13.12 WHQL AMD drivers out

[Elixer]

13.12 WHQL drivers are out

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

Vista users are once again supported.

Package contains the following graphics drivers and dependent/required software for the products specified in the current version's official release notes for the 64 bit version of Windows Vista:
Display Driver ver. 13.251
OpenCL(tm) Driver ver. 10.0.1348.5
Catalyst Control Center ver. 2013.1206.1602.28764


Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite, AMD Catalyst™ 13.9 is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit version)
Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit version)



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FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AMD CATALYST™ 13.12

​Support for the following new products:
AMD Radeon™ R9 290, 280, and 270 Series
AMD Radeon™ R7 260, 250, and 240 Series
​Improved AMD CrossFire™​ scaling for the following game titles:
Call of Duty®: Ghosts (multiplayer component)
Splinter Cell Blacklist
Saints Row 4
Metro Last Light
​New AMD Enduro™ Technology profiles for the following game titles:
​XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Need for Speed Rivals
Total War™​: Rome 2
Battlefield 4
Saints Row 4
Splinter Cell Blacklist
FIFA 14
​Support For AMD CrossFire frame pacing
Frame pacing ensures that frames rendered across multiple GPUs in an AMD CrossFire configuration will be displayed at an even and regular pace
Frame pacing is enabled through the AMD Catalyst Control Center, or on a per application basis
Frame pacing is supported on DirectX® 10 and DirectX 11 applications using resolutions up to (and including) 2560x1600 on a single display



RESOLVED ISSUES

​​​May resolve intermittent black screens or display loss observed on some AMD Radeon™ R9 290X and AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics cards
Resolves intermittent crashes seen in legacy DirectX® 9 applications
AMD Radeon™ R9 290 Series - Power Tune update to reduce variance of fan speed / RPM
PCI-E bus speed is no longer set to x1 on the secondary GPU when running in an AMD CrossFire configuration
Resolves incorrect HDMI Audio Driver information being listed in the AMD Catalyst Control Center
Resolves AMD Steady Video option being grayed out in the AMD Catalyst Control Center
Resolves intermittent flickering seen on some AMD Radeon R9 270X graphics cards
Resolves graphics corruption issues found in Starcraft®​
Resolves image corruption seen in Autodesk Investor 2014
Resolves flickering water corruption found in World of Warcraft®​
Resolves intermittent black screen when resuming from a S3/S4 sleep-state if the display is unplugged during the sleep-state on systems supporting AMD Enduro™ Technology
Resolves intermittent crashes experienced with Battlefield 4 on Windows 8 based systems
Resolves the display turning green when using Windows Media Player to view HD .avi format video in an extended desktop configuration
Resolves Metro applications experiencing frame drops during playback of interlaced video content
Resolves video playback corruption of .wmv format files in Windows Media Player

 

[Jimzz]

I just installed it and Skyrim locked up when trying to load my saved game.

Did a basic driver roll back and now works.
I have a 7870 Myst Tahiti LE based card on a Z77/3570k system.

 

[csbin]

thx~

 

[Gloomy]

how does this compare to the beta driver

 

[tg2708]

my version is still saying 13.11. its not even showing the version like 13.12 anymore.

 

[Despoiler]

CatalystCreator said these are almost identical to the 13.11 beta9.5

 

[Bateluer]

Anyone else annoyed that the Gaming Evolved app is a mandatory install?

 

[Shmee]

Anyone else annoyed that the Gaming Evolved app is a mandatory install?

Really? That's too bad. Can it be removed by itself?

 

[taq8ojh]

I think you can just delete the appropriate folder in ..\packages
...if it has one. I delete everything but CIM and CCC by and I do not have anything like that installed, so probably yes.

 

[tg2708]

Anyone else annoyed that the Gaming Evolved app is a mandatory install?

was not a mandatory install for me

 

[Bateluer]

Really? That's too bad. Can it be removed by itself?

I'll find out when my V5 finishes installing them. A6 1450 isn't exactly a speed demon.

was not a mandatory install for me

You could uncheck the box then?

 

[antef]

Can anyone tell me how they could possibly forget to do something so basic as update the version number on the Information page? Before you say "don't worry about it, it's no big deal," just think for a moment how little/basic QA it would take to verify something as simple as that. And we are trusting them writing drivers for our hardware?

 

[Gloomy]

Can anyone tell me how they could possibly forget to do something so basic as update the version number on the Information page? Before you say "don't worry about it, it's no big deal," just think for a moment how little/basic QA it would take to verify something as simple as that. And we are trusting them writing drivers for our hardware?

usually that string of numbers is written when the project branches into a new version, it doesn't get "christened" with it like a ship when it's ready to go

so it's not a QA issue at all, rather it's the maintainer's oversight

when the project branches, they copy everything over and update the version strings... in theory, and QA wouldn't have anything to do with it ever

 

[james1701]

But would not the WHQL verification catch that?

 

[tg2708]

You could uncheck the box then?

I did an express install so if it was their it would have been installed automatically. the app is not starting up when the computer starts too.

 

[Techhog]

I don't seem to have the gaming evolved app on my computer. Maybe it's because I didn't do a clean install?

 

[Red Hawk]

But would not the WHQL verification catch that?

It's happened before. WHQL would be primarily concerned with making sure the drivers don't make a PC unstable, and wouldn't be all that concerned of a simple value label was wrong somewhere.

 

[f1sherman]

I don't seem to have the gaming evolved app on my computer. Maybe it's because I didn't do a clean install?

No. That's just the way it is. It says it will install it, but it DOESN'T.
They use these 3 letter words like everyone knows what they mean,

good ol' App & ACP, want to install it or no?

but it turns out that either they don't get installed, or that Google itself is baffled as to WTF they're supposed to be (ACP)


In 13.11 9.5 beta, I choose Custom, then I get message "OK, but Custom installation does not install AMD Gaming Evolved App", so I choose Express, yet I still end up without it.

It's the craziest thing :ninja:

 

[james1701]

Anyone know how this does with Crysis? I fired it back up on the last beta driver, and performance is not the best. My 7970's are only doing about 70fps in the jungle, but getting odd gpu usage with card 1 only 78% while card 2 is at 99%.

 

[balloonshark]

Can anyone tell me how they could possibly forget to do something so basic as update the version number on the Information page? Before you say "don't worry about it, it's no big deal," just think for a moment how little/basic QA it would take to verify something as simple as that. And we are trusting them writing drivers for our hardware?

Is yours showing 12.10 in the CCC? Can anyone confirm if I have the correct stuff installed please. Battlefield 4 is complaining that I have Catalyst 12.10 installed instead of the latest 13.9. I installed revision number 13.12. http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows 8 - 64

 

[f1sherman]

YES, you have 13.12 installed.

Mine is showing 13.11, but the rest is identical.

 

[balloonshark]

Thanks. I have downloaded it and installed it twice thinking I was doing something wrong. I guess battlefield is going to nag me constantly until the next driver release.

 

[Micrornd]

OK, so they made a simple error and forgot to update the registry entry(s)

If it's that important to your games (and it shouldn't be), just do a registry search for catalyst_version, and change all entries to 13.12.

Then all games that stupidly rely on this, rather than proper coding, should stop nagging.

 

[AnMig]

Working great for me in battlefield 4, 7970 x2, it helps that the latest patch fixed the horrible flickering, missing ground textures and low fps spikes.

Been stable so far.

Did a clean install, no gaming evolved ap for me. I remember specifically looking for it during the install but could not find the option to Deselect it.

Peace

 

[broken_pixel]

No. That's just the way it is. It says it will install it, but it DOESN'T.
They use these 3 letter words like everyone knows what they mean,

good ol' App & ACP, want to install it or no?

but it turns out that either they don't get installed, or that Google itself is baffled as to WTF they're supposed to be (ACP)


In 13.11 9.5 beta, I choose Custom, then I get message "OK, but Custom installation does not install AMD Gaming Evolved App", so I choose Express, yet I still end up without it.

It's the craziest thing :ninja:

ACP is for the new AMD sound stuff.