AMD ha pubblicato i nuovi driver per schede video Radeon Catalyst 14.4 RC (Release Candidate). Stando alle note di pubblicazione, l’aggiornamento include il pieno supporto alle API OpneGL 4.4, migliora le prestazioni con le librerie grafiche Mantle e con la modalità CrossFire e supporta la nuova VGA dual GPU Radeon R9 295X. A seguire trovate il changelog completo in inglese, mentre tra i link la pagina per il download.
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 Release Candidate Driver for Windows:• Support for the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X• CrossFire™ fixes enhancements: •Crysis 3 – frame pacing improvements• Far Cry 3 – 3 and 4 GPU performance improvements at high quality settings, high resolution settings• Anno 2070 – Improved CrossFire scaling up to 34%• Titanfall – Resolved in game flickering with CrossFire enabled• Metro Last Light – Improved Crossfire scaling up to 10%• Eyefinity 3×1 (with three 4K panels) no longer cuts off portions of the application• Stuttering has been improved in certain applications when selecting mid-Eyefinity resolutions with V-sync Enabled • Full support for OpenGL 4.4 • OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions: • ARB_buffer_storage• ARB_enhanced_layouts• ARB_query_buffer_object• ARB_clear_texture• ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge• ARB_texture_stencil8• ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev• ARB_multi_bind• ARB_bindless_texture• ARB_spare_texture• ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture• ARB_indirect_parameters• ARB_compute_variable_group_size• ARB_shader_draw_parameters• ARB_shader_group_vote• Mantle beta driver improvements: •BattleField 4: Performance slowdown is no longer seen when performing a task switch/Alt-tab• BattleField 4: Fuzzy images when playing in rotated SLS resolution with an A10 Kaveri system
