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AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available now

Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:43 pm

Hello everyone,

In case you missed it; we just released the Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows and Linux:

Windows (64-bit)
Windows (32-bit)
Linux

Similar to earlier versions please make sure to read the Feature Highlights and Known Issues sections (in the Release Notes page) for more information about the driver and use the Issue Reporting Form to report any issues or bugs you may find. Thank you everyone.
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Hello again everyone,

I have an important update for you regarding random installation hangs, BSODs and CCC crashes some of you have experienced after installing Catalyst 14.9 Driver. We are aware of these issues and will be posting an updated driver as soon as it becomes available. Please read this article for more information: Intermittent Installation Issues With the AMD Catalyst™ 14.9 Driver

Thank you
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:12 pm

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:45 pm

I hope this takes care of the BSOD caused by the atidmag file, or whichever one it was that caused all kinds of grief with the beta. I'll install it once I'm done monkeying with OS X Mountain Lion in a VM to try and help a friend out, and will report back.
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:46 pm

Warsam71 wrote:
Hello everyone,
In case you missed it; we just released the Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows and Linux:


From the release notes

"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."

Are the WDM drivers required for win 7 sp1 or optional?

Also for the chipset drivers

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/c ... 7%20-%2064

Are there release notes for them?

One more question, is AMD pushing motherboard makers to update their BIOS's to support the new FX cpu's?

I am considering upgrading to a 95W FX chip, but from the date of the BIOS on my motherboard (F14), it's probably not supported.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/produc ... =3901#bios

Also is AMD providing & updating & pushing the AMD AHCI SATA ROM to motherboard makers to put into the motherboard BIOS's?? Which AMD sata ROM is the latest version for the SB850/SB950?
http://www.win-raid.com/t7f13-AHCI-amp- ... .html#msg5

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:03 pm

Amusingly, The HDMI audio driver is WDM. Heh.

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:11 pm

Warsam71, is there any official word from the company on frame pacing improvements with respect to Eyefinity + Crossfire configurations?
Last I learned on this there were some major problems with the drivers.
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:20 am

I haven't fully stress tested the new drivers (busy getting prepped for the 642-813 exam tomorrow), but so far, no random BSODs with firefox like the beta drivers did.

So far, so good (knock on wood).
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:23 am

Hz so good wrote:
So far, so good (knock on wood).

Wouldn't knocking on silicon be more appropriate? :wink:
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:25 am

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Hz so good wrote:
So far, so good (knock on wood).

Wouldn't knocking on silicon be more appropriate? :wink:



LOL! Too true!
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:32 pm

Installing 14.9 coincided with a weird problem where my machine will either spontaneously restart or freeze without a BSOD (no events in system logs). Rolling back to 14.4 for now to see if it happens again. For the record, I am using an XFX 7950 Black Edition.
 
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Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:23 pm

TwistedKestrel wrote:
Installing 14.9 coincided with a weird problem where my machine will either spontaneously restart or freeze without a BSOD (no events in system logs).



Same. Now I know why I didnt go with ATi for over a decade. :(
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:54 pm

GPU scaling is broken for me, can anyone else confirm?

This is what I see in CCC.

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GPU scaling is ticked and unticking it doesn't stick. Neither "Maintain aspect ratio" or "Use centered timings" work, all modes just stretch the image to full panel size.

Also trying to resize the CCC window is buggy with the mouse cursor not grabbing the sides of the window in the correct spot.
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:28 am

GPU up-scaling sticks in both settings for me (as best I can tell). I'm attached by DisplayPort on all of my monitors, though, and those settings are for HDMI. Not sure if that helps answer anything. If no one else responds to this for a while, maybe I'll pull out an HDMI cable and swap one of the displays to see if everything is still working alright.

Resizing the CCC program works fine, including slamming it into the top of the screen to go full screen, Windows+Left Arrow, Windows+Right Arrow, grabbing sides, and grabbing the lower right-hand corner.

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:30 am

FightingScallion wrote:
GPU up-scaling sticks in both settings for me (as best I can tell). I'm attached by DisplayPort on all of my monitors, though, and those settings are for HDMI. Not sure if that helps answer anything. If no one else responds to this for a while, maybe I'll pull out an HDMI cable and swap one of the displays to see if everything is still working alright.

Resizing the CCC program works fine, including slamming it into the top of the screen to go full screen, Windows+Left Arrow, Windows+Right Arrow, grabbing sides, and grabbing the lower right-hand corner.

R9 290 on Windows 8.1 with three VE248Qs through an EVGA DisplayPort hub


First of all thanks for trying FightingScallion I appreciate it.

I'm using DVI to connect both of my monitors and GPU scaling worked ok on Cat 14.4 (and older versions), I'm not sure why it would only be a HDMI feature? My gaming monitor is a 16:10 ratio one and I have one particular game that I run in 16:9 which looks terrible stretched to 16:10. With GPU scaling I can have 1:1 pixel mapping and small black borders top and bottom which is much better for me.

I've been able to force this option on with some fiddling in the CCC for years (you have to first select a non-native aspect ratio resolution and apply it before the CCC will even let you select what type of scaling you would like!). Although I don't think AMD has ever had GPU scaling work 100% correctly without this fiddling this is the first time it has ever flat out not worked for me.

I'm currently using an R9 290, windows 8.1 and I connect through DVI as I said but this option also worked on my HD 6950 for years through DVI.

A quick re-install of 14.4 seems to have GPU scaling working again so either my install of 14.9 was borked somehow or GPU scaling is broken now.
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:50 am

Ok, with a fresh download and install of Catalyst 14.9 I still can't get GPU scaling to work at all and I can't grab hold of the CCC window to resize it next to the scroll bar on the right in my picture above (grabbing it slightly above or below the scroll bar works, strange bug). I've reverted to 14.4 again and managed to get GPU scaling working again after far too much fiddling about for my liking and grabbing the edge of the CCC works as intended.

I've found GPU scaling to be a useful feature over the years but it's always been finicky to activate in the CCC and now it seems flat out broken. I have filled in a bug report for AMD but maybe Warsam71 can take a look?

Incidentally AMD's GPU scaling activation has been pain in the arse for a lot of people for a very long time now. Example here.

I'll quote a small section of that for the tl;dr crowd.

Anyway, Google showed this was a common problem when Windows 7 was run with an AMD/ATI GFX card, as for some reason unimaginable to every disgruntled user who complained of the problem, the writers of the AMD/ATI driver software had decided to not allow the user to set the GPU Scaling options, as long as THE CURRENT GRAPHICAL RESOLUTION WAS THE SAME AS THE NATIVE GRAPHICAL RESOLUTION OF THE MONITOR (be it a laptop monitor or an external monitor connected to a desktop). Seriously, for some reason that would baffle Sherlock Holmes, they restricted you from altering the GPU Scaling options if your current resolution was set at the optimal resolution as dictated by the hardware!!!


This means multiple trips to the CCC display resolution panel for no good reason at all and then sometimes it won't work first time and you have to do it all again!

*Edit - Here is morphine complaining about this issue in the forums in 2009! http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=68072
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:22 am

Try uninstalling the driver, then using Driver Sweeper, then doing a fresh download of the driver and reinstalling it.

It shouldn't be this hard, but...
 
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Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:37 am

Sorry if it wasn't clear but I already tried a complete uninstall and fresh download FightingScallion. :(
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:03 pm

The new driver autosensed the bit depth on the display port and automatically set it to 10 bit/pixel.
And no problem enabling disabling scaling either, at least on display port.
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:12 pm

The new drivers totally bombed in GRID Autosport since I updated yesterday. There's graphical corruption around the edges of text and shadows.

Also, just like the 14.7 RC3 Beta driver, these new ones disable the DVI ports on the R9 290 series cards when the system re-boots. :roll:

Did you listen to the feedback or what, as people have been complaining at various tech sites about that since June this year???
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:04 pm

Well by far the most troubling driver i had 1 BSOD 4 Black screen in 48 hours .... all led to me hitting the reset button

geekl33tgamer wrote:
The new drivers totally bombed in GRID Autosport since I updated yesterday. There's graphical corruption around the edges of text and shadows.

no problem here maybe cause your run eyefinity?
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Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:46 pm

killadark wrote:
no problem here maybe cause your run eyefinity?

And it's a decision I'm regretting, along with the hardware that's running them (or at least attempting to)... :-?
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:13 pm

I'm not buying the Eyefinity explanation. I've got 3 monitors going just fine.
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:44 am

Intermittent Installation Issues With the AMD Catalyst™ 14.9 Driver

AMD wrote:
We are aware that a small number of users are experiencing the following issues with the AMD Catalyst™ 14.9 driver:

Random installation crashes or hangs
Intermittent black screen or BSOD error on reboot after driver installation
AMD Catalyst™ Control Center intermittently crashes or fails to load


No mention of my display scaling issue or geekl33tgamer's GRID Autosport woe's but this gives me a glimmer of hope that the control panel software glitch I had may get fixed.
 
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:12 am

FightingScallion wrote:
I'm not buying the Eyefinity explanation. I've got 3 monitors going just fine.

Don't know what you're doing differently then? Every driver for me after 14.4 won't allow Eyefinity to be used because the R9's pair of DVI ports never respond once the system has re-booted. I only get a picture on the HDMI output (can't test DP), so on 14.4 I remain.

Thank goodness for RadeonPro, so I can at least profile Crossfire to work properly on new games. These may be my first (and last) Radeons, as CeeGee quotes above, AMD are aware of this problem with blank outputs (and have been since April/May). It only affects the 290 series from looking up the issue, and they still have not fixed it yet.
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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.9 Driver for Windows & Linux available n

Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:26 am

Thanks, Warsam71.

I've gone from 14.7 to 14.9; no issues I can see at this time with my R9 280x cards in Crossfire, though I haven't done testing across multiple games (and the 280x is a fairly mature platform).
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