AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta for Windows 7 / 8 released [now Beta 2]

[Blín D'ñero]

Catalyst 13.10 Beta 2 released.
For Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 only
Source and download: AMD Support page...

Last Updated 9/30/2013

Article Number
RN-WIN-B13.10

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 Beta2 Driver for Windows

• AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta2 includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta
• Includes a 32-bit single GPU, and a AMD Crossfire™ game profile for Battlefield 4™
• Total War™: Rome 2 AMD CrossFire profile update
• AMD CrossFire frame pacing improvements for CPU-bound applications
• Resolves image corruption seen in Autodesk® Inventor® 2014
• Resolves intermittent black screen when resuming from a S3/S4 sleep-state if the display is unplugged during the sleep-state on systems supporting AMD Enduro™ technology
• Updated AMD Enduro technology application profiles for AMD Radeon HD notebook users
  • Profile Highlights:
    • Total War: Rome 2
    • Battlefield 4
    • Saints Row 4
    • Splinter Cell® Blacklist™
    • FIFA 14

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
• Total War: Rome 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

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• AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta for Windows®
• AMD Mobility Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta for Windows®

This is the software information of Catalyst 13.10 Beta2:
Driver Packaging Version: 13.20.11-130920a-162870E-ATI
Catalyst Version: 13.10
Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version: 8.01.01.1345
2D Driver File Path: /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
Direct3D Version: 9.14.10.0991
OpenGL Version: 6.14.10.12443
AMD Catalyst Control Center Version: 2013.0921.356.5161

This is the software information of Catalyst 13.10 Beta1:
Driver Packaging Version: 13.20.11-130904a-161995E-ATI
Catalyst Version: 13.10
Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version: 8.01.01.1345
2D Driver File Path: /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0001
Direct3D Version: 9.14.10.0991
OpenGL Version: 6.14.10.12441
AMD Catalyst Control Center Version 2013.0905.312.3832

[bill dennison]

nice downloading

thanks

[Dyre Straits]

Got 'em!

Installed without a hitch. So far, so good.

[flopper]

eyefinity driver coming this year or?

[Dyre Straits]

Originally Posted by flopper

eyefinity driver coming this year or?

Eyefinity works with these. Unless you're looking for something specific. I just did get my 3x1 configuration setup to confirm that it works.

[smp26]

Originally Posted by Blín D'ñero

AMD Catalyst Control Center Version: 2013.0815.818.13017

It's actually 2013.0905.312.3832.

[skrybe]

Nice. These fix the poor performance after sleep problem the 13.8 betas had - at least in WoW. Tested it and FPS is very similar after resuming from sleep to what it was before.

[Jaillum Malord]

No custom resolution tool for unlocked pixel clock

[badsykes]

The driver version seems the same as 13.8 beta 2 only the CCC is different...Where those performance modifications resides?

[flopper]

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

Eyefinity works with these. Unless you're looking for something specific. I just did get my 3x1 configuration setup to confirm that it works.

well lost my 120hz resolution, can only do 60hz now for some reason.
not so impressed.
Back to 13.4 since that driver works.

[awins1]

Originally Posted by flopper

well lost my 120hz resolution, can only do 60hz now for some reason.
not so impressed.
Back to 13.4 since that driver works.

I had the same issue with 13.8B2 driver, no 120 hz in eyefinity. Going back to 13.6 betas solved the issue. I guess this problem still exists with 13.10 betas? Have not tried them yet.

[V1per]

I'm getting an Event ID 7000 with these drivers

Description:
The AODDriver4.2.0 service failed to start due to the following error:
Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.

There were no errors during the install though.

Also, did a clean install of these drivers (uninstall drivers, driver sweeper in safe mode, etc.)

[Blín D'ñero]

Originally Posted by smp26

It's actually 2013.0905.312.3832.

Oh?! Then mine hasn't updated. I installed ontop of 13.8 Beta 2; maybe my CCC hasn't been updated that way.

I'll uninstall/ reinstalll tonight to be sure.

[clerick]

Do these have dx9 frame pacing?

[joe3000]

The 13.10s are good performance wise, and AMD fixed color page under video settings, big thanks for that!
http://postimg.org/image/9u72yq143

But for GTA IV & Episodes From Liberty City it's not good news, old problem with "very high" water still persists. On all highest settings in both games water looks like this:
http://postimg.org/image/3wbwye2iz

And this is what it should look like:
http://postimg.org/image/aeqpf5jqb

This is on Asus Radeon 7870 V2, AMD FX 6300, Win7 x86.
So please AMD can you fix this too?!
Thanks in advance!

[Blín D'ñero]

Originally Posted by Blín D'ñero

Oh?! Then mine hasn't updated. I installed ontop of 13.8 Beta 2; maybe my CCC hasn't been updated that way.

I'll uninstall/ reinstalll tonight to be sure.

And you were right!

Thanks smp26 for paying attention!

This time i first uninstalled (normal way + using AMD uninstall tool), then reinstalled Cat 13.10beta.

[DarkFoss]

So far so good. They knocked a couple seconds off my tpf on FAH's 8900 & 7811. Watching some season episodes with Amazon prime the video playback was noticeably smoother. Will try some games later.

I still hope to see those drivers with the memory improvements soonish

[casnin]

And just to add this since no one has said it yet....

These drivers still do not fix the 'alt-tab crash' issue with every game if you are running win 8.1 build 9431. Gimmie the final build already MS! Cmon.

[bobmitch]

These gave me the ability to overclock my 7850 to 960 / 5200 with no issues at all. More headroom and better overall performance...

[Pestul]

Originally Posted by bobmitch

These gave me the ability to overclock my 7850 to 960 / 5200 with no issues at all. More headroom and better overall performance...

Hmm, I'm going to have to re-evaluate my overclock with these. See if I can break 900 core with crossfire again.

[V1per]

Originally Posted by bobmitch

These gave me the ability to overclock my 7850 to 960 / 5200 with no issues at all. More headroom and better overall performance...

Got my 7850's running at 1000/1320. How did you get 5200 out of them? Mine maxes out at 1450.

Peace

[Spyhawk]

Bummer... another driver update with hardly any single gpu improvements. I guess there's no performance left to find with Tahiti. Its cool. I will either upgrade or go cf.

[EagleEye]

Originally Posted by V1per

Got my 7850's running at 1000/1320. How did you get 5200 out of them? Mine maxes out at 1450.

Peace

He's just using the QDR number for his vram. Your 1320 overclock is running at QDR 5280, which is higher than the 5200 mentioned in the previous post.

[vipernig]

Well this works well. Except now crysis 2 on ultra with directx11 enabled has rendering issues with outside scenes. The textures are a gulp of yellow. Was working fine WTF. This is on 7970hs in XF.

[Blín D'ñero]

It's a tesselation issue: AMD Optimzed does not work anymore in Crysis 2 DX11 Ultra.
You get yellow? I got flat white (outdoors) and black (indoors), at all spots (piles of rubble, brick walls) where tesselated textures were now totally absent.
If you use the AMD uninstall tool (like i did) before installing Catalyst, your previous settings are erased too. Hence in CCC, Tesselation will be set at factory default, which is "AMD optimized". Just set it to "Application controlled". Problem solved!

[magemaster]

Anyone else had problem on watching videos using HDMI?? The sound works for a while then starts muting , crackling.

[vipernig]

Thanks. Made a profile for that an now it works fine. I am now getting problems with Crysis and Sleeping Dogs giving a black screen on the extended monitor. I have to disable fullscreen and the reenable it in Sleeping dogs for it to properly display on the main screen and have the extended screen show normal. So here goes another new bug.

[V1per]

Originally Posted by vipernig

Well this works well. Except now crysis 2 on ultra with directx11 enabled has rendering issues with outside scenes. The textures are a gulp of yellow. Was working fine WTF. This is on 7970hs in XF.

Originally Posted by Blín D'ñero

It's a tesselation issue: AMD Optimzed does not work anymore in Crysis 2 DX11 Ultra.
You get yellow? I got flat white (outdoors) and black (indoors), at all spots (piles of rubble, brick walls) where tesselated textures were now totally absent.
If you use the AMD uninstall tool (like i did) before installing Catalyst, your previous settings are erased too. Hence in CCC, Tesselation will be set at factory default, which is "AMD optimized". Just set it to "Application controlled". Problem solved!

I'm so glad you brought this up because the only way I could fix it was to set the game to dx9. I've now made a profile in RadeonPro to set tesselation to Application controlled for Crysis 2. Thanks

...btw my textures were light blue lol

[DarkFoss]

Originally Posted by casnin

And just to add this since no one has said it yet....

These drivers still do not fix the 'alt-tab crash' issue with every game if you are running win 8.1 build 9431. Gimmie the final build already MS! Cmon.

I'm not seeing any alt-tab crash..I use it all the time to switch between 3 instances of EverQuest.

[vipernig]

I tried skyrim today and I don't know if this is new or not but I am having issues with flickering water and the sound buzzing for a second or 2. I did not notice this problem before but I haven't played it in a while either.

So I have the 1.9 update and again crossfire with 2 7970. I erased my ini file and started the game again to make sure that it is not due to some disabled vsync. It only happens with crossfire so I don't know if it is a 2 second microstuttering occuring. But when I enter a place I hear pans flying around. I open a chest and when I close it the stuff on top flies off. And most importantly I see water buzzing. It is not really flickering but more like the water buzzing or strobing with an a buzzing sound. Very annoying.

Anyone has a clue what is going on?