AMD Inc - (Freeware)
AMD Catalyst Drivers is a smart choice for those that want to improve their PC performance while increasing overall stability.
AMD Catalyst Drivers includes the latest 32-bit AMD (ATI) for the graphics card and panel Catalyst Control Center.
The AMD driver provides a gain of performance in several 3D applications thus ensuring an optimal experience. The panel Catalyst Control Center provides quick access to all parameters relating to AMD hardware offering multimedia features, management and display game.
There are different versions of AMD drivers for each operating system.
# FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS:
* AMD Catalyst Control Center: New 3D settings and profile management user interface:
- AMD Catalyst 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 Highlights:
* Performance gains seen on the entire AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series:
* All game were tested at high / extreme / ultra levels
- 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
> More than 20% in certain missions and sequences (Comrades)
- 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 Catalyst Mobility 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 Clancys HAWX Up to 56%
- Unigine Heaven Up to 33%
- Wolfenstein Up to 9%