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    AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta Drivers released

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MogRules, Sep 6, 2013.

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    AMD Catalyst

    Enjoy everyone :)


    AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Windows® Beta Driver
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    Last Updated
    9/5/2013
    Article Number
    RN-WIN-B13.10

    The AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

    AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta for Windows®
    AMD Mobility Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta for Windows®
    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 13.10 Beta Driver for Windows:

    AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2
    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 2560x1600 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 2560x1600 with ultra settings)
    Metro Last Light: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
    improves CrossFire scaling up to 10% (at 2560x1600 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
     
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    I am really hoping for some Final Fantasy XIV improvements although they don't mention anything.
     
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    Great! Hope this will work on 8.1 rtm. Thx mate
     
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    Thanks for the post, unfortunate that they didn't mention anything about the secondary gpu 99% usage issue.
     
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    Will give it a shot later and see how it runs. Hope it fixes some issues in Rome: TW II I've been having. :(
     
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    Installed fine over my previous drivers. so far so good. :)
     
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    Installed just fine for me as well but didn't give me the stability that I was hoping for in Final Fantasy XIV :( oh well....seems like the problems I am having are probably going to have to wait for a Square enix fix.

    If I turn on the settings to Laptop (High) and then change them to maximum and play with each setting, including turning stuff back off that gets turned on with the Maximum setting my FPS will not change..lol so I don't what magic setting is being changed that I can't manipulate.
     
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    Thank you for sharing. +1 Rep
     
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