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ATI Catalyst drivers 
AMD Catalyst 12.11 Never Settle Driver Performance and Bundle
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/23/2012 11:07 AM | 48 comment(s) ]
AMD launches the Never Settle Marketing campaign. Part of that campaign is the new AMD 12.11 Catalyst driver as this driver has had some TLC from AMD, improving overall performance on a number of games. Next to that AMD is launching their Never Settle Game Bundle, purchase a R7000 series dedicated card and you can get some great free game(s). Our little article will cover both the driver performance and that game bundle.
Have a look at this Guru3D article right here.
AMD Catalyst Application Profile 12.9 CAP1 download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/26/2012 05:58 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Download the AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.9 CAP1 release. These are the Catalyst profiles for multi-GPU support. This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
Read moreAMD Catalyst 12.6 WHQL driver download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/29/2012 10:15 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD issued a new WHQL-signed Catalyst driver. Catalyst 12.6 WHQL, along with Catalyst 12.7 beta, were released on Thursday. Catalyst 12.6 WHQL ships with a wide range of stability optimizations, while 12.7 beta ships with the same, plus performance optimizations for a wide range of games.
With Catalyst 12.6 WHQL, AMD fixed several outstanding bugs such as GPUs with ZeroCore hanging when the system goes to S2/S3 sleep, certain CrossFire setups hanging after cutscenes in Call of Duty: Black Ops, display corruption in Heroes and Generals in DirectX 11 mode, CrossFire + Eyefinity with Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs resulting in BSOD errors, etc. Catalyst 12.7 beta includes all these, plus performance improvements for games, except that it lacks WHQL certification. Optimizations include up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, 15% in Total War: Shogun, 10% in DiRT 3, 6% in Batman: Arkham City, and 3% in Battlefield 3.
A list of changes follows - Resolved Issues:
- AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Tri-CrossFire configurations + Eyefinity no longer results in a BSOD when launching a DirectX application
- AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations no longer results in a BSOD when using desktop applications
- AMD Catalyst 12.6 includes some additional fixes(not found in the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics cards for issues related to the GPU hanging when the system goes to sleep. Please ensure that your System BIOS is up to date. Some occurrences of this issue may be related to outdated System BIOS.
- Resolves CrossFire scaling issues seen in AMD Catalyst 12.4 with Elder Scrolls: Skyrim CrossFire
- AMD Catalyst Control Center
AMD Catalyst 12.x (9.00 June 12) Unofficial BETA
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/14/2012 11:00 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
This is a MAIN branch, so it is the latest available right now. Support for Win 7 and 8, Vista support seems to be dropped.
Supported cards: HD5000 and onwards.
Swichable graphics support.
Lots of Mobile products are supported as well.
We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here. Download them here.
Build Info:
DriverVer=06/12/2012, 9.000.0.0000
9.00-120612a-140545E-ATI
CCC: 2012.0612.1938.33422
2D: 8.01.01.1262
D3D: 9.14.10.0922
OGL: 6.14.10.11806
CAP: 9.00_20120612_2014_
OpenCL: 10.0.993.1
Application profiles changes vs 12.6 cap1:
Alan Wake Modified
Witcher 2 Modified
Test Drive Ferrari Legends Modified
TJ3: Myths and Heroes Added CFX Profile
And would you look at this: new cards ID:
AMD6823.2 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6823.3 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD682B.2 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6823.4 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6821.2 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6820.2 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD682B.3 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6823.5 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6821.3 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6820.3 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD682B.4 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6823.6 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6821.4 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6820.4 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6820.5 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6821.5 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6821.6 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6820.6 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6823.7 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD6820.7 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD6821.7 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD682B.5 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD6823.7 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD6820.7 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD6821.7 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD682B.5 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M Series"
AMD6823.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD682B.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6821.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6820.1 = "AMD Radeon HD 8800M"
AMD6600.1 = "MARS (6600)"
AMD6601.1 = "MARS (6601)"
AMD6602.1 = "MARS (6602)"
AMD6603.1 = "MARS (6603)"
AMD6606.1 = "MARS (6606)"
AMD6607.1 = "MARS (6607)"
AMD6620.1 = "MARS (6620)"
AMD6621.1 = "MARS (6621)"
AMD6623.1 = "MARS (6623)"
AMD6610.1 = "OLAND (6610)"
AMD6611.1 = "OLAND (6611)"
AMD6631.1 = "OLAND (6631)"
AMD6660.1 = "SUN (6660)"
AMD6663.1 = "SUN (6663)"
AMD6667.1 = "SUN (6667)"
AMD666F.1 = "SUN (666F)"
We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here. You can download them here.
AMD Catalyst driver for Windows 8 Release Preview
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/01/2012 08:28 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst
AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta Download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/31/2012 11:17 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
With the release of the AMD Catalyst
AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.4 CAP2
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/25/2012 10:48 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Grab the new AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.4 CAP2 release
This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
Latest profiles added :
- Alan Wake American Nightmare : Improves CrossFire performance
- Windows Media Center
AMD Catalyst 12.4 WHQL Drivers Download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/26/2012 08:43 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Download AMD Catalyst 12.4 WHQL 32-bit driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7 Download
Package Content
The AMD Catalyst software suite 12.4 contains the following:
- AMD display driver version 8.961
- HydraVision
AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.3 CAP1
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2012 09:50 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Grab the new AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.3 CAP1 release.
These are the Catalyst profiles for multi-GPU support.
This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
Latest profiles added :
- FireFall: Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Test Drive Unlimited 2: Improves CrossFire performance- Ridge Racer Unbounded: Fixes full screen corruption for single GPU configurations
- Stacking: Resolved image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Dirt 3: Fixes corruption found in particular scenes when CrossFire is enabled
AMD Catalyst 12.3 (8.951.0 March 8) AMD Official WHQL drivers
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2012 07:00 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
We have spotted the new AMD Catalyst 12.3 (8.951.0 March 8) AMD Official WHQL drivers.
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
AMD Catalyst 12.x 8.950.5 February 24
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/21/2012 07:38 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Windows 7 support for the AMD Radeon
AMD Catalyst 12.2 Download Released
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/08/2012 11:30 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD just released AMD Catalyst
AMD Catalyst 12.x 8.96 February 28
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/02/2012 03:49 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
This is the latest AMD Catalyst Package from the 8.96 branch with a build date of February 28th. There's no further information available just yet. For Windows Vista an 7 32 and 64-bit
Driver Packaging Version: 8.96-120228m-134331E-ATI
2D Driver Version: 8.01.01.1243
Direct3D Version: 7.14.10.0903
OpenGL Version: 6.14.10.11616
Catalyst Control Center Version: 2012.0228.2021.36392
You can discuss the drivers here.
Download:
Guru3D download mirrors here.
AMD Catalyst 12.3 RC Driver Download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/16/2012 04:35 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Download AMD Catalyst 12.3 Release Candidate driver Windows 7 and Vista 32/64-bit.
AMD has today issued another graphics driver, a preview version of the Catalyst 12.3 RC which is set to come in WHQL-tagged form next month.
Build Info:
DriverVer=02/14/2012, 8.950.0.0000
8.95-120214a-133575E-ATI
Catalyst: 12.3
D3D: 7.14.10.0894
OGL: 6.14.10.11554
CCC: 2012.0214.2218.39913
Recommended for 'gamers', this preview release includes all the updates of Catalyst 12.1 as well. We have a discussion on our forums iopen on these drivers right here.
AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.1 CAP3 Download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/16/2012 04:29 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Grab the new AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 12.1 CAP3 release. These are the Catalyst profiles for multi-GPU support.
This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
Latest profiles added :
- Alan Wake: The American Nightmare - Improves CrossFire performance
- Syndicate
AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview driver available
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/26/2012 12:34 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Download AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview Driver Windows 7 and Vista 32/64-bit.
Next to the Catalyst 12.1 suite, AMD has today issued another graphics driver, a preview version of the Catalyst 12.2 which is set to come in WHQL-tagged form next month. Recommended for 'gamers', this preview release includes all the updates of Catalyst 12.1 as well as the following:
- AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements
- Additional resolution support: Users can now choose from a larger set of resolutions when running AMD Eyefinity
- Dynamic Configuration Changes: Switching between different display configurations will occur automatically when physically plugging/un-plugging displays
- HydraVision enhancements: The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference
- Profile Manager improvements: Increased support for Display Groups (including 5x1) and Extended configurations within the Profile Manager
Please note that AMD Radeon HD 7900 users should keep using the 8.921.2 RC11 driver found here (the 12.2 preview does not supported the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series).
We have a discussion thread open over here.
Download - Click here
AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1 WHQL Driver Download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/26/2012 12:29 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD has made available the first WHQL-certified graphics drivers of 2012, the Catalyst 12.1. This release includes support for Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, HD 5000 and HD 6000 series desktops (and mobile) cards (but not the HD 7970), for Radeon 3000 and HD 4000 chipsets, and features the following:
AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
- Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
- Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported display
AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements - Application Profiles
- AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
- Please be sure to select the "Restore Factory Defaults" option under the Catalyst Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature - this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles
AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements - Video UI improvements
- AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls.
We have a discussion thread open over here.
Download
AMD Catalyst 12.1 WinXP 32-bit driver
AMD Catalyst 12.1 Win 7 | Vista 64-bit driver
AMD Catalyst 12.1 Win 7 | Vista 32-bit driver
AMD Radeon HD 7900 driver 8.921.2 RC11
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/21/2012 08:45 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Download AMD Radeon HD 7900 driver 8.921.2 RC11 for windows Vista and 7 64-bit
Feature highlights of the 8.921.2 RC11 AMD Radeon
Multiple AMD Radeon Drivers 11.12 and 12.1
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/10/2012 01:41 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Over the past few days multiple new AMD Radeon drivers have surfaced in our forums. Some official, others not.
Here a small recap,
- Yesterday asder00 spotted this official AMD Catalyst 11.12 (8.921.2 January 4) [HD7000] update./ Obviously it is the currenbt build 11.12 driver yet not with family 7000 support. You can find info here.
- There is also a new AMD Catalyst 12.x driver with build / date 8.95 - January 03 2012. This is an unofficial released driver that can be found here.
- Then there is of course the AMD Catalyst 12.1a (8.930.10 January 2) AMD Official BETA, which you can grab here.
- And finally there's one AMD Catalyst 12.x (8.94 January 03) Unofficial BETA which can be found here.
Please read up the forum threads what driver will be the most interesting for you. Are you in Crossfire mode ? Then you need to install the latest AMD Catalyst Application Profile - 11.12 CAP2 as well, download here.
AMD Catalyst 12.1a and new CAP release
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/06/2012 09:44 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
The AMD Catalyst
AMD Catalyst 11.12 WHQL download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/14/2011 09:57 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD
AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview Driver 32-64-bit driver
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/13/2011 01:08 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD would like to share a preview of AMD's 12.1 Catalyst driver. Not only does this driver raises the bar on performance and fixes a few issues, but it also introduces quite a few new features, as well as UI enhancements. You'll find the list of changes below.
AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays.
AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements
AMD releases Catalyst 11.11c performance driver
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/02/2011 12:47 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver features
Elder Scrolls Skyrim
- New in Catalyst 11.11c: Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling for the AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
- Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling for AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
- Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations
- Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series
Assassin
AMD Catalyst 11.11b "Performance Driver" released
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/26/2011 07:14 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
New in Catalyst 11.11b:
Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling for (Elder Scrolls Skyrim and Assassin
AMD Catalyst 11.11a Performance Driver released
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/22/2011 12:00 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD released a new 11.11a Catalyst performance driver.
AMD Catalyst 11.11a performance driver features:
Batman Arkham City
- Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU and CrossFireX configurations
Rage
- Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
- Resolves a number of image / stability issues seen with the title:
- Fix geometry corruption, sometimes seen in Bash TV entrance
- Fix issues with Low-memory conditions on 32bit systems.
- Fix issue with extreme corruption with missing textures on 32bit systems.
- Fix memory leaks when deleting/reusing sync objects.
- Fix hitching and pausing, especially noticeable on some Quad Core systems when doing races and Stanley Express runs.
- Fix some missing shadows
Elder Scrolls Skyrim
- Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations
- Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series
- Disables CrossFireX (to resolve negative scaling and image quality issues seen when CrossFireX is enabled)
- AMD is continuing to work on a CrossFireX solution for Skyrim