Download Driver For AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta

AMD has released a new beta of its Catalyst drivers. There is only one download and it is suitable for Windows 7 and 8, for both 32bit and 64bit environments. That immediately explains the size of 234MB. The driver supports both desktop and mobile GPUs from the Radeon HD5000 series and is especially interesting for people who play the latest games. Support for Frame Pacing has been added in the 13.8 beta release, among other things, which should prevent stuttering of the image in a Crossfire setup.

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta Driver for Windows:

• Support for AMD CrossFire™ Frame Pacing
  • Frame Pacing ensures that frames rendered across multiple GPUs in a CrossFire configuration will be displayed at an even and regular pace.
  • Enabled through the AMD Catalyst Control Center; Globally or on a per application basis.
  • Frame Pacing is enabled by default.
  • Supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications, and resolutions up to and including 2560×1600 (single display).
• OpenGL 4.3 support – full support for the OpenGL 4.3 feature set
• Performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta for Windows:
  • Metro: Last Light – improves performance up to 7% on the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series
• OpenGL support for User Profiles and Catalyst Application Profiles:
  • Users can now create per application 3D setting profiles for OpenGL applications.
  • OpenGL applications are now supported through Catalyst Application Profile updates (for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations).
• AMD Enduro Technology enhancement – Catalyst Control Center will now show which applications are active on the Performance GPU, and the Power-Saving GPU

Resolved issues:

• Resolved crash when enabling AMD CrossFireX™ ​​on some AMD 970 platforms
• Improved stability for AMD Radeon HD 7790
• Resolved intermittent mouse cursor corruption when rapidly moving the cursor across window borders

The following downloads are available:
AMD Catalyst 13.8 beta for Windows 7 and 8 (32&64bit)
AMD Catalyst Mobility 13.8 beta for Windows 7 and 8 (32&64bit)