AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 & 12.2 Preview driver – What’s New
We have just released AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms, and AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview driver for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Please note that AMD Radeon HD 7900 users should keep using the 8.921.2 RC11 driver found here (the 12.2 preview does not supported the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series). Full details of these two drivers are below.
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
This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems
- SLED 11 SP2 early look support
- Ubuntu 11.10 production level support
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 driver:
AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements
- Additional resolution support: Users can now choose from a larger set of resolutions when running AMD Eyefinity
- Dynamic Configuration Changes: Switching between different display configurations will occur automatically when physically plugging/un-plugging displays
- HydraVision enhancements: The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference
- Profile Manager improvements: Increased support for Display Groups (including 5×1) and Extended configurations within the Profile Manager
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Hi all,
so after a lot of messing around i have found that battlefield 3 (among many others) will run in AFR friendly mode when you save the settings(exe)and create a profile in 3d application settings… although the driver is very hit and miss and the interface is less than user friendly it is possible to get crossfire working without major issues after all….. but stuttering and pauses can cause problems in BF3 if you adjust the settings too much… i have my setting on BF3 auto and adjust my catalyst settings to my liking without too much performance drop and game looks acceptable for now until the new driver arrives.
pc specs i7 920 oc’d(stable!)
4870 x 2
6gig 1333mhz
2tb storage
asus p6tse.
ocz gameXtreme 850w
AMD are aware of the problem’s here’s the email to confirm that they will be addressing some the issues…
Dear Mike,
Your service request : SR #{ticketno:xxxxxxxxxxxx has been reviewed and updated.
Response and Service Request History:
I understand that since upgrading to 12.1 that your crossfire has been disabled and you can no longer your 2 gpus.**edit** (application profiles section seems very temperamental and not very well explained for noobs)**
12.1 has had some issues that AMD is trying to reslove and 12.2 promises to be a more stable version of the software. I suggest you revert back to the driver version that was working correctly until 12.2 arrives and then do and upgrade to satisfy your gaming needs.
In order to update this service request, please respond, leaving the service request reference intact.
Best regards,
AMD Global Customer Care
At least they have addressed that there are issues and responded very quickly… customer service gets a thumb’s up from me for that so thank-you…
If your not happy address your issues by taking the time to email their support team don’t just sit their and whine… your feedback help’s…especially 4xxx series users…
@mick might be able to help you there add me as friend and send me a message -SNF_81U3_- can always delete me afterwards .. my battlefield runs ok at the moment .. there are a few tweaks for BF3 which might help…have you tried deleting your bf3 settings(documents/battlefield/settings) or cut and pasting your game settings to a folder somewhere safe and letting the game re-adjust itself to see how the game runs(Bear in mind if do this all your weapon configurations/customisations get reset but hey … at least you wont lose anything)??..my crossfire runs better this way and i just adjust my visual settings in CCC. just remember the more messing of graphics you do in game the more likely your game will stutter freeze and crash…
does not work in the settings item SMOOTHING . This point there is not seen just a white blank space .!!!!!!
Dragon Age 2 STILL!!! crashing with 5870 video cards in Crossfire! This issue is almost a year old now since the 11.4 drivers!!!!!! I see NVIDIA in my near future. They seem to show much more reliable and quicker responses to issues in their games.
I’m playing NFS The Run using my notebook with ATI Mobility HD 5730. It keep crashing/hang out of the blue. Is there a bug , any incompatible with the vga, or it need a patch or something?
When i download the latest ver (12.1) so my screen wont work. always “check the signal cable”
why? :’(
any game just crashes the whole computer to bluescreen, and forces me to system restore, even after rollback drivers. even games from the 90′s bluscreen after a few minutes. overheating? because it did not do this untill updating, and i cant fix it. will there be a patch coming out soon? ==(windows7-64bit)
It’s impossible to watch some videos on Media Player or Kwik Media if I have some of the four first quality effects activated on CCC. I have a Gigabyte HD 6670, an Asus P8P67 MoBo and Windows 7 64bit. It’s the second motherboard where I try this video card (I had an Intel DP35DP) but those effects like “Noise Filter” don’t work. The videos hungs just after a few seconds or just at the beginning. I suposed it was the PCIe version of my old MoBo, but it keeps the same with the new one. Does anyone can effectively use the qualuity effects for video watching on CCC? Does anyone have a solution?
Skyrim, has strange pixels with new driver. Rolled back to old driver, no problem.