New Catalysts, Official Beta

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

Still... thanks for the warning! 12.4 is due soon, I think, so it won't be long until I "turn that frown upside down". lol That said, I seem to have experienced a totally out of the blue performance boost as of yesterday that almost convinced me they'd snuck the patch in without telling anyone. lol

Edit: Oh well... the performance boost has vanished overnight as well.... what a strange game this is. LOL

I don't mean to threadjack but I thought this was a logical place to post this.

It appears an early 12.4 build (open cl 1.2 developer beta) has been posted by AMD.

Windows 7/Vista x86 & x64: http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/O...ersWindows.exe

I never tested the OP's drivers but with the 12.4 developer beta and my 6950 the new MLAA algorithm is definitely working; tested in ClOD with the official 12.2 vs. 12.4 developer beta and saw a large performance boost (12.2 MLAA had a performance cost of ~30-40% while 12.4 MLAA ~1-5%) and noticed an improvement in the visual quality as well, especially how the antialiasing effect appears on moving objects (personally I still find this to be one of the largest limitations of shader based AA, at least in its current state).

So far I'm very impressed with 12.4 and I am interested to know if others are also seeing similar benefits.

Disclaimer: I generally never have issues with AMD Catalyst betas/previews however, I must add that of course these drivers are a developer preview and are not guaranteed to be stable, or to even work in any way; Install at your own risk! If you're one to be leery of troubleshooting problems I would recommend sticking with official drivers.