AMD ha rilasciato una nuova build del driver Catalyst, nello specifico la RC (Release Candidate) dei Catalyst 14.4, che dovrebbero arrivare in versione WHQL nel giro di un paio di settimane.
I Catalyst 14.4 RC forniscono il pieno supporto per le OpenGL 4.4 e miglioramenti per quanto riguarda il supporto alle configurazioni CrossFire e alle API Mantle.
Questi nuovi driver supportano la AMD Radeon R9 295X2 recentemente introdotta, così come tutte le schede della serie Radeon R9, R7, R5, HD 8000, HD 7000, HD 6000 e HD 5000.
Di seguito l'elenco di tutte le novità e miglioramenti introdotti da questa release.
Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
CrossFire fixes enhancements
- Crysis 3 - frame pacing improvements;
- Far Cry 3 - 3 and 4 GPU performance improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings;
- Anno 2070 - Improved CrossFire scaling up to 34%;
- Titanfall - Resolved in game flickering with CrossFire enabled;
- Metro Last Light - Improved Crossfire scaling up to 10%;
- Eyefinity 3x1 (with three 4K panels) no longer cuts off portions of the application;
- Stuttering has been improved in certain applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync Enabled.
Full support for OpenGL 4.4
OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions
- ARB_buffer_storage;
- ARB_enhanced_layouts;
- ARB_query_buffer_object;
- ARB_clear_texture;
- ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge;
- ARB_texture_stencil8;
- ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev;
- ARB_multi_bind;
- ARB_bindless_texture;
- ARB_spare_texture;
- ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture;
- ARB_indirect_parameters;
- ARB_compute_variable_group_size;
- ARB_shader_draw_parameters;
- ARB_shader_group_vote.
Mantle beta driver improvements
- BattleField 4: Performance slowdown is no longer seen when performing a task switch/Alt-tab BattleField
- 4: Fuzzy images when playing in rotated SLS resolution with an A10 Kaveri system
