[MOBILE/DESKTOP] AMD Catalyst 12.2 Final & 12.2 CAP1

[svl7]

Now including the 7900 and 7700 Series (only for Win7 drivers so far).

The package also comes with some improvements and fixes, check below.

Drivers Release Notes:

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.2 Windows release includes:

NEW FEATURES

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.
  

IMPROVEMENTS

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

• Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and AMD Radeon HD 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.
  

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 12.2 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

• Random texture flickering is no longer experienced when playing Tom Clancy HAWX with Crossfire™ and Eyefinity enabled.
  
• Random texture flickering is no longer experienced when playing Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 3 in a Tri-Crossfire setup.
  
• Random texture flickering is no longer experienced when playing Dragon Age 2 with Crossfire and Vsync enabled.
  
• Skipping the in-game cinematics when running Dragon Age 2 in DirectX 11 mode no longer causes random stuttering.
  
• The Battleforge DirectX 10.0 benchmark no longer experiences intermittent crashes when run in Tri-Crossfire mode.
  
• Random flickering is no longer observed when playing Battlefield – Bad Company 2 in DirectX 11 mode.
  
• Playing back h.264 interlaced BluRay content no longer displays intermittent green flashing.
  
• The system no longer experiences random hangs when playing back BluRay 3D content in Duplicate mode.
  
• Starcraft II no longer experiences random system crashes when exiting a campaign in certain Crossfire configurations.
  
• Batman – Arkam City no longer experiences intermittent system crashes when run in DirectX 11 mode.
  
• Changing Crossfire settings no longer causes a random system crash.
  
• A system crash is no longer experienced when playing Rage with Crossfire enabled.
  
• Crysis Warhead and Battlefield – Bad Company II no longer experience random crashes in certain Crossfire configurations.
  
• Playback of BluRay 3D content now correctly uses hardware acceleration.
  
• Random texture corruption is no longer displayed when playing Dirt III in DirectX 11 mode and with anisotropic filtering applied.
  

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.2 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

• Windows Aero options are available after installing the driver.
  
• Background textures in World of Warcraft Cataclysm no longer experience random flickering in some Crossfire and Eyefinity configurations.
  

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:

• Alan Wake - Enabling CrossfireX can cause corruptions or hangs. This issue will be fixed in AMD Catalyst 12.3
  
• Elder Scrolls - Image corruption can be be seen with Anti-Aliasing enabled on speciic AMD graphics hardware. This issue will be fixed in AMD Catalyst 12.3
  
• Vsync may be disabled after task switching when playing Rage.
  
• A black screen may be displayed when running Civilization V in certain Eyefinity configurations.
  
• Playing Far Cry 2 at high in game settings may generate a system hang.
  
• Poor performance may be experience when playing Dirt 3 in DirectX 11 mode at low resolutions with Crossfire enabled.
  

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 system may hand when playing Dirt 3 at maximum in-game settings.
  

AMD Catalyst Application Profiles (CAP) - 12.2 CAP1

Description:

Description:This release of AMD Catalyst™ delivers support for the latest AMD CrossFireX™ profiles. A separate executable file ensures users have access to the latest set of profiles installed on their PC.

New profiles added to this release:

- Mass Effect 3: Improves CrossFire performance

- Path of Exile – Improves CrossFire performance

- Darkness 2 – Resolves flickering issues on single GPU configurations when Anti-Aliasing is forced on in the Catalyst Control Center

- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Resolves character texture corruption seen using single GPU configurations when Anti-Aliasing is forced on in the Catalyst Control Center

- Wargame: European Escalation(DirectX 9 version): Improves CrossFire performance

- Wargame: European Escalation(DirectX 11 version): Resolves flickering observed when running in CrossFire mode

- Mount Blade: Disables CrossFire to avoid corruption as the title has a capped Frame Rate

- L.A. Noire (DirectX 11 Version): Improves CrossFire performance, and resolves flickering seen in shadows

Download links can be found here:

AMD Catalyst 12.2 Final & 12.2 CAP1

(Let me know if you have direct links and I'll include them)

[Nando]

Sometimes we can't update the laptops drivers 'cause the OEM shit, so I put here another direct download link

AMD Catalyst 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

AMD Catalyst Mobility 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst Mobility 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

Courtesy of Guru3D.com

I must say that I tested the mobility driver with windows 7 x64, the driver has some bugs. The driver still has failures with videos (movies,youtube..so on) WTF? again? one of the last versions also had failures playing movies, like a fucking green screen...anyway...play with this for a while and let me (us) know what happens

Cheers!

[mw86]

Sometimes we can't update the laptops drivers 'cause the OEM shit, so I put here another direct download link

AMD Catalyst 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

AMD Catalyst Mobility 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst Mobility 12.2 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

Courtesy of Guru3D.com

I must say that I tested the mobility driver with windows 7 x64, the driver has some bugs. The driver still has failures with videos (movies,youtube..so on) WTF? again? one of the last versions also had failures playing movies, like a fucking green screen...anyway...play with this for a while and let me (us) know what happens

Cheers!

its that and its combined with crap code of Flash and Java and other numerous plugins to play videos... had older gpus on notebooks that only solution is to disable flash hardware accelerations as it caused similar errors even bsod and very well could be a combo of driver issue and flash coding issues and beyond ce la vie guess us notebook users get the raw deal everytime.

edit: to be fair i have had very good support and no issues when i was using 12.1 so most of the time AMD is still right on the ball...

Edited March 9, 2012 by mw86

[svl7]

Thanks for the links. Had the green screen issue on youtube once in a while, annoying, but if you just use the slider to forward or go back a couple of seconds the picture shows up.

[Nando]

I found another one, 4 those of you who wanna keep the performance benefits of the latest 8.950.0 WHQL drivers but ditch the crashing CCC... this is only the drivers repackaged.

Win 7 x64

Win 7 x86

Mobility Win 7 x64

Mobility Win 7 x86

Courtesy of mstcobra (some guy)

[mw86]

I found another one, 4 those of you who wanna keep the performance benefits of the latest 8.950.0 WHQL drivers but ditch the crashing CCC... this is only the drivers repackaged.

Win 7 x64

Win 7 x86

Mobility Win 7 x64

Mobility Win 7 x86

Courtesy of mstcobra (some guy)

you da Man! Thanks for looking out for everyone Nando

[Nando]

anytime my friend