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 Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver 

Last Updated
11/21/2011 
 
Article Number
GPU-38 
 

AMD Catalyst 11.11a performance driver features:

 

·         Batman Arkham City

o    Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU configurations

·         Rage

o    Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling

o    Resolves a number of image / stability issues seen with the title:

§  Fix geometry corruption, sometimes seen in Bash TV entrance

§  Fix issues with Low-memory conditions on 32bit systems.

§  Fix issue with extreme corruption with missing textures on 32bit systems.

§  Fix memory leaks when deleting/reusing sync objects.

§  Fix hitching and pausing, especially noticeable on some Quad Core systems when doing races and Stanley Express runs.

§  Fix some missing shadows

·         Elder Scrolls Skyrim

o    Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations

o    Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series

o    Disables CrossFireX (to resolve negative scaling and image quality issues seen when CrossFireX is enabled)

§  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

o    Resolves intermittent corruption seen when playing the game at specific camera angles

 

·         Instructions:
Download and install the Driver from the following location:

o   AMD Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver  for Windows® vista & Windows® 7

o    AMD Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver  for Windows® XP

For detailed instructions on how to install the drivers, refer to:

o   Article GPU-33 for a Windows® 7 based system

o    Article GPU-1 for a Windows Vista® based system

o    Article GPU-2 for a Windows XP / Windows 2000 based system

Note! This Driver is provided “AS IS” in accordance with the End User License Agreement.

Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):

·         Software

o    Batman Arkham City

o    Rage

o    Battlefield 3

o    Elder Scrolls : Skyrim

·         Hardware

o    AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series

o    AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series

·         Operating Systems  

o    Windows® 7 32-bit Edition

o    Windows®  7 64-bit Edition

o    Windows® XP 32-bit Edition

o    Windows Vista 32-bit Edition

o    Windows Vista 64-bit edition

 


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