AMD Catalyst 15.7.1 Drivers

-rascal- · August 2, 2015

AMD just recently rolled out 15.7.1 version drivers on the official website.

The original 15.7 driver is listed as: 15.20.1046.150622a-186188C

The latest 15.7.1 driver is listed as 15.20.1062.150715a-187142C, and dated as 7/28/2015 or 7/29/2015.

The 15.7.1 drivers lists several fixes that were and were not mentioned in the 15.7 Release Notes. Aside from that, it seems to be a more stable, and better optimized driver for Windows 10.

For you eager people out there with Windows 10, give these drivers a try.

Resolved Issues

[421165] Battlefield™ Hardline becomes unresponsive after toggling the in-game Vsync option.

[422261] Mantle-based application may crash when system is woken from sleep mode

[422291] Battlefield™ 4 may crash if run in Mantle mode with AMD Crossfire™ enabled

[422273] A crash may be experienced on some AMD Radeon™ R9 300 series products while running the Unigene benchmark

[422249] A ‘missing Dll’ error message may be experienced while doing an express uninstall of the current driver

[421444] Transcoded clips may fail to play on some Drag and Drop devices

[422853] Some systems experience a minor performance drop from 15.15 to 15.20 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with HairWorks enabled

[422800] Some “Kaveri” APU-based systems may experience minor performance drop on PCMark8® Video Group Chat & Casual Gaming tests

[422797] Display profiles are not retained after driver upgrade from 14.502 to 15.20

[422249] DLL missing popup message may be encountered when performing an express uninstall of the display driver. This will not impact the uninstall process

[422342] Cyberlink PowerDVD plays 3D content in 2D mode

[421570] Audio driver is banged out for non-primary ASIC after enabling CF and rebooting system

[422675] Intermittent BSOD occurs when launching a race in Dirt Rally™

[422621] With quad AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled, TDR or blank display occurs when launching DirectX® 9 application in full screen

[419871] BSOD observed when performing an express uninstall of the display driver in 4K resolution

[422671] Flickering corruption may occur in Dirt Rally™ with Advanced Blending enabled

[422672] Flickering corruption may occur in Dirt Rally™ when changing settings during gameplay

[422056] 3DMark Farandole may crash when AMD Mantle is selected from the test suite

Of course, there are also known, unresolved issues that still needs to be addressed

Known Issues:

[424127] The Firefox browser may crash while opening multiple tabs (2 or more)
Disabling hardware acceleration or opening multiple windows instead of multiple tabs is a temporary workaround solution

[423635] A Blue Screen error may be observed with some Intel+AMD configurations on driver installation. As a workaround, please update your drivers using Windows update.

[423536] F1™ 2015 may experience poor AMD Crossfire™ scaling

[423976] GTA V may crash on extended gameplay on some AMD Radeon™ R9 300 series products

[423982] GRID: Autosport™ and Batman™: Arkham Knight may not launch on some Intel+AMD configurations

[423651] Applying Video Quality (VQ) settings while playing Flash/HTML5 content may result in screen flicker

[420370] The Frame Rate option is erroneously displayed in the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center Performance Tab for systems with Intel processors and AMD GPUs.

[423656] A Blue Screen error may be encountered on some AMD Radeon™ R9 300 series products if AMD Crossfire™ is enabled/disabled while BluRay or DVD playback is in progress

[423520] AMD Dual Graphics may not be available on some AMD A10-5750M-equipped laptops

[423824] Unable to create an SLS in Eyefinity if a 5K display is part of the SLS.

[423759] Fill SLS mode will not apply when 2560x1600 resolution and 2560x1440 resolution displays are used

[423550] VSR mode may be erroneously displayed on devices that do not support the feature

[423378] Dirt Rally™ may show corruption in game textures after installing the V500 game update

[423969] System may hang while running the 3D Mark 2011 benchmark in a loop on some AMD Radeon™ R9 200 series products.

[422748] Battlefield Hardline may experience stuttering during game play

[422806] Battlefield Hardline may crash on pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del while running in Mantle mode

[423311] A TDR error may be experienced when running the Windows Metro camera application in a SLS configuration

[422944] Fire in Total War™ : Attila may experience corruption when in AMD CrossFire™ mode

[422291] Battlefield 4 triggers TDR and crash when running in AMD Mantle mode

[421719] Flickering and intermittent display blanking out with LG31MU97 if resolution is set above 1920x1080

[422674] Corruption may occur in Dirt Rally™ with CMAA enabled with Portrait SLS and AMD CrossFire™ mode enabled

[421388] AMD Radeon™ R9 390 Series may experience screen corruption in 3Dmark11 "Deep Sea" Demo

[422623] Rage: In game cinematic may stutter when quad AMD Crossfire™ mode is enabled

[421110] The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt - Corruption may be observed when AA is enabled in AMD Crossfire™ mode

By plain observations, there does not seem to be any updates regarding to Virtual Super Resolution (VSR), and Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC).

In my opinion, the last recent drivers from AMD, including 15.7, has been quite stable. I will hopefully be able to update my current 15.7 to 15.7.1, and will report back with if there are any further important discoveries (i.e. new feature, if available, other bugs, etc).

Driver download page(s)

Windows 10, 64-bit: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64

Windows 10, 32-bit: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+32

Windows 8.1, 64-bit: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+8.1+-+64

Windows 8.1, 32-bit: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+8.1+-+32

Windows 7, 64-bit: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

Windows 7, 32-bit: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+32

UPDATE 1: If you have Windows 10, please use Windows 10 drivers. Using the Windows 7 or 8.1 drivers may result in complications.

UPDATE 2: VSR seems to work with the Radeon HD 7800 series now -- instead of just the HD 7900 series. ~~Still needs to be confirmed by more HD 7800 users~~

**CONFIRMED** VSR is now available, and working on the HD 7870 / 7850. This was not mentioned in the release notes.

MaximusX · August 2, 2015

AMD just recently rolled out 15.7.1 version drivers on the official website.

The original 15.7 driver is listed as: 15.20.1046.150622a-186188C

The latest 15.7.1 driver is listed as 15.20.1062.150715a-187142C, and dated as 7/28/2015 or 7/29/2015.

The 15.7.1 drivers lists several fixes that were and were not mentioned in the 15.7 Release Notes. As from that, it seems to be a more stable, and better optimized driver for Windows 10.

For you eager people out there with Windows 10, give these drivers a try.

By plain observations, there does not seem to be any updates regarding to Virtual Super Resolution (VSR), and Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC).

Driver download page(s)

Windows 10: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64

Windows 8.1: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+8.1+-+64

Windows 7: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

Nice I am going to install these soon

Arcanekitten · August 2, 2015

AMD just recently rolled out 15.7.1 version drivers on the official website.

The original 15.7 driver is listed as: 15.20.1046.150622a-186188C

The latest 15.7.1 driver is listed as 15.20.1062.150715a-187142C, and dated as 7/28/2015 or 7/29/2015.

The 15.7.1 drivers lists several fixes that were and were not mentioned in the 15.7 Release Notes. As from that, it seems to be a more stable, and better optimized driver for Windows 10.

For you eager people out there with Windows 10, give these drivers a try.

Of course, there are also known, unresolved issues that still needs to be addressed

By plain observations, there does not seem to be any updates regarding to Virtual Super Resolution (VSR), and Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC).

Driver download page(s)

Windows 10: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64

Windows 8.1: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+8.1+-+64

Windows 7: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

not to be rude but wasn't already out like this morning

Misanthrope · August 2, 2015

I'm still on 15.5 but not sure if I really need this one.

sannukas0016 · August 2, 2015

not to be rude but wasn't already out like this morning

These have been out for few days, it even says so in the post.

Notional · August 2, 2015

This driver launched the 29th with Windows 10. It's their official Windows 10 driver.

Next driver should be a DX12 compatible driver I think.

Albatross · August 2, 2015

Sweet, downloading the Win10 driver now. Thanks for including those links, by the way.

xAcid9 · August 2, 2015

I'm still on 15.5 but not sure if I really need this one.

You want this if you're on Window 10, not sure about Win7 but overall it give me better performance and stability in Win10 & 8.1.

DEDRICK · August 2, 2015

15.7.1 is the DX12 driver, when I had it installed my Dxdiag said DirectX 12. Issues with the drivers though have forced me to install 15.6

Misanthrope · August 2, 2015

You want this if you're on Window 10, not sure about Win7 but overall it give me better performance and stability in Win10 & 8.1.

I'm on 7 though. Might give 10 a go in a month or 2 when I get a new SSD to replace my hdd

Curufinwe_wins · August 2, 2015

You know I find it funny that unless there are game breaking bugs, no one gives a shut when nvidia drivers are released, but amd drivers constitute their own news story.

Yes I understand much of this is due to the way GeForce experience works but still... (That and nvidia updates like twice a week)

Yay driver updates....

xAcid9 · August 2, 2015

15.7.1 is the DX12 driver, when I had it installed my Dxdiag said DirectX 12. Issues with the drivers though have forced me to install 15.6

*checked display tab*

*still show feature level 11.1 on my 290x*

Lukiose · August 2, 2015

I tried Windows 10 with 15.7.1 Win7/8.1 drivers the other day.

Catastrophic failure lol, hopefully this works out fine.

FratStar · August 2, 2015

*checked display tab*

*still show feature level 11.1 on my 290x*

-snip-

My 280x shows Direct X 12 in my dxdiag. But GPU-Z says 11.2.

Notional · August 2, 2015

*checked display tab*

*still show feature level 11.1 on my 290x*

Why I think DX12 still hasn't properly launched. Either that or drivers simply aren't ready yet. This seems to be the case for NVidia too.

My 280x shows Direct X 12 in my dxdiag. But GPU-Z says 11.2.

That's just the DX version of Windows. Go to screen/monitor and you can see the DX function level of your driver/hardware. Since GCN supports Dx12, this should say 12.0

AlwaysFSX · August 2, 2015

Why I think DX12 still hasn't properly launched. Either that or drivers simply aren't ready yet. This seems to be the case for NVidia too.

Pretty sure Windows 10 (and for that matter, 8(.1) and 7 too) support DX12 but Microsoft hasn't released any real libraries for it except the uber basic framework.

-rascal- · August 2, 2015

15.7.1 is the DX12 driver, when I had it installed my Dxdiag said DirectX 12. Issues with the drivers though have forced me to install 15.6

What kind of issues did you run into? I may want to add it up to the original post.

You know I find it funny that unless there are game breaking bugs, no one gives a shut when nvidia drivers are released, but amd drivers constitute their own news story.

Yes I understand much of this is due to the way GeForce experience works but still... (That and nvidia updates like twice a week)

Yay driver updates....

Well, news regarding to NVidia and AMD drivers do show up on the news and GPU section every so often.

We could start adding in more news regarding to NVidia drivers, too .

IMO, if I had the choice between frequent driver updates with small changes, or less frequent with more changes / improvements, I'd choose the latter.

Look at it this way, new game that is rushed out and fixed through several patches (i.e. latest Batman), or released later where the game is at least playable.

I tried Windows 10 with 15.7.1 Win7/8.1 drivers the other day.

Catastrophic failure lol, hopefully this works out fine.

What kind of issues did you run into? I'll post a warning Windows 8.1 drivers do not work with Windows 8 -- like 8/7 drivers working for Vista...

EDIT: VSR seems to work with the Radeon HD 7800 series now -- instead of just the HD 7900 series. ~~Still needs to be confirmed by more HD 7800 users.~~

**Confirmed** VSR is now available, and working on the HD 7870 / 7850. This was not mentioned in the release notes.

Humbug · August 2, 2015

Both catalyst 15.7 and 15.7.1 seem solid on my system. Max framerate control is a cool feature. But the lowest it goes is 55. I can't set it to 30.

This driver launched the 29th with Windows 10. It's their official Windows 10 driver.

Next driver should be a DX12 compatible driver I think.

Isn't this already DX12? Not that it matters as there are no games..

People were able to run the 3d mark dx12 API overhead test some time back on AMD hardware on the tech preview of windows 10. So at that time at least the alpha drivers supported DX12.

Curufinwe_wins · August 2, 2015

I know, and I don't really mind it either way. I just wanted to point it out because I've always found it amusing...

Notional · August 2, 2015

Pretty sure Windows 10 (and for that matter, 8(.1) and 7 too) support DX12 but Microsoft hasn't released any real libraries for it except the uber basic framework.

Only Windows 10 has DX 12, as it is tied to WDDM 2.0. But yeah, there might be parts of DX 12 missing.

Both catalyst 15.7 and 15.7.1 seem solid on my system. Max framerate control is a cool feature. But the lowest it goes is 55. I can't set it to 30. Isn't this already DX12? Not that it matters as there are no games..

People were able to run the 3d mark dx12 test some time back on AMD hardware on the tech preview of windows 10. So at that time at least the alpha drivers supported DX12.

I like frame rate control too, but would love a max of 144 or 145 instead of 95. Why would you ever set a max to only 30 though?

Afaik the 3D mark test is only the CPU API overhead test, which is not graphics dependant, so it doesn't actually use any DX12 effects/technologies on the graphics side.

AlwaysFSX · August 2, 2015

Only Windows 10 has DX 12, as it is tied to WDDM 2.0. But yeah, there might be parts of DX 12 missing.

Yes but I'm sure you could get DX12 to work in Windows 7 and 8 because of how similar the OS is.

Notional · August 2, 2015

Yes but I'm sure you could get DX12 to work in Windows 7 and 8 because of how similar the OS is.

Sure, Vista introduced kernel 6.0, and every OS since has been a small increment iteration of that kernel (which is why Windows 8.1 was essentially Windows 9 with kernel 6.3). I do not know how big the implementation of WDDM 2 is in the kernel though, but the fact that it introduces multithreaded workloads and less CPU overhead, does make it sound like it is a very extensive change that is needed. Either way, there is zero incentive for Microsoft to waste resources on that, as Windows 10 is a free upgrade. It's much better for everyone to have a larger and more homogenous platform in Windows 10, than fragmentation over several iterations.

Humbug · August 2, 2015

I like frame rate control too, but would love a max of 144 or 145 instead of 95. Why would you ever set a max to only 30 though?

Just wanted to try the cinematic experience... Which I haven't experienced since getting my R9 290 more than a year ago.

Afaik the 3D mark test is only the CPU API overhead test, which is not graphics dependant, so it doesn't actually use any DX12 effects/technologies on the graphics side.

It's still a different API and it will not work without DX12 graphics drivers. It's sending draw calls to the GPU via DX12 and that can not be executed without a DX12 supporting graphics driver. That's why the mantle API overhead test refuses to run on NVIDIA hardware. The fact that it doesn't use advanced graphical effects is irrelevant, it's still using the API and driver to pass simple instructions to the GPU and draw some simple boxes with the intention of not allowing graphics to be a bottleneck. But running this API test is an easy way to confirm if the graphics driver understands DX12.

DEDRICK · August 2, 2015

What kind of issues did you run into? I may want to add it up to the original post.

Well, news regarding to NVidia and AMD drivers do show up on the news and GPU section every so often.

We could start adding in more news regarding to NVidia drivers, too .

IMO, if I had the choice between frequent driver updates with small changes, or less frequent with more changes / improvements, I'd choose the latter.

Look at it this way, new game that is rushed out and fixed through several patches (i.e. latest Batman), or released later where the game is at least playable.

What kind of issues did you run into? I'll post a warning Windows 8.1 drivers do not work with Windows 8 -- like 8/7 drivers working for Vista...

EDIT: VSR seems to work with the Radeon HD 7800 series now -- instead of just the HD 7900 series. ~~Still needs to be confirmed by more HD 7800 users.~~

**Confirmed** VSR is now available, and working on the HD 7870 / 7850. This was not mentioned in the release notes.

Only happens to Extended Desktop users with 290s and 390s, very rare issue and it only happens in 15.7 and 15.7.1. It first showed up in Windows 8.1 with the 15.7 release, I have had to go back to 15.6 ever since.

When the card idles, massive display corruption when you move a window over the desktop. Watch a video on Youtube or do anything to jump the clocks up, corruption goes away. If I turn off both monitors or disable one, it goes away as well

spartaman64 · August 2, 2015

You know I find it funny that unless there are game breaking bugs, no one gives a shut when nvidia drivers are released, but amd drivers constitute their own news story.

Yes I understand much of this is due to the way GeForce experience works but still... (That and nvidia updates like twice a week)

Yay driver updates....

no there are plenty of articles on nvidia drivers

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