radji Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 For those who are wondering: Mobility Catalyst 12.10 was posted on AMD's driver website yesterday evening. AMD CatalystPS: Still have to download the look-and-see tool to get the actual CCC package. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 AMD Catalyst Software Suite Version 12.10 Release Notes*BackLast Updated10/22/2012* *Article NumberGPU-179*This article provides information on the latest posting of AMD’s software suite, AMD Catalyst™12.10. This particular software suite updates the AMD display driver and the AMD Catalyst Control Center/ AMD Vision Engine Control Center. This unified driver has been updated and is designed to provide enhanced performance and reliability.Package Content*The AMD Catalyst software suite 12.10 contains the following:AMD display driver version 9.002HydraVision™ for Windows Vista® and Windows® 7Southbridge/ IXP DriverAMD Catalyst Control Center version 9.002/ AMD Vision Engine Control Center version 9.002*Caution!The AMD Catalyst Control Center/ AMD Vision Engine Control Center requires that the Microsoft® .NET Framework SP1 be installed for Windows Vista. Without .NET SP1 installed, the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.Notes.*When installing the AMD Catalyst driver for Windows operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst driver.The Catalyst driver requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.These release notes provide information on the AMD display driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™, HydraVision, HydraVision Basic Edition, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: http://support.amd.com/.AMD Eyefinity technology is designed to give gamers access to high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics “horsepower” required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers are no longer bundled in the AMD Catalyst software suite. The WDM drivers install bundle can be downloaded independently through the AMD website*AMD Product Compatibility*The AMD Catalyst driver is compatible with the following AMD products.*AMD Desktop Product Family CompatibilityAMD Radeon™ HD 7900 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6500 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 7800 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6410D SeriesAMD Radeon HD 7700 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6370D SeriesAMD Radeon HD 7660D SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6310D SeriesAMD Radeon HD 7560D SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6300 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 7300 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6200 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6900 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5900 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6800 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5800 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6700 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5700 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6600 SeriesATI Radeon HD 5600 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6550D SeriesATI Radeon HD 5500 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6530D SeriesATI Radeon HD 5400 Series*AMD FireStream™ Product FamiliesAMD FireStream™ 9350AMD FireStream 9250AMD FireStream 9270AMD FireStream 9170AMD Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility*AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised.The Installation Verification Software is designed to prevent driver download on certain notebook products. This is to protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised. In such a situation, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.**AMD Mobility Product FamiliesAMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 7000M SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 5400 SeriesAMD Mobility Radeon HD 6900M SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 5100 SeriesAMD Mobility Radeon HD 6800M SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6620G SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 6300M SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6520G SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 6300 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6480G SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 6200 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6380G SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 5800 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6310G SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 5700 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 6250G SeriesAMD Mobility *Radeon HD 5600 Series**AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks*using AMD chipsets***********************************************************************************************************The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:Any notebook launched after this driver releaseToshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)Compatible Operating SystemsThe latest version of the AMD Catalyst software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms:Windows 8 32-bit versionWindows 8 64-bit versionWindows 7 32-bit versionWindows 7 64-bit versionWindows Vista 32-bit versionWindows Vista 64-bit version**FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 12.10 DRIVER:AMD Catalyst 12.10 – Ready for Windows 8For AMD Radeon™ HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series users, Microsoft® has certified today’s AMD Catalyst™ 12.10 release as “compatible with Windows 8.” With this driver, these products offer full support for WDDM 1.2, which is an updated model for graphics drivers that Microsoft has developed to ensure smooth performance and wide compatibility in their new operating system.Target-Independent Rasterization (TIR):* TIR is a new rendering path that enables superior anti-aliasing in Direct3D driver applicationsNative Stereo 3D Support:* *Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applicationsUnified 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 supported applications.Optimized screen rotation for rotation aware devicesImproved sleep/resume performanceOptimized GPU power consumptionMajor technologies / features also supported under Windows 8:AMD Eyefinity technologyOpenCL™OpenGLUnified Video Decoder (UVD)AMD Dual GraphicsAMD CrossFire technologyAMD OverdriveAMD Catalyst Control Center/ AMD Vision Engine Control CenterAMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro™ TechnologyAMD Catalyst Mobility now*includes support for AMD Enduro™ Technology.** AMD Enduro Technology is currently supported on all notebook Intel® IvyBridge platforms and AMD Comal platforms that support the AMD Radeon HD 7900M, 7800M, 7700M – additional products will be supported in future Catalyst releases.”AMD Enduro™ Technology for Notebooks delivers:Unbeatable battery lifeGPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute appsA Seamless and automatic experienceNew Enduro™ Technology features found in Catalyst 12.10:Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interfaceView all profiled applicationsView recently run applicationsProfile applications based on power sourceExpert mode control and customizationPerformance centric ACBattery centric DCRESOLVED ISSUES*This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst12.10 software suite.*Resolved Issues for the Windows 8 Operating SystemEnemy Territory Quake Wars performance affected when run at high resolutionsWolfenstien performance affected when run at high resolutionsSystem hangs when disabling EyefinityWorld of Warcraft – Mists of Pandaria experiences graphical corruption when anti-aliasing is forced to 2X or higherResolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating SystemF1 2011 : Vehicle textures flicker when game is run at low settingsDirt Showdown : Flickering seen when benchmark is run in DirectX 11 modeBattlefield – Bad Company 2 : Flickering textures seen in AMD CrossFire modeAlan Wake – Freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with AMD CrossFire and Eyefinity enabledPortal 2 – Freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with AMD Crossfire and Eyefinity enabledKNOWN ISSUESThe following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst 12.10 software suite.Known issues under the Windows 8 operating systemAMD Eyefinity portrait resolutions may not apply correctly when AMD CrossFire is enabledKnown issues under the Windows 7operating systemSerious Sam 3 may crash when AMD CrossFire and Eyefinity are enabledMay Payne 3 may experience flickering and ghosting when in DirectX 9 mode with Anti Aliasing enabled*Installing the AMD Catalyst*Software DriverParanoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technos Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 enduro fixes are supposedly packaged with 12.11, not 12.10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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