catalyst 11.3 released

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hclarkjr

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http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1973/ATI_Catalyst_11.3_Software_Suite_Vista7_64-bit.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1975/ATI_Catalyst_11.3_Software_Suite_Vista7_32-bit.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1974/ATI_Catalyst_11.3_Software_Suite_WinXP_32-bit.html


  • A number of performance optimizations, as highlighted here.
  • Performance enhancement for Shogun 2 (DX11 version) when running Anti-Aliasing
  • Includes enhancements to the AMD Catalyst Control Centero New task based Display Management controls
    - Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
    o New Eyefinity setup group
    - Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
    o New branding (based on system configuration)
    - AMD based platform – AMD VISION Engine Control Center
    - Discrete AMD GPU with Intel CPU – AMD Catalyst Control Center™
    o AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
    - Please note this functionality is not yet enabled, but will be in a future AMD Catalyst release
    - This feature will be used to notify users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
  • Includes fixes where Dragon Age 2 would hang in DirectX11 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series products.
  • Includes fixes where MediaEspresso 6.5 and 6.0 may crash while initializing
  • Includes a fix for game corruption issues in BulletStorm
  • Includes a fix for the AMD Catalyst Control Center install; resolves the issue of not being able to launch CCC after Catalyst has finished installing
  • Includes a fix for the Tessellation slider sometimes setting the incorrect value
 
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Gloomy

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One of the links in your posts leads to a page concerning the 11.4 preview driver, and they're promising even more ridiculous performance gains :|

  • Up to 23% performance improvement in Aliens vs. Predator
  • Up to 22% performance improvement in Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Up to 15% performance improvement in Battleforge
  • Up to 72% performance improvement in Civilization V
  • Up to 59% performance improvement in Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • Up to 26% performance improvement in FarCry 2
  • Up to 35% performance improvement in Lost Planet 2
  • Up to 30% performance improvement in Metro 2033
  • Up to 11% performance improvement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
  • Up to 19% performance improvement in Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
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this can't be true... omg. I have to be missing something here-- maybe AMD is making the claims while switching from some really old driver to 11.4? this is really sneaky
 
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Dark Shroud

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Well the 6900 series cards do use part of AMD's new architecture design. It was only going to make sense that as time passes AMD will increase the performance.
 
Tattare

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Im confused. The 11.4 preview driver thats been out a few weeks is this that final re-badged as 11.3?
 
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It looks like AMD found the secret optimization that Nvidia had found with Civ 5
 
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Lonyo

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Tattare said:
Im confused. The 11.4 preview driver thats been out a few weeks is this that final re-badged as 11.3?
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Not necessarily.
It's possibly:

11.3 gets finalised.
11.3 gets sent to Microsoft for WHQL testing.
11.4 preview gets released.
11.3 WHQL gets released.
11.4 sent to MS for WHQL testing.
11.4 gets released.

Because WHQL testing takes a bit of time, and the 11.4 preview driver isn't necessarily final, and hasn't been WHQL tested.
 
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Lonyo said:
Not necessarily.
It's possibly:

11.3 gets finalised.
11.3 gets sent to Microsoft for WHQL testing.
11.4 preview gets released.
11.3 WHQL gets released.
11.4 sent to MS for WHQL testing.
11.4 gets released.

Because WHQL testing takes a bit of time, and the 11.4 preview driver isn't necessarily final, and hasn't been WHQL tested.
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That made sense.
Now I want to see a benchmark of 11.2 vs 11.3 vs 11.4 preview with a 6850 or a 6870.
 
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mingsoup

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Does this affect 5000 series cards? Particularly, does 11.3 contain these awesome Civ 5 improvements? for 5000 series cards?
 
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stag3

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that's odd, with the 11.3's i dont have a clock or memory slider anymore in overdrive.
i only have fan control
 
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Gloomy said:
One of the links in your posts leads to a page concerning the 11.4 preview driver, and they're promising even more ridiculous performance gains :|

this can't be true... omg. I have to be missing something here-- maybe AMD is making the claims while switching from some really old driver to 11.4? this is really sneaky
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those are the performance increases for the 6790, not across the board.

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...w-driver-brings-radeon-hd-6790-support-tweaks
 
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mhouck said:
those are the performance increases for the 6790, not across the board.

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...w-driver-brings-radeon-hd-6790-support-tweaks
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I wouldn't be so sure about your claim. The way they structured that article was that 11.4 would have full support for the 6790 and have the optimizations applied across the board. To have optimizations - a baseline comparison, based on percentages - based on a card that's not even out yet... get my drift? :)

If they had just applied to the 6790, then it would've read as "performance optimizations for the 6700 series", as it's always been in the past.

Perhaps Silverforce can confirm this for us, but alas, this deserves a pint or two if what I feel is actually true. :)
 
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FalseChristian

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The 11.3's are really incredible. I'm getting over 100 fps in Crysis with my 2 GTX 460s. Way to go, AMD!
 
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hclarkjr said:
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1973/ATI_Catalyst_11.3_Software_Suite_Vista7_64-bit.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1975/ATI_Catalyst_11.3_Software_Suite_Vista7_32-bit.html
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1974/ATI_Catalyst_11.3_Software_Suite_WinXP_32-bit.html



  • ....
    [*]Includes a fix for the AMD Catalyst Control Center install; resolves the issue of not being able to launch CCC after Catalyst has finished installing
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Good heavens. If this is true, I will rejoice.
 
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daRkKon

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ooh goodie 11.4 drivers next month :D anyone try the 11.3 on a 6850? crysis is the main game i play
 
dawp

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I wonder if I will see any gains with my hd4870x2. pretty sure the files for this are about as mature as you're going to get. I did upgrade anyways.
 
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