AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL available soon

[Mustang]

AMD Catalyst 13.1 Release Notes

 

AMD Catalyst 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

 

AMD Catalyst Mobility 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst Mobility 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

 

AMD HydraVision 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD HydraVision Mobility 13.1 Win 8 | Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

 

Build Info:

DriverVer=12/19/2012, 9.012.0.0000

9.012-121219a-151592C-ATI

Catalyst: 13.1

CCC: 2012.1219.1521.27485

D3D: 9.14.10.0945

OGL: 6.14.10.12002

OCL: 10.0.1084.4

Sign Date: January 11-16 (Microsoft WHQL)

Edited January 17, 2013 by Mustang

[BIGNEWY]

thanks for the heads up Mustang

[bn880]

I bet it still wont solve the Enduro 7970m underutilization issue, especially prevelant in DCS.

 

FYI I switched form AMD 7970m to NVIDIA 680m recently for this reason, and got a 70% better FPS after minor tweaks/oc. 50% improvement on stock/without tweaks.

[SkateZilla]

all of the 7000 series are under utilized.

[Mustang]

GCN feature of the 7000 series will be fully utilised in upcoming betas

 

Driver software to be tweaked to reduce Radeon frame latencies in series of updates

[SkateZilla]

yeah, the question is, why wasnt the memory and other parts of the Code re-written in teh first place? considering GCN is nothing like the older GPU Architectures.

[BIGNEWY]

Interesting read, I hope the next betas will give an improvement, although I am more than happy with my 7850 OC anyway

[SkateZilla]

Interesting read, I hope the next betas will give an improvement, although I am more than happy with my 7850 OC anyway

 

would you be happier with 25-35% performance increase, and a huge jump in "fluidity" at lower frames/per second?

[BIGNEWY]

would you be happier with 25-35% performance increase, and a huge jump in "fluidity" at lower frames/per second?

 

is the pope catholic :)

[HiJack]

So we just wait for the betas :D

[Mustang]

Latest on twitter:

 

"Quick update, looks like the WHQL cert logs are coming back late today, so Catalyst 13.1 should be live tomorrow"

[KillaALF]

Looks like they're out now: forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=4503394

[KillaALF]

Oh, sorry about that, I usually check any links I have in my posts, didn't this time though :(

[Mustang]

TY heads up, first post updated.

[PoleCat]

Thanks Mustang!

 

For continuity I have removed the link and my previous post.

 

Out

[JG14_Smil]

Have to leave for work in a few, but loaded the 13.1 drivers. I was hoping to do a quick DCSBSW test, but there is a new interface in CCC and it reset my monitors. An easy fix, but it will have to wait for tommorrow. I am using 7970 flashed to 1Ghz and all is OK so far.

[BIGNEWY]

Getting some improvement with fps with my 7850 OC :)

[Mustang]

Now theres a 13.2 beta, if i had a 7000 series card i'd seriously want to check these out

 

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=373749

[BIGNEWY]

Now theres a 13.2 beta, if i had a 7000 series card i'd seriously want to check these out

 

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=373749

 

thanks again for the heads up, I am going to stick with 13.1 until the official beta 13.2 comes out. Sapphire 7850 owners have been reporting a install error with the 13.2

[Mustang]

AMD Catalyst 13.1 Driver for AMD Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 Series:

 

AMD has moved to the AMD Radeon™ HD 4000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series new driver support model. These updates will focus on resolving application specific issues and critical updates. The reason for the shift in support policy is largely due to the fact that the AMD Radeon HD 4000, AMD Radeon HD 3000, and AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series have been optimized to their maximum potential from a performance and feature perspective.

 

Issue Reporting Form

 

Win Vista/7/8 32bit

Win Vista/7/8 64bit

 

Win XP 32bit

Win XP 64bit

 

Hydravision Vista/7/8

Hydravision XP

 

Build Info:

DriverVer=11/16/2012, 8.970.100.7000

8.97.100.7-121116a-151639C-ATI

[HiJack]

thanks again for the heads up, I am going to stick with 13.1 until the official beta 13.2 comes out. Sapphire 7850 owners have been reporting a install error with the 13.2

I'm running the 13.2 beta on 7970 and it works OK but in DCS I have had some strange graphic "glitches" when looking left or right during flight. It's only a rift in the graphic for a split second so it is not a problem. I don't think I got any better frames out of it but it feels smoother somehow.

[JG14_Smil]

I like these drivers (13.1), but I've started seeing a graphics glitch with my beacon lights. I'll get a pic of it sometime.

Edited January 26, 2013 by JG14_Smil

[McMicha]

Hello,

i installed these 13.1 driver and i haven't problems but don't higher speed.

 

CU micha

 

PS: i have a ATI 5770

[SkateZilla]

13.1 is the WHQL Version of 12.11Beta11

 

the 13.2 Beta is actually an incomplete package compiled for press preview of the fixes for Frame latencies, you're gonna have alot of problems with those.

[mr_mojo97]

Is it worth upgrading to 13.1 then? I have an HD6950 non reference card. I'm still getting those annoying white circles - has it fixed them?