AMD Releases Catalyst 15.9 Beta Drivers

btarunr · Sep 29, 2015

AMD released its latest Catalyst software update. Version 15.9 Beta brings you game optimizations for Star Wars Battlefront Beta, and Fable Legends. It also resolves an issue where DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0) support was not being reported by DXDIAG on supported Radeon graphics cards; a Dragon Age: Inquisition related bug in Mantle API mode; and frame-stutter in Assassin's Creed Unity, in CrossFire mode. Some issues related to BenQ's 144 Hz FreeSync monitors were also fixed.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Catalyst 15.9 Beta for Windows 10/8.1/7 32-bit | Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit

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siluro818 · Sep 29, 2015

[59298] Final Fantasy XIV - Heavensward may crash when run in DirectX 11® mode and borderless window mode

Passing on it then. Hopefully they will solve this by the time the 15.9 proper rolls out...

Mathragh · Sep 29, 2015

siluro818 said:
[59298] Final Fantasy XIV - Heavensward may crash when run in DirectX 11® mode and borderless window mode

Passing on it then. Hopefully they will solve this by the time the 15.9 proper rolls out...

Seeing as they specifically state it crashing when in borderless window mode, does using fullscreen mode or windowed (with border) alleviate crashing?

Mussels · Sep 29, 2015

*heavy breathing*

too excited to read the release notes before commenting, so uhhh... hi.

siluro818 · Sep 29, 2015

Mathragh said:
Seeing as they specifically state it crashing when in borderless window mode, does using fullscreen mode or windowed (with border) alleviate crashing?

Probably, but since borderless is the best way to play it and since I've got no use for those DX12 fixes in the driver, I'd rather stick to 15.7 for the time being.

john_ · Sep 29, 2015

A quick retest of Fable Legents, especially on the Fury, would have been interesting. But I guess under DX12 whatever optimizations AMD, or Nvidia, can do, wouldn't change the fps much.

Aquinus · Sep 29, 2015

btarunr said:
It also resolves an issue where DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0) support was not being reported by DXDIAG on supported Radeon graphics cards

dxdiag looks right on my 390 now.

@W1zzard : Should GPU-Z match the highest feature level in dxdiag with this driver installed?

KainXS · Sep 29, 2015

did anyone else notice that if you resize any window it will eat all of the vram until the window is closed?

EarthDog · Sep 29, 2015

It would be all kinds of awesome if the OP posted the release notes in the thread!! :respect:

Mussels · Sep 29, 2015

EarthDog said:
It would be all kinds of awesome if the OP posted the release notes in the thread!!

they're there with the download link. gotta go there anyway.

thevoiceofreason · Sep 29, 2015

Firefox leaks memory and crashes with this driver.

EarthDog · Sep 29, 2015

Mussels said:
they're there with the download link. gotta go there anyway.

If I choose to DL them, yes, I would have to go there. Having the information up front would tell me if I needed to click or not.

Steevo · Sep 29, 2015

thevoiceofreason said:
Firefox leaks memory and crashes with this driver.

Firefox always leaks memory from all the shitty plug ins.

KainXS · Sep 29, 2015

thevoiceofreason said:
Firefox leaks memory and crashes with this driver.

its probably being caused by the memory leak issue with these drivers, some programs will fill up the vram instantly almost and not free up the vram even after you close it for some people.

check your vram usage after starting firefox and moving the window around to check and if you have the bug just go back to 15.8.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Catalyst-15.9-Beta-Memory-Leak.aspx

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/3mtc6v/warning_big_gpu_memory_leak_bug_in_159_beta_on/
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=402805

Cybrnook2002 · Sep 29, 2015

Aquinus said:
dxdiag looks right on my 390 now.

@W1zzard : Should GPU-Z match the highest feature level in dxdiag with this driver installed?
View attachment 68229

Interestingly enough, I don't see 11.2 on the right window there either.

Aquinus · Sep 29, 2015

Cybrnook2002 said:
Interestingly enough, I don't see 11.2 on the right window there either.

I noticed that. It was like that before this driver as well.

Cybrnook2002 · Sep 29, 2015

Aquinus said:
I noticed that. It was like that before this driver as well.

Let's see if W1zz chimes in ( @W1zzard )

Chris34 · Sep 29, 2015

Steevo said:
Firefox always leaks memory from all the shitty plug ins.

Same issue here and I don't have any plugin installed or activated in Firefox.

W1zzard · Sep 29, 2015

Aquinus said:
dxdiag looks right on my 390 now.

@W1zzard : Should GPU-Z match the highest feature level in dxdiag with this driver installed?
View attachment 68229

GPU-Z currently does not support DX12, so the output is correct.

OneMoar · Sep 29, 2015

doesn't fix the DXDIAG Problem on my 7970
980 time I guess

arbiter · Sep 29, 2015

OneMoar said:
doesn't fix the DXDIAG Problem on my 7970
980 time I guess

I think card would need a bios update to show DX12, but wouldn't expect that from AMD given the age of chip, its EOL at this point.

OneMoar · Sep 29, 2015

arbiter said:
I think card would need a bios update to show DX12, but wouldn't expect that from AMD given the age of chip, its EOL at this point.

1. a 7970 is a 280x they are identical
2. the 7000 series was confirmed as having DX12_0 support ages ago
3. its not EOL

Rauelius · Sep 30, 2015

Theirs a Memory Leak issue with these drivers when you resize a Window. Happens in 7 and 10 from my testing. Be wary of this driver release.

Dieinafire · Sep 30, 2015

All these driver do is crash when using win 10

Aquinus · Sep 30, 2015

Dieinafire said:
All these driver do is crash when using win 10

The Witcher 3 and Unigine Heaven seem to run okay on my 390 with the beta driver. That's all I've run since switching to it as I've been rather busy but, I do think that AMD's installer doesn't upgrade the drivers right. Ever since I started using DDU to remove the current driver prior to upgrading, it seems to work just fine. I don't use Firefox very often, so I wouldn't have encountered that one but I haven't had a BSOD or a crash since installing it and benchmark scores seem to be the same as the prior driver.

I had a lot of issues when the driver didn't upgrade properly though which is why I use DDU every time now.

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