Driver Update: AMD Catalyst 15.10 Beta

AMD has released a new beta Catalyst driver. The driver is only suitable for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, with a separate download for 32bit and 64bit environments. Windows 8.0 is no longer supported since version 14.6 and AMD therefore recommends installing the free update to Windows 8.1 or 10. In this driver we find, among other things, optimizations for the game Ashes of the Singularity, the first game to use DirectX 12. Furthermore, various problems have been solved and AMD also has a number that are already known, but are still being worked on.

Performance Optimizations

• Ashes of the Singularity – DirectX 12 Quality and Performance optimizations

Resolved Issues:

• [77786] Video playback of MPEG2 video fails with a playback error/error code message
• [77754] A TDR error or crash is experienced when running the Unreal Engine 4 DirectX benchmark
• [77073] Star Wars: Battlefront is able to use high performance graphics when launched on mobile devices with switchable graphics
• [76930] Intermittent playback issues with Cyberlink PowerDVD when connecting to a 3D display with an HDMI cable
• [59403] Ashes of the Singularity – A Driver has stopped responding’ error may be experienced in DirectX 12 mode
• [58435] Driver installation may halt on some configurations
• [76924] A TDR error may be experienced while toggling between minimized and maximized mode while viewing 4K YouTube content

Known Issues:

• [77970] Ashes of the Singularity may crash on some AMD 300 series GPUs
• [59528] Core clock fluctuations may be experienced when FreeSync and FRTC are both enabled on some AMD CrossFire systems
• [58233] Ashes of the Singularity may fail to launch on some GPUs with 2GB Video Memory. AMD continues to work with Stardock to resolve the issue. In the meantime, deleting the game config file helps resolve the issue
• [77255] The secondary display adapter is missing in the Device Manager and the AMD Catalyst Control Center after installing the driver on a Microsoft Windows 8.1 system
• [59475] Elite: Dangerous – poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode
• [59792] A black screen may be encountered on bootup on Windows 10 systems. The system will ultimately continue to the Windows login screen

NOTE:
We are aware that a small number of users are experiencing crashes with GTA V on some AMD Radeon R9 390X GPUs. We have made changes that should resolve the issue for most users. We will continue to monitor user feedback on this issue.