AMD Catalyst 13.1 (9.012.0 December 19) AMD Official WHQL

anyone else getting "install package failure" while installing new drivers? in installation log i can see that "Amd drag and drop transcoding" and "amd media foundation transcoders" have failed but i dont know why. I tried 3dmark11 and got ~6330p, which i see normal. Im not sure how important these parts are, but games like Mohw or fc3 is not running smoothly, even with high performance mode.

 

after installing 12.11 cap2 my memory clock and core clock reading on 3dmark11 went up slightly, but the score is still low.

we are both definitely doing something wrong. searching the internet i see nothing sadly.

 

did you guys wipe both your cpu + gpu drivers and restart, download their newest ones, the install the cpu first, restart, then gpu, restart.

 

AMD offers up something called the AMD Catalyst Un-install Utility. That's the best approach to uninstalling a previous driver, right?

 

Yes. It comes with every driver install executable.

 

no complaints so far! loving my 7970m! install went smooth.
uninstalled both amd/intel drivers
rebooted
installed intel 4000 drivers
reboot
installed amd mobility
reboot and $

i think AC3 will need its own patch as most of the processing depends on the cpu rather than gpu

 

After some Windows 8 installs and many tests:

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, for all Windows 8 users
Don´t EVER install amd_cleanup_util_1.2.1.0, i´ve seen many people poiting out to it, but i have just confirmed in three totally clean windows 8 installs, if you run this your Windows will be damaged without any easy repair, you will loose access to Power Plans and anything that requires Administrative Permission (anything with the security shield on the left ->

Also if you perform a clean install of Windows 8 you can´t just simplly install the 13.1 driver, there´s NO switchable graphics. (talking about 13.1 mobility)
Your best choice is install the 12.11 first and then 13.1 over it, i don´t know what AMD was doing when they released this without any Switchable options...

Hope this helps!

 

Hmm I don't think so. I installed the 13.1 driver after uninstalling the 12.11 one, and now I can access the switchable graphics menu, though I couldn't with 12.11 driver. It is just your case, so don't go blaming AMD for that.

 

@johnkeel - Thank you! going to try this now, after installing 13.1 I lost switchable graphics too!

 

I'm glad to not be getting bluescreens anymore. As for AC3, there has to be some GPU optomizations that can be implemented; I still keep getting crashes and they seem to be coming from atidxx32.dll.

 

@ jlocs

i just scored very decent AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P6571 3DMarks

what i did:

1. uninstalled everything AMD related, used CCleaner, also uninstall msi afterburner (in case) /restart
2. went into safe mode and deleted all the folders out of, Program files/Amd Technologies, AMD (anything related to amd) /restart
3. uninstalled, Intel Processor Graphics (used CCleaner again) /wait
4. wait for the Standard Gfx driver to install
5. installed the latest Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver (8.951.6.0) /restart
6. installed to the C:/ (ssd windows drive) the stock AMD video driver from the driver cd that came with the laptop, otherwise CCC doesn't show /restart took a while
7. installed the 13.1 mobility version (13-1_mobility_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc_whql) right on top /restart
8. made sure under CCC, Switchable Graphics 3dmark11 program was set to high performance, max on power play, high on the comp profile.
9. ran the test, and physics score went up.

now there are still problems:
HWinfo shows no second GPU
3Dmark11 memory and core clocks are still showing low mhz#'s
Msi Afterburner shows no driver version but has 850mhz 1200mhz max readings on the memory core sliders.
GpuZ gives me "Intel OpenCL Drive Bugged. Please Reinstall" error. when it starts it shows both GPU's. Amd again shows 300mhz 150mhz and no, Bios Driver Version, no checks under, 'Computing'
Skyrim ultra gets 60fps steadly in towns might drop to 45

still don't completely know what is going on with the 7970 + drivers though.

 

Congrats AMD, finally a good stable driver for 7970m. Only took you 10 months lol.

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does anyone have any solution for this? this is so frustrating. i've installed win7, then i loaded all updates, installed stock drivers, uninstalled old amd drivers and intel drivers, installed new intel drivers and after that i tried install new amd drivers and got this fail.

i dont know what to do :/ Games are not running smoothly. 3dmark11 gives 6332p. All power settings are max.

p170em:
intel core i7-3740qm
amd 7970m
1x8Gb 1600mhz vengeance
win 7 64bit

 

Let me edit my own mess....

So did some more testing... and the amd_cleanup_util_1.2.1.0 is still true... STAY AWAY from this if you are running Windows 8.

About the 13.1 in a clean Windows 8 install will not activate Enduro i know now why this happens. It´s clear now, so to all users with 7970M with modded Vbios be aware that most of the Vbios out there won´t have Enduro On (or at least there´s some flags off), so if you install drivers in a clean install with most of modded Vbios out there it won´t add Switchable Graphics. Use a stock Vbios install everything and then Mod the Vbios again and it will work.

 

I know there is someone else that had this issue. I wonder if he had a modded VBIOS. And what is the point with the modded VBIOS anyway?

 

Love these drivers.. Risen 2 get fps and slight utilization boost, but runs a little warmer, 2 degrees maybe.

 

While there's no doubt that Ubisoft did a horrible job porting ACIII to the PC, we should at least be getting 30 FPS+ in Boston with a 7970m. That we don't is solely due to Enduro and the horrible underutilization in this game. That is a problem only AMD can fix.

 

The point is having moddified clocks and voltage, without having to deal with adition software, while you can change clocks with software you can´t change voltage.
In the EM series you cant change the VBIOS you will need a HM series laptop or a P370EM or P570WM. At the time when i modded my Vbios everything was working perfect (including ENDURO) but i never actually had to reinstall the OS, so i didn´t even remember this when i reinstalled Windows 8 and tried to install this new 13.1 driver, it came to mind only today.

 

For what it's worth, that utility completely hosed my Windows 7 (64-bit) system running the stock Clevo drivers it shipped with from back in March 2012 (I think). I got nothing but wonderful looping bluescreens. Caveat emptor.

Windows prompted me to do system restore, I uninstalled from within the control panel and then installed the Intel and Catalyst 13.1 drivers after individual reboots. So far it runs without a hitch.

 

The problem with ACIII is the CPU bottlenecking so easily, I think. That said, it's not 7970m's problem.

 

I installed this straight over 12.11 beta 3 with no issues.

 

hey guys, if anyone is interested, heres a nice comparison between 13.1 and 13.2 beta across a bunch of popular games

Drivers Benchmark Table – BenchmarK3D

I can also recommend the 7900 MOD drivers published on that site. the guy definitely knows what hes doing!

enjoy!

 

Looks good, have you tried these mod drivers personally?

 

yep, ive been using these 7900 MOD drivers ever since i got my 7970M last july

 

To share my own experience with this release: I installed the updated Intel HD4000 drivers, and then the 13.1 Catalyst. Promptly got a BSOD on installation, so I restarted in Safe Mode and used the AMD Uninstaller to remove all AMD info. Rebooted, reinstalled the HD4000 drivers, rebooted in Safe Mode, installed the complete 13.1 Catalyst, rebooted twice, and it works fine for me. I'm a dinosaur, having come directly from the 12.6 Catalyst, so I have not bothered with any of the recent beta releases, or the Enduro fix, because I wanted to wait until they were both combined into a single update. 13.1 seems to have done that, and I am also very interested to see the latency fixes planned for 13.2 when that is finalized.

In addition, I also removed MSI Kombustor 2.3 and Afterburner 2.2.2 and installed Kombustor 2.5 and Afterburner 2.3.0. I updated the .cfg file per SlickDude's guide (that thing is great, you should +rep him if you haven't done so already). A few test runs through 3dmark11 give me some very nice results. I can't seem to get it stable at the old max settings (which for me were 1016 core/1016 memory), but I am able to run it very nicely at 1005/1505 right now. Maybe some tweaking later will bump those numbers up some, but right now all I can say is this Catalyst release is awesome. It is exactly what the 7970M has needed all along, and I have to give kudos to AMD for toughing it out. Admittedly, they should have done better work up front and/or in the R&D phase, but that cost them and I think they know it now. I do get the 300/150 readings when idle, but they go up as soon as I launch 3dmark11, so I’m not concerned there. Temps display fine in Kombustor, and I don't notice that it runs any hotter.

By way of comparison, my old top score in 3dmark11 (on the 12.6 drivers) was P7060. My latest run through today comes in at P7903, so I'll more than take almost +900 points from a driver update any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. Score result is here: AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,CLEVO P170EM score: P7903 3DMarks

Performance-wise, the only game I am currently playing is Borderlands 2, and it looks great. Before, I would notice occasional screen tearing at max settings under the 12.6 drivers, but no more. I don't have any Fraps numbers to support my unscientific observations, as I had never bothered to Fraps BL2 in the past so I have no reference point to share in that regard. However, my new Fraps results vary between 50-70 ranges (just a quick fight with some loaders, techs and Old Slappy as a test, using a Commando, turret, and fire shotgun).

All things considered, I am really loving this Catalyst release. I hope they can build on it with additional gains in 13.2. Happy gaming all!

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...fps-crysis-1-vantage-went-up-few-hundred.html

Here's an interesting thread of modding the files & getting a little boost from it

 

If it's not the problem of the 7970m/Enduro, then why does the game run perfectly fine on a P370EM with a single 7970m with Enduro deactivated? Why does it run better on my old desktop with a 5850 and a 965BE, the latter of which is literally half as powerful as my laptop's 3740QM?

Like I said, Ubisoft definitely screwed up this port, but the unplayable framerates in Boston are an Enduro-related driver issue.

 

nice !

ill give them a go then, on a side note, upls on or off? ill be running them on a p370em.

ta

rep button hit.

 

depends if ure an overclocker (ulps off) or a powersaver (ulps on)

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Sod the planet, OFF.

Hahaha.

Thanks again.

 

It happens on every crossfire, if you disable one the game will run better. I'm dead serious

Look for the post from tijiragan: Assassin's Creed III low FPS - PC-Gaming - Games-General

 

After more frustration, definitely trying these!! Thanks, I will report back! going to install over 12.8 and will report.

 

Installed 13.1 7900 MOD mobility (ULPS off) x64 drivers.. These drivers requires "driver signature disable" boot on win 8! (google it)
Doing some more tests, but Afterburner 2.3.0 doesn´t read clocks (core 0, vram 0).

 

yep, it also says so on the site@driver signature enforcement disable (for windows 8 users)

 

I installed the WHQL drivers directly over the stock Sager drivers on Win7 64 bit. No uninstall at all, not even the AMD uninstall. Didn't update Intel drivers either, and I had never installed the beta drivers. Worked perfectly. No BSOD at all. The new CCC works perfectly, shows me all programs that I've assigned which GPU to use, even ones I assigned on the old drivers. I've run Borderlands 2, Diablo 3, Fallout NV, and Guild Wars 2. Didn't bench them before or after, but they certainly feel a lot smoother, and I can play them all at max settings, though I don't use AA since AA at 1080P on a 15" screen seems unnecessary to me and I use low Physx on Borderlands 2.

 

Seem to be working ok, Assassins Creed 3 is still having major issues, basically unplayable. Major stuttering throughout the game, and random crashes. Windows 8 7970m

 

No, not really. He's just disabling features in the INF, which I'm not interested in. I didn't buy a high end GPU to have features disabled or crippled.

 

huh, I installed these drivers and experienced FPS decreases across the board. I used AMD uninstall to uninstall my previous drivers (12.10 i think) and installed these over. Also i installed the latest Intel drivers.

odd

 

I think most experience around a 1-2 FPS decrease. Won't see a real performance gain until the official beta of 13.2. I'm just happy I finally have stable drivers.

 

no more reboot BSOD, WOO!

 

Good to know that I'm not the only person having the crashes

 

It is magnificent!!

 

So I have installed the new intel drivers, and I have installed the new AMD 13.1 driver.
Everything seems to be in order, CCC is working, no BSOD. But i do not get the "choose performance settings for this program" option for each program anymore?
Is there a new fancy way for the computer to detect which GPU to use?

 

Install the drivers over older ones. The new ones don't seem to have switchable graphics on them so you need some files from previous drivers to enable it.

 

They have switchable. Try uninstalling everything, AMD first, then Intel 2nd. Install the Intel latest which you can get from Intel.com Reboot and then install AMD.

 

Intel drivers shouldn't affect it. I'm still on stock intel and 13.1.

 

I have everything working probably but i did not update Intel. Can I / Should I update them? Can I do it while the 13.1 is installed?

 

World contains dirty things.. give it a try! It´s just a driver, not firmware.. And dirty installations works surprisingly well.. :thumbsup:
If something goes wrong.. uninstall both and start fresh.

 

Uh, it most certainly does affect it. All your video input goes through INTEL. Your HDMI and video output is all through INTEL. Your AMD drivers don't work without INTEL.

Intel drivers should be your first priority, AMD second. Your machine doesn't function without INTEL, but it can function without AMD. Your AMD drivers are designed to work with INTEL.

But hey, you're the one who doesn't have swichable graphics functioning without having to install your drivers with 12.11 leftovers.

If you want to do a proper install by uninstalling your old Intel first, I suggest uninstalling AMD also. As I said above, your AMD cannot function without Intel so if you uninstall Intel, may just cause unneeded issues. It doesn't take long and it's just drivers. Maybe 5 minutes in total. Easy process, uninstall AMD first. Then Intel. Reboot, install Intel. Reboot, install AMD. Done.

You don't need to do this all the time, but if you've been running Intel with whatever came with your notebook stock, I suggest installing the latest Intel. There is a reason why Clevo provides Intel Graphics drivers separate now.

 

Turns out that I can choose which GPU to use by going by the CCC, extra work, would be nice with the pop up, but at least everything is stable now .