AMD 15.3 drivers (beta) official download

[Cybrnook2002]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx


AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® Release Notes
Article Number: RN-WIN-15.3 BETA

This article provides information on the latest posting of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta.

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™ 15.3 Beta contains the following:

• AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver version14.502.1014

The AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

• AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 7 32-bit
• AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 7 64-bit
• AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 8.1 32-bit
• AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Driver for Windows® 8.1 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 support 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® 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 15.3 Beta Software Suite requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
• The AMD Catalyst 15.3 Beta Software Suite requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 to be installed. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is included in all Catalyst 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™ 15.3 Beta is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 SeriesAMD Radeon™ R5 230 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 280 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 270 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 260 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 250 SeriesATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 240 Series

AMD All-In-One Desktop Product Family Compatibility
AMD Radeon™ HD 7600A SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6600A Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7450A SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6350A Series


AMD APU Product Family Compatibility

Windows 8.1 32-bit with Kaveri APU is currently not supported by AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta driver.

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility
DesktopMobile
A-Series AMD Radeon™ R7 GraphicsAMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
A-Series AMD Radeon™ R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
A-Series AMD Radeon™ R5 GraphicsAMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series
A-Series AMD Radeon™ R3 Graphics
AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series

AMD Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility

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

AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 SeriesATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series


Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.3 Beta Windows Driver

AMD Freesync™ Support for single GPU product configurations

• • AMD Freesync technology support is now available for single GPU configurations. For more information on how Freesync works, FAQ's and what products are currently supported, please visit the Freesync Technology Page

Mixed Rotation Eyefinity now available on Radeon™ R9 285 series

• • AMD Radeon™ R9 285 now supports Mixed Rotation Eyefinity for "0" and "90" degrees rotations
  • More information on setup, configuration and support for this feature is available at the following link:

New Crossfire Profiles for:

• • Battlefield Hardline
  • Evolve
  • Far Cry 4
  • Lords of the Fallen
  • Project Cars
  • Total War: Attila

Crossfire Profile Updates for :

• • Alien Isolation
  • Assassin's Creed Unity
  • Civilization - Beyond Earth
  • FIFA 2015
  • Grid Autosport
  • Ryse: Son of Rome
  • Talos Principle
  • The Crew

Important Note:

The AMD CrossFire™ profile for Dying Light is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Techland to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.

Resolved Issues:

• • [412702] Screens may blank out when enabling a 3x1 SLS with 3 HDMI monitors
  • [411847] Leadwerks : Project Manager crashes with a "Pure Virtual Function Call" error
  • [413076] Second Life : Rigged mesh objects are not rendered correctly when hardware skinning is enabled in the in game settings
  • [413392] Star Trek Online : Block corruption is experienced when MSAA is enabled in the in game settings
  • [410367] System hangs/BSOD upon resuming from S3/S4 sleep on AMD Radeon™ R9 285 configured in AMD CrossFire™ mode
  • [410293] With AMD CrossFire™ enabled, Timeout Detection Recovery (TDR) occurs during actual gameplay when YouTube Mix moves to the next song in Firefox
  • [407622] Screen tearing on enabling VSync with Alien: Isolation game
  • [407175] Catalyst Control Center Video Quality settings may not be available or retained if the "Enforce Smooth Video Playback" option is not selected on some AMD HD series GPU's.
  • [410391] Primary display may not be retained after disabling Crossfire while in Eyefinity mode
  • [409705] Enabling or disabling Crossfire may lead to one side of the 4K MST display being shown as black
  • [410393] Minor stuttering may be seen in Dragon Age Inquisition on Single and Multi GPU configurations
  • [414660] Total War : Attilla - The game may hang during in game cinematics on certain Kaveri platforms with a separate discrete GPU
  • [414120] The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim : Fog / Clouds may flicker on Radeon HD 5800 series products

Known Issues:

• • [414653] Lord of Fallen : Flickering may be observed during gameplay on some 3D monitors
  • [414771] FIFA 2015 : On a limited number of AMD APU + AMD GPU configurations a crash may be experienced if the "No Limit on FPS" game option is enabled
  • [414752] Dragon Age inquisition : Random game crashes may be experienced in Mantle mode
  • [414583] The Catalyst Control Center may hang when using the 'Check for Updates" option
  • [414468] Battlefield 4 : Screen tearing / Stutter may be experienced in Three way Crossfire setup in Eyefinity mode
  • [410398] A black screen may be experienced when attempting to enable Eyefinity after changing the display mode (Portrait, Landscape)
  • [406495] Pull down detection fails to lock in Metro Video playback applications
  • [410255] A system restart or hang may be observed on sleep/resume while transcoding video with Media Espresso
  • [416109] Battlefield Hardline : Changing resolution from low to high and enabling Vsync may result in intermittent corruption and stutter. Restarting the game is a temporary solution to the problem
  • [414713] Some 5K displays may experience flickering on some AMD E-Series APU's
  • [414620] Frame drops may be experienced with Blu-Ray playback on certain AMD Kaveri APU's when connected to 5K displays
  • [415920] Total War: Attila - The game may randomly restart when first launched
  • [410336] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Intermittent flickering may be observed when accessing the in game menu
  • [416363] Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash when launched on R9 285 series products with Crossfire and Mantle enabled
  • [416302] Battlefield Hardline: The game may crash on first launch when in High Performance mode
  • [416442] Freesync does not work after hotplugging the display with Windows Aero (DWM) off
    • A temporary workaround is to toggle Windows Aero on/off or by restarting Windows
  • [416441] Freesync is not enabled in Diablo III unless Vsync is enabled in the game
    • A temporary workaround is to enable Vsync in the game

 

[MrGenius]

Thanks! I can't wait to try these out with the Windows 10 Pro tech preview. Get a little beta on beta action goin' on.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Tried installing 15.3.1 from the battlelog link, won't even detect my Panasonic TV and doesn't even show as current driver version. Tried 15.3b from AMD's site. Seemed to install OK, detects TV, says 15.3 in GPU-Z. Only problem is CCC won't launch. Tried installing again, same problem.

Now reverting back to 14.2 Omegas. Damn, Nvidia is looking better and better. This is total BS.

 

[MrGenius]

I thought I was having the same issue. But I managed to get CCC to open. Not sure if it was ending the CCC host application in task manager first. Or clicking on the hidden icon(far right of task bar). Which was kinda odd, because there were 3 of them(CCC icons) when I first unhid them. Then 2 disappeared real quick.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Can someone please help with this? No matter what I can't get CCC to open now.

I keep getting this error:

This happens even with the Omega 14.2 driver that installed fine before with CCC working. I noticed GPU-Z is reading it as 14.12 though.

 

[MrGenius]

Is working for me. Did try my ideas? Clean install perhaps?

 

[Frag_Maniac]

I always do clean installs, and I even check after reboot using Driver Sweep's Analyse feature to clean up anything that shows, clean it, reboot, then check again. I never install AMD drivers if anything is left showing.

I've tried having CCC as startup and not. Either way it won't launch. I've even tried making a shortcut of CCC.exe and clicking straight on CCC.exe in it's folder. I've also tried a tip I found on a forum where others were having this problem where you right click the Users folder and click General and check Hidden to make sure all AMD's folders are registering in the global settings. That didn't work either.

Can you launch GPU-Z and tell me what driver version it shows? Can you even launch CCC via right clicking desktop and clicking CCC, because I can't? I'm beginning to think I'm going to have to format Windows over this crap, and here I am missing the Gonzaga vs Iowa game. I had a feeling I should have just left the Omegas installed, because unlike many, I had no trouble installing it or using it.

BTW, I check show all icons and notifications for CCC in the taskbar manager and I can['t even get it's icon to show. I see no CCC host application in task manager, just ATI external events service and client modules. Maybe that's the problem, it seems CCC never installs properly now.

 

[Cybrnook2002]

Not to patronize, but did you make sure to install the right version? This sounds like something similar I saw before where I accidently downloaded and installed the wrong version for my os. Again, not trying to patronize, but this seems pretty isolated and that's all I can think of. Well that and you said you already ran into troubles trying to install a version from a non official site and I belive that's where your troubles started.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Yes, it was the W7 64 bit version. And plenty others installed the 15.3.1 file from the same site I got it from here. If people were having what you seem to be implying were malware problems with it, I would think others would have indicated the same problem and TPU would have taken the link down.

There's also the fact that plenty have had issues with CCC not launching before, dating back quite a while now. Otherwise you wouldn't see people seeking help for it on popular tech forums and tech heads offering the User subdirectory rebuilding tip like I mentioned above. Which I've tried yet again btw via making them hidden then resetting them according to a Tom's Hardware tech tip that was said to work, and it didn't work either.

It's well known that AMD fubars software on a regular basis. I am pretty much reaching the of my rope with their incompetence. That's why guys like Angel Trinidad rewrote ATI drivers for years by fixing the problems in them, and Guru3D, XtremeSystems, etc tech heads came up with Radeon Pro. Hell, ATI's first uninstaller even was written by Ray Adams, as well as ATI Tray Tools.

There's no such thing as isolated problems with AMD software, it's a regular thing.

 

[kn00tcn]

I thought I was having the same issue. But I managed to get CCC to open. Not sure if it was ending the CCC host application in task manager first. Or clicking on the hidden icon(far right of task bar). Which was kinda odd, because there were 3 of them(CCC icons) when I first unhid them. Then 2 disappeared real quick.

when programs with tray icons crash, the icon stays until you mouse over it, so you probably crashed twice

 

[Mussels]

these drivers work great for me, *HUGE* benefits in dying light. gone from 30FPS medium to 70-80FPS on high.

zero issues with CCC not launching and so on, on the various AMD GPU systems in the house.

 

[Steevo]

No issues here on a 7970 overclocked like a mofo, did a install right over the Omega drivers.

Avast is a dick and its sandbox kept screwing with the install, but that is NOT AMD's fault that Avast is getting worse and worse. Unless the driver calls for a removal of prior install just install over the top, and last I checked only Omega drivers required removing the old first.

 

[The Mac]

switch to bitdefener, its better.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

With all due respect, I don't need to hear what's already been said. I know it installed fine for some, even without a clean install, but I need to sort this out and I really don't want to format. I use Avast too, but I always disable Sandbox, so that's not it.

The only thing that seems coincidental is I've been getting intermittent Windows Update messages since trying to install these. Two were security updates for Explorer 11 I let go until after trying a couple driver installs. Now I'm seeing 4 more security updates and a couple resolve issues ones.

I'm going to install these updates then just try overwriting 15.3 this time. Hell, if I can't get CCC to work anyway even on 14.2, I may as well try the betas for gaming performance. I guess I can also try using RadeonPro instead of CCC. I usually only ever force 16AF anyway. This just pisses me off though.

Mussels, did you do a clean instal or overwrite? You also never answered whether you used 15.3 or 15.3.1?

 

[Mussels]

Mussels, did you do a clean instal or overwrite? You also never answered whether you used 15.3 or 15.3.1?

both. one system went 14.12 to 15.3.1 to 15.3, the other went 14.12 to 15.3. dirty install all times.

 

[CrackerJack]

Seen these the other day, no one was saying anything about it... so i skip it. But i might try it for $hits and giggles

 

[Frag_Maniac]

both. one system went 14.12 to 15.3.1 to 15.3, the other went 14.12 to 15.3. dirty install all times.

OK, thanks, and I'm glad I asked, because I assumed you were using 15.3.1.

Well, for some odd reason, a 3rd or 4th attempt at installing these ( I lost count), actually worked this time without CCC not responding, and I really didn't do anything different. Maybe it was those updates finally having been installed and configured or something.

There is a lot of buzz about CCC now and then doing this though, and many have suggested it's related to Windows updates, public token keys, etc, etc.

Now I can finally test it on Dying Light, Far Cry 4, and AC Rogue. Unity as well, haven't even finished that yet, or Shadow of Mordor or GRID Autosport for that matter. That is unusual for me, I usually finish games.

Thanks for all feedback, well, that which actually pertained and was restrained anyway. LOL

 

[Aceman.au]

Tried the 15.3 beta driver. Everything but CCC installed fine. Now no matter what version driver I install I get the error:

Application Install: install package failure!

Without CCC my cards will thermal throttle and run hot. HELP MEEEEE.

 

[Mussels]

Tried the 15.3 beta driver. Everything but CCC installed fine. Now no matter what version driver I install I get the error:

Application Install: install package failure!

Without CCC my cards will thermal throttle and run hot. HELP MEEEEE.

what antivirus?
uninstalled and reinstalled? tried a clean upgrade and a dirty over the top one?

 

[Aceman.au]

AVG antivirus. I turned the Firewall to Allow all for the installation. Did nothing

Uninstalled and reinstalled many times. Even in safe mode.

Tried installing over the top of the fresh install

CCC version: 2014.1120.2123.38423

Says Success even though it failed. Doesn't show up on C: drive or programs list.

Ive installed 14.2 now installing 15.3 over the top (fresh download incase of data corruption somehow). I haven't tried this yet

EDIT: Failed same error.

Might just do a format and reinstall. Overdue for one.

 

[Mussels]

just so i can satisfy my own pet dislike of them: did you ever run a driver cleaner tool on that OS install?

 

[Steve-007UK]

Just lately i find that CCC does not always uninstall fully when removing the drivers so if people are having issues can you go into programs and features and look for CCC uninstall as it tends to show up as its own thing on my system these days but don't know if thats a windows 8.1 thing.

I had no issues with this driver or CCC but i did manualy remove the left over CCC stuff from programs and features before i tried the new beta driver.

 

[Aceman.au]

just so i can satisfy my own pet dislike of them: did you ever run a driver cleaner tool on that OS install?

Im back up and running 15.3 installed flawlessly.

And yes I ran DDU and Driver Fusion.

 

[Mussels]

Im back up and running 15.3 installed flawlessly.

And yes I ran DDU and Driver Fusion.

its back up after a fresh OS install, or using the driver cleaners?
just looking for more confirmation that the people with issues used driver cleaners in the past.

 

[Aceman.au]

Fresh Win7 install.