AMD Catalyst 12.10 WHQL Vs AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 3

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 4

Note: Bug fixed with Medal of Honor War Fighter while using AA + CF

Driver Packaging Version: 9.01.8-121022a-147510E-ATI
Catalyst Version: 12.11
2D Driver Version: 8.01.01.1278
Direct3D Version: 9.14.10.0942
OpenGL Version: 6.14.10.11979
Catalyst Control Center Version: 2012.1022.2311.39807

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 4 9.01.8 Win Vista | 7 | 8 (32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 12.10 – Ready for Windows 8

For AMD Radeon™ HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series users, Microsoft® has certified today’s AMD Catalyst™ 12.10 release as “compatible with Windows 8.” With this driver, these products offer full support for WDDM 1.2, which is an updated model for graphics drivers that Microsoft has developed to ensure smooth performance and wide compatibility in their new operating system.

Target-Independent Rasterization (TIR): TIR is a new rendering path that enables superior anti-aliasing in Direct3D driver applications
Native Stereo 3D Support: Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applications
Unified Video API: Video playback has been integrated into the DirectX® 11 API, enabling simultaneous video and gaming content. Transcoding performance may also be improved for supported applications.
Optimized screen rotation for rotation aware devices
Improved sleep/resume performance
Optimized GPU power consumption
Major technologies / features also supported under Windows 8:
AMD Eyefinity technology
OpenCL™
OpenGL
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
AMD Dual Graphics
AMD CrossFire technology
AMD Overdrive
AMD Catalyst Control Center/ AMD Vision Engine Control Center

AMD Catalyst 12.10 WHQL Mobility Win Vista | 7 | 8 32-bit – .Net 4.0
AMD Catalyst 12.10 WHQL Mobility Win Vista | 7 | 8 64-bit – .Net 4.0

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 3 9.01.8

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

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

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%

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 3 9.01.8 Win Vista | 7 | 8 (32-bit & 64-bit) – .NET 4.0

Benchmark Comparison AMD Catalyst 12.10 WHQL Vs AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 3

Based on these results, it’s best for HD7000 owners to go with AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta, All the other ones should stick to 12.10 WHQL (not a final conclusion)

 

Thanks for the link I'll install and test these once I get home from work.

 

Sure, I just had 12.10 WHQL on 6990m. Running great so far.

 

AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 3, Stock(!)-Clocks, HQ & Enduro on, 3DMark2011: P6633

Config: Alienware M17x R4 ► i7-3820QM • AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970M GDDR5 • 16 GB DDR3 Kingston Hyper X 1600 MHz

By the way: AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 4 out now!

 

12.11 Beta4 is out as well, just FYI. Give it a whirl if possible!

 

Thanks, thread updated

 

Just installed the new Beta 4 drivers so far so good. Control center seams a bit snappier as well which is very nice.

 

On which card? 7900m series or 6900m?

 

I get a nice boost off of these.. But I still had to go back to 12.3 there the only ones my fans work right on, anything above my fans wont adjust speed when temps go up.

 

That might not be driver related.

 

Thanks for the post i am quite new here..Hello! : )
using 6970m when i install any other driver other than dell's my screen brightness is getting dimmer(after changing primary display bios a12) tried hwinfo but didn't help how can i solve this issue any ideas??
thanks : )

 

so anybody with 7970m using the beta 4 now?? i want to clean install the windows today, should i get the beta4 or beta 3? i heard beta 3 is quite stable but i haven't heard of beta 4

 

I'm on Beta4 at the moment. Everything looks good so far!

 

I used the beta 4. Everything worked great with enduro turned on. but once I hit fn+f7 and rebooted the laptop froze on the windows boot screen. Not sure if this because I did a clean install. or yourjust not able to run only on the dedicated card during this beta. Should I have just installed this over the old drivers to be able to switch between the two?


Edit. Did a clean install starting with the dell drivers. Then installed the beta drivers over top. and the Fn+f7 action is functional again.

 

Yup, I just Installed beta 4 also a minute ago...... No problem for Switchable Graphic. The only thing that not working is my screen brightness control. However I can use screen brightness when I switch into intelHD GPU. Plan to try it on Battlefield 3, Sleeping dog, and Guild wars 2 to see if I have performance gain.....

just curious, I Installed directly on top of my previous 12.6 beta driver without uninstalling anything. It went smooth without BSOD or error log on my system.

 

Thats fine, it is recommeneded to do it that way. Just for added security run a registry scan with deep scan option enabled to clean up any junk left behind (if applicable).

 

thx for the link, will try now

 

Could one of you fine folks test something for me? I just upgraded my M17X R4 to Windows 8 Pro today, and am running the Catalyst 12.11 Beta 4 drivers, and have an odd issue. Would you go into your Device Manager and tell me if it is constantly refreshing (will flicker over and over, approx. once every 2 seconds)? I thought I had isolated it to the AMD External Event Utility, but it came back after I started a game (Portal 2). Thanks!

 

Having same brightness issue with both 12.10 WHQL and 12.11. Issue resolved when switched to Intel graphics.

 

this is the issue i was saying to you a while back sherry. it started on mine when i installed 12.9 though. it carried over to 12.10 and up to now with 12.11
sigh it's starting to annoy me that i have to switch gpu then switch back everytime i open my pc cause it always start at maximum brightness which BURNS! lol sigh :|

 

My bad if I didn't follow you last time
I guess if you turn your laptop on without connecting charger, the brightness issue will occur else it wont.

 

This brightness issue must be a R3 thing because it does not happen on the R4.

 

Yes, apparently, it is only happening with 6900m series.

 

i always use mine plugged in and it still brightness is maxed though..

 

I got Win8 x64 installed today and I'm not seeing that issue so far

 

damn why win8 T___T i hate that hideous start screen, i still prefer this start menu.

i would change os only if i get ssd. for now i'll just bear with this. :|

 

btw, can i ask for the complete list of the drivers/installers (or if you do like to, probably the steps you did when you did your installation) i need to use if ever i do a fresh install on a new disk. i know that there are threads about this, but i'd like to know the latest info i could get from a fellow r3 user. preferebly the links also, cause i think the dell site has some outdated drivers, am i right?

 

This is the sequence I follow while installing drivers:

1. Chipset Driver
2. USB 3.0 Driver
3. Intel RST Driver / Intel Management Engine
4. Freefall Sensor Driver/Accelerometer
5. Alienware On-Screen Display Driver

6. INTEL/AMD/NVIDIA Display Driver

7. LAN Driver
8. Wireless Network Driver
9. Audio Driver
10. Bluetooth Driver
11. Touchpad Driver
12. Media Card Reader Driver

 

Installed the 12.10's and everything is great, games run great etc etc but why is the driver version listed as 9.2.0.0?? Is this normal? When I go to the AMD control panel it says 12.10 but my dxdiag and my 3dmark tests all show driver version 9.2.0.0. Weird.

 

Maybe I'm not installing them right, but I get atikmpag.sys blue screens on boot with beta 4... both installing over old driver and clean install. Back to stock dell drivers for me.

 

Download Stardock Start8. And you'll never have to look at the damn Metro UI again, you get full Win7 start menu functionality back and it can boot straight into desktop

 

there are also free versions that work well too. Just do some research.

 

what does beta 4 update?

 

There's Beta7 available now.. http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...5715-new-amd-catalyst-12-11-beta7-driver.html