AMD ha tenido una semana algo ajetreada; apenas ayer lanzaron sus controladores Catalyst Legacy 12.6 para Windows 8 y compatibles con sus GPUs DirectX 10/10.1 y hoy nos traen los nuevos Catalyst 12.9 Beta para sus GPUs DirectX 11/11.1. Además de soporte oficial para la tecnología AMD Enduro (introducida con las Radeon HD 7000M series) para gráficos intercambiables en notebooks con APU y gráficas discretas.
Los nuevos Catalyst 12.9 Beta traen los siguientes cambios:
Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta: AMD Catalyst Mobility support forAMD Enduro Technology
AMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro Technology.
- AMD Enduro Technology for Notebooks delivers:
- Long lasting battery life
- GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps
- A Seamless and automatic experience
New features found in Catalyst 12.9 Beta:
- Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interface
- View all profiled applications
- View recently run applications
- Profile applications based on power source
- Expert mode control and customization
- Performance centric AC
- Battery centric DC
Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Linux® Driver: New OS Support
This release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems.
- Ubuntu 12.10 early look support
- RHEL 6.3 production support
Performance highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.9 Beta (versus AMD Catalyst 12.8)
- Up to 10% in Lost Planet 2 in single GPU configurations
RESOLVED ISSUES
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst12.9 Beta software suite.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
- Krater crashes when run on HD 7000 series products
- Dirt Showdown 8-Ball hangs when CrossFire is enabled
- The Amazing Spider Man stuttering experienced at certain game locations
- Deus Ex Human Revolution: Intro scenes stutter
- F1 2011: Vehicle textures flicker when game is run at low settings
- Dirt Showdown: Flickering seen when benchmark is run in DirectX 11 mode
- Battlefield – Bad Company 2: Flickering textures seen in CrossFire mode
- Alan Wake: freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with a 3×1 Eyefinity layout.
- Portal 2: freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with a 3×1 Eyefinity layout
- Catalyst Control Center Overscan settings are now correctly retained across reboots
- Tri and Quad CrossFire+ Eyefinity configurations – Certain DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications lower than expected performance
- FireFox – corruption observed in CrossFire configurations
- Enabling Overdrive settings increased clocks in all power states
- Availability of AMD Video Converter support in AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Windows 7 and Windows Vista packages
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
- Corruption seen during Blu Ray playback using Cyberlink PowerDVD 12
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
- Riddick – Assault on Dark Athena : Tearing observed when run at High game settings in a CrossFire configuration
- The audio driver incorrectly installed
Ademas AMD liberó sus Catalyst Application Profiles 12.9 CAP 1, los que solucionan problemas bajo el juego WoW: Mist of Pandaria e incrementan el rendimiento en el cliente de 64 bits del juego en modo DirectX 9; también introducen mejoras al rendimiento del juego F1 2012 y Tribes Ascend en configuraciones CrossFireX.
Descarga:
- Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista
- Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista – with .NET 4.0
- Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Windows XP
- Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Linux
- Notas de lanzamiento
Fuente: Guru3D
