Last Updates: 10/30/2013
Article Number: RN-WIN-B13.11
The AMD Catalyst™ 13.11 Beta8 Driver can be downloaded from the following links:
- AMD Catalyst™ 13.11 Beta8 for Windows®
- AMD Mobility Catalyst 13.11 Beta8 for Windows (64-bit)
- AMD Mobility Catalyst 13.11 Beta8 for Windows (32-bit)
NOTE! This Catalyst Driver is provided “AS IS”, and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta8 Driver for Windows
- Includes all Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta7
- Resolves intermittent crashes experienced with Battlefield 4 on Windows 8 based systems
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta7 Driver for Windows
- Includes all Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta6
- Increases AMD CrossFire™ scaling up to an additional 20% for Battlefield 4
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta6 Driver for Windows
- Includes all Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta
- Includes support for the new products:
- AMD Radeon™ R9 290X
- AMD Radeon R9 290
- Performance improvements
- Batman: Arkham Origins – improves performance up to 35% with MSAA 8x enabled
- Total War™: Rome 2 – improves performance up to 10%
- Battlefield 3 – improves performance up to 10%
- GRID 2 – improves performance up to 8.5%
- DiRT Showdown – improves performance up to 10%
- Formula 1™ 2013 – improves performance up to 8%
- DiRT 3 – improves performance up to 7%
- Sleeping Dogs – improves performance up to 5%
- Batman: Arkham Origins – improves performance up to 35% with MSAA 8x enabled
- Performance improvements for the AMD APU Series (comparing AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta6 to AMD Catalyst 13.9)
- Luxmark (openCL) – improves performance up to 10%
- Winzip 17.5 (openCL) – improves performance up to 20%
- GRID 2 – improves performance up to 4%
- Battlefield 4 – improves performance up to 5%
- Lef4Dead – improves performance up to 10%
- Automatic AMD Eyefinity Configuration
- Automatic “plug and play” configuration of supported Ultra HD/4K tiled displays
Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta Driver for Windows
- Includes support for the new products:
- AMD Radeon™ R9 280X
- AMD Radeon R9 270X
- AMD Radeon R7 260X
- AMD Radeon R7 250
- AMD Radeon R7 240
- Performance improvements for the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series in the following games:
- Total War™: Rome 2 – improves performance up to 10%
- Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ – improves performance up to 7% on single GPU and AMD CrossFire™ configurations
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® – improves performance up to 9%
AMD Radeon™ Product Family Compatibility
The AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta Driver for Windows is compatible with the following AMD products:
AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Desktop Product Family |
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AMD A10 Series APU |
AMD A8 Series APU |
AMD A6 Series APU |
AMD A4 Series APU |
AMD E2-3000 APU (AMD Radeon HD 8280) |
AMD E1-2500 APU (AMD Radeon HD 8240) |
AMD E2-2000 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7340) |
AMD E1-1200 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7310) |
AMD E2-1800 APU (AMD Radeon HD 7340) |
AMD E1-300 APU (AMD Radeon HD 6310) |
AMD Radeon™ Discrete Desktop Product Family |
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AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series | AMD Radeon HD 6500 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series |
ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 7300 Series |
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series |
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series |
ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series |
ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series |
AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series |
ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series |
AMD Mobility Radeon™ Discrete Product Family |
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AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 8000M Series |
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series |
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 7000M Series |
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5100 Series |
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6900M Series |
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AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6800M Series |
AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks |
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300M Series |
using AMD chipsets |
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300 Series |
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AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6200 Series |
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AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series |
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AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5700 Series |
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AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5600 Series |
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Consumer Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Product Family |
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AMD A10 Series APU |
AMD A8 Series APU |
AMD A6 Series APU |
AMD A4 Series APU |
AMD A10-5745M |
AMD E2-3000 |
AMD A10-4657M |
AMD E2-2000 |
AMD A10-4655M |
AMD E2-1800 |
AMD A8-4557M |
AMD E1-2500 |
AMD A8-4555M |
AMD E1-2100 |
AMD A8-5545M |
AMD E1-1500 |
AMD A6-5345M |
AMD E1-1500 |
AMD A6-4455M |
AMD E1-1200 |
AMD A6-5200 |
AMD E-300 |
AMD A4-4455M |
AMD C-70 |
AMD A4-5000 |
AMD C-60 |
AMD A4-4355M |
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AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks |
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using AMD chipsets |
Consumer Tablets with AMD Accelerated Processor (APU) Product Family |
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AMD A6-1450 |
AMD Z-01 |
AMD A4-1250 |
AMD Z-60 |
AMD A4-1200 |
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The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:
- Any notebook launched after this driver release
- Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
- Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
- Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Compatible Operating Systems
The AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta Driver for Windows is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
- Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit version)
- Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
Installing The AMD Catalyst Software Driver
Article GPU-57: How-To Uninstall Pre-Existing AMD Catalyst™ Drivers From A Windows® Based System
Article GPU-507: How-To Install AMD Catalyst™ Drivers For A Windows® Based System
For additional information and general help on the software driver installation, game issues and more visit, AMD Support.
AMD Issue Reporting Form
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, use the appropriate form.