AMD Catalyst 10.12

AMD heeft de laatste Catalyst-drivers voor dit jaar klaarstaan en versienummer 10.12 meegegeven. De drivers zijn beschikbaar voor Windows XP, Vista en 7, met aparte downloads voor 32bit- en 64bit-omgevingen. De nieuwe drivers zijn geschikt voor alle Radeon-modellen vanaf de HD 2400-serie; oudere kaarten zijn op de 10.2-release aangewezen. Is de kaart nog uitgerust met een AGP-aansluiting, dan kun je hier terecht. Onderaan deze posting staan zoals gebruikelijk de directe links naar de pagina's met de beschikbare downloads.

AMD levert de 10.12 driver af in twee verschillende smaken. Allereerst is er de vertrouwde interface, maar er is ook een versie met het vernieuwde AMD Catalyst Control Center, die overigens nog niet helemaal af is. Het eerste wat hierin opvalt, is dat alle ATi-logo's nu door die van AMD zijn vervangen. Verder is het verschil tussen het Standard- en Advanced-scherm minder groot dan voorheen. Wel biedt dat laatste uiteraard toegang tot meer instellingen. De rest van het changelog voor deze release ziet er als volgt uit:

New Features:

Support for DivX on the AMD Radeon 6800 Series

• With DivX software installed on an AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series and later GPU and the DivX Accelerated solution, consumers can enjoy an improved DivX video playback experience by lowering CPU load, extending computer battery life on notebooks, reducing noise on home theater PCs and improving overall computer operation.
• Grab the DivX Accelerated download from here (will be available Dec 15)

Support for OpenGL 4.1

• New features introduced in OpenGL 4.1
• Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
• The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
• The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
• 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
• Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility
• New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1
• Linking OpenGL sync objects to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability
• The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility
• Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications
• Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messages

AMD Stream 2.3 SDK release

• Performance improvements for AMD’s OpenCL toolset
• Support UVD video hardware component through OpenCL driver (Windows 7 only)
• Support for the Stream Profiler on Linux (command line version)
• Support added for AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
• Support for FFT and BLAS-3 libraries
• Stream Profiler enhancements (including timeline visualization)
• Resolves a number of bug fixes from the Stream SDK 2.2 release

Resolved Known Issues

Windows 7 Operating System

• DivX interlaced content no longer intermittently shows corruption.
• Tom Clancy’s Endwar no longer randomly hangs during game cutscenes.
• Crossfire no longer gets randomly disabled in some games after task switching.
• Random black streaks are no longer seen on menus in Metro 2033.
• Corruption is no longer randomly seen with certain graphical settings in F1 2010.
• Screen is now rendered correctly in Splinter Cell Conviction with Crossfire enabled.
• Random tearing is no longer observed when playing back XVID video files on an extended display.
• Random crashes are no longer observed when playing the Stone Giant DX11 Demo when Crossfire enabled.
• Random crashes are no longer observed when changing video settings in Supreme Commander 2.
• Need for Speed Shift no longer displays random corruption during game play if 2 races are played consecutively without exiting the game.
• WMV playback no longer goes blank occasionally after switching from 32bit to 16bit color.
• Random mouse cursor corruption is no longer seen
• The screen is does not intermittently display garbage when running 3dMark06.
• Dragon Age Origins no longer hangs intermittently during gameplay.
• Changing resolutions in Starcraft2 with forced AA no longer causes random application crashes.
• The desktop does not darken occasionally after exiting Eve Online.
• The desktop does not dim randomly after exiting Mafia II on some Radeon 4890 products.

Windows Vista Operating System

• The overscan/underscan slider is no longer occasionally disabled in certain optimized / customer modes.
• Enabling dynamic contrast no longer displays random fade-in effects when playing Yozakura.

Windows XP Operating System

• The water surface in World of Warcraft no longer displays random corruption when Anti Aliasing is enabled.
• Random flickering is no longer observed in F1 2010 in systems with Crossfire enabled and forced Anti Aliasing enabled in the Catalyst Control Center.

Known issues

Windows 7 operating system

• Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution / video settings are changed in Metro 2033.
• Playing Dead Rising 2 in an Eyefinity configuration may display a black screen with a mouse pointer if Vsync is turned off.
• Video settings might not be retained after enabling / disabling Crossfire.
• The screen may flicker and objects may be duplicated when running Medal of Honor DX11 with Crossfire enabled.
• Texture corruption or missing text may be observed when running Nostradamus the Last Prophecy.
• Menu and Action bar borders may shimmer occasionally when MLAA is enabled in World of Warcraft.
• 8X Anti Aliasing may not be available in certain 3D applications.

Windows Vista Operating System

• Launching Left 4 Dead 2 in portrait mode may display the “Failed to create D3D device” error message.
• Performing bezel compensation on a 3x2 Eyefinity configuration may cause certain bezel group resolutions to be unavailable.

All Windows Operating Systems

• Green playback may be observed when playing multiple HD streams from Youtube using Flashplayer 10.1.

De volgende downloads zijn beschikbaar:
AMD Catalyst 10.12 voor Windows XP (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 10.12 voor Windows XP (64bit)
AMD Catalyst 10.12 voor Windows Vista en 7 (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 10.12 voor Windows Vista en 7 (64bit)
AMD CrossFireX Application Profiles

De nieuwe AMD Catalyst Control Center.