As promised, AMD today also let loose a second version of the Catalyst 11.4 early preview driver which contains some of the goodies that will be included in the full 11.4 release next month, like multiple performance improvements, fixes, and support for the upcoming Radeon HD 6790.
The full changelog of the Catalyst 11.4 preview looks a little something like this:
- Support for the AMD
Radeon HD 6790 series of products
- A number of performance optimizations
Up to 23% performance improvement in Aliens vs. Predator
Up to 22% performance improvement in Batman: Arkham Asylum
Up to 15% performance improvement in Battleforge
Up to 72% performance improvement in Civilization V
Up to 59% performance improvement in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Up to 26% performance improvement in FarCry 2
Up to 35% performance improvement in Lost Planet 2
Up to 30% performance improvement in Metro 2033
Up to 11% performance improvement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Up to 19% performance improvement in Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Performance enhancement for Shogun 2 (DX11 version) when running Anti-Aliasing
- Enhancements to the AMD Catalyst Control Center
New task based Display Management controls which simplify the configuration of displays and display settings
New Eyefinity setup group
New branding (based on system configuration AMD VISION Engine Control Center or AMD Catalyst Control Center)
AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center but not yet enabled)
- Includes fixes where Dragon Age 2 would hang in DirectX11 on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
- Includes fixes where MediaEspresso 6.5 and 6.0 may crash while initializing
- Includes a fix for game corruption issues in BulletStorm
- Includes a fix for the AMD Catalyst Control Center install; resolves the issue of not being able to launch CCC after Catalyst has finished installing
- Includes a fix for the Tessellation slider sometimes setting the incorrect value
This preview driver (for Windows 7/Vista) can be downloaded from
AMD's support site .
