AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC Graphics Driver Available for Download

Cristian_25H · Jun 24, 2014

AMD has today rolled out a Release Candidate (RC) build of its Catalyst 14.6 graphics driver. This version features support for the Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000, HD 7000, HD 8000, R5 200, R7 200 and R9 200 Series cards (and the Mobility Radeon HD 5000/6000/6000M/7000M/8000M mobile GPUs) and brings performance improvements for Plants vs. Zombies and 3DMark Sky Diver, CrossFire profiles for the Battlefield Hardline Beta and Grid Auto Sport, and more.

The Catalyst 14.6 RC is available for Windows 7 and 8.1.

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 14.6 RC Driver for Windows

Plants vs. Zombies (Direct3D performance improvements):

AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 Ultra - improves up to 11%
AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 Ultra - improves up to 15%
AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra) - 92% scaling

3DMark Sky Diver improvements:

AMD A4 6300 - improves up to 4%
Enables AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire support

Grid Auto Sport:

AMD CrossFire profile

Wildstar:

Power Xpress profile
Performance improvements to improve smoothness of application

Watch Dogs:

AMD CrossFire - Frame pacing improvements

Battlefield Hardline Beta:

AMD CrossFire profile

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GhostRyder · Jun 24, 2014

Need to download this still, can't wait to try it on watchdogs.

The Von Matrices · Jun 24, 2014

Cristian_25H said:
Plants vs. Zombies (Direct3D performance improvements):

AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 Ultra - improves up to 11%

AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 Ultra - improves up to 15%

AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra) - 92% scaling

Out of curiosity, is Plants vs Zombies really a game that could benefit from CF 290X? I thought the game could run maximum settings even on mainstream hardware.

LeonVolcove · Jun 25, 2014

CF profle only T_T, please AMD

mr2009 · Jun 25, 2014

what a lame update....

ruff0r · Jun 25, 2014

The Von Matrices said:
Out of curiosity, is Plants vs Zombies really a game that could benefit from CF 290X? I thought the game could run maximum settings even on mainstream hardware.

http://www.pvzgardenwarfare.com/

RejZoR · Jun 25, 2014

Well, Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare is running on the very latest Frostbite Engine, so do the math

Bonded_by_Blood · Jun 25, 2014

In other words, only high-end configutrations and APUs impacted. Oh yes, that is the majority of users...

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