AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta ya disponible para su descarga

Ya puedes descargar los nuevos controladores gráficos AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta, controladores que, como anunciamos hace unos días, traen mejoras de rendimiento de hasta un 28% para Watch Dogs y Murdered Soul Suspect, siempre y cuando tengas una AMD Radeon R9 290X.

El resto de mejoras destacas las encontramos con la resolución mixta en AMD Eyefinity, soporte Mantle para Battlefield 4, Thief y Star Swarm en equipos portátiles AMD con la tecnología AMD Enduro, y la aceleración de decodificación JPEG en la plataforma AM1. Puedes acceder a su descarga desde el siguiente enlace.

Performance improvements

• Watch Dogs performance improvements
  AMD Radeon R9 290X - 1920x1080 4x MSAA - improves up to 25%
  AMD Radeon R9290X - 2560x1600 4x MSAA - improves up to 28%
  AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra settings, MSAA = 4X) - 92% scaling
• Murdered Soul Suspect performance improvements
  AMD Radeon R9 290X - 2560x1600 4x MSAA - improves up to 16%
  AMD Radeon R9290X CrossFire configuration (3840x2160 Ultra settings, MSAA = 4X) - 93% scaling

AMD Eyefinity enhancements

• Mixed Resolution Support
• A new architecture providing brand new capabilities
• Display groups can be created with monitors of different resolution (including difference sizes and shapes)
• Users have a choice of how surface is created over the display group
  Fill - legacy mode, best for identical monitors
  Fit - create the Eyefinity surface using best available rectangular area with attached displays.
  Expand - create a virtual Eyefinity surface using desktops as viewports onto the surface.
• Eyefinity Display Alignment
• Enables control over alignment between adjacent monitors
• One-Click Setup
• Driver detects layout of extended desktops
  Can create Eyefinity display group using this layout in one click!
• New user controls for video color and display settings
• Greater control over Video Color Management:
• Controls have been expanded from a single slider for controlling Boost and Hue to per color axis
• Color depth control for Digital Flat Panels (available on supported HDMI and DP displays)
• Allows users to select different color depths per resolution and display

AMD Mantle enhancements

• Mantle now supports AMD Mobile products with Enduro technology
• Battlefield 4: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1366x768; high settings) - 21% gain
• Thief: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920x1080; high settings) - 14% gain
• Star Swarm: AMD Radeon HD 8970M (1920x1080; medium settings) - 274% gain
• Enables support for Multi-GPU configurations with Thief (requires the latest Thief update)

AMD AM1 JPEG decoding acceleration

• JPEG decoding acceleration was first enabled on the A10 APU Series in AMD Catalyst 14.1 beta, and has now been extended to the AMD AM1 Platform
• Provides fast JPEG decompression
• Provides Power Efficiency for JPEG decompression