AMD has released its latest performance driver for Radeon graphics cards. With this Catalyst 11.11a release AMD is using the term performance driver to refer to performance-enhancing Hotfix updates it launches between its normally scheduled monthly WHQL-signed updates. Catalyst 11.11a boasts fixes for some outstanding game-related bugs, improves performance and resolved driver-related bugs for a variety of recently released titles such as Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim and Battlefield 3. The rest of the driver is based around the Catalyst 11.11 driver.
A list of key changes is here:
Batman Arkham City
• Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU configurations
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• 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
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
• 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
Battlefield 3
• Resolves intermittent corruption seen when playing the game at specific camera angles
You can download the Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver for Windows 7 or Vista here.
