AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver for Windows®

Article Number: RN-WIN-CAT14.11.2B

​AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver for Windows® - Dragon Age: Inquisition and Far Cry 4!

This release enables peak driver performance optimization for AMD Radeon™ graphics users in Dragon Age: Inquisition and Far Cry 4.

The AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.1 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

        AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver for Windows® 7 and Windows 8.1 64-bit
        AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver for Windows® 7 and Windows 8.1 32-bit

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

Package Contents
The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver contains the following:

    AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 14.301-141117a-177808E

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:

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

AMD Product Compatibility
The AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver is compatible with the following AMD products.
AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility      ​
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   


AMD All-In-One Desktop Product Family Compatibility      ​
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series


AMD Embedded Product Family Compatibility      ​
AMD Radeon™ E8860    AMD Radeon™ E6460
AMD Radeon™ E6760   


AMD APU Product Family Compatibility      ​
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   



AMD Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility      ​
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

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Beta Driver is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

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

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 14.11.2 Windows® Beta Driver Performance Improvements

    Dragon Age: Inquisition performance optimizations
    - Up to 5% performance increase over Catalyst™ 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
    - Optimized AMD CrossFire™ profile
    Far Cry 4 performance optimizations
    - Up to 50% performance increase over Catalyst™ 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.

Important Notes

    The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Far Cry 4 is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Ubisoft 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.

Resolved Issues

    [409235]: Small chance of intermittent screen tearing or corruption in Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare on high settings 4K resolution in AMD CrossFire™ mode.
    [408892]: World of Warcraft can sometimes exhibit corruption when using CMAA in AMD CrossFire™ configurations.
    [407431]: Minecraft sometimes produces corruption when changing video settings in windowed mode.
    [407338]: XDMA Quad CrossFire™ configurations in portrait Eyefinity modes sometimes display tearing or stuttering.

Known Issues

    [408723]: System can sometimes hang when upgrading to Catalyst™ 14.11.2 from Catalyst™14.7 in AMD CrossFire™ configurations. As a workaround please completely uninstall previous Catalyst™ software versions before installing Catalyst™14.11.2 beta.
    [409518]: Slight performance drops in FIFA 2015 on AMD CrossFire™ configurations.
    [409502]: Occasional flickering sometimes observed while playing FIFA 2015 in AMD Dual Graphics configurations.
    [409638]: Slight Battlefield 4 performance drop on AMD Radeon™ R9 290X in AMD CrossFire™ configuration.
    [409628]: AMD Radeon™ R9 285 intermittently hangs in Hitman Absolution on new game start.
    [408484]: AMD Radeon™ R9 285 can sometimes exhibit flickering in Assassins Creed Unity.
    [409613]: Assassins Creed Unity can sometimes experience frame stutter on some AMD CrossFire™ configurations.
    [408706]: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare intermittent black screen when loading game in Quad AMD Crossfire™ configurations.
    [409600]: Civilization: Beyond Earth mantle users in AMD CrossFire™ configurations may sometimes experience an issue where they cannot change their game resolution. As a work around please use "Enable MGPU=1" in the games configuration .ini file.

AMD is currently working with BioWare to resolve the following issues:

    Flickering is sometimes observed in Dragon Age: Inquisition on a limited number of surfaces in AMD CrossFire™ configurations.

AMD is currently working with Ubisoft to resolve the following issues:

    Uneven hair corruption sometimes observed in Assassins Creed Unity when applying "ultra" game settings.
    Flickering occasionally observed between windows on walls in Assassins Creed Unity.
    Windows/Doors intermittently flash with black textures in Assassins Creed Unity.
    Assassins Creed Unity occasionally exits to desktop when "ultra" game settings are applied.