AMD has released a new beta driver for its graphics cards that fixes the video memory leak that was spotted in its previous driver release. The AMD Catalyst 15.9.1 Beta is optimized for both Star Wars: Battlefront’s upcoming beta and Fable: Legends’ DX12 benchmark, so make sure to download this driver.
AMD fans can download the AMD Catalyst 15.9.1 beta driver from here.
And here is the changelog for this new beta driver.
Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 15.9.1 Beta Windows Driver
Performance Optimizations
Star Wars™: Battlefront Beta – Performance and quality optimizations
Fable Legends : Includes the latest DirectX® 12 optimizations for the Fable Legends: BenchmarkResolved Issues:
[77609] A video memory leak can occur when browser and other windows are resized
[59474] Diablo 3 crashes in the Act 2 Desolate Sands area of the game
[59081] The AMD Catalyst Control Center ‘update’ option fails to download the latest driver
[58800] Dragon Age: Inquisition may crash if launched in Mantle mode
[58781] The DirectX® Diagnostic tool does not report DirectX® 12 available on supported products
[58677] World of Warships may crash on some AMD Radeon HD5000 and HD6000 series products
[58646] Assassin’s Creed® Unity may experience minor frame stutter when AMD CrossFire™ mode is enabled
[58485] Anti Aliasing settings not being retained after changes are applied
[58450] Some BENQ 144hz Freesync™ monitors may lose the signal while uninstalling the driver
[58495] DiRT Rally™ crashes during gameplay and benchmarking when launched in DirectX® 11 mode on some BENQ 144HZ Freesync monitors
Known Issues:
[57189] GTA V crashes on some AMD Radeon R9 390X GPU’s
[76899] Star Wars: Battlefront Bata – Flickering may be experience if AMD Crossfire is enabled
[56099] Corruption may occur in DiRT Rally™ with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled
[59792] A black screen may be encountered on bootup on Windows 10 systems. The system will ultimately continue to the Windows login screen.
[76930] Intermittent playback issues with Cyberlink PoweDVD when connecting to a 3D display with an HDMI cable
[76924] A TDR error may be experienced while toggling between minimized and maximized mode while viewing 4K Youtube content
[59475] Elite: Dangerous – poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode
[59298] Final Fantasy XIV – Heavensward may crash when run in DirectX 11® mode and borderless window mode
[58870] Some applications may fail to launch on some Mobility platforms when launched in High Performance mode
[425417] Windows 10 driver installation may halt on some systems with an AMD 990FX chipset and AMD CrossFire™ enabled
[58506] Mad Max – Color corruption is observed when Alt+Ctrl+Del is pressed followed by the Escape key
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