Driver-update: AMD Catalyst 11.8

AMD is met nieuwe Catalyst-drivers gekomen. De drivers zijn zoals gebruikelijk beschikbaar voor Windows XP, Vista en 7, met aparte downloads voor 32- en 64bit-omgevingen. De nieuwe drivers zijn geschikt voor alle Radeon-modellen vanaf de HD 2400-serie. Oudere kaarten zijn aangewezen op de 10.2-release voor XP of Vista en 7. Is de kaart nog uitgerust met een AGP-aansluiting, dan kun je hier terecht. Onder aan deze posting staan zoals gebruikelijk de directe links naar de pagina's met de beschikbare downloads. Nieuw in versie 11.8 is de mogelijkheid om niet alleen de videokaart te overklokken, maar ook de processor, mits dit een processor uit de 'Black'-serie is. Verder treffen we prestatieverbeteringen aan en zijn er weer de nodige bugfixes doorgevoerd.

New Features

• AMD Overdrive has been enhanced to include both CPU and GPU over-clocking controls within the AMD Vision Control Center
• CPU over-clocking is only supported on AMD Black edition CPUs

Performance Highlights

• Improves performance up to 10% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
• Improves performance up to 8% in Fear 3 DirectX 11 version with application enabled Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
• Improves performance up to 30% when AMD’s Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) is enabled through the
• Catalyst Control Center on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
• Improves performance up to 20% in Call of Duty Black Operations for single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

• The option to “Apply current video quality settings to internet video" is no longer randomly missing from the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center.
• 3DMark 11 no longer intermittently generates a BSOD error when run using a standard user account.
• Playing HD video content overnight using Windows Media Center no longer causes the system to hang or generates a BSOD error.
• Random graphical corruption is no longer experienced when playing Crysis 2 in a Crossfire environment.
• Image stabilization is now correctly applied to DivX clips when using Windows Media Player.
• Enabling AntiAliasing when playing Starcraft 2 no longer causes random screen blackouts.
• Video corruption is no longer seen when scrolling through DivX 5 video files using Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player.
• Menu corruption is no longer seen when running F.E.A.R 3 in DirectX 11 mode.
• Video playback now functions correctly after enabling hardware acceleration in VLC version 1.1.10.

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

• PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen when playing back BluRay content with Crossfire enabled.
• BSOD errors are no longer intermittently experienced after installing the driver with Crossfire enabled.

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

• PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen during video playback when switching from extended display mode to cloned display mode.

Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system

• STALKER - Call of Pripyat may randomly hang when entering a new or saved game.
• Random corruption may be observed when running the Unigine Heaven benchmark in Fixed High Performance mode.
• F1 2010 may randomly hang on application launch.
• Battlefield – Bad Company 2 may randomly hang after a period of game play.
• Dungeon Siege 3 may randomly hang on application launch.
• Dead Rising 2 may randomly hang on application launch.
• Random flashing may be observed while playing F1 2010 and Dirt 2.
• OpenGL acceleration may not function within Photoshop CS5.

Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System

• Windows Aero options may not be available after installing the driver.
• Doom 3 and Quake 4 may experience graphical corruption.
• Performing Bezel compensation in certain Eyefinity configurations may cause some bezel groups to not appear.

Known Issues under the Windows XP Operating System

• Enemy Territory – Quake Wars may experience random graphics corruption.
• Quake 4 may experience random graphics corruption.

De volgende downloads zijn beschikbaar:
AMD Catalyst 11.8 voor Windows XP (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.8 voor Windows XP (64bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.8 voor Windows Vista en 7 (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.8 voor Windows Vista en 7 (64bit)
AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.8 voor Windows Vista en 7 (32bit)
AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.8 voor Windows Vista en 7 (64bit)
AMD CrossFireX Application Profiles