New AMD Catalyst Beta

[Nov 16, 2012, 9:48 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

AMD Support now offers an updated Catalyst reference drivers for AMD/ATI graphics cards running under Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Linux. The new drivers, offered "as-is," are up to version 12.11 beta 8, which offers the following improvements:

Improves performance up to 5% in Max Payne 3
Includes single GPU performance updates for Far Cry 3
Improves CrossFire scaling for Planetside 2 (Crossfire scaling is still limited to ~30% at 2560x1600)
Resolves the Skyrim lighting issue (missing a lighting pass) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Resolves the hang encountered playing Dishonored on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 8 for Linux includes significant performance improvements for Left for Dead 2

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Re: New AMD Catalyst Beta

Nov 18, 2012, 14:46

Fantaz

Silicon Avatar wrote on Nov 17, 2012, 13:12:
BF is coming up next week. I don't know if I'd bite on that deal or wait.

hmm... yeah...




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Re: New AMD Catalyst Beta

Nov 17, 2012, 13:12

Silicon Avatar

BF is coming up next week. I don't know if I'd bite on that deal or wait.

Re: New AMD Catalyst Beta

Nov 17, 2012, 12:43

Fantaz

They have a HD 7970 card for $299, should i get it?




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Re: New AMD Catalyst Beta

Nov 17, 2012, 11:55

theyarecomingforyou

Crossfire scaling of just 30% for PlanetSide 2 at 2560x1600? Ouch.




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Re: New AMD Catalyst Beta

Nov 17, 2012, 00:29

Overon

Damnit, and I just installed the beta 7. Well it's not going to kill me to install these.

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