AMD Catalyst 12.10 WHQL & 12.11 Beta Released

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by tk471138

what do you mean? with CAP?, i just downloaded and installed the beta...im a new user for AMD graphics just got a 7850 (from nvidia 450)and the game runs beautifully(at least on the 12.9 drivers, havent tested new beta yet

Hi tk471138, I'm glad to hear you made the switch to AMD.

Catalyst Application Proflies (CAPs) are generally only needed for CrossFire (multi gpu) users and you don't generally need them with a single GPU. However, sometimes there are fixes/tweaks for even single GPUs in AMD CAPs; you can read the notes for these, but all CAP fixes/tweaks are integrated into the next driver release so if you don't see anything for single GPUs in a CAP then don't bother and don't worry about older CAPs.

If you do end up installing one of the CAPs I would recommend removing the old CAP first (named Application Profiles in add/remove). If you don't you'll have multiple Application Profiles in your add/remove and it may even cause issues, so I would say it's safe practice to remove the old copy before proceeding.

With your 7850 you'll see some very respectable gains with the 12.11 beta drivers, although I do not know if they will help in ClOD (it would be good to get feedback if they do). I would suggest you give them a shot although keep in mind they are beta, and may have some issues, but I haven't run into any yet; they seem to be one of the best drivers from AMD to date.

I hope this helps