Quote.." This is the AMD Catalyst 9.003.3 FirePro driver modded to add support for desktop cards. I wouldn’t recommend this driver for those who play games. The only ones that will see benefits from using this particular driver are those who use professional 3D design software like AutoCard, SolidWorks, Maya etc. "

" The following new features and optimizations have been added to the 9.003.3 release:

• Support for AMD FirePro™ S10000 in Unified driver
• Performance improvements in Solidworks
• Performance improvements in AutoCAD
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.3 support
• Windowed OpenGL quad-buffer 3D support in Windows 8
• 10-bit color video output technology support in Windows 8

http://benchmark3d.com/amd-catalyst-9-003-3-firepro-modded-for-desktop-cards

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Intel I7 960 @ 3.87ghz *Intel DX58SO *HIS HD6970 2gb *Corsair TX650M *2x4gb Corsair XMS3 *WD Black 1TB *Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit *Gateway HD2401 24" 2ms 1920x1200  ***Asus N71Jq laptop *Intel I7 720QM Processor *Mobility Radeon HD5730 1gb *8gb Ram *Windows 7 64bit  ***Acer 5750 laptop

* A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory *

Edited: 12/30/2012 at 09:05 AM by stumped

Tested with HD 7970. Driver works fine.

Performance wise its nice. Flickering is however present even in Witcher 2 which has been supressed by 12.11 beta 11.

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Xeon X3360, Asus Rampage, Gigabyte HD 7970OC, Corsair HX-650

As mentioned in the notes..."".not recommended for gaming.""

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Intel I7 960 @ 3.87ghz *Intel DX58SO *HIS HD6970 2gb *Corsair TX650M *2x4gb Corsair XMS3 *WD Black 1TB *Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit *Gateway HD2401 24" 2ms 1920x1200  ***Asus N71Jq laptop *Intel I7 720QM Processor *Mobility Radeon HD5730 1gb *8gb Ram *Windows 7 64bit  ***Acer 5750 laptop

* A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory *

This is what you call a "softmod", it helps people who do professional work, but don't have the money to spend on a Fire series card. The Fire series cards use the same GPUs but the cards are built a little differently, having things such as special outputs, as well as drivers which emphasize OpenGL performance and professional programs whereas the Radeon cards emphasize Direct3D and other home and business applications. The S10000, for example...It's the HD 7990 (and most likely why we don't have a 7990, and who can blame them, 10x the price and packs a hell of a punch in HPC)

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Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II x4 965 w/ Corsair H60, 8 GiB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600, XFX HD 7970 Ghz, 512GB Vertex 4, 256GB Vector, 240GB Agility 3, Creative X-Fi Titanium w/ Creative Gigaworks S750, SeaSonic X750, HP ZR2440w, Win 7 Ultimate x64

Yes, I understand that.

Usually profesional products are also focused more on stability, sometimes in exchange for performance.

I just wanted to see performance of new driver. And I was expecting (more)  trouble with DirectX.

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Xeon X3360, Asus Rampage, Gigabyte HD 7970OC, Corsair HX-650

Modded firepro driver:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/4505193
P23195

Official WHQL signed Catalyst 12.10

http://www.3dmark.com/3dmv/4505242
P23078

Rest of the system has exactly same configuration which is

Xeon X3360 @ 3392Mhz (comparable with C2Q Q9550)
Asus Rampage Extreme, FSB 398Mhz
Adata XPG 2.0 @ 1592Mhz 8-6-6-16 CR1

Gigabyte HD 7970oc @ 1000Mhz/1375Mhz (oc version of the card at stock setting)

I really like how the driver performs guys, even visually (everything looks much smoother). Just fix the flickering

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Xeon X3360, Asus Rampage, Gigabyte HD 7970OC, Corsair HX-650