMD A8-5545MAMD E1-1500
AMD A6-5345MAMD E1-1500
AMD A6-4455MAMD E1-1200
AMD A6-5200AMD E-300
AMD A4-4455MAMD C-70
AMD A4-5000AMD C-60
AMD A4-4355M 
AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks using AMD chipsets ​

Consumer Tablets with AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Product Family
AMD A6-1450 utilizing AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8250
AMD A4-1250 utilizing AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8210
AMD A4-1200 utilizing AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8180
AMD Z-60
AMD Z-01

The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:
    • Any notebook launched after this driver release
    • Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
    • Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
    • Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

Compatible Operating Systems
The AMD Catalyst 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
    • Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
    • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit version)
    • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
AMD Issue Reporting Form
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, use the appropriate form.
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