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AMD FirePro™
Unified Driver
8.982.8.3 Release Notes
AMD FirePro™ professional graphics cards are designed to accelerate 3D workstation
applications. With full certification on the leading computer aided design (CAD), media and
entertainment (M&E) and architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) applications, AMD
FirePro™ is the high performance choice for graphics professionals. These release notes provide
information on the AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver version 8.982.8.3.
These release notes provide information on the following:






Workstation Product Family and Operating System Support
Linux Distributions Supported
New Features
Supported Technologies
Known Issues

Note: The AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver does not support the Intel
Itanium 2 processor based server platforms.

Caution: Pre-unified drivers (7.88 or older) should be un-installed
before installing the AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver.

Note: When installing the AMD FirePro™ Vista driver for Windows
Vista, the user must be logged on as an Administrator or have
Administrator rights in order to successfully complete the installation
of the AMD FirePro™ Vista driver.

AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver Version 8.982.8.3

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Workstation Product and Operating System Support
The AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver version 8.982.8.3 is designed to support the following AMD
FirePro™ products and operating systems:
Workstation Devices

WHQL
XP-32
XP-64

WHQL
Vista-32
Vista-64

WHQL
Win7-32
Win7-64

WHQL
Server
2008
R2-64

WHQL
Win8-32
Win8-64

Linux

AMD FirePro™ W9000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ S9000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ W8000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ W7000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ S7000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ W5000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ W600

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ A320 APU

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ A300 APU

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V9800

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V9800P

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V8800

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V7900

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V7800

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V7800P

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V5900

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V5800

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V5800 DVI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V4900

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V4800

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ V3900

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ V3800

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ 2460

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ 2270

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ATI FirePro™ S400

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

AMD FireStream™ 9370

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FireStream™ 9350

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver Version 8.982.8.3

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Workstation Devices

WHQL
XP-32
XP-64

WHQL
Vista-32
Vista-64

WHQL
Win7-32
Win7-64

WHQL
Server
2008
R2-64

WHQL
Win8-32
Win8-64

Linux

Dell Precision™ M6700

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Dell Precision™ M4700

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Dell Precision™ M6600

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Dell Precision™ M4600

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Dell Precision™ M6500

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

HP Elitebook™ 8770w

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

HP Elitebook™ 8570w

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

HP Elitebook™ 8470w

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

HP Elitebook™ 8760w

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

HP Elitebook™ 8560w

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

HP Elitebook™ 8460w

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Linux Distributions Supported
The latest version of the AMD FirePro™ Linux software suite is designed to support the
following distributions:






Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.8 and 6.2
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 SP4 and 11 SP2
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP4 and 11 SP2
OpenSUSE 11.4 and 12.1
Ubuntu® 11.10 and 12.04
Note: The AMD FirePro™ Linux software suite may install on a
number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation
installation instructions for more information.
Note: AMD has accepted contributed packaging scripts to allow
creation of other packages, but does not necessarily test, verify or
warrant the reliability.

AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver Version 8.982.8.3

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Workstation Product API Support
The AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver version 8.982.8.3 software included in this package is
designed to support the following AMD FirePro™ products:
Workstation Devices

Direct X

OpenGL

AMD FirePro™ W9000

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ S9000

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ W8000

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ W7000

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ S7000

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ W5000

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ W600

11.1*

4.2

AMD FirePro™ A320 APU

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ A300 APU

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V9800

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V9800P

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V8800

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V7900

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V7800

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V7800P

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V5900

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V5800

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V5800 DVI

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V4900

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V4800

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ V3900

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ V3800

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ 2460

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ 2270

11

4.1

ATI FirePro™ S400

-

-

AMD FireStream™ 9370

11

4.1

AMD FireStream™ 9350

11

4.1

AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver Version 8.982.8.3

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Workstation Devices

Direct X

OpenGL

Dell Precision™ M6700

11.1*

4.2

Dell Precision™ M4700

11.1*

4.2

Dell Precision™ M6600

11

4.1

Dell Precision™ M4600

11

4.1

Dell Precision™ M6500

11

4.1

HP Elitebook™ 8770w

11.1*

4.2

HP Elitebook™ 8570w

11.1*

4.2

HP Elitebook™ 8470w

11.1*

4.2

HP Elitebook™ 8760w

11

4.1

HP Elitebook™ 8560w

11

4.1

HP Elitebook™ 8460w

11

4.1

* Direct X 11.1 support is available in Windows 8.
Details on OpenCL API support and conformance with AMD FirePro™ professional graphics
products can be found at:
http://developer.amd.com/sdks/AMDAPPSDK/pages/DriverCompatibility.aspx

New Features
The following new features and optimizations have been added to the 8.982.8.3 release:



Performance improvements
Bug fixes

Supported Technologies
Details on AMD FirePro™ professional graphics supported technologies can be found at:
http://www.amd.com/us/products/workstation/graphics/Pages/workstation-graphics.aspx

AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver Version 8.982.8.3

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Known Issues
This section provides a list of issues which may be experienced when using this release of the
AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver on systems running the Windows or Linux operating systems.

Known Issues
10-bit color and OpenGL Quad Buffer 3D to be supported on upcoming Windows 8 driver
Application crash observed running AutoCAD 2011 on Windows XP x86 with W8000
White artifacts in background during scene playback in Maya 2013 with stereoscopic 3D enabled
Corruption observed on environment and material libraries in Showcase 2013 with stereo 3D enabled
Application stops responding while working with large models in Maya and resuming from hibernation
Application stops responding while running an OpenCL simulation in Houdini
Coordinate axes are drawn in black instead of the real color in Maxon
Solidworks toolbars when overlaid may appear tilted on specific hardware and software configurations

Additional Support
For additional support, visit our knowledgebase or contact us directly at:
http://support.amd.com/us/contacts/Pages/global-technical-support.aspx
© 2012 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
AMD, the AMD arrow logo, AMD Opteron, FirePro, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in
the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds. OpenCL is a trademark of Apple Inc., and is used with permission from Khronos. All
other names are for reference only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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