AMD "Never Settle" 12.11 Driver - benchmarks

[pgi947]

If it doesn't connect (to show results) just copy the link and open in a new tab, does it to me ALL the time for what ever reason.

Edit: never mind getting 500-server error on the 3dm web site.

 

[humbug]

57% sent to you mate. About 40mins left it reckons. Also uploading to drop box for others

Got it, will report later, thank you

 

[Locky]

Wow this driver is bad, 3D apps are not loading and get black screen, getting Atimag.sys BSOD, windows lags and 3D clocks are chuffed.

 

[pgi947]

Wow this driver is bad, 3D apps are not loading and get black screen, getting Atimag.sys BSOD, windows lags and 3D clocks are chuffed.

Snap. Hopefully the WHQL has all of these issues sorted.

I just did a 3dmark11 run to make sure everything was back to normal on 12.9 (it is), I got as far as the first few tests on 3dmark11 before it crashed, but hows this for a scale up (i know clocks are different):

12.9 925/1375 = test 1 around 30-45 FPS

12.11 1340/1775 = test 1 around 90 fps!!

Found this on TPU:

AMD's Never Settle Catalyst 12.11 driver will be available as a non-WHQL beta immediately. A WHQL version will follow later on in November.

So are we expecting an 'official' beta today then WHQL later in november or have we had our fill of beta fail until november?

 

[borley]

3dmark11 is down borley

Funny went back to 12.9 beta and got server results so not sure whether it was the servers down or a bug.

 

[RetrogamerX]

Thank god I came late to the party. Will wait for stable driver.

 

[humbug]

Good Grief... its true!!!!!

Gigabyte 7870 @ stock 12.8; http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4724439

Graphics Score
6628

Gigabyte 7870 @ stock 12.11 http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4724555

Graphics Score
7677

Thats + 1049 points.

Now overclocking, be back in a few hours, need to go out for a while

 

[psychodil]

+16% score on a 7870

 

[[timko]]

AMD have updated their driver page to show official 12.10 and beta 12.11...

32bit - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

64bit - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

 

[bazman25]

are these drivers ready to download yet? i just checked and they have 12.10 drivers and 12.11s which are the beta version i thought they were releasing the full version?

 

[[timko]]

are these drivers ready to download yet? i just checked and the 12.10 drivers and 12.11s are the beta version i thought they were releasing the full version?

When I checked the two pages I linked to above 30mins ago they were showing 12.8 official so it looks like this is it for now.

 

[RetrogamerX]

AMD have updated their driver page to show official 12.10 and beta 12.11...

32bit - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

64bit - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

Nice one mate

 

[LtMatt]

Ah bummer just started playing l4d2 with some friends, that means ill have to wait an hour or so before i can update! I wanna hear all about these gains in the mean time!

 

[Nickolp1974]

must be ready, checked 1 hour ago and these wasn't up

 

[borley]

Wonder whether it's worth trying the 12.10 or go with the 12.11 beta to see if it's different from the leaked version!

 

[dave_beast]

AMD have updated their driver page to show official 12.10 and beta 12.11...

32bit - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

64bit - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

SHaweet

 

[psychodil]

Wonder whether it's worth trying the 12.10 or go with the 12.11 beta to see if it's different from the leaked version!

Try both, just make a system restore point first

 

[Alexrose1uk]

Yep, this is the rebuilt version (Beta3) that eliminates some of the bugs from the leaked review build.

Also installs on Mobility cards and is meant to have enduro fixes I understand. Good times

 

[bazman25]

12.10s are these the same as 12.9 betas?

 

[dave_beast]

release note highlights

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 12.11 BETA DRIVER:

This driver introduces significant performance improvements for many games across ALL 28nm AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series products: HD 7700, HD7800 and HD7900 products.
Performance Highlights of the AMD CATALYST 12.11 BETA Driver

• 10%-15% more performance in Battlefield 3 in most cases
  • More than 20% in certain missions and sequences (Comrades)
• Up to 7% more performance in Metro 2033
• Up to 10% more performance in DIRT Showdown
• Up to 8% more performance in Sleeping Dogs
• Up to 12% more performance in Civilization V
• Up to 10% more performance in StarCraft II
• Up to 8% more performance in Sniper Elite: V2

Resolved issue highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.11 Beta

• Resolves performance issues (where GPU activity runs at lower values than expected) seen on the AMD Radeon HD 7870
• AMD Catalyst Mobility 7970M performance for AMD Enduro™ Technology supported platforms has been substantially improved for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications. An updated driver for 7970M users featuring AMD Enduro™ Technology with additional DirectX 9 performance improvements will be released soon.
  • 3DMark Vantage – Up to 15%
  • 3DMark 11 – Up to 12%
  • AvP – Up to 11%
  • Battlefield 3 – Up to 25%
  • Crysis 2: Up to 45%
  • DiRT Showdown – Up to 62%
  • ETQW – Up to 8%
  • Hard Reset – Up to 8%
  • Just Cause 2 – Up to 90%
  • The Chronicles of Riddick – Up to 4%
  • Shogun 2 – Up to 56%
  • Sniper Elite V2 – Up to 60%
  • Tom Clancy’s HAWX – Up to 56%
  • Unigine Heaven – Up to 33%
  • Wolfenstein – Up to 9%

full notes http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1211BetaReleaseNotes.aspx