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New beta for AMD.

Resolves an intermittent hang seen in Crossfire configurations with the new Crysis 3 patch.



AMD Catalyst™ 13.2 Beta Driver Last Updated


2/26/2013 Article Number
GPU-200 AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta Release Notes
(Please note that AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7 includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta)
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 7 DRIVER


  • Resolves an intermittent hang seen in Crossfire configurations with the new Crysis 3 patch.

The AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7 driver can be downloaded from the following link:



Note! This Driver is provided “AS IS” and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 6 DRIVER


  • 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

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 5 DRIVER


  • 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

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 4 DRIVER


  • Improves performance in the Crysis 3 Multi-Player Beta by up to 50% when 4x and 8x MSAA are enabled.

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.

Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):
Hardware:


  • AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series


- See more at: AMD Catalyst? 13.2 Beta Driver


 
AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Windows® Beta Driver
Last Updated
3/15/2013
Article Number
RN-WIN-B13.3
Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Beta Driver for Windows®


  • Improve performance in Sim City 5 up to 16 percent
  • Improves performance in Far Cry 3 up to 5 percent
  • Improves latency performance issues seen in Tomb Raider and Hitman Absolution
  • Resolves slight corruption seen in Tomb Raider with TressFX enabled for CrossFire and single GPU configurations

The AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following link:



Note! This Driver is provided “AS IS” and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.

System Requirements:



  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)


AMD Product Compatibility:


  • AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
 
Early release of 13.3 Beta 2 download:


This AMD Catalyst 13.3 driver is compatible with AMD Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series graphics cards. This display driver supports Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 both the 32 and 64-bit versions.Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta Driver:

  • Improves performance in Far Cry 3 up to 5 percent
  • Improve performance in Sim City 5 up to 16 percent
  • Improves latency performance issues seen in Tomb Raider and Hitman Absolution
  • Resolves slight corruption seen in Tomb Raider with TressFX enabled for CrossFire and single GPU configurations


Build Info:


  • 12.10.17-130314a-154593E-ATI
  • DriverVer=03/14/2013, 12.100.17.0000
  • Catalyst: 13.3
  • CCC: 2013.0314.1701.28699
  • D3D: 9.14.10.0968
  • OGL: 6.14.10.12172
  • OCL: 10.0.1124.2

AMD Product Compatibility:

  • AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series

System Requirements:

  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)


AMD Catalyst 13.3 BETA 2 Download
 
New beta for AMD resolving OpenGL issues:



AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Windows® Beta Drive
Last Updated
3/19/2013

NOTE! AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Beta3 includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta.

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Beta3 Driver for Windows®

  • Resolves OpenGL application issues seen with the AMD Catalyst 13.3 Beta2 driver
The AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Beta3 Driver can be downloaded from the following link:

NOTE! This Driver is provided “AS IS” and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Beta2 Driver for Windows®

  • Improve performance in Sim City 5 up to 16 percent
  • Improves performance in Far Cry 3 up to 5 percent
  • Improves latency performance issues seen in Tomb Raider and Hitman Absolution
  • Resolves slight corruption seen in Tomb Raider with TressFX enabled for CrossFire and single GPU configurations


System Requirements:


  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)

AMD Product Compatibility:

  • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
 
AMD has released a specific Catalyst™ Performance Driver for the AMD Radeon™ HD7790 graphics card. This driver can be downloaded from the link below:


System Requirements:

  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise
  • OpenSUSE
  • Ubuntu
AMD Product Compatibility:

  • Radeon HD 7790
 
Performance driver for HD7790 only..


AMD Radeon™ HD7790 Catalyst™ Performance Driver
Last Updated
4/17/2013
Article Number
GPU-503
AMD has released a specific Catalyst™ Performance Driver for the AMD Radeon™ HD7790 graphics card for both Windows® and Linux based systems. This Catalyst Performance Driver can be downloaded from the links below.

Update


  • The Catalyst™ Performance Driver for the AMD Radeon™ HD7790 graphics card for Windows based systems contains an update that resolves Corruption in Tomb Raider with TressFX enabled.

Download




System Requirements:


  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise
  • OpenSUSE
  • Ubuntu

AMD Product Compatibility:


  • Radeon HD 7790





Ref:

AMD Radeon? HD7790 Catalyst? Performance Driver
 
Early release of Catalyst 13.4. No release notes as of yet:


Build Info:

  • DriverVer=03/28/2013, 12.104.0.0000
  • 12.104-130328a-155864C-ATI
  • Catalyst: 13.4
  • CCC: 2013.0328.2218.38225
  • D3D: 9.14.10.0969
  • OGL: 6.14.10.12217
  • OCL: 10.0.1124.2 (Driver Integrated - No longer in /Apps)
  • WHQL Sign Date: April 14 (Microsoft)

AMD Product Compatibility:

  • AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series

System Requirements:

  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)



Download:

AMD Catalyst 13.4 (12.104.0.0 March 28) download WHQL
 
[h=1]AMD Catalyst™ 13.5 Windows® Beta Driver[/h]
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Last Updated
5/2/2013
Article Number
RN-WIN-B13.5

NOTE!
You must un-install AMD Catalyst™ 13.4 (if you have already installed AMD Catalyst 13.4) before installing AMD Catalyst 13.5 Beta.
The AMD Catalyst™ 13.5 Beta Driver Can Be Downloaded From The Following Links

NOTE! This Catalyst Driver is provided “AS IS”, and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.

Feature Highlights of The AMD Mobility Catalyst™ 13.5 Beta3 Driver for Windows®


  • Adds support for the AMD Radeon HD8000M Series

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


System Requirements:

  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)
AMD Product Compatibility:

  • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series

 
[h=1]AMD Catalyst™ 13.6 Windows® Beta Driver[/h]
Last Updated
5/28/2013
Article Number
RN-WIN-B13.6

The AMD Catalyst™ 13.6 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

NOTE! This Catalyst Driver is provided “AS IS”, and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.6 Beta for Windows®:

  • Product support for the new AMD A10, A8, A6, and A4 Series APUs on desktop and mobile platforms.
  • AMD Enduro technology enhancement:
    • Reduces power consumption when running Windows 8 Metro applications – detects when Metro applications have idled and moves them to the integrated graphics component.
    • AMD Catalyst Control Center now shows the hardware and software Information pages for AMD discrete GPUs when paired with Intel integrated graphics.
  • Includes AMD GPU & AMD APU OpenCL 1.2 acceleration in Adobe Premiere PRO CC.
  • Support for AMD Wireless Display for Windows 8 and future Windows releases:
    • Supported on AMD Elite A-Series APUs with select Broadcomm and Atheros Wireless adapters.
    • AMD Wireless Display Technology provides the ability to wirelessly display local screen content onto a remote screen in real time. Compliant receiver/TV required.
  • Resolved issues:
    • Resolves HDMI Audio drop-out issues on the AMD Radeon HD Series products.
    • Resolves issues with the AMD Catalyst Control Center showing Audio Display messages at incorrect times.

System Requirements:

  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)
AMD Product Compatibility:

  • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 8000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000M Series

 
the post was of late 2012 .. but this is mid 2013 and if there are any new releases in line for Microsoft's Win 8 OS .. if it's then please quote here..
 
New AMD Betas over at Guru3D:

This AMD Catalyst 13.6 BETA 2 driver is compatible with AMD Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series graphics cards. This display driver supports Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 13.6 Beta for Windows:
  • Product support for the new AMD A10, A8, A6, and A4 Series APUs on desktop and mobile platforms.
  • AMD Enduro technology enhancement:
    • Reduces power consumption when running Windows 8 Metro applications – detects when Metro applications have idled and moves them to the integrated graphics component.
    • AMD Catalyst Control Center now shows the hardware and software Information pages for AMD discrete GPUs when paired with Intel integrated graphics.
  • Includes AMD GPU & AMD APU OpenCL 1.2 acceleration in Adobe Premiere PRO CC.
  • Support for AMD Wireless Display for Windows 8 and future Windows releases:
    • Supported on AMD Elite A-Series APUs with select Broadcomm and Atheros Wireless adapters.
    • AMD Wireless Display Technology provides the ability to wirelessly display local screen content onto a remote screen in real time. Compliant receiver/TV required.
  • Resolved issues:
    • Resolves HDMI Audio drop-out issues on the AMD Radeon HD Series products.
    • Resolves issues with the AMD Catalyst Control Center showing Audio Display messages at incorrect times.
System Requirements:
  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)
  • Windows Vista (32 & 64-bit versions with SP2 or higher)
AMD Product Compatibility:
  • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 8000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000M Series

Build Info:
13.101-130604a-158071E-ATI
DriverVer=06/04/2013, 13.101.0.0000
Catalyst: 13.6
CCC: 2013.0604.1838.31590
D3D: 9.14.10.0972
OGL: 6.14.10.12337
OCL: 10.0.1214.3)

Download:

AMD Catalyst 13.6 BETA 2 Download
 
[h=1]AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver[/h]
Last Updated

6/26/2013
Article Number

RN-WIN8.1Preview

The AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

NOTE! This Catalyst Driver is provided “AS IS”, and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver:

  • WDDM 1.3 driver model support for the following products:
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Kabini & Temash) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including:
      • A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Richland) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
      • A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Trinity) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
      • A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7400 Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 8000M Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 8000G Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 8000D Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7900M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7700M Series, AMD Radeon HD 7600M/7500M Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7000G Series
    • AMD Radeon™ HD 7000D Series
    • AMD FirePro S10000
    • AMD FirePro W9000, AMD FirePro S9000
    • AMD FirePro W8000
    • AMD FirePro W7000, AMD FirePro S7000
    • AMD FirePro W5000, AMD FirePro R5000
    • AMD FirePro W600
    • AMD FirePro M6000 Series
    • AMD FirePro M4000 Series
    • AMD FirePro M2000 Series
  • WDDM 1.2 driver model support for the:
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Llano) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
      • A8-3870K, A8-3850, A8-3820, A8-3800, A8-3550MX, A8-3530MX, A8-3520M, A8-3510MX, A8-3500M, A6-3670K, A6-3650, A6-3620, A6-3600, A6-3430MX, A6-3420M, A6-3410MX, A6-3400M, A4-3420, A4-3400, A4-3330MX, A4-3320M, A4-3310MX, A4-3305M, A4-3300M, E2-3000M, E2-3200
    • AMD Accelerated Processors (Brazos) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet, including:
      • C-30, C-50, C-60, C-70, E1-1200, E1-1500, E2-1800, E2-2000, E-240, E-300, E-350, E-450, Z-01, Z-60
    • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
    • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
    • AMD Radeon HD 5000M Series
    • AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
    • AMD Z-Series APU
    • AMD FirePro A320 APU, AMD FirePro A300 APU
    • ATI FirePro V9800. AMD FirePro V9800P
    • ATI FirePro V8800
    • AMD FirePro V7900, AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
    • ATI FirePro V7800, AMD FirePro V7800P
    • AMD FirePro V5900
    • ATI FirePro V5800, ATI FirePro V5800 DVI
    • AMD FirePro V4900
    • ATI FirePro V4800
    • AMD FirePro V3900
    • ATI FirePro V3800
    • ATI FirePro 2460, AMD FirePro 2270
    • AMD FireStream 9370, AMD FireStream 9350
    • AMD FirePro M8900 Series
    • AMD FirePro M5950 Series
    • AMD FirePro M7820 Series
    • AMD FirePro M5950 Series
    • AMD FirePro M3900 Series
  • Support for new Windows 8.1 features, including:
    • Wireless Display – Microsoft’s support for Wireless Display Technology
    • 48 Hz Dynamic Refresh rates for Video Playback
    • Aggressive V-sync interrupt optimization
    • Skype/Lync video conferencing acceleration
    • New DX11.1 feature – Tiled Resources
  • Support for AMD Features, including:
    • AMD Eyefinity
    • OpenCL™
    • OpenGL
    • UVD
    • AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire™ Technology
    • AMD Overdrive™
    • AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center

System Requirements:

  • Windows 8.1 Release Preview


AMD Catalyst? Windows® 8.1 Preview Driver
 
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