iT Rumors: AMD

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GZBAFLEeoHNm1gh1DqSEb6p9JjUTlGfCqeYyUcWpNKRv_rKtY5_2hM0X1s4HuHXpWAg6D0fYDPESEtp67EvLUchZpmVkao4sGgoaXGfpYbPguGgMvIA_IC3JZUQupo-J1cX_xqLM4Cgd/s1600/AMD.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>AMD Catalyst 13.12</i></span></strong></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GZBAFLEeoHNm1gh1DqSEb6p9JjUTlGfCqeYyUcWpNKRv_rKtY5_2hM0X1s4HuHXpWAg6D0fYDPESEtp67EvLUchZpmVkao4sGgoaXGfpYbPguGgMvIA_IC3JZUQupo-J1cX_xqLM4Cgd/s1600/AMD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AMD has <a href="http://support.amd.com/en-us/download" style="border: 0px; color: #61a0bf; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">made available</a> updated drivers for Windows and Linux. It's fair to say there have been a decent number of changes and improvements since the last WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) approved drivers to come out of AMD in September, so let's have a look...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Catalyst 13.12 WHQL for Windows and Linux drivers are <em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"basically... the WHQL version of the 13.11 Beta V9.5 drivers,"</em> according to AMD's <a href="https://twitter.com/CatalystCreator/" style="border: 0px; color: #61a0bf; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@CatalystCreator</a>. So if you have those installed you're good to go already.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you would expect, the new drivers offer support for AMD's latest range of graphics cards including the AMD Radeon R9 290, 280, and 270 Series and AMD Radeon R7 260, 250, and 240 Series. Some of the most important improvements you might see with this driver set is the AMD CrossFire frame pacing tech. This should even out framerates in your CrossFire setup to ensure smoother gameplay. Frame pacing is set globally in the Catalyst Control Centre or on a per application basis.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In related <a href="http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-12WINReleaseNotes.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #61a0bf; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">improvements</a> for CrossFire configuration owners the following games have improved CrossFire performance scaling; Call of Duty: Ghosts (multiplayer component), Splinter Cell Blacklist, Saints Row 4 and Metro Last Light.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AMD informs us that there are new Enduro profiles for several new AAA games including; XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Need for Speed Rivals, Total War: Rome 2, Battlefield 4, Saints Row 4, Splinter Cell Blacklist and FIFA 14. Enduro technology is especially relevant to users of laptops with built in AMD GPUs as it <em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"is designed to unlock the full potential of your laptop’s performance while maximizing battery life".</em></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></em></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AMD Catalyst 13.12 driver for Linux</span></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Linux users also have a new AMD Catalyst 13.12 driver. According to AMD this driver fixes the following issues:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 10px; padding: 6px 6px 6px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ultra slow dota2 fps</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">System hang when startx after enable Eyefinity</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">System hang when run Unigine Heaven 4.0</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fix the procfs permission issue on kernel 3.10 and later</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">System hang when run some OpenGL stress test</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glxtest failed with force AA</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fail to launch cairo-dock</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AC/DC switching is broken</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tear-Free Desktop sets V-Sync to 30Hz instead of 60Hz</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steam crashes and games hang on a black screen when Force AA is on</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glxtest failed on SLED11 SP3</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Display corruption when using rotation</span></li></ul><div><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Source : </span><a href="http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/63941-amd-catalyst-1312-whql-windows-now-available/">Hexus.net</a></span></i></div>

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