AMD Catalyst™ 14.4 LINUX driver

AMD ha rilasciato il 25/04 i driver 14.4 per Linux. Questi driver sono compatibili solo con questa linea di prodotti:

• AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility ​

AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 280 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 270 Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 260 Series    ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 250 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 240 Series

• AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility ​

AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series    AMD Radeon™ HD 6000M Series
AMD Radeon™ HD 7000M Series    ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

Le nuove features introdotto con questa versione sono:

• Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
• Ubuntu 12.04.4  support
• Full support for OpenGL 4.4
• OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:

    ARB_buffer_storage
ARB_enhanced_layouts
ARB_query_buffer_object
ARB_clear_texture
ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
ARB_texture_stencil8
ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
ARB_multi_bind
ARB_bindless_texture
ARB_spare_texture
ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
ARB_indirect_parameters
ARB_shader_group_vote

Problemi risolti con questa versione di AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite.

• Corruption and system hang observed while running Sanctuary BM with Tear Free Desktop enabled
• Memory leak about hardware context
• EGL create context error for glesx
• GPU hand in CrossFire Mode
• [Piglit] Test “spec/arb_vertex_array_object” failed
• [Piglit] Test “glx/GLX_EXT_import_context/free context” failed
• [Piglit] Test “spec/ARB_seamless_cube_map” failed
• Piglit] Test “texture swizzle with border color” failed
• Glxtest failures observed in log file
• Blank screen observed while running steam games with Big picture
• 4ms delay observed in the glxSwapBuffers when vsync is enabled
• RBDoom3BFG the game auto quit when use the security camera terminal
• ETQW segmentation fault

Problemi conosciuti che verranno analizzati in seguito:

• Performance on some Steam OS games is lower on 1GB graphics memory cards, compared with 2GB graphics memory cards
• Some Piglit tests cause a system hang under Ubuntu

Potete scaricare i driver dall’apposita pagina del sito dell’AMD.