AMD Catalyst™ 11.3 and Release Notes

[Feuer Frei!]

Release notes:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst113ReleaseNotes.aspx


Catalyst Driver v11.3 is here:
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx


The Catalyst 11.3 packs various fixes but brings only one new feature, the AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) OpenCL runtime which is enabled and helps boost performance of OpenCL-supporting applications.Grab them if you need them. This release of ATI Catalyst also delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC. New profiles added to this release:
- Crysis 2 - Improves CrossFire performance
- Dungeons - Improves CrossFire performance with forced on Anti-Aliasing
- Crasher - Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled
- Shogun 2 (DX9 version) - Improves CrossFire performance
- America's Army 3 - Improves CrossFire performance
- Flatout: Ultimate Carnage - Improves CrossFire performance

[Jan Kyster]

Waiting for my new 5870 to arrive :shifty: and to have some data for comparison, I've run a series of tests...

Heaven DX11 on ATI HD 5970 - download: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Benchmarking/


First test, Windows 7 stock native driver... weeee!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-00w7.jpg

My (previous) favorite, version 10.9...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-109.jpg

"New" 11.3 WHQL...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-113.jpg

Preview version of 11.4... :rock:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-114.jpg

Preview 11.4 can be downloaded here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst114earlypreview.aspx

[Gerald]

Waiting for my new 5870 to arrive :shifty: and to have some data for comparison, I've run a series of tests...

Heaven DX11 on ATI HD 5970 - download: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Benchmarking/


First test, Windows 7 stock native driver... weeee!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-00w7.jpg

My (previous) favorite, version 10.9...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-109.jpg

"New" 11.3 WHQL...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-113.jpg

Preview version of 11.4... :rock:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-114.jpg

Preview 11.4 can be downloaded here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst114earlypreview.aspx Good to now, :up:

[HunterICX]

Waiting for my new 5870 to arrive :shifty: and to have some data for comparison, I've run a series of tests...

Already fried one? :D

HunterICX

[Gerald]

I use both ATI and Nvidia cards, of course, in different computers, but it certainly is a difference between endurance, especially when playing games, challenging games, FPS is not so high ... hmmm show adjustments must be

[Gerald]

Already fried one? :D

HunterICX Card with Crossfire, or run with an overclocked such?

[Jan Kyster]

Already fried one? :DNo! No! :rotfl2:

But got an offer on the 5870 I couldn't resist, $150 - with a brand new Arctic Cooler.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Indahouse.jpg

My 5970 is the one in the background. Tri-Fire setup is on the way... :rock:

Isn't it terrible easy to see, I'm a heavy smoker...? :nope:


Here's a test with the "new" 5870 and 11.4 driver.
The 5970 scales very well, when comparing to test above, it's almost a perfect doubling:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5870-114.jpg

The optimum scaling is not with two 5970, but one 5970 and one 5870.

Looking forward to some testing later today... :shifty:

[Feuer Frei!]

What temps do the 2 580's idle at?

[Gerald]

No! No! :rotfl2:

But got an offer on the 5870 I couldn't resist, $150 - with a brand new Arctic Cooler.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Indahouse.jpg

My 5970 is the one in the background. Tri-Fire setup is on the way... :rock:

Isn't it terrible easy to see, I'm a heavy smoker...? :nope:


Here's a test with the "new" 5870 and 11.4 driver.
The 5970 scales very well, when comparing to test above, it's almost a perfect doubling:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5870-114.jpg

The optimum scaling is not with two 5970, but one 5970 and one 5870.

Looking forward to some testing later today... :shifty: $150 it was a good price, :yep:

[Jan Kyster]

What temps do the 2 580's idle at?That Arctic cooler is very effective! Totally noiseless too!
Both the 5970 and the 5870 runs idle at 32-36 degree C, fully loaded like above benchmark neither of them came above 65 degree.
Silent Hunter 4 is not able to push it above 60 degree!

Stock cooler would easily send either of them above +85 degree... :nope:
$150 it was a good price, :yep:Absolutely! Cooler alone is almost $70 and from February this year.

Only downfall is that it's so fat or thick, there's no room next to it for both cards to run at the same time! :rotfl2:

Time to finally get that watercooling kit installed... A project long overdue... :nope:


To get this thread back on topic :D I can highly recommend the 11.4 driver - unless you really insist on the WHQL thing.
If you're using a series 5XXX or 6XXX card there are quite a few new options, like morphological filtering, tesselation and surface format optimization.
And as demonstrated above, it is very fast!

A walk-through on the new Catalyst Control Center and settings: http://www.rage3d.com/articles/catalyst_2011_image_quality_investigation/index.php?p=1

[RickC Sniper]

Stock cooler would easily send either of them above +85 degree... :nope:



I am surprised by that. I run a 5850 and under heavy load it has never been over 65C. Stock.


Thank you for that link on the new CCC interface and options.

[Jan Kyster]

I am surprised by that. I run a 5850 and under heavy load it has never been over 65C. Stock.It will depend on your CCC and Silent Hunter 4 settings.

Try these as close as you can:

AA 16x box
AF 16x
A.I. standard
MM HQ
V-sync on
AA Mode MSAA

In documents\SH4\data\cfg\ open file GFXSettings.cfg and use these lines:

[Current]
DepthBufferEffects=1
Filters=1
Glare=1
UnderwaterDispMap=1
LightShafts=1
3DShipWakes=1
DetailedWaveRipples=1
UnitNormalMaps=1
ShipCausticsEffects=1
Ship3DDamage=2
CharacterDetail=1
ParticlesDetail=9
TerrainObjectsDensity=6
TerrainObjectsLODSize=7
GammaCorrection=50
VolumetricFog=1

- save file, boot up Silent Hunter 4, run in external view for some 10 to 15 minutes and then return to CCC for a temp. reading.

That usually brings the GPU to a boiling point... :shifty: