AMD - Catalyst 14.3 Beta driver, Thief Patch featuring Mantle/TrueAudio, and fix for Vsync out now

[Warsam71]

Hello everyone,

Our Catalyst 14.3 Beta driver and the Thief patch by Eidos Montreal, which features our Mantle and TrueAudio technology, are available today. The patch will automatically download on PCs that have the game installed already; you can download the beta driver from here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

In addition, I’m happy to inform you that we have also included the fix for the audio Vsync bug you have reported. I’d like to thank you again for your patience and a special thank you to those of you who have provided me thorough details about the bug – very helpful

Please remember to check out the Feature Highlights and the Known Issues sections for more information about this version of the driver.

 

[Warsam71]

Thank you Spook187. Please make sure to use our Issue Reporting form (which we're going to update shortly to read 14.3, here is the link: http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D25AD12B1A) if you run into issues or find any bugs.

 

[Warsam71]

One more thing, we just released a blog titled "AMD Catalyst 14.3 Beta, the ultimate driver for Thief!"

Provides lots of information about Thief and this version of the Beta Driver. And make sure to check out the links in the blogs too

 

[Warsam71]

thx for letting us know warsam
the casual way it mentions we should dust off our occulus rift tho lol

i would like to know what are the best type of headphones to try trueaudio with ><

Hello Mei,
I'm using the Razer Kraken 7.1 headset for all my games...works great

 

[Warsam71]

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to let you know I'm tracking this thread and taken lots of notes. Thank you for posting by the way.

We are planning to release another driver, the WHQL, next month; and I will make sure to keep you informed on this topic.

 

[Warsam71]

Sam are they proper 7.1 or do they have sound processing to create virtual 7.1?

Hello LtMatt,
If features a 7.1 virtual surround sound engine. From what I understand, the engine allows for processing the audio source to simulate a 360 surround sound experience. When playing BF4 I am able to hear sound effects (for example bullets flying over me or enemies' footsteps, trying to sneak behind me) from any direction and able to react accordingly.

 

[Warsam71]

Any point upgrading from 13.12 to this? I don't have BF4.

Hello MrMarvelous,

It's totally up to you (please keep in mind it's a Beta driver). That being said, lots of gamers who have been playing BF4 have seen great performance gains; but since you're not playing the game, you could wait till next month when we release the WHQL driver.

I'm sure members here can provide you their thoughts/recommendations as well - there are a lot of experts here

 

[Warsam71]

This. I had that on my previous installation.

Hi Thont,

Just wanted to let you know I've included this bug/issue (and Humbug's) in a report I'm preparing for my team, and plan on sending it by the end of this week.

 

[Warsam71]

if WHQL got Power Play bug i will be really ****ed off,,, I had email from AMD CS last Friday to give them more specific details about that driver bug. I wrote down two a4 pages back to them.
Now i am waiting to see if i wasted my time on that...

Hello Lord_ZED,

If you don't mind, could you please email me the same document you've sent to our Customer Support team? (I'd like to see if there is anything I can do to help). My Trust account has been enabled by the OCUK moderators already.

Thank you!