Driver AMD Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified
AMD ha rilasciato una versione dei driver Catalyst 12.2 chiamata Pre-Certified, che precede i driver che saranno disponibili alla fine del mese di febbraio, i quali avranno la certificazione Microsoft WHQL.
La differenza tra questi driver e quelli certificati sta solo nella certificazione, infatti i Pre-Certified hanno tutte le novità ed i bug fix che ci saranno ella versione certificata.
Da segnalare in questi driver varie ottimizzazioni riguardanti la tecnologia Eyefinity 2.1 e la possibilità di gestire il super sampling anti-aliasing, sia con API DirectX 10 che DirectX 11, per le schede video della serie Radeon HD 7900 e HD 7700.
Ecco un estratto del release note che trovate a questa pagina:
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver:
- 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-bitWindows 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 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
Inoltre è stata resa disponibile una nuova versione del Catalyst Application Profile Update, giunto alla release 12.1 CAP 3, che potete scaricare da questa pagina e trovate di seguito le note di rilascio:
- 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
- Star Wars: The old republic : Improves CrossFire performance and resolves flickering seen on Map
- Unigine Tropics – Resolves flashing shadow reflections with CrossFire enabled
- Wargame: European Escalation: Improves CrossFire performance
- Star Wars: The old republic : Improves CrossFire performance
- Need for Speed: The Run – fixes flashing in terrain, shadows and bushes
- Prototype 2: Improves single GPU and CrossFire performance
- Insane 2: Improves CrossFire performance
- Syndicate - Improves CrossFire performance
- Costume Quest – Resolves image quality issues
- DOTA 2 – Enables CrossFire support for this title
- Project C.A.R.S.(DX9 version) : Improves CrossFire performance
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive: Improves CrossFire performance
- Anno 2070: Improves CrossFire scaling and fixes image quality issues seen in water, shadows, etc.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Improves CrossFire performance
- Saints Row 3 (DirectX 9 version): Improves CrossFire performance
- Serious Sam 3: Improves CrossFire performance
- Java Control Panel: Fixes black screen corruption seen on single and multi GPU configurations when Anti-Aliasing is forced on through the Catalyst Control Center
- Project C.A.R.S.(DX9 version) : Improves CrossFire performance
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive: Improves CrossFire performance
