Posted by Nathan Kirsch | Mon, Aug 19, 2013 - 2:27 PM

AMD today released AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta V2 Drivers for Windows and Linux users. The release includes performance improvements on nearly a dozen game titles, so be sure to download and use this driver! You can read the release highlights in the quote box below. You can download AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta V2 drivers for either Windows or Linux!

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver for Windows:

Saints Row 4: Performance improves up to 25% at 1920×1280 with Ultra settings enabled

Splinter Cell Blacklist: Performance improves up to 9% at 2560×1600 with Ultra settings enabled

Final Fantasy XIV: Improves single GPU and CrossFire performance

Van Helsing: Fixes image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center

Far Cry 3 / Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon: Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center

RIPD: Improves single GPU performance

Minimum: Improves CrossFire performance

Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Improves CrossFire performance

CrossFire: Frame Pacing feature – includes improved performance in World of Warcraft, Sniper Elite, Watch Dogs, and Tomb Raider

Doom 3 BFG: Corruption issues have been resolved

Known Issues of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver for Windows:

CrossFire configurations (when used in combination with Overdrive) can result in the secondary GPU usage running at 99%

Enabling CrossFire can result in the PCI-e bus speed for the secondary GPU being reported as x1

Bioshock Infinite: New DLC can cause system hangs with Frame Pacing enabled – disable frame pacing for this title to resolve

Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta Driver for Windows: