Catalyst 12.10 WHQL e 12.11 beta disponili per il download

AMD ha reso disponibile due nuove versioni di driver Catalyst compatibili con schede video dalla serie Radeon HD 5000 in poi. I primi driver sono quelli Catalyst 12.10 WHQL, evoluzione della precedente release ufficiale che integra alcune migliorie ma non cambiano radicalmente il quadro dal punto di vista prestazionale. Quelli Catalyst 12.11 beta introducono invece numerose ottimizzazioni prestazionali per le schede Radeon HD 7000 e sono peertanto indicati per i videogiocatori.

I driver Catalyst 12.10 sono scaricabili a questo indirizzo; quelli 12.11 beta sono invece accessibili da questa pagina. Di seguito sono riportate le principali note sui driver 12.11 beta:

This driver introduces significant performance improvements for many games across ALL 28nm AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series products: HD 7700, HD7800 and HD7900. 

Performance Highlights of the AMD CATALYST 12.11 BETA Driver

• 10%-15% more performance in Battlefield 3 in most cases

• More than 20% in certain missions and sequences (Comrades)

• Up to 7% more performance in Metro 2033

• Up to 10% more performance in DIRT Showdown

• Up to 8% more performance in Sleeping Dogs

• Up to 12% more performance in Civilization V

• Up to 10% more performance in StarCraft II

• Up to 8% more performance in Sniper Elite: V2 

Resolved issue highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta Driver

• Resolves performance issues (where GPU activity runs at lower values than expected) seen on the AMD Radeon HD 7870
• AMD Catalyst Mobility 7970M performance for AMD Enduro™ Technology supported platforms has been substantially improved for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications. An updated driver for 7970M users featuring AMD Enduro™ Technology with additional DirectX 9 performance improvements will be released soon.
• 3DMark Vantage – Up to 15%
• 3DMark 11 – Up to 12%
• AvP – Up to 11%
• Battlefield 3 – Up to 25%
• Crysis 2: Up to 45%
• DiRT Showdown – Up to 62%
• ETQW – Up to 8%
• Hard Reset – Up to 8%
• Just Cause 2 – Up to 90%
• The Chronicles of Riddick – Up to 4%
• Shogun 2 – Up to 56%
• Sniper Elite V2 – Up to 60%
• Tom Clancy’s HAWX – Up to 56%
• Unigine Heaven – Up to 33%
• Wolfenstein – Up to 9%

A chiudere un aggiornamento anche per quanto riguarda il Catalyst Application profile, disponibile al momento attuale in versione 12.10 CAP1. Il download è accessibile a questo indirizzo, mentre di seguito sono riportate le novità introdotte in questa versione:

• Crysis 2: Resolves performance issues seen in CrossFire mode
• Darksiders 2: Resolves screen flickering seen in CrossFire mode
• Max Payne 3: Resolves Menu flickering when Anti-Aliasing is enabled through the Catalyst Control Center
• FIFA 13: Improves CrossFire performance, and improve single GPU performance
• Project C.A.R.S.: Resolves screen flickering seen in CrossFire mode
• Natural Selection 2 - Resolves Menu flickering when Anti-Aliasing is enabled through the Catalyst Control Center