ATI / AMD have recently released Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver Suite

ATI / AMD have recently released Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver Suite

You can download it here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst129betadriver.aspx

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta: AMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro Technology

AMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro Technology

  • AMD Enduro Technology for Notebooks delivers:

– Long lasting battery life

– GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps

– A Seamless and automatic experience

New features found in Catalyst 12.9 Beta:

  • Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interface

– View all profiled applications

– View recently run applications

– Profile applications based on power source

Expert mode control and customization

  • Performance centric AC
  • Battery centric DC

Performance highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.9 Beta (versus AMD Catalyst 12.8)

  • Up to 10% in Lost Planet 2 in single GPU configurations

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Linux® Driver: New OS Support

This release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems.

  • Ubuntu 12.10 early look support
  • RHEL 6.3 production support

Resolved issue highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta driver

  • Tri and Quad CrossFire+ Eyefinity configurations Certain DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications lower than expected performance
  • FireFox corruption observed in CrossFire configurations
  • Enabling Overdrive settings increased clocks in all power states
  • Availability of AMD Video Converter support in AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Windows 7 and Windows Vista packages

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