AMD Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified Driver

**MIG-31** · Feb 17, 2012, 11:55 AM

AMD has just released new AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver and a brand new CAP 3 (2.1) to go with it. Thanks to sharp-eyed [H] reader "Mr. Mean" for the heads up!

GPU-151 The AMD Catalyst 12.2 Certified driver (It is the same driver as the Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified, but will be officially Microsoft® certified) will be posted in late February or very early March 2012. Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver:

Windows 7 and Windows Vista® support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series

Enables support for Windows 7 64-bit/32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit/32-bit

Windows XP support will be made available in AMD Catalyst 12.4

Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing is now available for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications

Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and 7700 Series

Users can now enable Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications

Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications)

AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements

Custom resolutions – users can now choose from a much larger set of display resolutions for their AMD Eyefinity configurations

Dynamic Configuration Changes: Switching between different display configurations (when physically plugging/un-plugging displays) will occur automatically by loading the appropriate profile

HydraVision enhancements: The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference

Profile Manager improvements: Users can now create multiple Display profiles, enabling users to seamlessly switch between various AMD Eyefinity and Display Configurations

CAP 3 Description:

This release of AMD Catalyst delivers support for the latest AMD CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

New profiles added to this release:
- Alan Wake - Improves CrossFire performance
- Syndicate Improves both single GPU and CrossFire performance
- Darkness 2 - Improves CrossFire performance
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Improves CrossFire performance for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series to avoid negative scaling at low resolutions
- Natural Selection 2 - Fixes shadow map flickering issue seen with CrossFire enabled

Feb 17, 2012, 11:55 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	AMD Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified Driver AMD has just released new AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver and a brand new CAP 3 (2.1) to go with it. Thanks to sharp-eyed [H] reader "Mr. Mean" for the heads up! GPU-151 The AMD Catalyst 12.2 Certified driver (It is the same driver as the Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified, but will be officially Microsoft® certified) will be posted in late February or very early March 2012. Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver: Windows 7 and Windows Vista® support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series Enables support for Windows 7 64-bit/32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit/32-bit Windows XP support will be made available in AMD Catalyst 12.4 Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing is now available for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and 7700 Series Users can now enable Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications) AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements Custom resolutions – users can now choose from a much larger set of display resolutions for their AMD Eyefinity configurations Dynamic Configuration Changes: Switching between different display configurations (when physically plugging/un-plugging displays) will occur automatically by loading the appropriate profile HydraVision enhancements: The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference Profile Manager improvements: Users can now create multiple Display profiles, enabling users to seamlessly switch between various AMD Eyefinity and Display Configurations CAP 3 Description: This release of AMD Catalyst delivers support for the latest AMD CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC. New profiles added to this release: - Alan Wake - Improves CrossFire performance - Syndicate Improves both single GPU and CrossFire performance - Darkness 2 - Improves CrossFire performance - Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Improves CrossFire performance for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series to avoid negative scaling at low resolutions - Natural Selection 2 - Fixes shadow map flickering issue seen with CrossFire enabled __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here