A empresa acaba de anunciar o Catalyst 12.6 BETA. Ainda de acordo com a AMD, novas versões de drivers não serão mais atualizadas costumeiramente todo mês como vinha sendo realizado, a decisão foi tomada visando o usuário final, que poderá continuar baixando os drivers, desde que lhe as novidades lhe interessem. O sistema ano+mês vai continuar sendo mantido na nomenclatura, mas não teremos mais uma versão por mês por obrigação como vinha acontecendo.

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[box_dark]Sairam dois novos drivers, o 12.6 Beta para Windows 7, e uma outra versão específica para o Windows 8, informações abaixo:[/box_dark]

• AMD Radeon™ HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Tri-CrossFire™ configurations + Eyefinity BSOD when launching a DirectX application.
• AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations BSOD when using desktop applications.
• AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 cards hang when system goes to sleep.
• Tearing on Eyefinity configurations when different display connector types are used.
• Poor Elder Scrolls: Skyrim CrossFire scaling seen in AMD Catalyst 12.4 (back to CrossFire scaling found in AMD Catalyst 12.3).
• AMD Catalyst Control Center – intermittently missing Overdrive page.
• AMD Catalyst Control Center – missing GPU Activity gauge.
• AMD Radeon HD 7900 CrossFire Configuration – system hang after cinematic in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
• Crysis 2 -random system hangs when run in DirectX 9 mode.
• Heroes and Generals: Blocky corruption in scenes with smoke effects when run in DirectX 11 mode.
• Disabled HDMI audio when the connected HDTV is powered Off/On.

Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta:

Dual Graphics enhancements – new application profiles

• Supported Dual Graphics configurations:
  AMD Accelerated Processors for Desktop PCs
• AMD Radeon HD 7660D (A10-5700)
• AMD Radeon HD 7560D (A8-5500

Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processors

• AMD Radeon HD 7660D (A10-4600)
• AMD Radeon HD 7640G (A8-4500M)
• AMD Radeon HD 7520G (A6-4400M)
• New profiles have been added for the following game titles:
• Diablo 3
• Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
• StarCraft 2
• Portal 2
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare
• Call of Duty Black Ops
• Future Catalyst releases will continue to add Dual Graphics support for additional titles

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AMD Catalyst™ Driver Windows® 8 Release Preview

Featuring support for the new WDDM 1.2 driver model, this new driver enables customers to utilize the model’s features as applications are updated to leverage them. These features include:

• Support for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series.
• Native Stereo 3D support: Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applications. Middleware applications will not be required for such apps.
• Unified Video API: Video playback has been integrated into the DirectX® 11 API, enabling simultaneous video and gaming content. Transcoding performance may also be improved for supporting applications.
• Optimized screen rotation for rotation-aware devices.
• Improved sleep/resume performance.
• Optimized GPU power consumption.
• 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

Known issues found in the AMD Catalyst feature preview for Windows 8 (these issues will be addressed in the AMD production release for Windows 8).

• AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 performance in DirectX 9 applications may be slower under Windows 8 vs. Windows 7.
• AMD CrossFireX configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 in DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 applications may be slower under Windows 8 vs. Windows 7.
• AMD CrossFireX configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 in OpenCL accelerated applications may cause a BSOD or system hang.
• Blacklight Retribution (DirectX11 mode) played with a CrossFire configuration may result in a system crash when launching the application (32-bit OS only).
• Video corruption can be seen when playing back movie trailers with Metro video player.

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