PRESS RELEASE
AMD CatalystTM 13.9 (Logo certified for Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7) is now available at www.amd.com
AMD Catalyst 13.9 is AMD's first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1. AMD Catalyst 13.9 does not include support for AMD CrossFire Frame Pacing or the very latest CrossFire optimizations.
The already available AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta includes additional performance improvements and fixes not found in AMD Catalyst 13.9. AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta can be found here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-10WINBetaDriver.aspx.
Feature Highlights of the logo certified AMD CatalystTM 13.9 driver for Windows
AMD's first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1
- Includes WDDM 1.3 support for:
- AMD Accelerated Processors (Kabini & Temash) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including:
- A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
- AMD Accelerated Processors (Richland) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
- A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
- AMD Accelerated Processors (Trinity) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including:
- A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
- AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
- Support for AMD Features:
- AMD Eyefinity
- OpenCLTM
- OpenGL
- UVD
- AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFireTM Technology
- AMD OverdriveTM
- AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center
- .NET 4.5 support is required for the AMD Catalyst 13.9 Catalyst Control Center
AMD CatalystTM 13.10 Beta Windows high-lights
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-10WINBetaDriver.aspx
Rome Total War 2: Updated AMD CrossFireTM 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
Resolved Issues:
- PCI-E bus speed is no longer set to x1 on the secondary GPU when running in CrossFire configurations
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