AMD and Nvidia have released their Windows 8.1 Preview Drivers!

Microsoft released their the Windows 8.1 Preview software last week, which you can find here, and now new software is being released so users and try it out and see what kind of performance they will get. Depending on what hardware you are using you can now download the preview drivers for both AMD and Nvidia.

Windows 8.1 Preview AMD Drivers

If you have been waiting on the drivers that power AMD card then you can look no further and download them here. In their press release here are the features and highlights of the new AMD Catalyst Windows 8.1 Preview Drivers.

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver:

WDDM 1.3 driver model support for the following products:

• AMD Accelerated Processors (Kabini & Temash) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including:
  • A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
• AMD Accelerated Processors (Richland) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
  • A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
• AMD Accelerated Processors (Trinity) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
  • A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
• AMD Radeon™  HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7400 Series
• AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
• AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
• AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
• AMD Radeon™  HD 7900M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7600M/7500M Series
• AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
• AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
• AMD FirePro S10000
• AMD FirePro W9000, AMD FirePro S9000
• AMD FirePro W8000
• AMD FirePro W7000, AMD FirePro S7000
• AMD FirePro W5000, AMD FirePro R5000
• AMD FirePro W600
• AMD FirePro M6000 Series
• AMD FirePro M4000 Series
• AMD FirePro M2000 Series

WDDM 1.2 driver model support for the:

• AMD Accelerated Processors (Llano) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
  • A8-3870K, A8-3850, A8-3820, A8-3800, A8-3550MX, A8-3530MX, A8-3520M, A8-3510MX, A8-3500M, A6-3670K, A6-3650, A6-3620, A6-3600, A6-3430MX, A6-3420M, A6-3410MX, A6-3400M, A4-3420, A4-3400, A4-3330MX, A4-3320M, A4-3310MX, A4-3305M, A4-3300M, E2-3000M, E2-3200
• AMD Accelerated Processors (Brazos) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet, including:
  • C-30, C-50, C-60, C-70, E1-1200, E1-1500, E2-1800, E2-2000, E-240, E-300, E-350, E-450, Z-01, Z-60
• AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
• AMD Radeon HD 5000M Series
• AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
• AMD Z-Series APU
• AMD FirePro A320 APU, AMD FirePro A300 APU
• ATI FirePro V9800. AMD FirePro V9800P
• ATI FirePro V8800
• AMD FirePro V7900, AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
• ATI FirePro V7800, AMD FirePro V7800P
• AMD FirePro V5900
• ATI FirePro V5800, ATI FirePro V5800 DVI
• AMD FirePro V4900
• ATI FirePro V4800
• AMD FirePro V3900
• ATI FirePro V3800
• ATI FirePro 2460, AMD FirePro 2270
• AMD FireStream 9370, AMD FireStream 9350
• AMD FirePro M8900 Series
• AMD FirePro M5950 Series
• AMD FirePro M7820 Series
• AMD FirePro M5950 Series
• AMD FirePro M3900 Series

Support for new Windows 8.1 features, including:

• Wireless Display – Microsoft’s support for Wireless Display Technology
• 48 Hz Dynamic Refresh rates for Video Playback
• Aggressive V-sync  interrupt optimization
• Skype/Lync video conferencing acceleration
• New DX11.1 feature – Tiled Resources
• Support for AMD Features, including:
• AMD Eyefinity
• OpenCL™
• OpenGL
• UVD
• AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire™ Technology
• AMD Overdrive™
• AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center

Windows 8.1 Preview Nvidia Drivers

Here is the link to download the Nvidia Windows 8.1 Preview drivers here. Just need to scroll to the bottom and select the driver that is right for your computer system and you should be good to go. These drivers are specifically the Nvidia 326.01 WHQL Windows 8.1 Preview drivers. Listed below is what Nvidia has to say about the Windows 8.1 Preview drivers.

“NVIDIA has long been committed to working with Microsoft to ensure the best possible Windows experience for GeForce users. Our close working relationship with Microsoft allows us to provide WHQL-certified GeForce drivers via Windows Update on Day 1 for key milestones such as this Release Preview.

It’s a substantial effort that requires hundreds of man years of engineering time and thousands of hours of testing and certification, but it’s essential to ensure optimal performance and stability for the world’s largest gaming and productivity platform.”

I personally have been trying out Windows 8.1 Preview but hasn’t exactly having an easy time with it. I downloaded it and used official AMD drivers with my AMD A10-6800k APU and had a couple issues but hopefully this will be resolved now with the preview drivers out. Hopefully anyone that has having issues will get a fix or more stability from Windows 8.1 preview.

Let us know what you think of the Windows 8.1 Preview and how you like the start button they have added.

 

 
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