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AMD FirePro™ Unified Driver Version 8.982.8.3
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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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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.
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
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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* 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
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
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
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