How do you become an AMD Catalyst Beta Tester?

[Laughing1]

I would like to know.

[Ex-Cyber]

This was discussed in another thread. Basically, you become a beta tester by demonstrating that you would make a good one (quality reporting/assistance on http://ati.cchtml.com/ for example) and then expressing interest in becoming a beta tester.

[Kano]

Wouldn't it be more easy when there would be an official beta section directly on the ati/amd homepage?

[nanonyme]

Wouldn't it be more easy when there would be an official beta section directly on the ati/amd homepage?

http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/betatester.html Note that it implies signing an NDA.

[bridgman]

I think that form is actually for the Windows beta program, hope to find out next week. The procedure is similar though...

[Michael]

http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/betatester.html Note that it implies signing an NDA.

Linux version requires an NDA too.

[Melcar]

The easiest way is to spend some time at the bug tracker.
Eventually someone from the program (or most likely a developer himself, since they are always reading the bug entries) will extend you an invitation.

[Kano]

A NDA for a simple 3d driver is a bit extreme. That are no programming docs that need to be secured. Just drivers to test. What's so bad if somebody would like to discuss issues in a public board? There are always issues with the drivers, a bit more more or less to discuss would really no big deal.

[bridgman]

The NDA also allows us to communicate more about driver internals and future plans to the beta test group than we can to the public.

[Kano]

Then don't communicate and just put em on the website.