AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver for Windows® Release Notes

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AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta for Windows®

This article provides information on the latest posting of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver.

This particular software suite updates the AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver and the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been updated, and is designed to provide enhanced performance and reliability.

Package Contents

The AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version 15.201.1151.1005

The AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:​

• AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver for Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 32-bit
• AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver for Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 64-bit

Installing The AMD Catalyst™ Software Driver
 For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, please refer to the following instructional resources:

• How-To Uninstall AMD Catalyst™ Drivers from a Windows® Based System
• How-To Install AMD Catalyst™ Drivers for a Windows® Based System

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®, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst Driver.
• The AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
• The AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 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 Product Compatibility

The AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Driver is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility

AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta on Windows® 7 (32 & 64-bit),  Windows® 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows® 10 (64-bit).

AMD Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility

AMD Catalyst™ Mobility driver is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

Compatible Operating Systems

AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit)
• Windows® 7 SP1 or higher (32 & 64-bit)

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.10 Beta Windows Driver

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 DirectX® 12  Unreal Engine 4 Editor
• [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.

AMD Issue Reporting Form

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, visit the AMD Issue Reporting Form.