AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows® Operating System
Last Updates: 3/17/2014
Article Number:
RN-WIN-B14.3V1.0
The AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver can be downloaded from the following links:
NOTE! This AMD Catalyst™ Driver is provided "AS IS", and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.
Installing The AMD Catalyst™ Software Driver
Current driver MUST be uninstalled before updating to AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 driver. For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, please refer to the following support resources:
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows®
Known Issues
AMD Radeon™ Graphics Technology Product Family Compatibility
The AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows is compatible with the following AMD products:
AMD Mobility Radeon™ Graphics Technology Family Compatibility
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised. The Installation Verification Software is designed to prevent driver download on certain notebook products. This is to help protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer. In such a situation, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.
Compatible Operating Systems
The AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows® is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, use the appropriate form.
NOTE! This AMD Catalyst™ Driver is provided "AS IS", and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.
Installing The AMD Catalyst™ Software Driver
Current driver MUST be uninstalled before updating to AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 driver. For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, please refer to the following support resources:
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows®
- Thief:
- AMD Mantle and AMD True Audio support
- Improves stuttering observed in CrossFire mode
- Call of Duty: Ghosts: QUAD CrossFire profile update – improves level load times
- Audio issues observed when using CrossFire configurations (and V-sync enabled) have been resolved
- BattleField 4: V-sync issues observed on CrossFire configurations (with Mantle enabled) have been resolved
Known Issues
- Secondary GPUs do not enter low power state on CrossFire configurations; this issue will be addressed in the next AMD Catalyst beta release
- Thief (DirectX): Lighting flickers on CrossFire configurations only after CrossFire has been enabled then disabled; this issue will be addressed in the next AMD Catalyst beta release
- Battlefield 4 (DirectX): Quad CrossFire configurations with Eyefinity Display configurations suffer slowdowns and stability issues
- Titanfall: Flickering occurs under AMD CrossFire configurations
AMD Radeon™ Graphics Technology Product Family Compatibility
The AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows is compatible with the following AMD products:
| AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility | |
| AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series |
| AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series | AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series |
| AMD Radeon™ R5 200 Series | AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series |
| ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series | |
AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Desktop Product Family
| |
| AMD A10 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series | |
| AMD A8 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series | |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series | |
| AMD A6 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series | |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series | |
| AMD A4 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series | |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 6000D Series | |
| AMD E2-3000 APU (AMD Radeon HD 8280) | AMD E1-2500 APU (AMD Radeon HD 8240) |
| AMD E2-2000 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7340) | AMD E1-1200 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7310) |
| AMD E2-1800 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7340) | AMD E1-300 APU (AMD Radeon HD 6310) |
AMD Mobility Radeon™ Graphics Technology Family Compatibility
AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised. The Installation Verification Software is designed to prevent driver download on certain notebook products. This is to help protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer. In such a situation, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.
| AMD Mobility Radeon™ Discrete Product Family | |
| AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8000M Series | AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 6000 Series |
| AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 7000M Series | AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series |
| AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 6000M Series | |
| AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks using AMD chipsets | |
| Consumer Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Product Family | |
| AMD A10 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series | |
| AMD A8 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series | |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series | |
| AMD A6 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series | |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series | |
| AMD A4 Series APU | AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series | |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 6000G Series | |
| AMD A10-5745M | AMD E2-3000 |
| AMD A10-4657M | AMD E2-2000 |
| AMD A10-4655M | AMD E2-1800 |
| AMD A8-4557M | AMD E1-2500 |
| AMD A8-4555M | AMD E1-2100 |
| AMD A8-5545M | AMD E1-1500 |
| AMD A6-5345M | AMD E1-1500 |
| AMD A6-4455M | AMD E1-1200 |
| AMD A6-5200 | AMD E-300 |
| AMD A4-4455M | AMD C-70 |
| AMD A4-5000 | AMD C-60 |
| AMD A4-4355M | |
| AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks using AMD chipsets | |
| Consumer Tablets with AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Product Family |
| AMD A6-1450 utilizing AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8250 |
| AMD A4-1250 utilizing AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8210 |
| AMD A4-1200 utilizing AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8180 |
| AMD Z-60 |
| AMD Z-01 |
The following notebooks are
not compatible with this release:
- Any notebook launched after this driver release
- Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
- Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
- Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Compatible Operating Systems
The AMD Catalyst™ 14.3 Beta V1.0 Driver for Windows® is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
- Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit version)
- Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, use the appropriate form.
