AMD Catalyst 12.6 (8.980.0 May 22) AMD Official BETA

asder00 · *Last edited by asder00; 05-31-2012 at 20:30.*

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With the release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.6 Beta driver (“Catalyst”), AMD would also like to announce that we are moving away from our Monthly Catalyst release plan. Our goal is to ensure that every Catalyst release delivers a substantial benefit to our end users; as we have today with the release of the Catalyst 12.6a Beta. We will still continue with the Catalyst naming convention; Catalyst: Year.Month. You just won’t see a new driver every single month. We are confident that this will only benefit the end user; you’ll only need to upgrade to a new Catalyst driver, when it makes sense.

We would also like to announce the introduction of our new AMD Issue Reporting Form. We made a number of improvements to the older Catalyst Crew Feedback form, making it more comprehensive, ensuring high quality feedback. Feedback is very important in every product company’s life, especially in our fast paced environment. This is not just a check-box for us – we take these reports very seriously. We will review every report posted here and investigate every issue encountered. Please use this form whenever you encounter something worth mentioning.

Resolved issue highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.6 Beta:

AMD Radeon™ HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Tri-CrossFire™ configurations + Eyefinity BSOD when launching a DirectX application.
AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations BSOD when using desktop applications.
AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 cards hang when system goes to sleep.
Tearing on Eyefinity configurations when different display connector types are used.
Poor Elder Scrolls: Skyrim CrossFire scaling seen in AMD Catalyst 12.4 (back to CrossFire scaling found in AMD Catalyst 12.3).
AMD Catalyst Control Center – intermittently missing Overdrive page.
AMD Catalyst Control Center – missing GPU Activity gauge.
AMD Radeon HD 7900 CrossFire Configuration – system hang after cinematic in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Crysis 2 -random system hangs when run in DirectX 9 mode.
Heroes and Generals: Blocky corruption in scenes with smoke effects when run in DirectX 11 mode.
Disabled HDMI audio when the connected HDTV is powered Off/On.

Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta:
Dual Graphics enhancements – new application profiles
Supported Dual Graphics configurations:

AMD Accelerated Processors for Desktop PCs

AMD Radeon HD 7660D (A10-5700)
AMD Radeon HD 7560D (A8-5500
Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processors
AMD Radeon HD 7660D (A10-4600)
AMD Radeon HD 7640G (A8-4500M)
AMD Radeon HD 7520G (A6-4400M)
New profiles have been added for the following game titles:
Diablo 3
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
StarCraft 2
Portal 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Call of Duty Black Ops
Future Catalyst releases will continue to add Dual Graphics support for additional titles

Build Info:
DriverVer=05/22/2012, 8.980.0.0000
8.98-120522a-139735E-ATI

Supported Cards:

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Krogtheclown · 05-31-2012, 20:18 | posts: 909 | Location: Illinois

how u get this?

Faruk · 05-31-2012, 20:19 | posts: 60 | Location: Turkey

Oh yea, thank you much asder!

Mikedogg · 05-31-2012, 20:20 | posts: 2,872 | Location: The Freak Show - Earth.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krogtheclown

how u get this?

Magic.

ipredator · 05-31-2012, 20:21 | posts: 494

Wee even with mobility mod, thanks asder

stigbeater · 05-31-2012, 20:22 | posts: 22

nice thanks

bighead147 · 05-31-2012, 20:23 | posts: 60

finally new driver for testing! thanks

Rich_Guy · 05-31-2012, 20:25 | posts: 6,640 | Location: UK

Cheers asder

FDisk · 05-31-2012, 20:27 | posts: 607

Thanks

MyBrains · 05-31-2012, 20:27 | posts: 414 | Location: UK

asder00.. the supermarket of graphics drivers.

Thank you sir

Olvik · 05-31-2012, 20:37 | posts: 138 | Location: Spain

Thank you...!

teppic · 05-31-2012, 20:38 | posts: 86

Thanks. It's fixed a problem for me in Skyrim.

La_Croato · 05-31-2012, 20:39 | posts: 18 | Location: AUSTRIA / Feldkirch

Does the Driver work on Windows 8 CP/RP?

Faruk · 05-31-2012, 20:39 | posts: 60 | Location: Turkey

I think scaling options via hdmi is broken on this driver. When i restart the windows it turns back defeault settings.

V-FrIeNd · *Last edited by V-FrIeNd; 05-31-2012 at 20:50.*

Thanks asder.

asder00 · 05-31-2012, 20:43 | posts: 874 | Location: twitter.com/asder00

Incoming windows 8 driver F5!!!

kpo6969 · 05-31-2012, 20:48 | posts: 564 | Location: Pennsylvania

Quote:

Originally Posted by asder00

Incoming windows 8 driver F5!!!

Thanks on both accounts so much.

MyBrains · 05-31-2012, 20:52 | posts: 414 | Location: UK

Just had 4 BSOD's in a row after installing but eventually loaded Windows 7. Hmm what to do?

La_Croato · 05-31-2012, 20:55 | posts: 18 | Location: AUSTRIA / Feldkirch

Quote:

Originally Posted by asder00

Incoming windows 8 driver F5!!!

THX a lot!

Mikedogg · *Last edited by Mikedogg; 06-05-2012 at 20:38.*

Nm..

asder00 · 05-31-2012, 20:57 | posts: 874 | Location: twitter.com/asder00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikedogg

What do you make of this.

Series below HD5000 aren't supported, i will try later if its possible to do a mod, like the ones i do for mobility cards.

Mikedogg · *Last edited by Mikedogg; 06-05-2012 at 20:39.*

Nm..

bighead147 · 05-31-2012, 21:05 | posts: 60

I noticed one problem with driver. On the stock clocks,the screen is blinking with black lines. But when i overclock from 99/149 to 250/250 it stop. I cant explained this problem very well so i post screen if i will have a time.

Xzibit · 05-31-2012, 21:11 | posts: 4,383 | Location: Europe

Oh yeah, new drivers

Thanks bro!

ipredator · 05-31-2012, 21:12 | posts: 494

Hey asder, should we use the CAP's of the driver or the 12.6 CAP1 of the other thread? Are they identical?