AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta Video Card Drivers Now Available

By Nathan Kirsch

AMD has released AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta video card drivers! AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2, plus additional bug fixes. You can downloaded either AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta for Windows or AMD Mobility Catalyst 13.10 Beta for Windows. There was no Catalyst 13.10 Beta driver for Linux released today, so penguin users will have to wait. You can read all the Windows release highlights below.

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Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta Driver for Windows:

  • AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2
  • PCI-E bus speed is no longer set to x1 on the secondary GPU when running in CrossFire configurations
  • Rome Total War 2: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
    • improves CrossFire scaling up to 20% (at 2560×1600 with extreme settings)
    • resolves corruption issues seen while playing the game
  • Saints Row 4: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
    • improves CrossFire scaling up to 20% (at 2560×1600 with ultra settings)
  • Metro Last Light: Updated AMD CrossFire profile
    • improves CrossFire scaling up to 10% (at 2560×1600 with ultra settings)
  • Includes a number of frame pacing improvements for the following titles:
    • Tomb Raider
    • Metro Last Light
    • Sniper Elite
    • World of Warcraft
    • Max Payne 3
    • Hitman Absolution

System Requirements:

  • Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit versions with SP1 or higher)

AMD Product Compatibility:

  • AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 8000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
  • AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000M Series