Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta 2 for Windows®:

• Includes 32-bit single GPU and CrossFire game profile for Battlefield 4

Bug fixes

• CrossFire frame pacing improvements for CPU-bound applications
• Resolves image corruption seen in Autodesk Investor 2014
• Resolves intermittent black screen when resuming from a S3/S4 sleep state if the display is unplugged during the sleep state on systems supporting AMD Enduro Technology

• Updated AMD Enduro Technology application profiles
• Profile highlights:
  • Total War: Rome 2
  • Battlefield 4
  • Saints Row 4
  • Splinter Cell Blacklist
  • FIFA 14

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 for Windows®:

• PCI-E bus speed is no longer set to x1 on the secondary GPU when running in CrossFire configurations
• Rome Total War 2: Updated AMD CrossFire™ profile
  • improves CrossFire scaling up to 20% (at 2560×1600 with extreme settings)
  • resolves corruption issues seen while playing the game
• Saints Row 4: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
  • improves CrossFire scaling up to 20% (at 2560×1600 with ultra settings)
• Metro Last Light: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
  • improves CrossFire scaling up to 10% (at 2560×1600 with ultra settings)
• Includes a number of frame pacing improvements for the following titles:
  • Tomb Raider
  • Metro Last Light
  • Sniper Elite
  • World of Warcraft
  • Max Payne 3
  • Hitman Absolution

System Requirements:

• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit versions)
• Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)

AMD Product Compatibility:

• AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 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

It’s worth mentioning that AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta also includes all of the features/fixes found in previous AMD Catalyst 13.10.

Download it at AMD web site.

AMD Issue Reporting Form

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, use the appropriate form.

• AMD Issue Reporting Form for Beta Drivers on Desktop Products
• AMD Issue Reporting Form for Mobility Products

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 for Windows®:

• PCI-E bus speed is no longer set to x1 on the secondary GPU when running in CrossFire configurations
• Rome Total War 2: Updated AMD CrossFire™ profile
  • improves CrossFire scaling up to 20% (at 2560×1600 with extreme settings)
  • resolves corruption issues seen while playing the game
• Saints Row 4: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
  • improves CrossFire scaling up to 20% (at 2560×1600 with ultra settings)
• Metro Last Light: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
  • improves CrossFire scaling up to 10% (at 2560×1600 with ultra settings)
• Includes a number of frame pacing improvements for the following titles:
  • Tomb Raider
  • Metro Last Light
  • Sniper Elite
  • World of Warcraft
  • Max Payne 3
  • Hitman Absolution

System Requirements:

• Windows® 8.1 (32 & 64-bit versions)
• Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)

AMD Product Compatibility:

• AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 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

It’s worth mentioning that AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta also includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta 2.

Download it at AMD web site.

AMD Issue Reporting Form

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, use the appropriate form.

• AMD Issue Reporting Form for Beta Drivers on Desktop Products
• AMD Issue Reporting Form for Mobility Products

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta 2 for Windows®:

• Saints Row 4: Performance improves up to 25% at 1920×1280 with Ultra settings enabled
• Splinter Cell Blacklist: Performance improves up to 9% at 2560×1600 with Ultra settings enabled
• Final Fantasy XIV: Improves single GPU and CrossFire performance
• Van Helsing: Fixes image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center
• Far Cry 3 / Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon: Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center
• RIPD: Improves single GPU performance
• Minimum: Improves CrossFire performance
• Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Improves CrossFire performance
• CrossFire: Frame Pacing feature – includes improved performance in World of Warcraft, Sniper Elite, Watch Dogs, and Tomb Raider
• Doom 3 BFG: Corruption issues have been resolved

Known Issues of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver for Windows:

• CrossFire configurations (when used in combination with Overdrive) can result in the secondary GPU usage running at 99%
• Enabling CrossFire can result in the PCI-e bus speed for the secondary GPU being reported as x1
• Bioshock Infinite: New DLC can cause system hangs with Frame Pacing enabled – disable frame pacing for this title to resolve

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta for Windows®:

• Support for AMD CrossFire™ Frame Pacing
  • Frame Pacing ensures that frames rendered across multiple GPUs in a CrossFire configuration will be displayed at an even and regular pace.
  • Enabled through the AMD Catalyst Control Center; Globally or on a per application basis.
  • Frame Pacing is enabled by default.
  • Supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications, and resolutions up to and including 2560×1600 (single display).
• OpenGL 4.3 support – full support for the OpenGL 4.3 feature set
• Performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta for Windows:
  • Metro: Last Light – improves performance up to 7% on the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
• OpenGL support for User Profiles and Catalyst Application Profiles:
  • Users can now create per application 3D setting profiles for OpenGL applications.
  • OpenGL applications are now supported through Catalyst Application Profile updates (for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations).
• AMD Enduro Technology enhancement – Catalyst Control Center will now show which applications are active on the Performance GPU, and the Power-Saving GPU
• Resolved issues:
  • Resolved crash when enabling AMD CrossFireX™ on some AMD 970 platforms
  • Improved stability for AMD Radeon HD 7790
  • Resolved intermittent mouse cursor corruption when rapidly moving the cursor across window borders

System Requirements:

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

Download it at AMD web site.

Even though the Frame pacing for Crossfire systems was the most expected feature for the new 13.8 BETA, it also improves performance for Metro Last Light and includes very welcome features for users using a single video card, like OpenGL 4.3 support, Catalyst Application Profiles (CAP) support for OpenGL games and the ability to set custom settings for OpenGL games in Catalyst Control Panel on a per-application basis. These new features were already available for Direct3D games.

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta for Windows®:

• Support for AMD CrossFire™ Frame Pacing
  • Frame Pacing ensures that frames rendered across multiple GPUs in a CrossFire configuration will be displayed at an even and regular pace.
  • Enabled through the AMD Catalyst Control Center; Globally or on a per application basis.
  • Frame Pacing is enabled by default.
  • Supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications, and resolutions up to and including 2560×1600 (single display).
• OpenGL 4.3 support – full support for the OpenGL 4.3 feature set
• Performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta for Windows:
  • Metro: Last Light – improves performance up to 7% on the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
• OpenGL support for User Profiles and Catalyst Application Profiles:
  • Users can now create per application 3D setting profiles for OpenGL applications.
  • OpenGL applications are now supported through Catalyst Application Profile updates (for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations).
• AMD Enduro Technology enhancement – Catalyst Control Center will now show which applications are active on the Performance GPU, and the Power-Saving GPU
• Resolved issues:
  • Resolved crash when enabling AMD CrossFireX™ on some AMD 970 platforms
  • Improved stability for AMD Radeon HD 7790
  • Resolved intermittent mouse cursor corruption when rapidly moving the cursor across window borders

System Requirements:

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

Download it at AMD web site.