AMD has rolled out a new performance driver for its Radeon cards and Catalyst 11.11c prioritize optimizations and bug fixes in some of the biggest titles this fall. We see boosts in Skyrim, Batman Arkham City and Rage, and various fixes.
Catalyst 11.11c has not the least optimized CrossFire performance in multiple titles, but a complete lists of the news in the new performance drivers can be found below;
AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver features
· Elder Scrolls Skyrim
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New in Catalyst 11.11c: Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling for the AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
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Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling for AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
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Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations
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Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series
· Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
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New in Catalyst 11.11b: Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
· Batman Arkham City
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Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU configurations
· Rage
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Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
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Resolves a number of image / stability issues seen with the title:
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Fix geometry corruption, sometimes seen in Bash TV entrance
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Fix issues with Low-memory conditions on 32bit systems.
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Fix issue with extreme corruption with missing textures on 32bit systems.
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Fix memory leaks when deleting/reusing sync objects.
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Fix hitching and pausing, especially noticeable on some Quad Core systems when doing races and Stanley Express runs.
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Fix some missing shadows
· Battlefield 3
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Resolves intermittent corruption seen when playing the game at specific camera angles
The new drivers are available at AMD’s website for Windows Vista/7 and Windows XP.
