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AMD rilascia i Catalyst 12.6 WHQL e 12.7 Beta

Di il 1 luglio 2012

AMD ha rilasciato la versione WHQL dei driver Catalyst 12.6, proponendo anche una versione Beta 12.7. La release 12.6 WHQL presenta diverse ottimizzazioni che vanno dalla tecnologia Zero Core, ai problemi registrati in configurazioni CrossFire in giochi come Call of Duty: Black Ops, risolvendo anche le BSOD in configurazioni EyeFinitycon Radein HD 7000.

L’aggiornamento Beta 12.7, mantiene gli stessi miglioramenti e aggiunge diversi bug fix per giochi come Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Batman: Arkham City e molti altri.

Ecco le note di rilascio:

  • AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Tri-CrossFire configurations + Eyefinity no longer results in a BSOD when launching a DirectX application
  • AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations no longer results in a BSOD when using desktop applications
  • AMD Catalyst 12.6 includes some additional fixes(not found in the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics cards for issues related to the GPU hanging when the system goes to sleep. Please ensure that your System BIOS is up to date. Some occurrences of this issue may be related to outdated System BIOS.
  • Resolves CrossFire scaling issues seen in AMD Catalyst 12.4 with Elder Scrolls: Skyrim CrossFire
  • AMD Catalyst Control Center – Overdrive page is no longer intermittently missing
  • AMD Catalyst Control Center – GPU Activity gauge is no longer missing
  • AMD Radeon HD 7900 CrossFire Configuration – no longer results in system hang after cinematic in Call Of Duty: Black Ops
  • Heroes and Generals: Blocky corruption in scenes with smoke effects when run in DirectX 11 mode are no longer experienced.
  • Dirt Showdown: Improves scaling for CrossFire configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
  • HDMI audio is no longer disabled if the connected HDTV is powered Off/On.

Performance Highlights of 12.7 BETA:

  • Up to 25% in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
  • Up to 3% in Battlefield 3
  • Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
  • Up to 3% in Dues Ex: Human Revolution
  • Up to 6% in Crysis 2
  • Up to 15% in Total War: Shogun
  • Up to 8% in Crysis Warhead
  • Up to 5% in Just Cause 2
  • Up to 10% in Dirt 3

 

Catalyst 12.6 WHQL:

AMD Catalyst 12.6 WHQL 32-bit Win XP

AMD Catalyst 12.6 WHQL 32-bit

AMD Catalyst 12.6 WHQL 64-bit

 

Catalyst 12.7 Beta:

AMD Catalyst 12.7 Official BETA Win XP

AMD Catalyst 12.7 Official BETA W7

AMD Catalyst Application Profile – 12.7 CAP1

 

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