AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver

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http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystWIN8-1PreviewDriver.aspx

The AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview 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 therewith.


Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver:
  • WDDM 1.3 driver model support for the following products:
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Kabini & Temash) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including:
      • A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Richland) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
      • A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Trinity) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
      • A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7400 Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7600M/7500M Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
    • AMD FirePro S10000
    • AMD FirePro W9000, AMD FirePro S9000
    • AMD FirePro W8000
    • AMD FirePro W7000, AMD FirePro S7000
    • AMD FirePro W5000, AMD FirePro R5000
    • AMD FirePro W600
    • AMD FirePro M6000 Series
    • AMD FirePro M4000 Series
    • AMD FirePro M2000 Series
  • WDDM 1.2 driver model support for the:
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Llano) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
      • A8-3870K, A8-3850, A8-3820, A8-3800, A8-3550MX, A8-3530MX, A8-3520M, A8-3510MX, A8-3500M, A6-3670K, A6-3650, A6-3620, A6-3600, A6-3430MX, A6-3420M, A6-3410MX, A6-3400M, A4-3420, A4-3400, A4-3330MX, A4-3320M, A4-3310MX, A4-3305M, A4-3300M, E2-3000M, E2-3200
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Brazos) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet, including:
      • C-30, C-50, C-60, C-70, E1-1200, E1-1500, E2-1800, E2-2000, E-240, E-300, E-350, E-450, Z-01, Z-60
    • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
    • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
    • AMD Radeon HD 5000M Series
    • AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
    • AMD Z-Series APU
    • AMD FirePro A320 APU, AMD FirePro A300 APU
    • ATI FirePro V9800. AMD FirePro V9800P
    • ATI FirePro V8800
    • AMD FirePro V7900, AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
    • ATI FirePro V7800, AMD FirePro V7800P
    • AMD FirePro V5900
    • ATI FirePro V5800, ATI FirePro V5800 DVI
    • AMD FirePro V4900
    • ATI FirePro V4800
    • AMD FirePro V3900
    • ATI FirePro V3800
    • ATI FirePro 2460, AMD FirePro 2270
    • AMD FireStream 9370, AMD FireStream 9350
    • AMD FirePro M8900 Series
    • AMD FirePro M5950 Series
    • AMD FirePro M7820 Series
    • AMD FirePro M5950 Series
    • AMD FirePro M3900 Series
  • Support for new Windows 8.1 features, including:
    • Wireless Display – Microsoft’s support for Wireless Display Technology
    • 48 Hz Dynamic Refresh rates for Video Playback
    • Aggressive V-sync interrupt optimization
    • Skype/Lync video conferencing acceleration
    • New DX11.1 feature – Tiled Resources
  • Support for AMD Features, including:
    • AMD Eyefinity
    • OpenCL™
    • OpenGL
    • UVD
    • AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire™ Technology
    • AMD Overdrive™
    • AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center
System Requirements:
  • Windows 8.1 Release Preview
AMD Product Compatibility:
  • Please refer to the Feature Highlights listed above for product compatibility.
 
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Don't know if coincidence or not, but this driver along with Windows 8.1 has significantly improved frame delivery subjectively on my single 7950 setup, testing a heavily modded Skyrim setup, compared to previously. FPS numbers don't seem to be that much changed, if at all. Maybe the Aggressive V-sync interrupt optimization has something to do with that.
 
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jimhsu said:
Don't know if coincidence or not, but this driver along with Windows 8.1 has significantly improved frame delivery subjectively on my single 7950 setup, testing a heavily modded Skyrim setup, compared to previously. FPS numbers don't seem to be that much changed, if at all. Maybe the Aggressive V-sync interrupt optimization has something to do with that.
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AMD better not pull a Microsoft to force us to use Windows 8.1 just to have passably working drivers.

I have my Windows 7 set up exactly how I want it right now.
 
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SPBHM

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is "Aggressive V-sync interrupt optimization" limited to WDDM 1.3?
 
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Running the 8.1 preview with these drivers on both my desktop and laptop. One issue I encountered was flickering in Youtube video playback on IE11 with Enhanced Protection Mode (aka 64-bit mode) enabled (which is now on by default). Switching EPM off fixed the flickering. Also, it seems to have fixed the corruption issue I was having in Firefox with hardware acceleration enabled on my desktop with the 13.4 WHQL drivers. I had been getting BSODs related to an ATI service crash every week or so, always when I was running IE snapped to one side of the desktop and Firefox snapped to the other (which, oddly enough, I do a lot), usually when playing a video in one of them. Time will tell if I still get BSODs under the same circumstances.
 
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BallaTheFeared said:
Humm I'm already running Win8, might as well hop over and see what all the fuss is with this driver.
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If you can do FCAT-type testing before and after... that'd be informative. This is thought to have an early version of the fix in it... if you've had stutter issues.
 
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BallaTheFeared

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Sadly I don't have the hardware required, it's expensive!

Capture card and SSD raid array alone probably cost as much as my entire build :|
 
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Hmm, the Youtube flickering actually still seems to happen in IE11 regardless of Enhanced Protection Mode. It doesn't happen in Firefox.
 
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Red Hawk said:
Hmm, the Youtube flickering actually still seems to happen in IE11 regardless of Enhanced Protection Mode. It doesn't happen in Firefox.
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Did you notice if you right clicked the player the flickering stops?

No flickering in Chrome v30.
 
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So has it been confirmed that stuttering in crossfire has been fixed with these drivers?
 
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