Nvidia and AMD Release New Beta Graphics Drivers
AMD has released its 13.10 Beta2 driver, and Nvidia has released its 331.40 Beta driver, both with optimizations for the Battlefield 4 beta.
Both AMD and Nvidia have released new graphics drivers, with AMD releasing a Beta2 driver and Nvidia releasing a Beta driver.
The release notes below apply to the 13.10 Beta2 driver from AMD:
- AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta2 includes all of the features/fixes found in AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta
- Includes a 32-bit single GPU, and an AMD Crossfire game profile for Battlefield 4
- Total War: Rome 2 AMD CrossFire profile update
- AMD CrossFire frame pacing improvements for CPU-bound applications
- Resolves image corruption seen in Autodesk Inventor 2014
- Resolves intermittent black screen when resuming from an S3/S4 sleep-state if the display is unplugged during the sleep-state on systems supporting AMD Enduro technology
- Updated AMD Enduro technology application profiles for AMD Radeon HD notebook users
Profile Highlights:
- Total War: Rome 2
- Battlefield 4
- Saints Row 4
- Splinter Cell Blacklist
- FIFA 14
The Nvidia driver has a couple more new features. The driver is called a 'must' for owners of Nvidia graphics cards who will be playing the Battlefield 4 Beta. The driver also comes with the new HBAO+, which makes part of the Ambient Occlusion feature. This should make the ambient occlusion noticeably higher in quality. Pasted below is the list of updated SLI profiles:
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Updated Profile
- Batman: Arkham Origins – Updated SLI Profile
- Battlefield 3 – Updated Surround Profile
- Battlefield 4 – Updated Surround Profile, Added SLI Profile
- Crisis – Added SLI Profile Crysis 3 – Added AO Profile
- Dirty Bomb – Added DX9 SLI Profile
- Dying Light – Added DX11 SLI Profile F1 2013 – Updated SLI Profile
- FIFA 14 – Added SLI Profile, Added AO Profile, Added 3D Vision Profile (Rated "Good")
- Natural Selection 2 – Added DX11 SLI Profile
- Outlast – Added DX9 SLI Profile Space
- Hulk – Updated Profile
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Updated SLI Profile
- State of Decay – Added DX9 SLI Profile
- Urban Trial Freestyle - Added 3D Vision Profile (Rated "Good")
- Watch Dogs – Added DX11 SLI Profile
The AMD 13.10 Beta2 driver can be downloaded here, and the Nvidia 331.40 Beta driver can be downloaded here.
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David Rush Wow! I'm impressed with AMD's latest beta thus far. Far Cry 3 almost fully maxed 60+ fps without all the crap I was experiencing with their last beta with my OC'd 7950Reply -
David Rush Wow! I'm impressed with AMD's latest beta thus far. Far Cry 3 almost fully maxed 60+ fps without all the crap I was experiencing with their last beta with my OC'd 7950Reply -
SteelCity1981 they need to their mobility 13.9 drivers gives me black screens yet 12.4 or 13.10 doesn't. a lot of people are having issues with their 13.9 mobility drivers.Reply -
Teeroy32 This could solve my issues I had last night trying to play BF4, it was it was jumping from smooth to laggy as hell, you would think a 680 gtx would make that game play crystal smooth. Downloading now, will try again tonight, see if I can actually shoot some one instead of being owned.Reply -
ddpruitt I would be excited but with all of EA's bending over backwards to screw us over the last year I'm boycotting BF4 and any other upcoming EA releases.Reply