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Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Windows® release includes:
IMPROVEMENTS
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
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
Video UI improvements
AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements
to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls
RESOLVED ISSUES
Resolved Issues for the Windows® 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this
release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 software suite for Windows® 7. These
include:
The in-game mouse cursor no longer randomly disappears while playing
Alien vs Predator.
Enemy Territory – Quake Ware will no longer experience intermittent
crashes when in a 3 monitor Eyefinity™ configuration.
Water texture is now rendered correctly in Enemy Territory – Quake Wars
Dirt 2 does not exhibit stuttering when run in DirectX® 9 mode.
Playing Crysis 2 with in Crossfire mode no longer experiences random
graphics corruption or game instability.
Random corruption and screen flicker is no longer observed while playing
Dragon Age 2 with Tri-Crossfire enabled.
Lost Planet 2 no longer crashes after game launch when run in Crossfire
mode.
Lost Planet 2 and Tom Clancy HAWX2 no longer experience random game
hangs/black screens when run at high in game settings.
Water textures in World of Warcraft running in DirectX® 9 mode no longer
appear corrupted.
The game “Rage” no longer experiences intermittent hangs when Crossfire
is enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows® Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this
release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 software suite for Windows® Vista. These
include:
Ejecting the disc during Blu-Ray/DVD playback using WinDVD no longer
causes the system to crash.
3D content playback using PowerDVD now correctly used hardware
acceleration.
Poor performance is no longer randomly experience when playing World of
Warcraft, Metro 2033 and Starcraft II at high in-game settings.
Medal of Honor now correctly displays all in game settings.
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http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion121.a
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Download
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Windows® release includes:
IMPROVEMENTS
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
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
Video UI improvements
AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements
to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls
RESOLVED ISSUES
Resolved Issues for the Windows® 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this
release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 software suite for Windows® 7. These
include:
The in-game mouse cursor no longer randomly disappears while playing
Alien vs Predator.
Enemy Territory – Quake Ware will no longer experience intermittent
crashes when in a 3 monitor Eyefinity™ configuration.
Water texture is now rendered correctly in Enemy Territory – Quake Wars
Dirt 2 does not exhibit stuttering when run in DirectX® 9 mode.
Playing Crysis 2 with in Crossfire mode no longer experiences random
graphics corruption or game instability.
Random corruption and screen flicker is no longer observed while playing
Dragon Age 2 with Tri-Crossfire enabled.
Lost Planet 2 no longer crashes after game launch when run in Crossfire
mode.
Lost Planet 2 and Tom Clancy HAWX2 no longer experience random game
hangs/black screens when run at high in game settings.
Water textures in World of Warcraft running in DirectX® 9 mode no longer
appear corrupted.
The game “Rage” no longer experiences intermittent hangs when Crossfire
is enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows® Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this
release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 software suite for Windows® Vista. These
include:
Ejecting the disc during Blu-Ray/DVD playback using WinDVD no longer
causes the system to crash.
3D content playback using PowerDVD now correctly used hardware
acceleration.
Poor performance is no longer randomly experience when playing World of
Warcraft, Metro 2033 and Starcraft II at high in-game settings.
Medal of Honor now correctly displays all in game settings.
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