Tuesday, November 22nd 2011
AMD Rolls Out Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver
AMD released its latest "performance driver" for Radeon graphics cards, the Catalyst 11.11a. With this release, AMD is using the term "performance driver" to refer to performance-enhancing Hotfix updates it launches between its scheduled monthly WHQL-signed updates. Catalyst 11.11a fixes some outstanding game-related bugs and improves performance and resolves driver-related bugs for a variety of recently-released titles such as Batman: Arkham City, Rage, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, and Battlefield 3. The rest of the driver is based on Catalyst 11.11.
DOWNLOAD: AMD Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver for Windows 7 or Vista | Windows XP
A list of changes follows.
Batman Arkham City
Source:
AMD
DOWNLOAD: AMD Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver for Windows 7 or Vista | Windows XP
A list of changes follows.
Batman Arkham City
- Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU configurations
- Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
- Resolves a number of image / stability issues seen with the title:
o Fix geometry corruption, sometimes seen in Bash TV entrance
o Fix issues with Low-memory conditions on 32bit systems.
o Fix issue with extreme corruption with missing textures on 32bit systems.
o Fix memory leaks when deleting/reusing sync objects.
o Fix hitching and pausing, especially noticeable on some Quad Core systems when doing races and Stanley Express runs.
o Fix some missing shadows
- Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations
- Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series
- Disables CrossFireX (to resolve negative scaling and image quality issues seen when CrossFireX is enabled)
o AMD is continuing to work on a CrossFireX solution for Skyrim - as soon as it's ready we'll make it publicly available
- Resolves intermittent corruption seen when playing the game at specific camera angles
26 Comments on AMD Rolls Out Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver
On-topic: Still Rage bug fixes? Come one now AMD! It really sucks that Rage had such a bad release, and it wasnt even the games fault, thats the worst part.
I can only imagine the frustration of putting blood sweat and tears into a game, only to have it missfire on the starting line thanks to nvidia and amd d*cking around with their drivers.