AMD rilascia i Catalyst 13.12 WHQL 1


AMD ha reso disponibili per il download i driver Catalyst 13.12 WHQL, prima release ufficiale della suite dotata di certificazione WHQL, in grado di supportare ufficialmente le nuove schede della serie Radeon R9 e Radeon R7 presentate da AMD nel mese di ottobre.

Tra le principali novità introdotte rispetto alla precedente versione, troviamo il supporto alle tecniche di frame pacing, con le quali vengono ridotti i fenomeni di microstuttering che affliggono le configurazioni CrossFire con due schede video Radeon. 

Questa versione risolve inoltre i fenomeni di black screen intermittenti che affliggono alcuni modelli di AMD Radeon R9 290X e AMD Radeon R9 290 e quelli dii flickering su alcuni modelli di AMD Radeon R9 270X.

Di seguito la lista completa delle novità riportate in lingua originale ed il link per il download.


Feature Highlights of AMD CatalystTM 13.12 Microsoft certified driver


Support for the following new products:

  • AMD RadeonTM R9 290, 280, and 270 Series
  • AMD RadeonTM R7 260, 250, and 240 Series


Improved AMD CrossFireTM scaling for the following game titles:

  • Call of Duty: Ghosts (multiplayer component)
  • Splinter Cell Blacklist Saints Row 4
  • MetroLast Light


New AMD EnduroTM Technology profiles for the following game titles:

  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  • Need for Speed Rivals
  • Total WarTM: Rome 2
  • Battlefield 4
  • Saints Row 4
  • Splinter Cell Blacklist
  • FIFA 14


Support For AMD CrossFire frame pacing

  • Frame pacing ensures that frames rendered across multiple GPUs in an AMD CrossFire configuration will be displayed at an even and regular pace
  • Frame pacing is enabled through the AMD Catalyst Control Center, or on a per application basis
  • Frame pacing is supported on DirectX® 10 and DirectX 11 applications using resolutions up to (and including) 2560x1600 on a single display


Resolved issue highlights of AMD CatalystTM 13.12 (vs. AMD Catalyst 13.9)

  • May resolve intermittent black screens or display loss observed on some AMD RadeonTM R9 290X and AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics cards
  • Resolves intermittent crashes seen in legacy DirectX 9 applications
  • AMD RadeonTM R9 290 Series - Power Tune update treduce variance of fan speed / RPM
  • PCI-E bus speed is nlonger set tx1 on the secondary GPU when running in CrossFire configurations
  • Resolves intermittent flickering seen on some AMD Radeon R9 270X graphics cards
  • Resolves Corruption issues found in Starcraft Resolves image corruption seen in Autodesk Investor 2014
  • Resolves intermittent black screen when resuming from a S3/S4 sleep state if the display is unplugged during the sleep state on systems supporting AMD EnduroTechnology
  • Resolves intermittent crashes experienced with Battlefield 4 on Windows 8 based systems


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