AMD ha puesto a disposición de sus usuarios sus controladores Catalyst 12.4 WHQL, los cuales corresponden a la entrega de abril. Estos controladores brindan soporte a las tarjetas gráficas Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000/5000/6000/7000 series y agregan bastantes mejoras como por ejemplo soporte en Windows XP para las Radeon HD 7800, HD 7900 y HD 7700 series, además de mejoras de funcionamiento en Windows 7, Vista y XP. Por contrapartida no se mencionan mejoras de rendimiento en juegos.
A continuación un resumen, pero pueden revisar los cambios completos en este enlace o en este otro.
Windows XP support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- In addition to Windows 7 and Windows Vista support, Catalyst 12.4 now also introduces Windows XP (64-bit/32-bit) support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System:
- Elder Scrolls: Skyrim: no longer hangs on single GPU configurations when used with AMD Catalyst 12.3 CAP1 and later CAP releases
- Elder Scolls: Skyrim: flickering square corruption is no longer observed.
- Rage: Vsync is no longer disabled after task switching.
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: no longer crashes when launched in High Performance Mode.
- Stalker – Call of Pripyat: flickering is no longer observed in trees with specific Catalyst Control Center settings.
- Tom Clancy HAWX 2: no longer crashes on game launch.
- – Windows Media Center: no longer crashes when run in Eyefinity mode and High Performance mode settings.
- AMD Steady Video: an error message is no longer displayed when enabling AMD Steady Video for the Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 plugin.
- Duplicating displays no longer generates random corruption.
- Tearing is no longer observed on the third screen in 3×1 and 1×3 Eyefinity configurations.
- A system crash is no longer experienced when enabling Crossfire in a 4 display configuration.
- Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System:
- The Catalyst Control Center now renders correctly when launched while playing a Bluray disc using WinDVD.
- Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System:
- Dirt 3: a system hang is no longer experienced when running game at maximum in game settings.
- Dragon Age 2: visual corruption is no longer observed.
Descarga Catalyst 12.4:
Catalyst 12.4 Release Notes | AMD Catalyst 12.3 Application Profiles | AMD Stream SDK 2.6
Catalys 12.4 Windows 7/Vista (32-Bits) | Catalys 12.4 Windows 7/Vista (64-Bits)
Catalys 12.4 Windows XP (32-Bits) | Catalys 12.4 Windows XP (64-Bits)
Catalys 12.4 Windows 7/Vista Mobility (32-Bits) | Catalys 12.4 Windows 7/Vista Mobility (64-Bits)
Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Win 7/Vista (32-bit)
Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) Win 7/Vista (64-bit)
Fuente: AMD
