AMD Driver Performance - 12.10 WHQL Vs 13.3 Beta 3

[LtMatt]

AMD Driver Performance - 12.10 WHQL Vs 13.3 Beta 3 @1440p

Driver comparison 12.10 WHQL vs 13.3 Beta 3.

System

i7 2700k @5.0Ghz
16GB 2133 DDR3 9-10-10-21-2T
MSI 7970 OC @GHz Edition Speed 1050/1500 + 1250/1700
DGM 27" 1440p 2650x1440 IPS
Windows 8

Games+Benchmarks Tested

Battlefield 3
Dirt Showdown
Farcry 3
Hitman Absolution
Sleeping Dogs
Tomb Raider
Unigine 4.0
Unigine Valley

I will be adding more games+benchmark results to this thread in due course. Other AMD users please feel free to contribute your own AMD benchmarks to the thread.



Battlefield 3 - 12.10 WHQL




Battlefield 3 - 13.3 Beta 3





Dirt Showdown - 12.10 WHQL




Dirt Showdown - 13.3 Beta 3





Farcry 3 - 12.10 WHQL




Farcry 3 - 13.3 Beta 3





Hitman Absolution - 12.10 WHQL




Hitman Absolution - 13.3 Beta 3





Sleeping Dogs - 12.10 WHQL




Sleeping Dogs - 13.3 Beta 3





Tomb Raider - 12.10 WHQL




Tomb Raider - 13.3 Beta 3





Unigine 4.0 - 12.10 WHQL




Unigine 4.0 - 13.3 Beta 3





Valley - 12.10 WQHL




Valley - 13.3 Beta 3





Performance Improvement Percentage - Provided By Billy




Driver Download Links

13.3 Beta 3

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_13.3_Beta3.exe


To be continued...

 

[LtMatt]

Here i will post benchmarks of new games coming out on 13.3 Beta 3 or newer AMD drivers.


Bioshock Infinite

 

[tommybhoy]

Well done Lt!



Fantastic performance improvements from not only oc'ing but from the AMD driver team too.

Iv'e got a few runs of some titles between 13.2beta7>13.3beta2@1080p.

If I get the chance, I shall add them later.

 

[~Mike~]

Nice work MrBenchMatt (formerly known as MrMSI7970OC)

 

[LtMatt]

Well done Lt!



Fantastic performance improvements from not only oc'ing but from the AMD driver team too.

Iv'e got a few runs of some titles between 13.2beta7>13.3beta2@1080p.

If I get the chance, I shall add them later.

Thanks Tommy. Christ that took a long time. The Tomb Raider results are interesting, the last TR patch brought down performance for AMD as my initial results were much higher than that on 13.2 beta 7.

Nice work MrBenchMatt (formerly known as MrMSI7970OC)

Or Ivor Bigun as you were calling me last night.

 

[Jarrod]

Wait it seems that 13.3 is performing worse than 12.10??

 

[LtMatt]

Wait it seems that 13.3 is performing worse than 12.10??

 

[Jarrod]

Haha what the hell, I don't know how I was reading them before hahahahaha. Oh my I think I need a good night sleep

 

[LtMatt]

Haha what the hell, I don't know how I was reading them before hahahahaha. Oh my I think I need a good night sleep

Apart from the odd result here and there 13.3 are definitely better, but 12.10 are still decent. Some of the minimums on 12.10 on dirt showdown were slightly better but different things happen in each race, even though i benched the same race 8 times. Yes that's right, each game/benchmark 8 times. To say it was a chore was an under statement.

 

[Rusty0611]

Apart from the odd result here and there 13.3 are definitely better, but 12.10 are still decent. Some of the minimums on 12.10 on dirt showdown were slightly better but different things happen in each race, even though i benched the same race 8 times. Yes that's right, each game/benchmark 8 times. To say it was a chore was an under statement.

Bloody hell. I admire your persistence. In my (in)famous 5760*1080 comparison benchs I did it 3 times and even that grated a lot.

 

[LtMatt]

Bloody hell. I admire your persistence. In my (in)famous 5760*1080 comparison benchs I did it 3 times and even that grated a lot.

Yes it was on my 4th play of operation sword breaker that i realised deciding to do stock and over clocked tests of two different drivers was probably going to be rather time consuming. I' don't mind adding more for 13.3 Beta 3 and newer drivers but no more going back.

 

[Rroff]

Thanks Tommy. Christ that took a long time. The Tomb Raider results are interesting, the last TR patch brought down performance for AMD as my initial results were much higher than that on 13.2 beta 7.



Or Ivor Bigun as you were calling me last night.

Assuming its the 2 patches I think it is the newer one added in some missing shader stages and post processing effects that were supposed to be being rendered but weren't which is probably why the performance is lower as more is being rendered.

 

[BS Dave]

Matt are the 13.3 any better than the 12.11 betas? They're basically the same thing right?

 

[whyscotty]

Yes it was on my 4th play of operation sword breaker that i realised deciding to do stock and over clocked tests of two different drivers was probably going to be rather time consuming. I' don't mind adding more for 13.3 Beta 3 and newer drivers but no more going back.

Nice work - all you need now is a second card for crossfire results

 

[LtMatt]

Matt are the 13.3 any better than the 12.11 betas? They're basically the same thing right?

I would recommend any GCN user using 13.3 beta 3 personally. 12.11 are now old beta. If you insist on using 12.11 you may as well just use 13.1 WHQL which are the final version of 12.11. 13.3 Beta 3 has extra performance in for games like Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and Hitman that 12.11/13.1 won't have.

 

[BS Dave]

i only play bf3 though

 

[LtMatt]

i only play bf3 though

I'd still upgrade performance has probably come on a bit since then. When i have some time i will add a comparion of 12.11 vs 13.3 beta 3 for bf3.

 

[IRLeetly]

Still need to install those beta 3's, mañana, mañana.

 

[Nickolp1974]

nice job bud, and nice one AMD, those are some v.good improvements

 

[Suarez7]

I can't even be bothered to make graphs for 1 benchmark most of the time so fair play on this Matt. You really should get back to playing BF3 though!