Download Driver For AMD Catalyst Windows 8.1 Preview

AMD has released a beta driver for Windows 8.1. There are separate downloads for Radeon and FirePro series video cards. The download is suitable for both 32bit and 64bit environments, which immediately explains the size of 231MB. The driver supports version 1.3 of the Windows Display Driver Model, but only for the latest apus and video cards. Older models still have to work with wddm version 1.2. The complete list of supported hardware can be found below.

WDDM 1.3 driver model support for the following products:

• AMD Accelerated Processors (Kabini & Temash) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including:
  • A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
• AMD Accelerated Processors (Richland) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
  • A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6- 5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
• AMD Accelerated Processors (Trinity) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
  • A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6- 5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
• AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7400 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
• AMD Radeon HD 8000G Series
• AMD Radeon HD 8000D Series
• AMD Radeon HD 7900M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7600M/7500M Series
• AMD Radeon HD 7000G Series
• AMD Radeon HD 7000D Series
• AMD FirePro S10000
• AMD FirePro W9000, AMD FirePro S9000
• AMD FirePro W8000
• AMD FirePro W7000, AMD FirePro S7000
• AMD FirePro W5000, AMD FirePro R5000
• AMD FirePro W600
• AMD FirePro M6000 Series
• AMD FirePro M4000 Series
• AMD FirePro M2000 Series

WDDM 1.2 driver model support for the:

• AMD Accelerated Processors (Llano) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
  • A8-3870K, A8-3850, A8-3820, A8-3800, A8-3550MX, A8-3530MX, A8-3520M, A8-3510MX, A8-3500M, A6-3670K, A6-3650, A6-3620, A6- 3600, A6-3430MX, A6-3420M, A6-3410MX, A6-3400M, A4–3420, A4-3400, A4-3330MX, A4-3320M, A4-3310MX, A4-3305M, A4-3300M, E2-3000M, E2-3200
• AMD Accelerated Processors (Brazos) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet, including:
  • C-30, C-50, C-60, C-70, E1-1200, E1-1500, E2-1800, E2-2000, E-240, E-300, E-350, E-450, Z- 01, Z-60
• AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 5000M Series
• AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
• AMD Z Series APU A
• AMD FirePro A320 APU, AMD FirePro A300 APU
• ATI FirePro V9800. AMD FirePro V9800P
• ATI FirePro V8800
• AMD FirePro V7900, AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
• ATI FirePro V7800, AMD FirePro V7800P
• AMD FirePro V5900
• ATI FirePro V5800, ATI FirePro V5800 DVI
• AMD FirePro V4900
• ATI FirePro V4800
• AMD FirePro V3900
• ATI FirePro V3800
• ATI FirePro 2460, AMD FirePro 2270
• AMD FireStream 9370, AMD FireStream 9350
• AMD FirePro M8900 Series
• AMD FirePro M5950 Series
• AMD FirePro M7820 Series
• AMD FirePro M5950 Series
• AMD FirePro M3900 Series

Support for new Windows 8.1 features, including:

• Wireless Display – Microsoft’s support for Wireless Display Technology
• 48 Hz Dynamic Refresh rates for Video Playback
• Aggressive V-sync interrupt optimization
• Skype/Lync video conferencing acceleration
• New DX11.2 feature – Tiled Resources

Support for AMD Features, including:

• AMD Eyefinity
• OpenCL
• OpenGL
• UVD
• AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire Technology
• AMD Overdrive
• AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center

The following downloads are available:
AMD Radeon Catalyst for Windows 8.1 (Beta, 32&64bit)
AMD FirePro Catalyst for Windows 8.1 (Beta, 32&64bit)