New AMD Drivers: 12.1 Official and 12.2 Preview

[caveman-jim]

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

Grab the new drivers here.

The AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 Preview includes all of the features found in AMD Catalyst™ 12.1, plus additional fixes that are not included in the AMD Catalyst 12.1 release. Details can be found in the AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview release notes: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...easenotes.aspx
Grab the AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...iewdriver.aspx

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 5x1) and Extended configurations within the Profile Manager

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): http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...C11Driver.aspx

[poohbear]

got this in the release notes:

Known issues under the Windows® 7 operating system

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows® 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:


•Call of Duty 4 may experience corruption when run in DirectX® 9 mode and the Edge Detect filter is enabled.

•Portal 2 may generate a black screen when launched in 3D stereo mode.

•The Morphological filter settings may be missing in the Vision Control Center.

•Civilization V may experience random game crashes.

•Forced Anti-Aliasing may not be available when playing Enemy Territory – Quake Wars.

•Call of Duty – Black Ops may experience a crash when run in Crossfire mode.

•Battlefield 3 may crash when run at ultra settings.

•Vsync may be disabled after task switching when playing Rage.

•Launching Rage with Crossfire enabled may cause the application to hang.

•Random flickering may be observed while playing Battlefield- Bad Company 2.

•Saints Row III may hang randomly during gameplay.

•Dragons Age 2 may experience random flickering when run in Tri Crossfire mode with Vsync enabled or when run in DirectX® 9 mode.

•Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 3 may experience flickering when run in Tri Crossfire mode.


the ones in bold are serious issues! i mean couldnt they prioritize fixing those since those games are so popular??? Seriously what kind of description is •Battlefield 3 may crash when run at ultra settings.?!?!? its the most popular game out now and this is supposed to be acceptable?

[spajdr]

You can always try latest ATI 8.95 Beta driver to check if these problems are still present.

[moheban79]

12.2 Preview drivers gone!

Anyone know why AMD pulled the 12.2 Preview drivers from their site?

Was there a problem and not recommended to use at the moment?

Thanks.

[caveman-jim]

It's still up, date 2/3... still problem downloading?