AMD has kicked off an initiative dubbed “Project Mjölnir” that focuses on “increasing performance and providing improved stability” of its Catalyst driver suite.

As part of this effort, today the company rolled out an early preview of Catalyst 11.4, which brings significant performance improvements across the board for HD6800 and HD6900 series graphics cards. For an overview of estimated gains that await, hit the break.

Up to 70% performance improvement in Civilization V
Up to 49% performance improvement in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Up to 23% performance improvement in F1 2010
Up to 21% performance improvement in Wolfenstein MP
Up to 15% performance improvement in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X
Up to 17% performance improvement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Up to 28% performance improvement in Metro2033
Up to 33% performance improvement in Left 4 Dead 2
Up to 26% performance improvement in FarCry 2
Up to 15% performance improvement in Crysis Warhead
Up to 50% performance improvement in Unigine Heaven
Up to 22% performance improvement in Batman: Arkham Asylum
Up to 19% performance improvement in Aliens vs. Predator

AMD notes that Catalyst 11.4 — or “Mjölnir I” — is the first in a series of drivers it’ll release over the coming months. At least two more performance-tuned driver sets are inbound.

You can download the preview driver set from AMD’s site.

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