AMD Catalyst Driver Update Thread [ 12.8 ]

iittopper

Wise Old Owl
Increased max payne 3 FPs by 9-11 . Now game feels awsome . This drivers also boost performance for 5xxx card .
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
^^ compared to which version and on which games ?


OK .. which chapter yu are isng for benchmark/Performance monitoring or this is based on overall game performance based on different chapters ?

Anyway, here's the Benchmark Results with 12.7 Beta :

CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H x.x
Installed RAM: 4.00 GB
Installed Memory Type and Speed : DDR2 800 Mhz
Operating System: Windows 7 x64 SP1
Video adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6850 ( 800/1100 )
Video driver: Catalyst 11.12 and 12.6
Resolution : 1080P - maximum settings used in every benchmark with all the advanced option like Tessellation, DoF, Physx etc. turned on*

Test Result : ( left to right 11.12 - 12.6 - 12.7 Beta )

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AvP 2010
Average FPS: 29.9 - 33.4 -33.4
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Sniper Elite v2 :
Average FPS: 10.2 - 9.9 - 10
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PLA Game BenchMark :
Average FPS: 37 - 37 -37
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3DMark 11 BenchMark ( Xtreme Preset ) :
Graphics Score: 1037 - 1052 -1053
Physyx Score : 3773 - 3815 - 3801
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Street Fighter IV BenchMark :
Graphics Score: 10380 - 8896 - 8675
Average FPS: 130.04 - 115 - 110.55
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Lost Planet 2 BenchMark :
Average FPS: B - 33.4 ( Test A ) - 31.0 - 32.7
Average FPS: C - 25.0 ( Test B ) - 25.6 - 27.8
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Average Framerate: 16.00 - 15.67 - 15.67
Max. Framerate: 33.95 - 30.68 - 37.58
Min. Framerate: 6.58 - 6.37 - 5.70
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3DMark Vantage BenchMark :
Graphics Score: X7190 ( 1080P ) X7141 - x7150
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Crysis 2 BenchMark :
Average FPS: 23 ( Central Park - Edge Blur - High Res Tex - Ultra ) - 23 - 23.6
Average FPS: 31 ( Times Square - Edge Blur - High Res Tex - Ultra ) - 31 - 31.6
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 :
FPS: 18.7 - 18.8 - 18.8
Scores: 470 - 474 - 473
Min FPS: 5.7 - 8.2 - 7.7
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RE5 :
AVG FPS :76.2 ( Fixed ) - 76.1 - 76.2
AVG FPS :87.9 ( Variable ) - 88 - 88.9
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DiRT ShowDown :
Min FPS :28 - 25.26 - 21.62
AVG FPS :38 - 33.21 - 29.95

so that completes the performance test among 11.12, 12.6 and 12.7 by me - overall though old 11.12 has got the performance crown ;-)
 

Zangetsu

I am the master of my Fate.
I m facing an issue after 12.6 update...
the scaling option is not working..
I have set the resolution to 1080p but still I used to get black borders around the screen..so I used scaling option in CCC (which worked perfectly to cover full screen).
but right in 12.6 I can all set the same in CCC but after a reboot it all gets changes to those black bars :(
what to do?
 

Zangetsu

I am the master of my Fate.
^ Read my post in previous page. I've posted the solution. :)

Oh man lot of other users r facing the same issue...
I guess the problem is with HDMI connection (which i m using)?

thanx for the solution.

AMD shud fix this minor issue in next stable release :cool:
 

iittopper

Wise Old Owl
^^ compared to which version and on which games ?



OK .. which chapter yu are isng for benchmark/Performance monitoring or this is based on overall game performance based on different chapters ?

Updated the game from original to 1.0.0.22 and updated the driver from 12.5 to 12.6 . Fps increase by 5-6 in almost every chapter . Earlier getting 26 fps and now constant 30-33 fps :wink:
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
Ok .. thanks for the info

BTW, any news n the final release of 12.7 driver or we will see a jump to 12.8 directly ??
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
^^ renamed the thread - why not test the 12.8 driver by yourself - compare it with the previous version you have and post the result here.
 

Flash

Lost in speed
^^ renamed the thread - why not test the 12.8 driver by yourself - compare it with the previous version you have and post the result here.

Seriously i dont have any expertise to compare the versions and post the comparisons here.
I recently bought a HD6670 and 12.6 is my 1st version!
Excuse me!
 

coderunknown

Retired Forum Mod
^^ play a particular segment of a game. use FRAPS to benchmark it. update driver and play same segment of the game. post the difference. this is what TG did. it doesn't need any expertise.
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
^^ buddy I did not play any game to benchmark ;-) and I don't trust on Fraps FPS measurement - what I did is used some pre built game benchmark app which made the process a lot more easier.
 

coderunknown

Retired Forum Mod
well he was asking for performance numbers. Thats why i told him to do the simple test himself rather than ask others to test and post the new values.
yes, that way results will be much more accurate :)
 

panwala95

In the zone
i updated from 12.7 to 12.8 and the difference in bf3 and syrim + max payne3 is very noticeable
we are talking 4-5 fps in bf3, 10 fps (yes 10) in skyrim and another 4-5 fps in max payne 3
great update
thanks amd !
 

Jripper

Pro/An---tagonist xD
^ Seriously? :D

Thats huge improvement. Wonder whether my 6850 will show improvement as well. Will try it out soon.
 
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