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Download the AMD Catalyst 13.2 BETA 7 driver

This AMD Catalyst 13.2 BETA 7 driver is compatible with AMD Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series graphics cards. This display driver supports Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. There are no full release notes released just yet, but given the timing, this most certainly is an optimized Crysis 3 driver.

With this driver, these products offer support for WDDM 1.2, which is an updated model for graphics drivers that Microsoft has developed to ensure smooth performance and wide compatibility in their new operating system.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 13.2 BETA 7 DRIVER
(Please note that AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7 includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta)

Resolves an intermittent hang seen in Crossfire configurations with the new Crysis 3 patch.

Build Info:
DriverVer=02/26/2013, 12.100.17.0000
12.10.17-130226a-153761E-ATI

Crysis 3 multi-player: Improves CrossFire scaling by up to 40%
Far Cry 3: Improves performance up to 10% at 2560x1600 with 8xAA
New 3D Mark release: Adds CrossFire profile support for the new 3D Mark release under Windows 8

AMD Catalyst 13.2 is now available, and includes the following updates:

Improves performance in the Crysis 3 Multi-Player Beta by up to 50% when 4x and 8x MSAA are enabled.
Improves performance up to 15% in high MSAA cases for the Crysis 3 beta release
Significantly improves latency performance in Skyrim, Boderlands 2, and Guild Wars 2
Improves single GPU performance up to 50% for DmC Devil May Cry
Improves CrossFire performance up to 10% for Crysis 2
Resolves Texture flickering seen in DirectX9.0c applications.

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JonasBeckman
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#4540242 Posted on: 02/28/2013 01:20 PM

I do the same since it's faster and so far has always worked, every time I check all the files that should be updated are updated and the registry info and profiles I don't really care much about.

There are benefits from doing a clean setup as well I believe (And AMD and Nvidia both seem to recommend it for troubleshooting purposes.) but I usually just install over.

Unsure what changed from 13.2b6 aside from Crysis 3 but I install it anyway.
(Tomb Raider already seems to have a profile - http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ - as does Bioshock Infinite, nothing for Resident Evil 6 though as far as I could tell.)

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#4540282 Posted on: 02/28/2013 02:14 PM

Great! Beta 7 also improves single-card performance. A nice bump in MP and SP

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Crysis-3-PC-235317/Tests/Crysis-3-Benchmark-Test-Grafikkarten-1056218/

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#4540302 Posted on: 02/28/2013 02:32 PM

HDMI sound drivers still have issues with 7 series cards, i always get Exclamation marks after a reboot from HDMI drivers win 7 x64 and its the same as with beta 7...

Thank you Mate, Also 13.2 Beta 4 has no issues with HDMI sound on the 7000 series if you need to have it as i do.

Hope that helps somehow.

MybadOmen

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#4540408 Posted on: 02/28/2013 04:44 PM

Oh !!! new performance progress for my older 5970.

+5/+7 fps... not bad.

waiting 30x beta version for 150 fps ?

Leito360
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#4540517 Posted on: 02/28/2013 07:12 PM

Thanks to this betas I was able to run the boring Crysis 3 game... BSOD with beta 6.

cutestguy
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#4540549 Posted on: 02/28/2013 07:52 PM

just got a question.. i just intalled 13.2 beta 7 over 13.2 beta 6.. i was looking at the post and saw some profile thing like the CAP profile or something do i need to install that cap thing for profile even though i installed 13.2 beta 7 driver? or its inscluded automatically?

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#4540567 Posted on: 02/28/2013 08:24 PM

Its included

cutestguy
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#4540580 Posted on: 02/28/2013 08:38 PM

so i dont need to install the cap profiles manually? just the 13.2 beta 7 is fine alone? thanks

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#4540642 Posted on: 02/28/2013 10:03 PM

so i dont need to install the cap profiles manually? just the 13.2 beta 7 is fine alone? thanks

Yup, Beta 7 is fine alone

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#4540687 Posted on: 02/28/2013 10:56 PM

To anyone using crossfire, do you think its worth the investment? I really need some more gpu power but im a bit hesitant to add another card and end up dealing with microstutter ect. On the other hand i like to fix things and tweak stuff so i guess it wouldnt be a problem for me? Has cf improved alot through the years?

Sorry for going off topic but i see alot of cf users in this thread

Nice to see amd releasing beta's occasionally.

Crossfire is brilliant..
- go for it..!!

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#4540688 Posted on: 02/28/2013 10:58 PM

Crossfire is brilliant..
- go for it..!!

lol, i think it's the first time i read something like that.

TheOriginalTO
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#4540726 Posted on: 02/28/2013 11:59 PM

maybe a minor boost in performance, but nothing too drastic. Seem nice though. Furmark still crashes...

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#4540737 Posted on: 03/01/2013 12:22 AM

To anyone using crossfire, do you think its worth the investment? I really need some more gpu power but im a bit hesitant to add another card and end up dealing with microstutter ect. On the other hand i like to fix things and tweak stuff so i guess it wouldnt be a problem for me? Has cf improved alot through the years?

Sorry for going off topic but i see alot of cf users in this thread

Nice to see amd releasing beta's occasionally.
This is my experience with Crossfire on 7970s:
http://lebgeeks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=13684

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#4540776 Posted on: 03/01/2013 01:47 AM

Unsure what changed from 13.2b6 aside from Crysis 3 but I install it anyway.
(Tomb Raider already seems to have a profile - http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ - as does Bioshock Infinite, nothing for Resident Evil 6 though as far as I could tell.)

dont forget to look at the CAP xmls, too (RE6 is not there ya)

rise of the triad CF profile appeared in the CAP, not listed in any release notes or driver files, did that even get a release date announcement?

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#4540819 Posted on: 03/01/2013 03:00 AM

i get a BSOD with any of the last 3 betas in crysis 3 and its the same file every time see pic , how do i fix this - is it crysis3 or the drivers ?

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#4540895 Posted on: 03/01/2013 05:33 AM

Guys, I'm unable to run CCC with this driver (clean installed). It just crashes explorer.exe
Am I the only one ??

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#4540922 Posted on: 03/01/2013 07:10 AM

This is my experience with Crossfire on 7970s:
http://lebgeeks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=13684

Thanks for the deep explanation yasamoka. Just what i was looking for! I kinda regret not going for nvidia after reading that but on the other hand i heard 7870 performes better on high resulotion compared to a 660. I think i will go for cf but i hope the 2gb vram on my cards will be enough for newer games. Bf3 mp maxed out on 2560x1440 eats around 1750mb vram on my 7870.

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#4540999 Posted on: 03/01/2013 10:30 AM

Gona try this when i get home but b6 was stable and smooth so i wonder...

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#4541046 Posted on: 03/01/2013 11:21 AM

All of these beta drivers cause crysis2 graphics to revert back to all the flickering shadows it got in the early days with xfire

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I have tried the beta 5, 6 & 7 so far with the same results.

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#4541102 Posted on: 03/01/2013 12:40 PM

All of these beta drivers cause crysis2 graphics to revert back to all the flickering shadows it got in the early days with xfire

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I have tried the beta 5, 6 & 7 so far with the same results.

+1, same problem, which drivers can we use to bypass this crappy problem ?

:banana:

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#4541225 Posted on: 03/01/2013 03:39 PM

alright, best way to update amd drivers? uninstall, driver clean in safe mode then install new? haven't installed amd drivers in ages!!! anything to back up?

You would think after 16,592 posts you would understand the concept of a driver update. What you described is not a driver update but a driver re-install.
Two completely separate tasks.

With 16,592 posts are you the most muskiest smelling Troll around?

And why am I the only one too notice such non sense?

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#4541352 Posted on: 03/01/2013 05:39 PM

I just spotted these random GPU usage peaks while idling on the desktop

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#4541358 Posted on: 03/01/2013 05:44 PM

You would think after 16,592 posts you would understand the concept of a driver update. What you described is not a driver update but a driver re-install.
Two completely separate tasks.

With 16,592 posts are you the most muskiest smelling Troll around?

And why am I the only one too notice such non sense?

ok, few things. I was asking because I haven't used AMD in a while. Installers change, look at nvidia adding "clean install" option to their driver installer. Also, going from beta 6 to beta 7 is a driver update. re-install would be if you're re-installing the same driver. Last thing, reported. No need to call people trolls. BTW, you didn't get my post count right :p

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#4541496 Posted on: 03/01/2013 08:26 PM

ok, few things. I was asking because I haven't used AMD in a while. Installers change, look at nvidia adding "clean install" option to their driver installer. Also, going from beta 6 to beta 7 is a driver update. re-install would be if you're re-installing the same driver. Last thing, reported. No need to call people trolls. BTW, you didn't get my post count right :p

With over 16,000 post I find it hard to warrant an explanation for anything!

You may be unknowingly or knowingly spreading misinformation. This concept you have on "updating drivers" is wrong. To remove a driver from a system to install a fresh one is called a driver re-install regardless the version. Not an update.

****, with over 16,000 post and don't know how to update a driver, shame on you sir!

Also you go out of the way to correct me "BTW, you didn't get my post count right :p"

I can smell the musk through my monitor.

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#4541541 Posted on: 03/01/2013 09:13 PM

The download link in the first topic is from both x86 and x64 ?

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