AMD Catalyst 13.9 for Windows 8.1 (and earlier) is out

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AMD CATALYST™ 13.9

The AMD Catalyst 13.9 WHQL is AMD’s first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1.  It does not include support for Frame Pacing or the very latest AMD CrossFire™ optimizations.  AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta includes additional performance improvements and fixes not found in AMD Catalyst 13.9 WHQL.

• AMD’s first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1
• Includes WDDM 1.3 support for:
• AMD Accelerated Processors (“Kabini” & “Temash” ) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including: A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
• AMD Accelerated Processors (“Richland” ) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including: A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
• AMD Accelerated Processors (“Trinity” ) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including: A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
• AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  
• Support for AMD Features:
• AMD Eyefinity
• OpenCL™
• OpenGL
• UVD
• AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire Technology
• AMD Overdrive™
• AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center
  
• OpenGL support for User Profiles and Catalyst Application Profiles
• Users can now create, per application, 3D setting profiles for OpenGL applications.
• OpenGL applications are now supported through Catalyst Application Profile updates (for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations).
  
• AMD Enduro™ Technology enhancements:
• The AMD Catalyst Control Center  now shows which applications are active on the Performance GPU and the Power saving GPU.

RESOLVED ISSUES

• Severe flicker in Far Cry® 3 game cinematic that may continue into gameplay.
• BSOD crash when enabling CrossFire in the AMD Catalyst Control Center after installing a third AMD Radeon HD7790 graphics card.
• BSOD crash in Windows 8 when display turns off (idle/sleep mode).
• AMD Catalyst Control Center crash after creating an Eyefinity Group.
• Disappearing mouse cursor in Windows 8 after completing the AMD Catalyst Driver installation and rebooting the system.
• Cyberlink PowerDVD stop working with a pop-up error message during playback of a Blu-Ray movie under Power Saving mode.
• When Dual Graphics is disabled within AMD Catalyst Control Center, the secondary display connected may not enable.
• Frame drops experienced during playback of interlaced Blu-Ray content when all visual quality settings are enabled in AMD Catalyst Control Center.
• Significant game performance slowdowns when moving the mouse cursor in World of Warcraft using DirectX 9 rendering mode.
• Anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings saved within created AMD Catalyst Control Center application profiles do not apply correctly.
• Windows 8 Metro applications experience very low FPS when Dual Graphics is enabled in the AMD Catalyst Control Center.