PRESS RELEASE
Windows Catalyst Package: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-8WINBetaDriver.aspx
Linux Catalyst Package: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-8LINBetaDriver.aspx
Highlights of the Windows AMD CatalystTM 13.8 Beta release:
- Support for CrossFire Frame Pacing
- Frame Pacing ensures that frames rendered across multiple GPUs in a CrossFire configuration will be displayed at an even and regular pace
- Enabled through the AMD Catalyst Control Center; Globally or on a per application basis
- Supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications and resolutions up and including 2560x1600 (single display)
- OpenGL 4.3 support - full support for the OpenGL 4.3 feature set
- Performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta:
- Metro Last Light - Improves performance up to 7% on the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
- OpenGL support for User Profiles and Catalyst Application Profiles:
- Users can now create per application 3D setting profiles for OpenGL applications
- OpenGL applications are now supported through Catalyst Application Profile updates (for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations)
- AMD Enduro Technology enhancement - The AMD Catalyst Control Center now shows which applications are active on the Performance GPU and the Power saving GPU
Highlights of the Linux AMD CatalystTM 13.8 Beta release:
This release of AMD CatalystTM Linux introduces support for the following new features:
- OpenGL 4.3 - full support for the OpenGL 4.3 feature set
- SLED11 SP3 support
- PowerXpress A+I support with Intel Haswell on SLED11 SP3
- Dynamic primary surface resizing
- Kernel 3.10 support
Resolved Issue highlights:
- Enduro Technology on AMD + AMD Ubuntu platforms - Source Engine games hang when running on the High Performance ASIC
- Maya 2011-2013 - Various visual corruptions issues have been resolved
- Maya 2011-2013 - Mesh/Polygons selection performance has been improved
- Unigine Heaven - Intermittent Crashes have been resolved
- Unigine Heaven - Performance has been improved up to 11% on single GPU configurations
- Left 4 Dead 2 - Visual corruption issues have been resolved
- Visual artifacts are no longer seen with XvBA playback and CABAC=No
- "Testing use Only" watermark has been removed
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