Catalyst 13.2 Beta

[kromosto]

This is not released as official beta yet but it is awesome. It claims to have fix on latency problem. I didn't test it properly so i can't speak with data but it improves game quality so significantly that you will notice the difference from the beginning. In bf3 i got at least 10fps increase (may or may not be because of latency fix) and game play becomes much more smooth.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

scores on the bot are still better with 12.11 atm.

I am sure the official beta will be better than the leaked one, should be out sometime next week.

[Ket]

I've noticed some issues wuth leaked 13.2, nothing major, but 12.11 B11 are better IMO than the leaked 13.2.

[kromosto]

nowadays i only play bf3 so can't comment on others but on my system bf3's gameplay quality increased dramatically. at least +10 fps and more smooth game play. i think this driver is 12.11 B11 + modifications for trying to fix latency.

[tbone8ty]

13.1 is basically the same as 12.11 beta 11 correct?

[radier]

Yes.

Official 13.2 beta next week.

Tap tap tap - SGS 2

[kromosto]

and official 13.2 beta3 is on the site.

[Ket]

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 3 DRIVER

AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 3 for Windows

Improves performance up to 15% in high MSAA cases for the Crysis 3 beta release
Future updates will be made to AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta to further improve performance in Crysis 3 for both single GPU and CrossFire configurations
Significantly improves latency performance in Skyrim, Boderlands 2, and Guild Wars 2
Improves single GPU performance up to 50% for DmC Devil May Cry
Improves CrossFire performance up to 10% for Crysis 2
Resolves Texture flickering seen in DirectX9.0c applications.

Doesn't seem like it really does much over 12.11 B11 to me :/ AMD need to focus on fixing the graphics glitches in Mass Effect games and Skyrim. I'll check this driver out for the texture flickering thing. I have a few games that do that but they are from around 2007..... if its taken this long to fix a bug thats 5 years old... boy...

[kromosto]

Doesn't seem like it really does much over 12.11 B11 to me :/ AMD need to focus on fixing the graphics glitches in Mass Effect games and Skyrim. I'll check this driver out for the texture flickering thing. I have a few games that do that but they are from around 2007..... if its taken this long to fix a bug thats 5 years old... boy...

yes seems like they hurried for crysis 3 beta to release this one. i think some other early 13.2 betas will be for mainly crysis 3.

[Ket]

Aren't AMD working with Crytek anyway with Crysis 3? Existing drivers should already give good performance.

[kromosto]

Aren't AMD working with Crytek anyway with Crysis 3? Existing drivers should already give good performance.

i don't know if they are woking together or not but generally gpu company working with a game developer is generally means it's drivers are just a little better then the others.

[kromosto]

beta4 is on the go. of course a fix for crysis 3 :)

[rintamarotta]

Beta 5's are out.

Crysis 3 multi-player Beta: Improves CrossFire scaling by up to 40%
Far Cry 3: Improves performance up to 10% at 2560x1600 with 8xAA
New 3D Mark release: Adds CrossFire profile support for the new 3D Mark release under Windows 8

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst132betadriver.aspx

[Ket]

*sigh*, I was hoping for something more significant with beta5 :( Fixing the graphical glitches in the Mass Effect games would be nice... considering the game uses a version of Unreal Engine 3 (afaik) which is used by a huge number of other games..

[rintamarotta]

Beta 6's are out

Resolves minor anti-aliasing corruption seen in Crysis 3
Improves Hitman Absolution Crossfire scaling
Fixes graphical corruption on onbjects and textures in Call of Duty - Black Ops 2
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst132betadriver.aspx

Still nothing major in this update :/

[rintamarotta]

Beta 7's give litle bug with GPU-Z sometimes its showing 125832Mhz instead of 1100mhz for GPU of HD7950 and HD7970.