New AMD Omega Catalyst drivers available somewhere ?

[Brad Bodnaruk]

http://www.techspot.com/news/59074-amd-unveils-major-gpu-driver-update-catalyst-omega.html

 

found this post, does anyone know anything about this new driver and when it will be available ?

 

Curious tech Guy

[yxz]

virtual super resolution (Y)

 

AMD states that you can expect up to 19% more performance than the previous driver (Catalyst 14.11.2)

should be

AMD states that you can expect up to 19% more performance than the launch press driver (Catalyst 13.12)

[DeadEndAccount]

I assume this is optimised for the GPU's that have GCN - hopefully those improvements will roll off to the iMac users which have the M290X/M295X GPU's because from what I have heard the GCN architecture has a lot of potential that has yet to be fully exploited by the drivers.

[+kpo6969 Subscriber¹]

info only:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=394776&page=12

http://www.overclock.net/t/1528550/techspot-amd-catalyst-omega-drivers

[ajua]

I read that Tech Spot article a few hours ago and it had a link to AMD and their own download section but the driver is nowhere to be found. I will look for it tomorrow in the morning and try it.

[HoochieMamma]

I'm very interested in this, hopefully they can make it so I don't HAVE to uninstall the previous driver unless I want to be greeted with a flashing "_" on my monitor until I reboot.

[Xahid]

Interesting, but still not available for download.

[+Nexus18 MVC]

Really looking forward to this, can't wait to replay half life 2 with a 4k resolution :D

[spaceelf]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

 

It's 14.12 for Windows 7 and 8.1 only.

 

 

[Xahid]

yes, its available NOW!

 

Amd-catalyst-omega-14.12-with-dotnet45-win7-64bit

[Boo Berry]

It's also out for Linux.

 

Wish they had a Mac web driver like Nvidia does.

[Max Norris]

Just installed them -- so far looks pretty solid from the few brief tests I threw at it.  Might be a placebo effect, but seems to handle stress better than the previous versions (not necessarily faster but smoother overall), can't put my finger on it but the desktop fonts look a hair different too, in a good way.

[Boo Berry]

Yeah, so far so good here too. I'm hoping they've finally fixed the black screens that'd randomly happen with my 290X and the BSODs that'd occur when MSI Afterburner was installed. Otherwise I'd have to go back to 14.4.

[hagjohn]

Seem to work good.

[+Nexus18 MVC]

VSR choice is a big let down! :(

 

No 3440x1440 option BOOOOO!

 

But hopefully we will see more choice very soon....

 

 

More info. on the drivers:

 

http://techreport.com/review/27481/catalyst-omega-driver-adds-more-than-20-features-400-bug-fixes

[indospot Veteran]

Hm, supposedly not compatible with my Intel  core i3 processor (second generation). But I'm gonna try anyway.

[FunkyMike]

Hi Indospot ;)

 

Laptop Model: HP Pavilion G6-1230sp

Windows Version: Windows 8.1

AMD Card: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Intel Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000

 

Should work for you.

 

Install the switching tab fix once you are done:

 

http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=662

[NeoWind]

AMD only limit VSR 4k to R9 285 which's ridiculous that isn't as powerful as R9 290X and i can't even use it on dota 2 while other game working perfectly.  :(

[FunkyMike]

A recent user told me a story about something similar.

 

AMD at one point in the past between the gap of HD 4xxx and HD 5xxx released new drivers whilst only including certain DXVA features for the HD 5xxx generation.

 

Naturally the HD 4xxx could handle it but "marketing" prevailed.

 

So he started a campaign which blew up into an endless debate on one of the bigger tech forums.

 

Sure enough AMD changed their stance and started including support.

 

The details escape me right now... maybe I will find it in some of my notes.

[Boo Berry]

I'm getting 3200x1800 with VSR. Close enough for me - Battlefield 4 and Left 4 Dead 2 look amazing.

[indospot Veteran]

Hi Indospot ;)

 

Laptop Model: HP Pavilion G6-1230sp

Windows Version: Windows 8.1

AMD Card: AMD Radeon HD 6470M

Intel Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000

 

Should work for you.

 

Install the switching tab fix once you are done:

 

http://leshcatlabs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=662

 

Unfortunately it really doesn't work, so much that it won't even give me an option to install it.

[FunkyMike]

Unfortunately it really doesn't work, so much that it won't even give me an option to install it.

 

Hmm so CIM isn't even showing the driver as an option?

 

I know that AMD has split up their packages. Windows 7 and 8.1 are 2 different links.

 

If the inf file begins with CU = Windows Blue/ 8.1 C7 = Windows 7.

 

So have a look.

 

 

I checked your previous msgs and it seems like some of the modded drivers worked for you. 

 

So it cannot be down to the driver not being compatible. 

[Cyberkiller]

They fixed the top ten bugs?

What about the blurry text in Firefox bug that's been around for a long time now.....

[Max Norris]

What about the blurry text in Firefox bug that's been around for a long time now.....

Haven't seen that in quite some time, thought it was fixed long ago.  Been using hardware acceleration with no issues for the past few major versions now.  (Not saying it doesn't exist, just disappeared for me quite a while back, working perfectly.)

[Boo Berry]

No issues here either with Firefox.

[hagjohn]

I know the beta required a new install (not an upgrade). Does this release require it?