AMD has released the June 2011 edition of its graphics drivers. Catalyst 11.6 brings few new features as well as performance enhancements in Crysis, F1 2010, Far Cry 2, HAWX and Unigine Heaven (OpenGL render path).
New features:
- AMD Steady Video (based on AMD APP / OpenCL)
- Image Stabilization brought to YouTube
- Decode Acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content in Microsoft video player applications
Update 1: According to PC INpact, Steady Video is only operational with E-300/400, A4, A6 and A8 APUs, as well as with Radeon HD 6000 series… when they are used with an AMD CPU!
Update 2: seems the update of OpenCL runtime in Cat11.6 is not compatible with the Julia4D OpenCL demo of GPU Caps Viewer:
Downloads:
Cat 11.6 supports 428 profiles. The complete list is available HERE.
Other Cat 11.6 details from GPU Caps Viewer:
– Drivers Version: 8.861.0.0 – Catalyst 11.6 (5-24-2011) – GL:atig6pxx.dll
– ATI Catalyst Version String: 11.6
– ATI Catalyst Release Version String: 8.861-110524a-119606C-ATI
– OpenGL Version: 4.1.10834 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context
– OpenGL Extensions: 218 extensions (GL=198 and WGL=20)
– CL_PLATFORM_VERSION: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4 (650.9)
– CL_DRIVER_VERSION (GPU): CAL 1.4.1417 (VM)
– CL_DRIVER_VERSION (CPU): 2.0
Catalyst 11.6 WHQL exposes 218 OpenGL extensions (GL=198 and WGL=20) like the previous Cat 11.5 hotfix. The OpenGL version is 4.1.10834.
Here is the list of the 218 OpenGL extensions for SAPPHIRE’s Radeon HD 6970:
- GL_AMDX_debug_output
- GL_AMDX_vertex_shader_tessellator
- GL_AMD_blend_minmax_factor
- GL_AMD_conservative_depth
- GL_AMD_debug_output
- GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate
- GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend
- GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect
- GL_AMD_name_gen_delete
- GL_AMD_performance_monitor
- GL_AMD_pinned_memory
- GL_AMD_sample_positions
- GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
- GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export
- GL_AMD_shader_trace
- GL_AMD_texture_cube_map_array
- GL_AMD_texture_texture4
- GL_AMD_transform_feedback3_lines_triangles
- GL_AMD_vertex_shader_tessellator
- GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility
- GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
- GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
- GL_ARB_copy_buffer
- GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
- GL_ARB_depth_clamp
- GL_ARB_depth_texture
- GL_ARB_draw_buffers
- GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend
- GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
- GL_ARB_draw_indirect
- GL_ARB_draw_instanced
- GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location
- GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions
- GL_ARB_fragment_program
- GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
- GL_ARB_fragment_shader
- GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
- GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB
- GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
- GL_ARB_get_program_binary
- GL_ARB_gpu_shader5
- GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64
- GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
- GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
- GL_ARB_imaging
- GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
- GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
- GL_ARB_multisample
- GL_ARB_multitexture
- GL_ARB_occlusion_query
- GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
- GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_point_parameters
- GL_ARB_point_sprite
- GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
- GL_ARB_sample_shading
- GL_ARB_sampler_objects
- GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
- GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
- GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
- GL_ARB_shader_objects
- GL_ARB_shader_precision
- GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export
- GL_ARB_shader_subroutine
- GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod
- GL_ARB_shading_language_100
- GL_ARB_shadow
- GL_ARB_shadow_ambient
- GL_ARB_sync
- GL_ARB_tessellation_shader
- GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
- GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32
- GL_ARB_texture_compression
- GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc
- GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
- GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
- GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array
- GL_ARB_texture_env_add
- GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
- GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
- GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
- GL_ARB_texture_float
- GL_ARB_texture_gather
- GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
- GL_ARB_texture_multisample
- GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
- GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
- GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
- GL_ARB_texture_rg
- GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
- GL_ARB_texture_snorm
- GL_ARB_timer_query
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
- GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
- GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra
- GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit
- GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_program
- GL_ARB_vertex_shader
- GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
- GL_ARB_viewport_array
- GL_ARB_window_pos
- GL_ATI_draw_buffers
- GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap
- GL_ATI_fragment_shader
- GL_ATI_meminfo
- GL_ATI_separate_stencil
- GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc
- GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3
- GL_ATI_texture_float
- GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
- GL_EXT_abgr
- GL_EXT_bgra
- GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
- GL_EXT_blend_color
- GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
- GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
- GL_EXT_blend_minmax
- GL_EXT_blend_subtract
- GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
- GL_EXT_copy_buffer
- GL_EXT_copy_texture
- GL_EXT_direct_state_access
- GL_EXT_draw_buffers2
- GL_EXT_draw_instanced
- GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
- GL_EXT_fog_coord
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
- GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
- GL_EXT_gpu_shader4
- GL_EXT_histogram
- GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
- GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
- GL_EXT_packed_float
- GL_EXT_packed_pixels
- GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object
- GL_EXT_point_parameters
- GL_EXT_provoking_vertex
- GL_EXT_rescale_normal
- GL_EXT_secondary_color
- GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
- GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store
- GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
- GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
- GL_EXT_subtexture
- GL_EXT_texgen_reflection
- GL_EXT_texture3D
- GL_EXT_texture_array
- GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
- GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
- GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
- GL_EXT_texture_env_add
- GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
- GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
- GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
- GL_EXT_texture_integer
- GL_EXT_texture_lod
- GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
- GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
- GL_EXT_texture_object
- GL_EXT_texture_rectangle
- GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
- GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
- GL_EXT_texture_snorm
- GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
- GL_EXT_timer_query
- GL_EXT_transform_feedback
- GL_EXT_vertex_array
- GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra
- GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit
- GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
- GL_KTX_buffer_region
- GL_NV_blend_square
- GL_NV_conditional_render
- GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
- GL_NV_explicit_multisample
- GL_NV_float_buffer
- GL_NV_half_float
- GL_NV_primitive_restart
- GL_NV_texgen_reflection
- GL_NV_texture_barrier
- GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
- GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp
- GL_SGIS_texture_lod
- GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
- GL_WIN_swap_hint
- WGL_EXT_swap_control
- WGL_ARB_extensions_string
- WGL_ARB_pixel_format
- WGL_ATI_pixel_format_float
- WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float
- WGL_ARB_multisample
- WGL_ARB_pbuffer
- WGL_ARB_render_texture
- WGL_ARB_make_current_read
- WGL_EXT_extensions_string
- WGL_ARB_buffer_region
- WGL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- WGL_ATI_render_texture_rectangle
- WGL_EXT_pixel_format_packed_float
- WGL_I3D_genlock
- WGL_NV_swap_group
- WGL_ARB_create_context
- WGL_AMD_gpu_association
- WGL_AMDX_gpu_association
- WGL_ARB_create_context_profile
Did anything change with OpenCL? I noticed the installer updated the OpenCL runtime, but the developer SDK was still on the older version.
Also why do they disable the Steady Video on 5000 series GPUs? It is a scam!
Uh oh…..
Looks like they broke the OpenCL GPU 4D Qyaternion Julian Set demo!
You now get lots of black pixels: http://imgur.com/t6rVI
Yep I confirm, the Julia4D demo is broken!
Why do you need and AMD cpu for steady video to work? lol
@Psolord – maybe SSE4A instruction set required?
Graphics details of The Witcher 2 seems to render in low settings despite set to Ultra. Crysis 2 also does the same. No wonder it yielded increase in gameplay FPS!
The OpenCL GPU 4D Qyaternion Julian Set demo works fine, but then I am running a 5970 which isn’t affected by the OpenGL updates.
Heaven 2.5 scores on my GPU hasn’t improved, same performance.