I’m sure many of you are aware of the 13.11 Beta Drivers are already available for the AMD GPUs.
I thought I’d do a quick report on the performance boost I saw from 13.4 to 13.11 (I skipped 13.9)
Test Setup
| Processor | Intel Core i5-4670K |
| RAM | Avexir Core Series 8GB DDR3-1600 |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z87M OC Formula |
| Cooler | Cooler Master Seidon 120M |
| Monitor | 40″ LCD TV |
| Power Supply | Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W |
| Casing | Cooler Master N200 Casing |
| Operating System | Windows 8 Pro 64bit |
| Driver | AMD Catalyst 13.4 / 13.11 |
Here’s the GPU-Z of the Radeon R9 280X from Asus.
Benchmark
You probably seen the numbers before if you saw the latest update of my ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II Review.
Metro 2033
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 75 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 76.5 |
Unigine Heaven 4.0
| Card | 1080p (avg) |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 59.1 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 59.5 |
Resident Evil 6
*Full HD at 1920×1080 – pardon me for the wrong screen resolution in the shot above.
| Card | 1080p (score) |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 11205 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 11441 |
Just Cause 2
| Scene | Card | 1080p (avg) |
| Dark Tower | ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 122.50 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 121.90 | |
| Desert Sunrise | ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 152.73 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 153.28 | |
| Concrete Jungle | ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 87.72 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 87.42 |
3DMark
Default settings
| Card | Score |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X | 7182 |
| ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11) | 7513 |
The Verdict
There’s a marked improvement on 3DMark scores but as for the rest of the games, the improvements are negligible.
The driver seems to be stable so far, for more details you may visit the 13.11 Beta Drive page.
From the page, it is stated the the games that you will see improvements are
– Total Warâ„¢: Rome 2 – improves performance up to 10%
– Splinter Cell® Blacklistâ„¢ – improves performance up to 7% on single GPU and AMD CrossFireâ„¢ configurations
– The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® – improves performance up to 9%