AMD Catalyst 13.1 Release yields 10% improved FPS in X-Plane

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AMD Catalyst 13.1 is definitely worth the upgrade as it improves X-Plane framerates from 8.4% up to 12.6%.

 

I arrived at this conclusion after having run the command-line FPS test on XP10.20b11 both with Catalyst 12.10 and 13.1.

 

See below:

 

X-Plane Version 10.20b11 (64-bit)

 

AMD Catalyst 12.10

 

--fps_test=1

FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.8, frames=5233, fps=56.39
      GPU LOAD: time=92.8, wait=6.8, load=7.3%
 

--fps_test=2

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.0, frames=2801, fps=30.11
      GPU LOAD: time=93.0, wait=7.8, load=8.4%
 

--fps_test=3

FRAMERATE TEST: time=94.7, frames=2175, fps=22.97
      GPU LOAD: time=94.7, wait=10.4, load=11.0%

 

--fps_test=4

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.8, frames=2579, fps=27.49
      GPU LOAD: time=93.8, wait=7.4, load=7.9%

 

--fps_test=5

FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.9, frames=4998, fps=53.81
      GPU LOAD: time=92.9, wait=13.9, load=15.0%

 

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X-Plane Version 10.20b11 (64-bit)

 

AMD Catalyst 13.1

 

--fps_test=1

FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.8, frames=5674, fps=61.13        +8.4%

      GPU LOAD: time=92.8, wait=7.1, load=7.6%

 

--fps_test=2

FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.9, frames=3152, fps=33.92        +12.6%

      GPU LOAD: time=92.9, wait=9.8, load=10.6%

 

--fps_test=3

FRAMERATE TEST: time=94.2, frames=2390, fps=25.38        +10.5%

      GPU LOAD: time=94.2, wait=13.4, load=14.3%

 

--fps_test=4

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.6, frames=2844, fps=30.40        +10.6%

      GPU LOAD: time=93.6, wait=8.5, load=9.1%

 

--fps_test=5

FRAMERATE TEST: time=92.9, frames=5515, fps=59.39        +10.4%

      GPU LOAD: time=92.9, wait=16.1, load=17.3%

Edited January 18, 2013 by SqrtOfNegOne

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For those that are running the latest stable release of X-Plane (10.11), there are similar performance improvements as shown below:

 

X-Plane Version 10.11 (32-bit only)

 

AMD Catalyst 12.10

 

--fps_test=1

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.3, frames=5351, fps=57.34

      GPU LOAD: time=93.3, wait=6.1, load=6.6%

 

--fps_test=2

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.9, frames=3490, fps=37.16

      GPU LOAD: time=93.9, wait=5.7, load=6.1%

 

--fps_test=3

FRAMERATE TEST: time=103.2, frames=1882, fps=18.24

      GPU LOAD: time=103.2, wait=9.4, load=9.1%

 

--fps_test=4

FRAMERATE TEST: time=102.7, frames=1912, fps=18.61

      GPU LOAD: time=102.7, wait=6.5, load=6.4%

 

--fps_test=5

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.5, frames=5337, fps=57.09

      GPU LOAD: time=93.5, wait=18.4, load=19.7%

 

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X-Plane Version 10.11 (32-bit only)

 

AMD Catalyst 13.1

 

--fps_test=1

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.4, frames=5915, fps=63.34        +10.5%

      GPU LOAD: time=93.4, wait=6.1, load=6.5%

 

--fps_test=2

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.9, frames=3899, fps=41.54        +11.8%

      GPU LOAD: time=93.9, wait=5.7, load=6.1%

 

--fps_test=3

FRAMERATE TEST: time=97.3, frames=1946, fps=19.99        +9.6%

      GPU LOAD: time=97.3, wait=10.0, load=10.3%

 

--fps_test=4

FRAMERATE TEST: time=96.7, frames=2032, fps=21.02        +12.9%

      GPU LOAD: time=96.7, wait=6.0, load=6.2%

 

--fps_test=5

FRAMERATE TEST: time=93.4, frames=5865, fps=62.81        +10%

      GPU LOAD: time=93.4, wait=20.3, load=21.8%

Edited January 18, 2013 by SqrtOfNegOne