Well another Driver Update from AMD. AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta Drivers, but dont get your hopes up high just yet because this update will mostly address Multi-GPU and Crossfire Problems.
AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta Drivers Update Detailed
The Catalyst 13.10 Beta Drivers wont appease a lot of people. Mostly because they don't really offer much frame rate improvement and focus mostly on bug fixing. Catalyst 13.10 Beta Drivers do however fix the notorious frame-pacing issues for certain games, namely, Tomb Raider, Metro Last Light, Sniper Elite, World of Warcraft, Max Payne 3, Hitman Absolution.
It is quite obvious that AMD has tried to address the Crossfire scaling problems in Radeon builds. Multi Gpu Tech isn't perfect on Nvidias side either but AMD always had problems with Drivers. From lack of Native 3D support to Frame Pacing, we are glad to see that AMD is finally filling all the plugs.
The AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta Driver can be downloaded from the following links:
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Changelog.
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
@AMD Rolls out #Catalyst 13.10 #Beta #Drivers. Will Focus mainly on fixing Crossfire and MultiGPU Problems. http://t.co/n0ButzdDCt
— Usman Pirzada (@usmanpirzada) September 6, 2013
