Wednesday 10 December 2014

AMD Catalyst™ Omega Software Upgrade: Extra Performance - No Extra Cost

AMD channel update

EMPOWER CUSTOMERS AND ENABLE DEVELOPERS WITH THE AMD CATALYST™ OMEGA DRIVER

The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is engineered to unlock new capabilities in AMD APUs and AMD Radeon™ GPUs based on GCN architecture. Download the latest update, the AMD Catalyst™ Omega driver, for enhanced performance, reliability, and energy efficiency – with no extra cost:
 • Early buyers of an AMD Radeon™ R9 290X who download and install AMD Catalyst Omega today can realize up to 19% faster gameplay with Civilization: Beyond Earth™ 1
• Users of AMD’s advanced APUs like the A10 7850K can achieve up to 29% faster gaming performance with Batman: Arkham Origins™ 2



The AMD Catalyst™ Omega driver enriches user experience and developer goals

The AMD Catalyst™ Omega driver extracts the true potential of GCN-enabled AMD APUs and GPUs with over 20 new software features for existing hardware, including:

UltraHD Upscaling
• Built-in UltraHD upsampling with frame rate conversion and HD detail enhancement that will convert 1080p videos to near-UltraHD quality on 4K displays

Picture perfect UltraHD technology
• Pixel-by-pixel image processing with compression artifact removal 2, VAAPI decode, and frame rate conversion for Blu-ray playback

Virtual Super Resolution
Render games at higher resolution and display them at lower resolution and get up to 4K-quality gaming on 1080p HD displays.
• Smoother textures and edges
• Game and Engine agnostic solution
• Simulates Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing (SSAA) for games that don't support it

Testing delivers superior product quality

The AMD Catalyst™ Omega driver underwent approximately 65% more automated and 12% more manual test-cases, utilizing 10% more varied system configurations with 10% more varied screen displays, as well as significant quality enhancements requested during an open call by our most critical users on six of the largest PC communities – all to ensure a user experience as intuitive, reliable, and enjoyable as possible.3

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