Is the AMD Catalyst™ 13.3 Windows® Beta Driver safe?

Fisher · 30 Mar 2013 at 14:22

I'm wary at best about using beta drivers, and I would usually avoid them altogether, but I've heard these may provide a solution to the crippling performance issues I have on Bioshock Infinite.

So, could anyone who has used them please tell me if they have encountered any problems?

kitkat9933 · 30 Mar 2013 at 14:33

They screwed me over on Crysis3, but unfortunately as I'm away for easter I haven't had chance to try them with Bioshock infinite yet.

smogsy · 30 Mar 2013 at 14:40

there ok for me one or two games dont launch in fullscreen mode but alt+ enter fixes that

bioshock wise i get 80fps average on max.

Fisher · 30 Mar 2013 at 15:29

kitkat9933 said:
They screwed me over on Crysis3, but unfortunately as I'm away for easter I haven't had chance to try them with Bioshock infinite yet.

smogsy said:
there ok for me one or two games dont launch in fullscreen mode but alt+ enter fixes that

bioshock wise i get 80fps average on max.

Thanks for the replies. 80fps would be a dream come true for me. Could you tell me what GPU you use?

LtMatt · 30 Mar 2013 at 15:32

Fisher said:
I'm wary at best about using beta drivers, and I would usually avoid them altogether, but I've heard these may provide a solution to the crippling performance issues I have on Bioshock Infinite.

So, could anyone who has used them please tell me if they have encountered any problems?

Very safe and very fast on a 7970 on the following.

BF3
Farcy3
Sleeping Dogs
Bioshock Infinite
Hitman
Dirt Showdown
Tomb Raider
Black Ops 2
Aliens Colonial Marines
Metro2033

garnhamr · 30 Mar 2013 at 16:21

well i had a fair few crashes with beta 3 especially with openGL games and once i switched over to the whql driver all crashes have stopped.

I posted a thread about it but no one else had that problem it seems

rolypolyman · 30 Mar 2013 at 16:30

No probs for me playing:

FC3
Hitman Absolution
TombRaider
Skyrim

All with no overclocks.

smogsy · 30 Mar 2013 at 16:38

LtMatt · 30 Mar 2013 at 16:49

garnhamr said:
well i had a fair few crashes with beta 3 especially with openGL games and once i switched over to the whql driver all crashes have stopped.

I posted a thread about it but no one else had that problem it seems

Was an issue with 13.3 beta 2 which was fixed one day later with 13.3 beta 3.

Fisher · 30 Mar 2013 at 17:36

Alright, thanks very much for the reassurance.

Sorry, one more question: did you guys do the clean uninstall of the old river (with driver sweeper etc.) before installing, or did you just install it over the top?

LtMatt · 30 Mar 2013 at 18:22

Fisher said:
Alright, thanks very much for the reassurance.

Sorry, one more question: did you guys do the clean uninstall of the old river (with driver sweeper etc.) before installing, or did you just install it over the top?

Uninstall old driver, restart, install new driver.

Arthur Hucksake · 30 Mar 2013 at 19:38

I used them when I had a 7970 in here recently, tested a wide range of games and didn't have any problems at all.

Mr.Cookie · 30 Mar 2013 at 22:48

no problems with a 7950

djxput · 30 Mar 2013 at 23:18

lost my hdmi function - trying to figure out a fix to play stuff on my tv (From computer) - anyone have any ideas?

garnhamr · 31 Mar 2013 at 11:09

LtMatt said:
Was an issue with 13.3 beta 2 which was fixed one day later with 13.3 beta 3.

yeah i couldn't start doom/quake with beta 2 but moved to beta 3 which resulted in these system restarts. Like i said though, no one else seemed to know what i was talking about so i guess i had some odd issue with my system meaning it's not all a fault with the beta 3.
Moving to whql fixed it immediately though... weird
maybe i messed up with the de-install of beta 2 somewhere. i used driver fusion but i only used the freeware version?

LtMatt · 31 Mar 2013 at 11:15

garnhamr said:
yeah i couldn't start doom/quake with beta 2 but moved to beta 3 which resulted in these system restarts. Like i said though, no one else seemed to know what i was talking about so i guess i had some odd issue with my system meaning it's not all a fault with the beta 3.
Moving to whql fixed it immediately though... weird
maybe i messed up with the de-install of beta 2 somewhere. i used driver fusion but i only used the freeware version?

Could well be a problem with your os somewhere then mate as no one else has that problem. However if you wish to have one last stab at it try using the version of driver fusion i added to my thread. Just read the read me in the zip file.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18431335

garnhamr · 31 Mar 2013 at 11:30

downloading beta 3 again will give this a try thanks! ;D

EDIT:no crashes with beta 3 now

LtMatt · 31 Mar 2013 at 11:44

garnhamr said:
downloading beta 3 again will give this a try thanks! ;D

Nay bother mate.

beasty6 · 31 Mar 2013 at 12:35

fine with my 6990 bud, no problems at all

Besty · 31 Mar 2013 at 12:46

Fisher said:
I'm wary at best about using beta drivers, and I would usually avoid them altogether, but I've heard these may provide a solution to the crippling performance issues I have on Bioshock Infinite.

So, could anyone who has used them please tell me if they have encountered any problems?

I would stay away from them for now and stick with the 13.1 WHQL.