AMD Catalyst 13.2 BETA 4 (12.100.17.0 January 29)

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FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 4 DRIVER
(Please note that AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 4 includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta)

Improves performance in the Crysis 3 Multi-Player Beta by up to 50% when 4x and 8x MSAA are enabled.

Build Info:
DriverVer=01/29/2013, 12.100.17.0000
12.10.17-130129a-152690E-ATI
Catalyst 13.2
CCC: 2013.0129.1541.28099
3D: 9.14.10.0960
OGL: 6.14.10.12171
OCL: 10.0.1124.2

Supported Cards:

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calebMaster · 01-31-2013, 23:53 | posts: 175 | Location: Texas

Thanks!

I hope to get more fps in other games as well.

w0mbat · 01-31-2013, 23:57 | posts: 15 | Location: Germany

Well, even w/o MSAA there is a small performance bump. And with MSAA even more! 2xMSAA is running smooth with 50FPS+ now on my HD7870, 4xMSAA is 40FPS+.

So, the improvement isn't limited to 4x and 8xMSAA!

GeniusPr0 · 01-31-2013, 23:58 | posts: 328 | Location: Toronto

Thanks!

BlackZero · 02-01-2013, 00:19 | posts: 8,078 | Location: United Kingdom

Pretty large performance boost in the Crysis 3 Beta with MSAA enabled.

CPC_RedDawn · 02-01-2013, 00:38 | posts: 4,444 | Location: Wolverhampton/United Kingdom

I take it CAP are pre installed into the driver so no need for CAP2 12.11?

GeniusPr0 · 02-01-2013, 00:46 | posts: 328 | Location: Toronto

Quote:

Originally Posted by CPC_RedDawn

I take it CAP are pre installed into the driver so no need for CAP2 12.11?

AMD said even if you did the driver ignores it. Hope that answers your question.

bigosik · 02-01-2013, 01:27 | posts: 5

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/screen...xMSAA-PCGH.png

http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps...-test-gpu.html

calebMaster · 02-01-2013, 01:33 | posts: 175 | Location: Texas

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeniusPr0

AMD said even if you did the driver ignores it. Hope that answers your question.

Well that is nice of them.

Heihachi88 · 02-01-2013, 04:06 | posts: 68 | Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty

firefox interface corruption with black squares sometimes, will they fix it?

Espionage724 · 02-01-2013, 05:19 | posts: 619 | Location: Charleroi, PA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heihachi88

firefox interface corruption with black squares sometimes, will they fix it?

Only if you (and everybody else experiencing the issue) report it here: http://www.amd.com/betareport

If you did already, good

Not sure if it'll get fixed or not (or when), but letting AMD know directly of any bugs is always a good idea to have a chance at them to get fixed :p

Heihachi88 · 02-01-2013, 05:39 | posts: 68 | Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Espionage724

Only if you (and everybody else experiencing the issue) report it here: http://www.amd.com/betareport

If you did already, good

Not sure if it'll get fixed or not (or when), but letting AMD know directly of any bugs is always a good idea to have a chance at them to get fixed :p

Reported - thanks. Have you experienced this thing on 13.2 beta (under win8) ?

Espionage724 · 02-01-2013, 05:49 | posts: 619 | Location: Charleroi, PA

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heihachi88

Reported - thanks. Have you experienced this thing on 13.2 beta (under win8) ?

I haven't gotten the chance to try 13.2 (official) on W8 yet, and I also only use Chrome :/ Sorry I can't be of more help than that though, but maybe someone else can chime in

I'm on Kubuntu 12.10 currently on 13.2 Beta 3.

DM789 · 02-01-2013, 06:28 | posts: 155

hope this new beta didn't just improve upon that 1 thing,

because i suspected that the culprit behind my PC often froze is 13.2 beta series,

because after i installed that beta, since the unofficial beta and i'm currently on beta 3,

i've got random froze, and just froze not BSOD, and sometimes it can unfroze if i press ctrl+alt+del.

never had this issue with the previous drivers.

because the only thing changed in the last few weeks is only the driver for my GPU.

warlord · 02-01-2013, 08:11 | posts: 353

Quote:

Originally Posted by DM789

hope this new beta didn't just improve upon that 1 thing,

because i suspected that the culprit behind my PC often froze is 13.2 beta series,

because after i installed that beta, since the unofficial beta and i'm currently on beta 3,

i've got random froze, and just froze not BSOD, and sometimes it can unfroze if i press ctrl+alt+del.

never had this issue with the previous drivers.

because the only thing changed in the last few weeks is only the driver for my GPU.

downclock you gpu that's the problem, not the drivers

MaxBlade · 02-01-2013, 08:23 | posts: 665

Quote:

Originally Posted by DM789

hope this new beta didn't just improve upon that 1 thing,

because i suspected that the culprit behind my PC often froze is 13.2 beta series,

because after i installed that beta, since the unofficial beta and i'm currently on beta 3,

i've got random froze, and just froze not BSOD, and sometimes it can unfroze if i press ctrl+alt+del.

never had this issue with the previous drivers.

because the only thing changed in the last few weeks is only the driver for my GPU.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 3 DRIVER

AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 3 for Windows

Improves performance up to 15% in high MSAA cases for the Crysis 3 beta release
Future updates will be made to AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta to further improve performance in Crysis 3 for both single GPU and CrossFire configurations
Significantly improves latency performance in Skyrim, Boderlands 2, and Guild Wars 2
Improves single GPU performance up to 50% for DmC Devil May Cry
Improves CrossFire performance up to 10% for Crysis 2
Resolves Texture flickering seen in DirectX9.0c applications.

NiColaoS · 02-01-2013, 08:52 | posts: 290 | Location: Macedonia, Greece

A simple question: I don't play Crysis... Do you think I can skip this beta 4? ...or better get it in any case?

Offler2 · 02-01-2013, 09:11 | posts: 122

If you experience any visible bug, glitch, stuttering with Beta3 try Beta4...

NiColaoS · 02-01-2013, 09:27 | posts: 290 | Location: Macedonia, Greece

Offler, you know 13.2 fixed the flickering issue, but and older problem came back: the top of the mountains are now flickering ... Is this called z-fighting? Because some guys were asking, and I just saw on YouTube that, yes, this is the "z-fighting".

DM789 · 02-01-2013, 09:40 | posts: 155

Quote:

Originally Posted by warlord

downclock you gpu that's the problem, not the drivers

then explain to me why in previous drivers, including 12.11 beta 11, there is no issue like this ?

besides it only froze during idle, aka when i'm not playing games (on desktop), my clock is at default (300/860 for core), i only change the clock during gaming.

besides like everything else on pc, if it doesn't happens to you, that doesn't meant the problem doesn't exist on someone else pc.

DM789 · 02-01-2013, 09:43 | posts: 155

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxBlade

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 3 DRIVER

AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 3 for Windows

Improves performance up to 15% in high MSAA cases for the Crysis 3 beta release
Future updates will be made to AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta to further improve performance in Crysis 3 for both single GPU and CrossFire configurations
Significantly improves latency performance in Skyrim, Boderlands 2, and Guild Wars 2
Improves single GPU performance up to 50% for DmC Devil May Cry
Improves CrossFire performance up to 10% for Crysis 2
Resolves Texture flickering seen in DirectX9.0c applications.

and the point of your post is ?

i've already know the changelog, but its only the changes that AMD mentioned, there is always invisible changes (changes that AMD didn't mentioned).

NeonMiracle · 02-01-2013, 09:46 | posts: 8

Is CrossFire working with Crysis 3 now???

Offler2 · 02-01-2013, 10:47 | posts: 122

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiColaoS

Offler, you know 13.2 fixed the flickering issue, but and older problem came back: the top of the mountains are now flickering ... Is this called z-fighting? Because some guys were asking, and I just saw on YouTube that, yes, this is the "z-fighting".

yes, that is Z-figthing. I know about that and I am able to replicate the issue, BUT it is not a driver issue. It was replicated on Nvidia graphics card too.

AbjectBlitz · 02-01-2013, 10:59 | posts: 3,273 | Location: United Kingdom

Wonder if these fixed the hang in BO2 under crossfire.

PNeV · 02-01-2013, 11:21 | posts: 1,403 | Location: Northampton, United Kingdom

Will look forward to installing these after a long day of Uni. Another thing, could anyone explain why after uninstalling 12.11, 13.1 and 13.2 Leaked BETA my screen goes into standby and doesn't wake up, meaning I have to hard reset my PC?