AMD Beta 13.2 Drivers Released! (29/1/13)

[EChondo]

Page:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...etaDriver.aspx

Download for Windows Vista/7/8:

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD...13.2_Beta3.exe

Linux:

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd...x86.x86_64.zip

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 3 DRIVER

AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 3 is now available, and includes the following updates:

• Improves performance up to 15% in high MSAA cases for the Crysis 3 beta release
  
• 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.
  

Supported Hardware

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
  

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*Edit, I did some testing on the new Crysis 3 Beta MP that just got launched today as well. I wanted to do a "Low" settings on 13.1 and 13.2 and then do another chart that was "Maxed" settings, well, I tried max settings on my machine and I didn't get above 20FPS on either driver...this game is really demanding or not optimized.

My system;

-i5-2500k, stock clocks

-2x7870s in Crossfire

-16GB of 1600MHz

13.1 vs. 13.2 on Low Settings

You see there is marginal difference, but I just wanted to note that my i5 was above 80% usage and was even reaching 90% and also my GPUs were around 60% utilized on low settings, on max settings my 7870s were 98%-99% usage.

[Wats]

Thanks :]

Have you (or anyone) tried it with Crysis 3 beta yet?

[EChondo]

Thanks :]

Have you (or anyone) tried it with Crysis 3 beta yet?

I'm currently downloading the beta as I just saw the post by Ericlee. I will test it if I can and will post screenshots/results in the main post!

[Wats]

Thanks :]

Have you (or anyone) tried it with Crysis 3 beta yet?

I'm currently downloading the beta as I just saw the post by Ericlee. I will test it if I can and will post screenshots/results in the main post!

Awesome. I'm still screwing around with 12.11 drivers.

[TechFan@ic]

I was just about to post this XD.

[EChondo]

Thanks :]

Have you (or anyone) tried it with Crysis 3 beta yet?

Just updated the original post with a Crysis 3 test, there was marginal improvements compared to 13.1. My CPU was going 80%-95% and my GPUs were around 60% while on low settings, so this is a very CPU intensive game and only when I maxed out all the settings did my GPU usage go to 98%-99%.

[Dim]

Cheers for this!

Will comment if an increase in Folding PPD, though seems unlikely.

[Wats]

Thanks :]

Have you (or anyone) tried it with Crysis 3 beta yet?

Heres my results with 12.11 beta vs 13.2 beta in Crysis 3 beta.

I went for a solid 60 fps in any situation*

Detail settings (not using advanced graphic settings just the graphic presets)

12.11 beta: Medium

13.2 beta: High

It was a nice improvement GPU-wise and yes it is very CPU intensive, I actually had to turn up my rad fans to 12V as if I was stability testing.. Beta.