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ATI / AMD have recently released Catalyst 12.8 Driver Suite

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ATI / AMD have recently released Catalyst 12.8 Driver Suite

You can download it here:

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.8: Windows 8 support

AMD’s first logo certified driver for Windows 8 production featuring support for the DirectX® 11.1 and the new WDDM 1.2 driver model:

  • Target-Independent Rasterization (TIR): TIR is a new rendering path that enables superior anti-aliasing in Direct3D driver applications.
  • Native Stereo 3D Support: Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applications.
  • Unified 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 supporting applications.
  • Optimized screen rotation for rotation aware devices.
  • Improved sleep/resume performance.
  • Optimized GPU power consumption.
  • Support for AMD features

– AMD Eyefinity

– OpenCL™

– OpenGL

– UVD

– AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire™ Technology

– AMD Overdrive

– AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center

 

RESOLVED ISSUES

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.8 software suite.

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Over/underscan settings are correctly restored on system reboot
  • SolidWorks: Graphical corruption is no longer experienced
  • Crysis Warhead: No longer crashes when launched in DirectX 10 mode
  • System no longer hangs when resuming from sleep mode
  • Audio is no longer disabled if the connected HDTV Is switched off/on
  • Enabling dual graphics mode with a HD 7000 series product no longer displays green video playback
  • Call of Duty- Black Ops : No longer hangs when loading a mission in DirectX 9 mode with Crossfire enabled
  • Shogun 2: Flickering text is no longer experienced
  • Star Wars – The Old Republic: In game cinematics no longer experience flicker when using the arrow keys
  • Dirt Showdown: 8-Ball track no longer hangs with AMD Crossfire functionality enabled
  • Max Payne 3: A black screen is no longer observed when launching game in DirectX 11 mode with AMD Crossfire functionality enabled
  • Max Payne 3: Applying in game settings no longer causes the game to crash

Resolved Issues for the Windows 8 Operating System (These issues were found in the Catalyst driver for the Windows 8 Preview)

  • Video playback using the Metro video player no longer shows green corruption
  • Deus Ex – Human Revolution: Graphics corruption is no longer experienced during in game cinematics with AMD Crossfire functionality enabled
  • Battlefield 3: game no longer crashes when AMD Crossfire functionality is enabled
  • Need for Speed – The Run: game no longer crashes to the desktop
  • Blocky video corruption no longer seen when using VLC
  • System no longer hangs when using PowerDVD
  • Green video corruption is no longer seen when using various video players

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

  • QQ Dancer: A black screen is no longer randomly experienced

 

KNOWN ISSUES

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst 12.8 software suite

Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system

  • Max Payne 3: Lights may flicker when run in Direct X 11 mode in a triple AMD Crossfire configuration
  • F1 2011: Vehicle textures may flicker when graphics profile is set to low
  • Enemy Territory Quake Wars: Poor performance may be experienced with AMD Crossfire technology enabled
  • Rage: Poor performance may be experienced with AMD Crossfire technology enabled

Known issues under the Windows 8 operating system

  • Blocky corruption may be experienced when playing back Flash video content
  • De-interlacing settings may not be applied to interlaced content when using MPC-HC and PowerDVD
  • Civilization V: game may crash when run in DirectX 9 mode
  • Total War – Shogun 2: game may experience random crashes
  • Rage: game may experience random crashes

Known issues under the Windows XP operating system

  • Diablo 3/Starcraft 2/World of Warcraft: Performance may be affected when run in windowed mode
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Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview

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Give the new Microsoft Exchange 2013 Preview a try, you can download it from the Technet Site using the link below

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh973395.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_116_1_33

You will require one of the following operating systems to install the Exchange 2013 Preview:

  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with SP1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter RTM or later

Exchange 2013 Preview allows you to use one of the following Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Entourage clients:

  • Outlook 2013 (Preview)
  • Outlook 2010 SP1 (with April 2012 Cumulative Update)
  • Outlook 2007 SP3 (with July 2012 Cumulative Update)
  • Entourage 2008 for Mac (Web Services Edition)
  • Outlook  for Mac 2011

You will require one of the following operating systems to install the Exchange 2013 Management tools:

  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with SP1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter RTM or later
  • 64-bit edition of Windows 8 Release Preview
  • 64-bit edition of Windows 7 with SP1
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GPU Caps Viewer 1.17.0 Released

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GPU Caps Viewer 1.17.0 has been released

New Features and Changes are as follows:

• Adds Support for OpenGL 4.3

• Adds Support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti

• Minor Changes to the User Interface

The official site and download links can be found here http://www.geeks3d.com/20120807/gpu-caps-viewer-1-17-0-with-opengl-4-3-support/

14.0.1, Firefox, Mozilla

Mozilla Release Firefox 14.0.1 Browser Update

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• NEW – Google searches now utilize HTTPS

• NEW – Full screen support for Mac OS X Lion implemented

• NEW – The Awesome Bar now auto-completes typed URLs

• CHANGED – Improved site identity manager, to prevent spoofing of an SSL connection with favicons

• DEVELOPER – Pointer Lock API implemented • DEVELOPER – New API to prevent your display from sleeping

• DEVELOPER – New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek

• FIXED – GIF animation can gets stuck when src and image size are changed (743598)

• FIXED – OS X: nsCocoaWindow::ConstrainPosition uses wrong screen in multi-display setup

• FIXED – CSS :hover regression when an element’s class name is set by Javascript

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-56 Code execution through javascript: URLs

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-55 feed: URLs with an innerURI inherit security context of page

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-53 Content Security Policy 1.0 implementation errors cause data leakage

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-52 JSDependentString::undepend string conversion results in memory corruption

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-51 X-Frame-Options header ignored when duplicated

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-50 Out of bounds read in QCMS

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-49 Same-compartment Security Wrappers can be bypassed

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-48 use-after-free in nsGlobalWindow::PageHidden

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-47 Improper filtering of javascript in HTML feed-view

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-46 XSS through data: URLs

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-45 Spoofing issue with location

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-44 Gecko memory corruption

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-43 Incorrect URL displayed in addressbar through drag and drop

• SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-42 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:14.0/ rv:10.0.6)

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