AMD Catalyst 14.4 RC1

Has this fixed the weird spikes and glitches on the maps text?

Has this fixed the weird spikes and glitches on the maps text?

I havent been home to check.... but that was the first thing I was gonna check.

This driver even manages to roughly double my minimum FPS in the F-15 campaign on a HD6970.

Driver has gone WHQL today, it's identical to the 14.4 RC1 version so those who already have it installed need not worry :)

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

Driver has gone WHQL today, it's identical to the 14.4 RC1 version so those who already have it installed need not worry :)

 

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

Woot! woot! :thumbup:

so what is the proper way to install these drivers?

i used ot boot into safe mode - uninstall driver, run a cleaner, install new driver, reboot.

it that process still valid? Will i be able to preserve my CCC profiles or will i loose them?

Sounds promising....

so what is the proper way to install these drivers?

 

i used ot boot into safe mode - uninstall driver, run a cleaner, install new driver, reboot.

 

it that process still valid? Will i be able to preserve my CCC profiles or will i loose them?

 

Sounds promising....

I followed that exact process, about 30 minutes ago. All went well.

As for the preserving, I went ahead and made screen shots of my CCC settings, and had to reset my overclocking rates. Unfortunately, I've never tinkered with profiles, so I can't say.

regardless, this 14.4 release is the bomb!!! I can't believe what a performance pickup I got for my AMD. It's really helped to fly in DCSW...

:thumbup:

Very pleased with these updated drivers 14.4 I'm running a 7990 and could hardly get above 15 fps on ground, now with a few tweaks, set on high, lowering resolution, dropping AA down to x2 I manage 30 to 60fps It's changed the whole sim for me I manage to fly, shoot and land without feeling ill . At last something nice to complement my cards ,thankyou for the info Mustang )

so what is the proper way to install these drivers?

 

i used ot boot into safe mode - uninstall driver, run a cleaner, install new driver, reboot.

 

it that process still valid? Will i be able to preserve my CCC profiles or will i loose them?

 

Sounds promising....

I tried the DUU for the first time with these drivers and noted after I ran the utility that there still remained a hell of a lot of remnants and leftover ATI files and entries left of the old driver, which I have been led to believe is not good at all.

As a consequence I reverted to my 'ol trusty method of the uninstall via Control Panel, then Driver Sweeper and thereafter CCleaner. Apparently Driver Sweeper is the only tried and trusted utility that removes all traces of the old driver from my system - been using it for years without issue.

I tried the DUU for the first time with these drivers and noted after I ran the utility that there still remained a hell of a lot of remnants and leftover ATI files and entries left of the old driver, which I have been led to believe is not good at all.

 

As a consequence I reverted to my 'ol trusty method of the uninstall via Control Panel, then Driver Sweeper and thereafter CCleaner. Apparently Driver Sweeper is the only tried and trusted utility that removes all traces of the old driver from my system - been using it for years without issue.

I noticed this too, so I also used Drive Sweeper and CCleaner to flush out the remaining leftovers. then applied the 14.4.

Has this fixed the weird spikes and glitches on the maps text?

Yes they are fixed :)

So Far 4 PCs and Boosts in Performance... In my house..

3 of the PC's had issues with the install package Messing with Chipset/SATA Drivers.

Installed these yesterday, i didnt benchmark, but as a reference flying the Huey around Batumi with most settings turned down i would drop frames and get about 15 to sometimes as low as 5 to 8 on some of the missions we fly there. Flying there now i stay above 25 and mostly above 30, as high as the 80's with most settings on High. I have a 7970 3Gig Factory Overclock. It still could be my imagination..................

Installed these yesterday, i didnt benchmark, but as a reference flying the Huey around Batumi with most settings turned down i would drop frames and get about 15 to sometimes as low as 5 to 8 on some of the missions we fly there. Flying there now i stay above 25 and mostly above 30, as high as the 80's with most settings on High. I have a 7970 3Gig Factory Overclock. It still could be my imagination..................

I have the same card and I also didn't benchmark. I have got some very good gains from these new drivers. I initially thought 25% but I think its closer to at least +40%.

Played a bit the other night with my A10C and the new 14.4 certified. Everything was buttery smooth on my MSI R9 290.

No one should base their purchase around the GPU and performance hit in DCS anymore!

Can't wait for EDGE.

Played a bit the other night with my A10C and the new 14.4 certified. Everything was buttery smooth on my MSI R9 290.

 

No one should base their purchase around the GPU and performance hit in DCS anymore!

 

Can't wait for EDGE.

Me too, Cross fire Support, So I can Unleash all my shaders :p

updated driver for people with problems installing:

So I guess they do listen to my reports..

AMD has received feedback that some users are unable to install the Catalyst 14.4 driver on some motherboards with AMD chipsets. We have investigated the issue and have determined that it was caused by the AHCI driver component that was included with the driver package.

 

We have therefore removed the AHCI driver component from the driver package and will be providing it as a separate download.

 

If you were affected by this issue, we recommend you download and install this updated version of the driver.

 

Package contains the following graphics drivers and dependent/required software for the products specified in the current version's official release notes for the 64 bit version of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1:

Display Driver ver. 14.10.1006

OpenCL Driver ver. 10.0.1348.5

Catalyst Control Center

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Hm. Still getting 15-18FPS looking at airfields with aircraft on them.

Doesn't matter if its 3 screens or 1 screen, or a small windowed game.

Its the models in the circles that cause it. If i very slowly move the camera so they go off screen, frame-rate skyrockets.