AMD, today announced the AMD Catalyst 12.11 "Never Settle" driver update for its Radeon HD 7000 Series cards which would bring substantial improvement in gaming performance and stability of the graphic cards.
AMD Catalyst 12.11 "Never Settle" Driver
The AMD Catalyst 12.11 Driver update would be launched this month, performance charts estimates suggest that we would be looking at around 5-15% gaming performance improvement in various titles over Catalyst version 12.8. AMD Catalyst 12.11 update is specifically delivered for the AMD's GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture based cards which include HD 7750, HD 7770 GHz Ed., HD 7850, HD 7870 GHz, HD 7950, HD 7950 BE, HD 7970, HD 7970 GHz, and HD 7990 and mobile series based Radeon HD 7700M, HD 7800M, and HD 7900M.
Over NVIDIA, AMD's new Catalyst would deliver a massive boost for instance the Radeon HD 7970 GHz edition would get upto 20% performance improvement over GeForce GTX 680 and around 15-10% improvement of other cards over their NVIDIA competitors.
AMD Never Settle Game Bundle:
AMD has also announced a special game bundle package, with each purchase of a Radeon HD 7000 series graphics card you get the so called "Never Settle" Game Bundle which packs:
- Radeon HD 7900 Series - Hitman Absolution, FarCry 3, Sleeping Dogs, 20% Off Medal of Honor: War Fighter
- Radeon HD 7800 Series - FarCry 3, 20% Off Medal of Honor: War Fighter
- Radeon HD 7700 Series - FarCry 3, 20% Off Medal of Honor: War Fighter
- 2 x Radeon HD 7800 Series - Hitman Absolution, FarCry 3, 20% Off Medal of Honor: War Fighter
- 2 x Radeon HD 7700 Series - Hitman Absolution, FarCry 3, 20% Off Medal of Honor: War Fighter
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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