AMD driver Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified

AMD azienda leader da anni nella realizzazione di schede grafiche e processori annuncia la disponibilità dei driver Catalyst (per Windows e Linux), giunti alla versione 12.2.

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AMD annuncia la disponibilità dei driver Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified!

Windows 7 and Windows Vista support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series:

• Enables support for Windows 7 64-bit/32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit/32-bit;
• Windows XP support will be made available in AMD Catalyst 12.4.

Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing is now available for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications:

• Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series;
• Users can now enable Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications;
• Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications).

AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements:

• Custom resolutions – users can now choose from a much larger set of display resolutions for their AMD Eyefinity configurations;
• Dynamic Configuration Changes: Switching between different display configurations (when physically plugging/un-plugging displays) will occur automatically by loading the appropriate profile;
• HydraVision enhancements: The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference;
• Profile Manager improvements:  Users can now create multiple Display profiles, enabling users to seamlessly switch between various AMD Eyefinity and Display Configurations.

This release of AMD Catalyst Application Profile (Catalyst 12.1 CAP3) includes the following updates:

• Alan Wake: Improves CrossFire performance;
• Syndicate: Improves both single GPU and CrossFire performance;
• Darkness 2: Improves CrossFire performance;
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning: Improves CrossFire performance for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series to avoid negative scaling at low resolutions;
• Natural Selection 2: Fixes shadow map flickering issue seen with CrossFire enabled.

Il download dei driver Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified è disponibile qui, mentre il download dei Catalyst Application Profile (Catalyst 12.1 CAP3) è disponibile qui.

Fonte: AMD.

HW Legend Staff