AMD Catalyst 13.1 (Vista/7/8 64-bit)

AMD Catalyst Windows Vista/7/8 64-bit driver v.13.1 for Radeon family of video cards.

The Catalyst software suite 13.1 contains the following:

• AMD display driver 9.012;
• HydraVision;
• Southbridge/IXP Driver.

Supports following video cards:

• Radeon HD 7900 series;
• Radeon HD 7800 series;
• Radeon HD 7700 series;
• Radeon HD 7660D series;
• Radeon HD 7560D series;
• Radeon HD 7300 series;
• Radeon HD 6900 series;
• Radeon HD 6800 series;
• Radeon HD 6700 series;
• Radeon HD 6600 series;
• Radeon HD 6550D series;
• Radeon HD 6530D series;
• Radeon HD 6500 series;
• Radeon HD 6410D series;
• Radeon HD 6370D series;
• Radeon HD 6310D series;
• Radeon HD 6300 series;
• Radeon HD 6200 series;
• Radeon HD 5900 series;
• Radeon HD 5800 series;
• Radeon HD 5700 series;
• Radeon HD 5600 series.

Supports following mobile video cards:

• Mobility Radeon HD 7000M series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 6900M series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 6800M series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 6300M series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 6300 series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 6200 series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 5800 series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 5700 series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 5600 series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 5400 series;
• Mobility Radeon HD 5100 series.

AMD FireStream Product Family Support:

• AMD FireStream 9350;
• AMD FireStream 9270;
• AMD FireStream 9250;
• AMD FireStream 9170.

New Features:

• AMD Catalyst 13.1 features a newly designed 3D application settings page, designed to allow users to more easily adjust and control their 3D settings on a per application basis.

Performance gains seen on the entire AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series:>

• Enhanced performance in Far Cry 3 (up to 25% with 8xMSAA, SSAO enabled @ 1600p, and up to 15% with 8xMSAA, HDAO enabled @1600p) (AMD Catalyst 12.11 CAP2 must also be installed)
• Enhanced AMD CrossFire scaling performance in Call of Duty Black Ops 2
• Up to 10%-15% more performance in Battlefield 3 in most cases
• Up to 7% more performance in Metro 2033
• Up to 10% more performance in DiRT Showdown
• Up to 8% more performance in Sleeping Dogs
• Up to 12% more performance in Civilization V
• Up to 10% more performance in StarCraft II
• Up to 8% more performance in Sniper Elite: V2
• Up to 5% more performance in Max Payne 3

AMD Radeon HD 7970M performance for AMD Enduro technology supported platforms has been improved for DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications:

• 3DMark 06 – Up to 6%
• 3DMark Vantage – Up to 15%
• 3DMark 11 – Up to 12%
• AvP – Up to 11%
• Battlefield 3 – Up to 25%
• Call of Duty: Black Ops – Up to 13%
• Crysis 2: Up to 45%
• DiRT Showdown – Up to 62%
• ETQW – Up to 8%
• Hard Reset – Up to 8%
• Just Cause 2 – Up to 90%
• Mafia 2 – Up to 40%
• The Chronicles of Riddick – Up to 4%
• Shogun 2 – Up to 56%
• StarCraft 2 – Up to 25%
• Skyrim – Up to 45%
• Sniper Elite V2 – Up to 60%
• Tom Clancy’s HAWX – Up to 56%
• Unigine Heaven – Up to 33%
• Wolfenstein – Up to 9%