Download Driver For AMD Catalyst 14.9.1 Beta

AMD has released an update to Catalyst driver 14.9 and it is offered under the beta flag. The driver is only suitable for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, and there are separate 32bit and 64bit downloads, support for Windows 8.0 has been discontinued with version 14.6 and AMD recommends installing the free update to Windows 8.1. Compared to the stable release from a week ago, the new driver contains some bug fixes. If you don’t have any problems with the 14.9 release, you don’t need to update.

AMD Catalyst 14.9.1 Beta Driver for Windows

Due to a small number of isolated usability issues in last week’s AMD Catalyst 14.9 driver that were reported by end users, we are providing an updated driver that addresses those usability issues. If you are not facing any problems we recommend you continue to use the latest AMD Catalyst 14.9 driver.

Resolved Issues

• Driver installation randomly crashes or hangs
• Intermittent black screen or BSOD on reboot after driver installation
• [406933]: CCC intermittently crashes with error popup message
• [406904]: Random hang or BSOD when launching Battlefield 4 in quad Crossfire
• [406906]: Random hang or BSOD when enabling or disabling quad Crossfire
• [406905]: Intermittent hang when launching Sniper Elite 3 with quad Crossfire

Known Issues

• [406977]: Dual AMD Radeon HD 7990 intermittent BSOD when upgrading from previous AMD Catalyst 14.4 driver – see “Important Notes” section below on how to resolve this issue
• [406953]: Battlefield 4 intermittent crash or hang when changing game resolution in Mantle – If you experience this issue go to the games video options menu and select DirectX mode then change resolutions. Once that is done go back to Mantle mode to play the game at the new resolution you chose.

Important Notes

• Users of dual AMD Radeon HD 7990 in AMD Crossfire mode should completely uninstall older versions of Catalyst drivers from “Add/Remove Programs” in Windows Control Panel before installing the AMD Catalyst 14.9.1 Beta. If users of this graphics configuration are still having issues after taking these steps when installing the AMD Catalyst 14.9.1 Beta please use the AMD Catalyst 14.7 drivers .
• Some users may find that their graphics product is not currently being supported by the AMD Gaming Evolved Application. We encourage those users to visit the Raptr website to download the latest client or for information on when the application will be available to them.