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ATI / AMD Catalyst 12.1a Preview Driver Released

ATI / AMD have released the Catalyst 12.1a preview driver, you can obtain the new driver from here:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst121apreviewdriver.aspx

Release Notes from ATI/AMD are as follows:

The AMD Catalyst™ 12.1a Preview driver includes all of the features found in AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview

Additional changes for upcoming update of Rage

  • Resolves some new texture corruption issues introduced by the latest version of the game
  • Improved performance ~5%
  • Smoother game play and reduces multicore sync points
  • Fixed mapbuffer failures when switching maps on 32-bit systems
  • Fixed a game crash when switching maps back and forth on 32 and 64bit systems

Happy Gaming 🙂

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ATI / AMD Catalyst 12.1 Driver

ATI / AMD have released the Catalyst 12.1 preview driver you can obtain the driver from here http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst121Previewdriver.aspx

The AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview includes all of the features found in AMD Catalyst™ 11.12 and also includes all of the latest optimizations found in the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance drivers (AMD Catalyst 11.12 does not include the latest 11.11c optimizations).   It is highly recommended that all gamers use the AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver.

Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver:

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 – 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 simplify adjustment of video color and video quality control.

Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver (in addition to the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver)

  • Improves performance (10-15%) in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim when Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing is enabled on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series for single GPU and AMD CrossfireX configurations
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How to find the version, edition, Service Pack and Cumulative Update Version of Microsoft SQL Server and its associated components

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If you want to find out the version and edition of Microsoft SQL Server then please take a look at Microsoft KB 321185 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321185

This will show you how to find versions for SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2005 – Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937137

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2005 – Service Pack 3 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960598

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2005 – Service Pack 4 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2485757

SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Updates that have been released since SQL Server 2008 – RTM http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956909

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2008 – Service Pack 1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970365

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2008 – Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2402659

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2008 – Service Pack 3 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629969

SQL Server 2008 R2

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates that have been released since SQL Server 2008 R2 – RTM http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981356

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2008 R2 – Service Pack 1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2567616

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates that have been released after SQL Server 2008 R2 – Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2730301

SQL Server 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Updates that have been released since SQL Server 2012 – RTM http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2692828

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Updates that have been released since SQL Server 2012 – Service Pack 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772858

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HTC Announce Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Handset Upgrades

The list of HTC Handsets that are due an upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in early 2012 is as follows:

  • HTC Sensation
  • HTC Sensation XL
  • HTC Sensation XE
  • HTC EVO 3D
  • HTC Rezound (US)
  • HTC EVO Design 4G (US)
  • HTC Amaze 4G (US)