The AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 & 12.1 Preview driver – What’s New
We have just released AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 and the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. The AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview includes all of the features found in AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 and also includes all of the latest optimizations found in the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance drivers. It is highly recommended that all gamers use the AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver.
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 driver:
AMD OpenGL 4.2 production support
- AMD Catalyst 11.12 delivers official support for the OpenGL 4.2 specification
AMD Eyefinity technology enhancements
- Enables support for AMD HD3D technology when using a 3×1 Landscape Eyefinity display group, on supported DisplayPort 3D monitors.
AMD Vision Engine Control Center enhancements for Dual Graphics
- Improvements have been implemented to better facilitate the enabling and control of the Dual Graphics within the Vision Engine Control Center
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 Linux driver:
This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems
- RHEL 6.2 early look support
AMD’s driver for the Windows 8 Developer build is also now available on www.amd.com for download. This is the same driver that was made available through Windows Update when the Windows 8 Preview Build was released in September 2011. AMD plans to release new drivers for Windows 8 on www.amd.com the same day as all future Windows 8 milestone releases (Beta, RC, RTM) – just as AMD did for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 driver:
AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
- Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
- Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections – 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays.
AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Application Profiles
- AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
- Please be sure to select the “Restore Factory Defaults” option under the Catalyst Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature – this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles.
AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Video UI improvements
- AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls
Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver (in addition to the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver)
- Improves performance (10-15%) in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim when Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing is enabled on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations
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Is there a possibility of OpenGL support for application profiles, either in the final 12.1 or anytime soon for that matter?
yes…there is have a possiblity that thing can work
Catalyst 11.12 doesn’t works; i tried to reinstall driver but nothing. how can I do?
what is the catalyst control center version for amd radeon hd 6400M series?
Kyosuske it looks like you have a mobile card , if that is right then download the mobile drivers . Do not try the desktop drivers if you have a laptop .
And there may not be a driver of this date for the Mobile yet .
Why am I having issues with my MSI R6850 Cyclone 1GD5 OC edition running 2 screens with media center and cable card installed? Every time I plug in the second monitor it tells me HDCP is not supported. Both screens are HDCP and cables are DVI to HDMI. Any ideas?
Any ETA on a fix for SR3?
It’s a partner game, and it’s absolutely messed up on AMD cards! The only reason I can play it right now on my 6850 is because I’m capping the framerate to 30, so the drops to the 20s and below are not as irritating.
Also, could you guys please implement a built-in framerate limiter in the drivers? I hate having to go look for third party software to do something that should be a regular feature in drivers by now, especially with a lot of games having trouble keeping a consistent framerate!
11.12 makes lag in battlefield 3 on crossfire 5770 phenom 955BE and 4gb RAM MB gig GA 790 ud3p.Half second without lags, half with.With 11.11 ok.
Gentle AMD,
Please consider performance of openGL on Linux!!! Please!!!
The catalyst controll center doesn’t load. Quite irritating. ccc.exe doesn’t load as a process either allthough succesfully installed.
How can i rollback to working driver… Where to download?
please, upgrade the performance of linux driver
I have an older Radeon 4650/512MB AGP slot card and Win 7 Ultimate. Will the new Catalyst driver set work for this card? If not, where can I get the driver?
Thanks
Bill