AMD hat neue Catalyst 15.7 Treiber für Windows und Linux veröffentlicht

Der neue Treiber unterstützt offiziell Windows 10 mit DirectX 12. Nachfolgend eine Auflistung der Änderungen in Englisch und die Downloadlinks.

AMD Catalyst 15.7 für Windows
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Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 15.7 Windows Driver

Windows® 10 Support

This is a Technical Preview driver with full WDDM 2.0 support for Windows® 10 and DirectX® 12 on all Graphics Core Next (GCN) supported products, -AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 and newer graphics products. Official driver support for AMD products will be available when Microsoft launches Windows® 10 on July 29th, 2015.

​NOTE: To ensure stability, users should upgrade to the latest available Windows® 10 Technical Preview build provided by Microsoft before installing AMD Catalyst™ 15.7.

​Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VSR provides image quality enhancements to games and Windows® desktop users by rendering images at a higher resolution and then down-scaling the same.

Frame Rate Target Control™ (FRTC)
FRTC allows the user to set a maximum frame rate when playing an application in full screen exclusive mode. This feature provides the following benefits:

Reduced GPU power consumption
Reduced system heat
Lower fan speeds and less noise

AMD FreeSync™ and AMD CrossFire™ Support
​​AMD FreeSync™ and AMD CrossFire™ can now be used together in applications using DirectX® 10 or higher. Please note, this feature is currently not supported on systems configured in AMD Dual Graphics mode.

AMD CrossFire™ Profile Enhancements
AMD Catalyst™ 15.7 includes enhancement for the following games since AMD Catalyst™ Omega:

Battlefield: Hardline
Evolve
Far Cry® 4
Lords of the Fallen
Project CARS
Total War: Attila
Alien: Isolation™
Assassin's Creed® Unity
Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
FIFA 2015
GRID Autosport
Ryse: Son of Rome
Talos Principle
The Crew
Grand Theft Auto V
Dying Light
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt

Performance Optimizations versus AMD Catalyst™ Omega Driver

Single GPU performance on Windows® 8.1 based system:

Up to 7% in Far Cry® 4 on AMD Radeon™ R7 and AMD Radeon™ R9 200 series and up *
Up to 10% in Tomb Raider on AMD Radeon™ R7 and AMD Radeon™ R9 200 series and up *"

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AMD Catalyst 15.7 für Linux
"New Features:

AMD PowerXpress support for laptops equipped with Intel 6th generation (Skylake) CPUs
Linux Platform Atomics & SVM Fine Grain Buffer support for Carrizo APUs
Multi-Device support for OpenCL 2.0"

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