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    AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11 is now available

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fantabulicius, Dec 3, 2012.

  1. fantabulicius

    fantabulicius Notebook Consultant

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    AMD Catalyst


    Last Updated
    12/3/2012
    Article Number
    GPU-177
    AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta Release Notes

    FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 12.11 BETA11 DRIVER

    AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11 is now available, and includes the following updates:
    (Please note that AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11 includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta)

    Improves performance in Far Cry 3 (up to 25% with 8xMSAA, SSAO enabled @ 1600p, and up to 15% with 8xMSAA, HDAO enabled @1600p) (AMD Catalyst 12.11 CAP2 must also be installed)
    Resolves a sporadic system hang encountered with a single AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPU seen on X58 and X79 chipsets.
    Resolves an intermittent hang encountered with AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPUs in a CrossFire Eyefinity setup.
    Resolves image corruption found in certain DirectX 9.0c titles
    Resolve missing fonts issue in XBMC
    Resolves no video issue found in Media Player Classic Home Cinema when using full or half floating point processing
    Resolves stability issues found in the previous AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta8 driver for Linux
    For users experiencing issues with HDMI Audio under Ubuntu 12.04, users should try installing the “dkms-hda - 0.201211291615~precise1” package from https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive/alsa-daily/+packages and reboot; this will resolve the HDMI Audio issue found in Ubuntu 12.04
    AMD Catalyst 12.11 CAP2 has just been released, and should be used in conjunction with AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11
    Improves Far Cry 3 performance for single GPU configurations with AA enabled

    DRIVER
    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_12.11_Beta11_NET4.exe

    and

    Cap

    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/catalyst_application_profiles/AMD_Catalyst_12.11_CAP2.exe
     
  2. Rudlin

    Rudlin Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,
    I just stopped by to say that I've been having a lot of flickering while outdoors in Skyrim. Sometimes it was tolerable, but it was significantly worse during the night time and game breaking while in swampy places like East Empire company warehouse.
    Been trying every single beta expecting for a fix, nothing. Well, with bitter skepticism thinking how can game like Skyrim be unnoticed, I went to report problem to an Amd driver team, filled questionnaire and posted it to them.

    And guess what, during a weeks time these beta drivers come out. No flickering at all. Tried day and night, different places, swamp and mountains. No flickering at all again.
    I'm most pleased.

    My thanks goes to Amd driver team.
     
  3. smokingjam

    smokingjam Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you install over your previous drivers or install and driver sweep them first.
     
  4. TrantaLocked

    TrantaLocked Notebook Deity

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    I uninstalled (no driver fusion), restarted, and installed. Everything is working great with my 7970M. Absolutely no flickering in Skyrim!