12.11 Beta3 finally here

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd_catalyst_12.11_beta3_dotnet4.exe

Release notes (Thanks Spettow finding em).
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1211BetaReleaseNotes.aspx

 

I posted a mirror in the other thread already

 

Whatever, this is the direct link from AMD and a thread for it.

 

What's the proper installation method for this? I'm not sure how it varies from regular driver installation.

 

I've already installed it, but I don't have time to test.

 

AMD Catalyst

 

Finally.
I´ll test it soon.
I want to publicly thank you here.
You have been one of the most active users since the beginning of the problem (several months ago) =)

 

Release notes:
AMD Catalyst

 

Is this the much talked about Enduro 5.5 hotfix?

"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." Hmm.

(Emphasis mine.)

 

Probably a noob question, but how does OpenGL performance factor into all of this? I was hoping for a fix for my Minecraft low GPU utilization, but the 12.11 didn't fix anything.

 

If somebody is curios heres 3d mark 11 run with these new drivers

stock:
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P6576 3DMarks

overclocked 1060/1560

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7677 3DMarks

 

Mahalsk, how did you overclock your card?

 

Pretty poetic that your new score is 7970

 

Did you overvolt or is this on stock voltage?

 

I just tested on BF3, D3 and CSGO so far and I see gains across the board (all on the highest settings with vsync off) except for BF3. I still get around 20+ fps average in a medium sized map. While the gain in BF3 (with the highest settings) is almost non-existent, what I did notice was that it never dipped below 20+ where before it would go as low as 17 fps. That's a good sign. As for Enduro, meaning lowering the settings to see if the fps scales up along with the lower settings, I haven't testing it. I don't really care for that as I don't play competitively in BF3. I was just happy that fps improved on the three games I've tested so far.

 

We've had these drivers for a while.. (Pesky NDA's), yea once they go final with the DX9 fix. They will be pretty great. We are REALLY happy about the split drivers finally, so we can finally keep up with the Intel Graphics drivers which do have improvements all the time. We don't have to beg AMD to put together drivers for us. Ahhhhhhhh

 

Has anyone else found that Afterburner can OC still with these drivers, but unable to monitor? I can get FPS on the OSD in games, but no more utilization and speeds.

 

after instaling this i got blue label like crash dump. wats the problem? and i get error now in 3d mark.

 

Far as I know, no way to overvolt it, since you can't update the vBIOS currently.

 

lmao so true!!!! nice catch

 

driver now allows me to play witcher 2 with ubersampling on... pretty heroic job here

 

How do we install this? It was mentioned the drivers are split now. Does that mean we need to update the Intel driver separately? And what is the CAP download for?

 

lol, didnt even spot that nice catch

@DaCM no its stock voltage, I tryed to go 1065 and 3d mark crashed.


@arcticjoe I dont actually know how it worked this time. with the first driver that was taken down today it dind't work. After installing the propper one, I just tryed to disable unnoficialoverclcking, then enable it again and I could see the clock, bot I still cant monitor ussage and temperature. Hovever HWinfo can monitor ussage and also temperature. I found that even overclocked the gpu runs much coller, but cpu much hotter ..
Just had a 800 ticket round on caspian 64p bf3, overclocked to 1000/1450, and there was a massive bump. Maxed out with 4xaa, I had around 55 fps avarage, somethimes disp down to 35 in heavy explosions. Ussage also dropped but there were no significiant slowdowns. But cpu temperature was max 92 C ?? before it was around 80 max.

 

It installs ok directly over existing driver, but that seems to break overclocking. To get OCing working you have to uninstall AMD drivers via add remove bit in control panel, then driver sweeper, restart, install Intel driver again, restart and install AMD driver, restart. After that overclocking was working and games now look much more like a flagship mobile card should be displaying them. Very good driver, very decent improvement in BF3 and Batman, a moderate improvement in Crysis 2. Will try Arma 2 tomorrow.

 

Articjoe, what are the Intel drivers that you installed? Their driver page is terrible...

 

Yes I got the same, can OC, but can monitor neither clocks or usaage. Try out HWinfo it can monitro ussage, and everything else as well.

 

Could you walk through exactly how to do this? I wasn't aware Intel drivers are now installed separately. I am afraid to do any thing right now.

 

I feel your pain bro, been asking and waiting for the past 20 min.
Tried some drivers incompatible, gonna take a nap hopefully when I'll wake up someone will post the link.

 

I can't monitor utilization any more with this driver, but my framerates have increased significantly in DayZ.

 

The latest on the Intel site are 8.15.10.2761. But at the same time, I have 8.15.10.2712, which is only available on the Sager site, and the Intel site says that is the latest version when I do the driver wizard.

Same, I'm getting confused now. Arctic said you could install over them, so I am leaning towards doing that.

 

can someone help , after this driver then boting windows i get blue window something about crach dump? now i am in safe mode and cant run normal windows mode..

 

I got the BOS as well. Seems to be working now.

 

have u uninstalled the old driver first, including a run with driver sweeper (a.k.a. driver fusion) in safe mode, before installing the new driver?

btw, for anyone looking to overclock more comfortably than with msi afterburner:

- make a shortcut for afterburner and start it with the command "-xcl"
- restart your machine
- you will notice an additional option "performance" in CCC, where u can now enable AMD overdrive

this way, u can also force idle clocks @300/150 core/mem for a cool machine whenever u dont need max powah

very happy with this option, use it all the time now!

PS: every once in a while (not that often, but still happens), the overdrive option disappears from CCC. in that case, just double click on your modded afterburner shortcut and next time u reboot ur machine the option is back

cheers

 

no i didint run driver sweeper. Now in safe mode i cant run also so wat i can do boot windows normaly?

 

I installed the new driver over my 12.9 drivers. Everything seems fine for now. I'll try re-booting to see if it happens again.

Thanks for the afterburner tip

 

Are you using the Intel 15.26.12.64.2761 driver?

And jaybee83, you have an HM series laptop. That is a WHOLE different ballgame compared to the EM series. Why doesn't AMD provide installation instructions?

 

1. How do I give rep? I've been so excited for this, I was refreshing the main clevo forum page every ten minutes, saw your post, and immediately downloaded beta 3 and the intel driver you posted to my thumb drive. Thank you for doing this! Unfortunately I've been at work all day. Should be leaving in a hour, which leads me to my next point.

2. What really is the best way to unistall old, install new drivers? Unistall intel + amd drivers in safe mode, run driver cleaner and reboot? Then install intel drivers and amd drivers in safe mode and reboot? Sorry, just need to hear it from the true geeks. Jaybee83 also posted some good tips.

 

i just installed the lastest intel and 12.11 beta3 over the old one and got this 3dmark11 with 1037/1560. everything runs fine except kombustor not showing temp and gpu load. but afterburner still can overclock and i got this 3dmark11.
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AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,CLEVO P170EM score: P7580 3DMarks

edit: just tried another round with 1060/1560
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4726368

 

Yeah I don't think it works with these switchables. It may work with your HM though.

And also, has anyone been able to get Afterburner OSD to work properly with utilization and memory/gpu clocks? Or is it just me and I screwed up something?

 

So can we get a definitive answer from someone who has updated successfully...what version of the Intel graphics are you running?

 

I'm using the drivers that hulawafu77 posted.

 

after instaling ccc manager i cant run it i am getiing error: could not load file or assembly '' CLI.I mplementation' or one of its dependencies.The system cannot find the file specified.

Anyone having same problem?

i used Intel HD Graphics 9.17.10.2867

 

I guess Malibal's forums will be going back up soon

 

Had the same exact problem. Had to use the older intel hd graphics that driver version 8.15.10.2761

 

hm, is that a fact or a presumption? i dont see why it shouldnt work, the amd drivers, including the CCC version are the same. same goes for msi afterburner cant hurt to try, right?

concerning the driver installation: this 12.11 beta is the first "split driver" from AMD, it means u dont need specially designed whole packages anymore that include both the intel and amd drivers in one package. thus, whenever u update a driver, just uninstall the respective package, be it either intel or AMD and then install the newer one (after driver-sweeping all the old remnants off ur system)

cheers

 

Why do you assume this trick is the first time EM users have seen this? We've tried it before and it doesn't work.

 

Hey let's just stay cool.

Jaybee83, the fix did not work for me. I am ok though, I never planned on overclocking until I needed to.

 

Jaybee pardon me for this might be a silly question. I'm new to this. I am not an experienced overclocker and just a typical user.

where exactly do I put the "-xcl" extension in the shortcut? I have tried it but failed. =(

And i'm currently on stock everything but with the new drivers. Do I still have to do something for it to work?

I have the EM version of the machine..

Many thanks!!

Sev

 

It won't work... It works for him because he has a HM version. It won't work for you, don't waste your time.

 

Ahh.. Gotcha!

Thanks.. =)

But would've been nice if it did..

Sev