AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1 Drivers

[hclarkjr]

http://www.techpowerup.com/159374/AMD-Releases-Catalyst-12.1-Drivers.html

 

[hclarkjr]

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

AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – 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

AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – 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.

KNOWN ISSUES

Known issues under the Windows® 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows® 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:

• Call of Duty 4 may experience corruption when run in DirectX® 9 mode and the Edge Detect filter is enabled.
• Portal 2 may generate a black screen when launched in 3D stereo mode.
• The Morphological filter settings may be missing in the Vision Control Center.
• Civilization V may experience random game crashes.
• Forced Anti-Aliasing may not be available when playing Enemy Territory – Quake Wars.
• Call of Duty – Black Ops may experience a crash when run in Crossfire mode.
• Battlefield 3 may crash when run at ultra settings.
• Vsync may be disabled after task switching when playing Rage.
• Launching Rage with Crossfire enabled may cause the application to hang.
• Random flickering may be observed while playing Battlefield- Bad Company 2.
• Saints Row III may hang randomly during gameplay.
• Dragons Age 2 may experience random flickering when run in Tri Crossfire mode with Vsync enabled or when run in DirectX® 9 mode.
• Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 3 may experience flickering when run in Tri Crossfire mode.

Known Issues under the Windows® Vista Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows® Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:

• Windows® Aero options may be missing after installing the latest driver.

Known Issues under the Windows® XP Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows® XP operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
The mouse cursor may get corrupted if the “enable pointer shadow” option is unchecked.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I assume these actually support the 7970?

Edit: They don't.

 

[lavaheadache]

where the heck are the Skyrim fixes? I'm tired of water areas causing flashes

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I'm seriously annoyed now that AMD has 2 newer driver revisions out that do not support their new GPU's.

I want to know if my computer not resuming from sleep is a driver issue with my 7970.

 

[Grooveriding]

where the heck are the Skyrim fixes? I'm tired of water areas causing flashes

That is probably the game then, because the water flashes for me too :|

 

[RavenSEAL]

In other words, more useless crap that affects .01% of the population....

 

[hclarkjr]

found this posted on rage3d -
Please note that AMD Radeon HD 7900 users should keep using the 8.921.2 RC11 driver found here (the 12.2 preview does not supported the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series): http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...C11Driver.aspx

 

[obidamnkenobi]

In other words, more useless crap that affects .01% of the population....

ey! The fixed Medal of honor on Vista, that's got to be at least like 9 people..

 

[Skurge]

Even thought I have non of those issues, going to download these anyway.

 

[lavaheadache]

That is probably the game then, because the water flashes for me too :|

Good to know, I guess

 

[YBS1]

Let's see.....Yet another driver release from AMD that's still having issues with:
Black Ops - Check
Battlefield 3 - Check
Modern Warfare 3 - Check
Rage - Check
Many others - Check

I like how the list of known issues under Windows 7 is bigger than the list of resolved issues, let's me know they are working extra hard for the customers.
I sure wish I'd given them my $550 a couple of weeks ago!

 

[YBS1]

This has got to be my favorite though, it shows they really know what they are doing over at AMD.

Resolved Issues for the Windows® 7 Operating System
The game “Rage” no longer experiences intermittent hangs when Crossfire is enabled.

Known issues under the Windows® 7 operating system
Launching Rage with Crossfire enabled may cause the application to hang.


Bahahahaha!

 

[AdamK47]

"Enemy Territory – Quake Ware"

 

[Phynaz]

Yay for application profiles!

 

[Phynaz]

Let's see.....Yet another driver release from AMD that's still having issues with:
Black Ops - Check
Battlefield 3 - Check
Modern Warfare 3 - Check
Rage - Check
Many others - Check

I like how the list of known issues under Windows 7 is bigger than the list of resolved issues, let's me know they are working extra hard for the customers.
I sure wish I'd given them my $550 a couple of weeks ago!

You do know that it doesn't mean everybody has the issue, right?

 

[Nintendesert]

That is probably the game then, because the water flashes for me too :|

I'm glad it's not just me. That shit annoys me so much. And sometimes I can actually see my character go into the swimming animation when I get that splashing flashing. Great game, damn bugs.

 

[blackened23]

I'm glad it's not just me. That shit annoys me so much. And sometimes I can actually see my character go into the swimming animation when I get that splashing flashing. Great game, damn bugs.

I think its vsync related. Skyrim uses some weird sort of vsync thingy, if you mess with it the screen flickers.

 

[Dark Shroud]

As much as I love Skyrim everyone has to remember that game is poorly coded. Bethesda is just now getting out a proper patch for the PS3 version.

 

[AdamK47]

Sooo... uhhh... 7970 drivers, please?

 

[Obsoleet]

Sooo... uhhh... 7970 drivers, please?

Holy crap dude, you have 3 7970s. Major props! I have the money but not the will to spend that much but I respect it.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Let's see.....Yet another driver release from AMD that's still having issues with:
Black Ops - Check
Battlefield 3 - Check
Modern Warfare 3 - Check
Rage - Check
Many others - Check

I like how the list of known issues under Windows 7 is bigger than the list of resolved issues, let's me know they are working extra hard for the customers.
I sure wish I'd given them my $550 a couple of weeks ago!

Yeah, in AMD's driver release notes they aren't listing Nvidia's known issues so there must not be any.

If you think either company has perfect drivers with no issues you are either very optimistic, or very misinformed.

 

[Obsoleet]

AMD drivers are better than Nvidia, historically (since Vista and Fermi) and still today.
Most epic driver bug of all time (never matched by AMD or ATI)- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/warning-nvidia-19675-drivers-can-kill-your-graphics-card/7551

That said, installed 12.1WHQL.. been waiting a while for these as I never bothered with 11.12WHQL.

 

[7earitup]

AMD drivers are better than Nvidia, historically (since Vista and Fermi) and still today.
Most epic driver bug of all time (never matched by AMD or ATI)- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/warning-nvidia-19675-drivers-can-kill-your-graphics-card/7551

That said, installed 12.1WHQL.. been waiting a while for these as I never bothered with 11.12WHQL.

Two of my video cards fried because of those drivers.

 

[Obsoleet]

Two of my video cards fried because of those drivers.

I'm not surprised. I know a lot of people that got taken advantage of by Nvidia on that one. Sorry to hear that, but congrats on going AMD. They are great cards with the best driver support on the market.