Catalyst 12.6 Beta drivers out

Flanker35M · #1 05-31-2012, 10:19 PM

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As the title says, AMD released their latest betas 12.6 for both XP and Vista/Win7. Great drivers so far, go grab from Guru3D or Rage3D

Tested on CoD quickly, of course Black Death with 1920x1080, All maxed out except AA = Off, SSAO = Off, Epilepsy = Off and Building Detail = Medium. Results below

Min: 6fps
Max: 68fps
Avg: 58fps

Results look same as in my "Just testing" thread, but looks like certain scenes were a bit faster (Blenheim in foreground, bomb explsions on runway etc.) than on 12.4's. Placebo or not but seems these are keepers.

Codex · #2 06-01-2012, 05:16 AM

They skipped 12.5 all together?

Flanker35M · #3 06-01-2012, 07:24 AM

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Yes because they are dropping the monthly WHQL driver release to improve driver work and instead release hotfixes etc. Just like NV does.

Codex · #4 06-01-2012, 11:45 AM

Ah ha, just read the site page, makes sense. Hopefully it will cure my BSODs I've been having.

Flanker35M · #5 06-01-2012, 03:04 PM

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I have not had AMD related BSODs at all but my TM Warthog caused 2 x BSODs within 10min = sent the unit for repairs/change. Waiting for new one to come..

Codex · #6 06-02-2012, 10:51 AM

Well all good in the BSOD front, but I'm now getting techni-colour rainbows on textures. Do you know how I can fix that?

On another note: I "upgraded" from 2 x 5870 in Crossfire to this the Gigabyte 7970 OC edition, the difference is like chalk and cheese.

I finally have smooth frame rates.

109 here I come