AMD Catalyst 13.5B2 (12.102.3.0 April 16)

[Despoiler]

Desktop driver
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd_catalyst_13.5_beta2.exe

Mobile driver
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_13.5_Mobility_Beta2.exe

Release notes
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-5WINBetaDriver.aspx

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.5 Beta Driver for Windows®

Performance gains seen on the entire AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series for the following:
Far Cry 3: Improves performance up to 4% with Anti-Aliasing enabled
Shogun II: Improves performance up to 20% with 8x Anti-Aliasing enabled
Tomb Raider: Improves performance up to 6%
Bioshock: Improves performance up to 6%
Borderlands 2: Improves performance up to 17%
Corruption is no longer seen on the AMD Radeon HD 7790 when TressFX is enabled in Tomb Raider

Components version:

CCC: 2013.0416.1036.17145
D3D: 9.14.10.0968
OGL: 6.14.10.12198
OCL: 10.0.1124.2 (Driver Integrated)

Signature="$Windows NT$"
Provider=%ATI%
ClassGUID={4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class=Display
DriverVer=04/16/2013, 12.102.3.0000
;;LayoutFile=layout.inf
CatalogFile=CE155949.CAT

 

[buklau]

Will give this try today after work. Hopefully there are improvements over 13.3 beta3.

 

[Despoiler]

Will give this try today after work. Hopefully there are improvements over 13.3 beta3.

13.4 WHQL were released yesterday if these aren't good for you. I haven't had a chance to test them either as I am at work.

 

[alexruiz]

13.4 WHQL were released yesterday if these aren't good for you. I haven't had a chance to test them either as I am at work.

Do you have a link to the 13.4 WHQL?

Thanks

 

[bystander36]

THG's and Pcper's latest reviews used these drivers. They show improvements, though they still have some frame variance, it is better for sure.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7990-review-benchmark,3486.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7990-6GB-Review-Malta-Gets-Frame-Rated

 

[Despoiler]

Do you have a link to the 13.4 WHQL?

Thanks

http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/amd_catalyst_13_4_(12_104_march_28)_download.html

 

[alexruiz]

http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/amd_catalyst_13_4_(12_104_march_28)_download.html

Thanks

 

[hokies83]

I was able to Overclock my Gpus another 50Mhz each with these drivers vs the 13.3 B3

 

[Dankk]

For single-card setups, is there any reason to use 13.5B over 13.4 WHQL?

 

[Despoiler]

For single-card setups, is there any reason to use 13.5B over 13.4 WHQL?

The listed performance increases.

 

[Riceninja]

has anyone installed this yet? wonder if it is stable enough, i play a lot of borderlands.

 

[Despoiler]

has anyone installed this yet? wonder if it is stable enough, i play a lot of borderlands.

I'm running it right now. No issues so far, but don't have Borderlands. It's better than the 13.4 WHQL imo.

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Played a few battles in Shogun 2 and some BF3 with these drivers, there is some definite improvement. Borderlands 2 also seems fine, though only played like one mission.

 

[Bateluer]

They released 13.4 officials and 13.5 betas on the same day? :/

 

[buklau]

I gained about 3% extra performance in tomb raider 2013 with 13.5 beta2 from 13.3 beta3. As far as frame smoothness goes, I notice no difference between 13.3 beta3 and 13.5 beta2.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Anything different in BF3?

 

[(sic)Klown12]

Anything different in BF3?

A poster above said he used them in BF3 and saw improvement, but didn't give any specifics. I'll install these when I get home for the morning and do some light testing.

 

[Centauri]

I'm getting significantly better StarCraft II performance with 13.5 than I get with 13.4 or got with 13.3.

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Anything different in BF3?

Like 5-6 FPS improvement for me, depending on the map. Seems a tad smoother, but I can't say for sure.

 

[psolord]

Thanks for the links of the drivers guys.

I installed the 13.5 beta 2 on my 7950 system and although it works fine, I still get strange behavior with the HDMI sound.

The 13.3 beta was not recognizing the HDMI audio output device, now the 13.5 does recognize it, but every 5 seconds or so, the sound stops for a second and then resumes.

Windows' sound in control panel, shows that sound keeps playing in the small equalizer on the right, although in that second I hear nothing.

This happens only in 2D mode ie desktop, youtube, movies, etc. It does not happen in games, when the card renders 3D stuff. Also it does not happen if I output the sound from my realtek mobo chip.

Do you guys have any ideas if that can be fixed? Mainly out of curiosity, since as I said my realtek output works fine.

Haven't tried the 13.5 on my 5850 system, but this one had no audio issues even with the 13.3.

 

[psolord]

They released 13.4 officials and 13.5 betas on the same day? :/

Yeah because f*ck you Nvidia! lol

 

[Face2Face]

Thanks for the links of the drivers guys.

I installed the 13.5 beta 2 on my 7950 system and although it works fine, I still get strange behavior with the HDMI sound.

The 13.3 beta was not recognizing the HDMI audio output device, now the 13.5 does recognize it, but every 5 seconds or so, the sound stops for a second and then resumes.

Windows' sound in control panel, shows that sound keeps playing in the small equalizer on the right, although in that second I hear nothing.

This happens only in 2D mode ie desktop, youtube, movies, etc. It does not happen in games, when the card renders 3D stuff. Also it does not happen if I output the sound from my realtek mobo chip.

Do you guys have any ideas if that can be fixed? Mainly out of curiosity, since as I said my realtek output works fine.

Haven't tried the 13.5 on my 5850 system, but this one had no audio issues even with the 13.3.

Try the 13.4's

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx