AMD Catalyst 12.3 WHQL 32-bit

Build info:
DriverVer=03/08/2012, 8.951.0.0000
8.951-120308a-135594C-ATI
Sign date: March 23 (Microsoft WHQL)

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.3 Windows release includes: 

NEW FEATURES

Full Support for AMD Radeon HD 7000 series of products 

• Catalyst 12.3 now fully supports the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 and AMD Radeon HD 7700 series of products 

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 12.3 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

• AMD Catalyst Control Center startup issues/ delays have been resolved
• Tom Clancy HAWX: No longer crashes after task switching with MLAA (Morphological Anti-Aliasing) and Anti-Aliasing enabled
• Furmark Benchmark: No longer crashes when launched in High Performance mode.
• Quake 4: No longer display corruption after task switching when run in High Performance mode
• XPlane: Textures no longer exhibit flicker and corruption
• Skyrim: No longer displays flickering and texture corruption.
• Alan Wake: A system crash is no longer experienced when running the game in DirectX 9 mode with Crossfire enabled
• Far Cry 2: A random system hang is no longer experienced when running the game at high in game setting

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista  Operating System

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.3 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:

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: 

• Vsync may be disabled after task switching when playing Rage
• Enemy Territory Quake Wars may crash when launched in High Performance mode
• Crysis 2 may hang randomly when run in DirectX 11 mode.

Known issues under the Windows Vista operating system

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

• The Catalyst Control Center may not display if launched while using WinDVD to play a BluRay disc.

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 hang when playing Dirt 3 at maximum in-game settings
• The system may hang when launching Crysis Warhead at maximum in game settings
• Dragon Age 2 may display random graphics corruption.

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