AMD has released the January 2013 edition of its Catalyst graphics drivers for Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000. Catalyst 13.1 supports some upcoming Radeon HD 8000 like the HD 8950:
AMD6818.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800 Series (OEM)" AMD679A.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8900 Series (OEM)" AMD683D.2 = "AMD Radeon HD 8760" AMD6778.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8470" AMD679A.2 = "AMD Radeon HD 8950"
Catalyst 13.1 downloads
- Catalyst for Win7/Vista 64-bit
- Catalyst for Win7/Vista 32-bit
- Catalyst for Win8 64-bit
- Catalyst for Win8 32-bit
- Catalyst for XP 32-bit
- Catalyst for XP 64-bit
Feature highlights of Catalyst 13.1:
- AMD Catalyst Control Center: New 3D settings and profile management user interface.
- Performance Highlights of AMD Catalyst 13.1 (vs. AMD Catalyst 12.10): Includes all of the performance improvements found in AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11.
More details available in the release notes. Additional information can be found HERE.
Catalyst 13.1 is an OpenGL 4.2 driver (exact OpenGL version: 4.2.12002) and exposes 244 OpenGL extensions (GL=221 and WGL=23):
- GL_AMDX_debug_output
- 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_query_buffer_object
- GL_AMD_sample_positions
- GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
- GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export
- GL_AMD_shader_stencil_value_export
- GL_AMD_shader_trace
- GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax
- GL_AMD_sparse_texture
- GL_AMD_stencil_operation_extended
- GL_AMD_texture_cube_map_array
- GL_AMD_texture_texture4
- GL_AMD_transform_feedback3_lines_triangles
- GL_AMD_transform_feedback4
- GL_AMD_vertex_shader_layer
- GL_AMD_vertex_shader_viewport_index
- GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility
- GL_ARB_base_instance
- GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
- GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
- GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage
- GL_ARB_conservative_depth
- GL_ARB_copy_buffer
- GL_ARB_debug_output
- 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_internalformat_query
- GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment
- 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_atomic_counters
- GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
- GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store
- 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_shading_language_420pack
- GL_ARB_shading_language_packing
- 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_buffer_range
- 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_texture_storage
- GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample
- GL_ARB_timer_query
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
- 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_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_depth_bounds_test
- 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_sRGB_decode
- GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
- GL_EXT_texture_snorm
- GL_EXT_texture_storage
- 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_copy_image
- 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_EXT_swap_control_tear
- 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
- WGL_NV_DX_interop
- WGL_NV_DX_interop2
Catalyst 13.1 supports OpenCL 1.2 and exposes 20 extensions. Here is the report from GPU Caps Viewer:
- CL_PLATFORM_NAME: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing - CL_PLATFORM_VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - CL_PLATFORM_VERSION: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1084.4) - CL_PLATFORM_PROFILE: FULL_PROFILE - CL_DEVICE_NAME: Tahiti - CL_DEVICE_VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - CL_DRIVER_VERSION: 1084.4 (VM) - CL_DEVICE_PROFILE: FULL_PROFILE - CL_DEVICE_VERSION: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1084.4) - CL_DEVICE_TYPE: GPU - CL_DEVICE_VENDOR_ID: 0x1002 - CL_DEVICE_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS: 32 - CL_DEVICE_MAX_CLOCK_FREQUENCY: 925MHz - CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS: 32 - CL_DEVICE_MAX_MEM_ALLOC_SIZE: 524288KB - CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE: 2048MB - CL_DEVICE_MAX_PARAMETER_SIZE: 1024 - CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHELINE_SIZE: 64 Bytes - CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHE_SIZE: 16KB - CL_DEVICE_ERROR_CORRECTION_SUPPORT: NO - CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_TYPE: Local (scratchpad) - CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE: 32KB - CL_DEVICE_MAX_CONSTANT_BUFFER_SIZE: 64KB - CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_DIMENSIONS: 3 - CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_SIZES: [256 ; 256 ; 256] - CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_GROUP_SIZE: 256 - CL_EXEC_NATIVE_KERNEL: 4730932 - CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_SUPPORT: YES - CL_DEVICE_MAX_READ_IMAGE_ARGS: 128 - CL_DEVICE_MAX_WRITE_IMAGE_ARGS: 8 - CL_DEVICE_IMAGE2D_MAX_WIDTH: 16384 - CL_DEVICE_IMAGE2D_MAX_HEIGHT: 16384 - CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_WIDTH: 2048 - CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_HEIGHT: 2048 - CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_DEPTH: 2048 - CL_DEVICE_MAX_SAMPLERS: 16 - CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_CHAR: 4 - CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_SHORT: 2 - CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_INT: 1 - CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_LONG: 1 - CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_FLOAT: 1 - CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_DOUBLE: 1 - CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS: 20 - Extensions: - cl_khr_fp64 - cl_amd_fp64 - cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics - cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics - cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics - cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics - cl_khr_int64_base_atomics - cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics - cl_khr_3d_image_writes - cl_khr_byte_addressable_store - cl_khr_gl_sharing - cl_ext_atomic_counters_32 - cl_amd_device_attribute_query - cl_amd_vec3 - cl_amd_printf - cl_amd_media_ops - cl_amd_media_ops2 - cl_amd_popcnt - cl_khr_d3d10_sharing - cl_amd_c1x_atomics
“Win 8 users with HDMI audio issues – we’ve re-packaged the 13.1 Package with the proper files on amd.com ; problem is solved.”
https://twitter.com/CatalystCreator/status/292356705046654976