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DriverTT: AMD Catalyst 12.1 Pre-Certified drivers

By: (more) | Software News | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 6:30 am

For those of you who don't want to dilly-dally waiting for the WHQL-certified drivers from AMD, you can jump on these newly-released drivers. They come in the form of the Catalyst 12.1 pre-certified drivers, and support the Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, HD 5000, HD 6000, and HD 7000 Series cards.

 

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They include quite the handful of support, features and enhancements, as listed below:

 

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

 

If you want to hold out for the WHQL-certified drivers, they should be arriving in "late-February or very early March 2012".

 

Grab the Catalyst 12.1 pre-certified drivers, here.


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