AMD releases Windows 8 Community Preview Drivers

[caveman-jim]

AMD are almost on top of it with Windows 8, with a new preview driver for Windows 8 Community Preview released today... but it doesn't support the DirectX 11.1 cards. D'oh!

Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ driver for the Windows® 8 Consumer Preview:

Full WDDM 1.2
Highlights include:

• Native Stereo 3D support: Windows 8 will natively support Stereo 3D for full-screen and windowed gaming, and video applications
• Unified Video API – Video playback is now integrated within the DirectX® 11 API; enabling simultaneous high quality Video and 3D content, and the potential for enhanced video transcoding performance
• Optimized screen rotation
• improved sleep / resume performance
• Optimized Power Consumption

• AMD Eyefinity
• OpenCL
• OpenGL®
• UVD
• Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire™ Technology
• AMD Overdrive™
• Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center

Please note: A future AMD Catalyst Windows 8 driver release will add support for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series in the coming weeks.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...ewDrivers.aspx

[Frank_G]

Now that some of us have got their newest GPU?/ We get the shaft driverwise Right?? AMD needs to pull their collective heads out of their A_ _ _ _!!!!!

[caveman-jim]

Chill out frank, it's not like you're running your only computer on Win 8 that you just bought. It is pretty stupid that there's no Win8 driver for the hardware designed for Win8.

[Frank_G]

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Chill out frank, it's not like you're running your only computer on Win 8 that you just bought. It is pretty stupid that there's no Win8 driver for the hardware designed for Win8.

Yep I do agree with you there it is sorta crazy!!!!