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Highlights of AMD Catalyst 15.8 Beta Windows Driver:

This driver provides support for the Oculus 0.7 SDK on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Performance Optimizations:

- Batman: Arkham Knight - Performance and quality/stability updates
- Ashes of the Singularity - Performance optimizations for DirectX 12

Resolved Issues:

- [424009] Adobe Lightroom may crash if GPU rendering is enabled
- [423336] Mouse cursor coordinates may be swapped on some 3x1 Eyefinity configurations
- [421110] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Corruption may be observed when AA is enabled in AMD CrossFire mode
- [424127] The Firefox browser may crash while opening multiple tabs (2 or more)
- [425168] Anti Aliasing settings are not retained after Applying in the AMD Catalyst Control Center
- [425156] System hangs when launching Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3 or Diablo III
- [424776] Metal Gear Solid : Ground Zero may crash when launched
- [425421] Call Of Duty: Black Ops III - texture corruption observed when launched in DirectX 11 mode
- [425452] Sword Coast Legends - FRTC settings are not activated in the game
- [411945] Project CARS may experience corruption when AA is set to D2SM
- [425382] A green screen may be observed on some "Llano"/"Ontario" APU's when playing video under Windows 10
- [424330] Watch Dogs may experience flickering / corruption after changing game resolution
- [425440] AMD HDMI Audio is disabled after driver installation
- [423013] F1 2015 may experience flickering during gameplay or in game benchmarking
- [422551] Call of Duty - Advanced Warfare may freeze randomly when run in Quad CrossFire mode
- [424168] Text corruption observed when using Windows 10 Mapp application
- [424222] System may hang when installing the driver on a Windows 10 system with 2 or more GPUs
- [424710] "Device being used by another application" error is displayed when attempting audio playback on Windows 7 systems

NOTES:

- This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their manufacturer for driver support.
- When installing the AMD Catalyst Driver for Windows operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst Driver.
- The AMD Catalyst 15.8 Beta Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
- The AMD Catalyst 15.8 Beta Software Suite requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is included in all AMD Catalyst driver packages.
- AMD Eyefinity technology is designed to give gamers access to high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics "horsepower" required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility :

- AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R9 200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R7 300 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R7 200 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon R5 230 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Graphics
- ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series Graphics

AMD All-In-One Desktop Product Family Compatibility :

- AMD Radeon HD 7600A Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7450A Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6350A Series Graphics

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility:

"Kaveri", "Godavari", and "Carrizo" series APUs are only supported by AMD Catalyst 15.8 Beta on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows 10 (64-bit).AMD APU Product Family Compatibility ​

AMD Desktop APU Product Family Compatibility:
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R7 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R6 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R5 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R4 Graphics
- AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R3 Graphics
- AMD FX-8800P APUs with AMD Radeon​ R7 Graphics
- AMD E-Series APUs with Radeon R2 Graphics

AMD Mobile APU Product Family Compatibility:
- AMD Radeon HD 8000D Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000D Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 6000D Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 8000G Series Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7000G Series Graphics
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