AMD Catalyst 13.8 V2 Beta Drivers released

AMD has just pulled the trigger on the latest catalyst beta drivers. Labeled as “V2” The new drivers bring a ton load performance improvements to the table.

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver for Windows:

• Saints Row 4: Performance improves up to 25% at 1920x1280 with Ultra settings enabled
• Splinter Cell Blacklist: Performance improves up to 9% at 2560x1600 with Ultra settings enabled
• Final Fantasy XIV:  Improves single GPU and CrossFire performance
• Van Helsing:  Fixes  image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center
• Far Cry 3 / Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon:  Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center
• RIPD:  Improves single GPU performance
• Minimum:  Improves CrossFire performance
• Castlevania Lords of Shadow:  Improves CrossFire performance
• CrossFire:  Frame Pacing feature – includes improved performance in World of Warcraft, Sniper Elite, Watch Dogs, and Tomb Raider
• Doom 3 BFG:  Corruption issues have been resolved

Known Issues of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver for Windows:

• CrossFire configurations (when used in combination with Overdrive) can result in the secondary GPU usage running at 99%
• Enabling CrossFire can result in the PCI-e bus speed for the secondary GPU being reported as x1
• Bioshock Infinite: New DLC can cause system hangs with Frame Pacing enabled – disable frame pacing for this title to resolve 

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 2560x1600 (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

 System Requirements:

• Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)

More information and downloads can be found here