AMD ha puesto a disposición de sus usuarios los nuevos controladores gráficos AMDCatalyst 13.9 (Certificados), los primeros controladores certificados para Windows 8.1, es decir, que cumplen con el modelo de controladores Windows Display Driver Model 1.3.
Nuevos controladores gráficos de AMD compatibles con los GPUs e IGPs Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000, HD 7000 y Radeon HD 8000 OEM Series, así como sus versiones para portátiles. Entre sus novedades tenemos el soporte al nuevo modelo de controladores Windows Display Driver Model 1.3 (WDDM 1.3), gracias al cual ofrecen soporte certificado al sistema operativo Windows 8.1, además de soportar Windows 8 y Windows 7.
Descarga Catalyst 13.9:
- Catalyst 13.9 Release Notes | AMD Catalyst 13.5 CAP1 Application Profiles | AMD Stream SDK 2.8.1
- Catalys 13.9 Windows 8.1/7/Vista (32-Bits) | Catalys 13.9 Windows 8.1/7/Vista (64-Bits)
- Catalys 13.9 Windows XP (32-Bits) | Catalys 13.9 Windows XP (64-Bits)
- Catalys 13.9 Windows 8.1/7/Vista Mobility (32-Bits) | Catalys 13.9 Windows 8.1/7/Vista Mobility (64-Bits)
- AMD Catalyst 13.9 Linux (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Win 7/Vista (32-bit) | Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Win 7/Vista (64-bit)
*Nota: Estos controladores certificados no poseen soporte a Frame Pacing, característica introducida desde los controladores Catalyst 13.8 Beta, destinada a mejorar la latencia entre cuadros de sus soluciones CrossFireX y Dual GPU. Por lo que para disfrutar de esta característica se recomienda usar con los controladores Catalyst 13.10 Beta.
Catalyst 13.9 WHQL Chipset Driver
Junto a los controladores gráficos, AMD también ha actualizado su controladores para chipset AMD 700/800/900 series y los chipset para sus APU (FCH), incluyendo controladores para configuraciones RAID. Pueden actualizar los controladores para estas plataformas descargando el paquete desde este enlace:
- Catalyst 13.9 WHQL SouthBridge Driver para Windows 8.1/8/7 64/32 bits.
- Catalyst 13.9 WHQL RAID Driver para Windows 8.1/8/7 64/32 bits.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF AMD CATALYST™ 13.9
The AMD Catalyst 13.9 WHQL is AMD’s first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1. It does not include support for Frame Pacing or the very latest AMD CrossFire™ optimizations. AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta includes additional performance improvements and fixes not found in AMD Catalyst 13.9 WHQL.
- AMD’s first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1
- Includes WDDM 1.3 support for:
- AMD Accelerated Processors (“Kabini” & “Temash”) for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including: A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
- AMD Accelerated Processors (“Richland”) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including: A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
- AMD Accelerated Processors (“Trinity”) for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including: A10-4600M, A10-4655M, A10-4677M, A10-5700, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-4500M, A8-4555M, A8-4557M, A6-4400M, A6-4455M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-4300M, A4-4355M, A4-5300, A4-5300B
- AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
- Support for AMD Features:
- AMD Eyefinity
- OpenCL™
- OpenGL
- UVD
- AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire Technology
- AMD Overdrive™
- AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center
- Includes WDDM 1.3 support for:
- OpenGL support for User Profiles and Catalyst Application Profiles
- Users can now create, per application, 3D setting profiles for OpenGL applications.
- OpenGL applications are now supported through Catalyst Application Profile updates (for single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations).
- AMD Enduro™ Technology enhancements:
- The AMD Catalyst Control Center now shows which applications are active on the Performance GPU and the Power saving GPU.
RESOLVED ISSUES
- Severe flicker in Far Cry® 3 game cinematic that may continue into gameplay.
- BSOD crash when enabling CrossFire in the AMD Catalyst Control Center after installing a third AMD Radeon HD7790 graphics card.
- BSOD crash in Windows 8 when display turns off (idle/sleep mode).
- AMD Catalyst Control Center crash after creating an Eyefinity Group.
- Disappearing mouse cursor in Windows 8 after completing the AMD Catalyst Driver installation and rebooting the system.
- Cyberlink PowerDVD stop working with a pop-up error message during playback of a Blu-Ray movie under Power Saving mode.
- When Dual Graphics is disabled within AMD Catalyst Control Center, the secondary display connected may not enable.
- Frame drops experienced during playback of interlaced Blu-Ray content when all visual quality settings are enabled in AMD Catalyst Control Center.
- Significant game performance slowdowns when moving the mouse cursor in World of Warcraft using DirectX 9 rendering mode.
- Anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings saved within created AMD Catalyst Control Center application profiles do not apply correctly.
- Windows 8 Metro applications experience very low FPS when Dual Graphics is enabled in the AMD Catalyst Control Center.
Fuente: AMD
