AMD Catalyst 12.1 provides a host of fixes and improvements as detailed below:
IMPROVEMENTS
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 simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls
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 12.1 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
• The in-game mouse cursor no longer randomly disappears while playing Alien vs Predator.
• Enemy Territory – Quake Ware will no longer experience intermittent crashes when in a 3 monitor Eyefinity configuration.
• Water texture is now rendered correctly in Enemy Territory – Quake Wars
• Dirt 2 does not exhibit stuttering when run in DirectX 9 mode.
• Playing Crysis 2 with in Crossfire mode no longer experiences random graphics corruption or game instability.
• Random corruption and screen flicker is no longer observed while playing Dragon Age 2 with Tri-Crossfire enabled.
• Lost Planet 2 no longer crashes after game launch when run in Crossfire mode.
• Lost Planet 2 and Tom Clancy HAWX2 no longer experience random game hangs/black screens when run at high in game settings.
• Water textures in World of Warcraft running in DirectX 9 mode no longer appear corrupted.
• The game "Rage" no longer experiences intermittent hangs when Crossfire is enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows® Vista Operating System
• This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.1 software suite for Windows® Vista. These include:
• Ejecting the disc during Blu-Ray/DVD playback using WinDVD no longer causes the system to crash.
• 3D content playback using PowerDVD now correctly used hardware acceleration.
• Poor performance is no longer randomly experience when playing World of Warcraft, Metro 2033 and Starcraft II at high in-game settings.
• Medal of Honor now correctly displays all in game settings.
KNOWN ISSUES
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
• Call of Duty 4 may experience corruption when run in DirectX 9 mode and the Edge Detect filter is enabled.
• Portal 2 may generate a black screen when launched in 3D stereo mode.
• The Morphological filter settings may be missing in the Vision Control Center.
• Civilization V may experience random game crashes.
• Forced Anti-Aliasing may not be available when playing Enemy Territory – Quake Wars.
• Call of Duty – Black Ops may experience a crash when run in Crossfire mode.
• Battlefield 3 may crash when run at ultra settings.
• Vsync may be disabled after task switching when playing Rage.
• Launching Rage with Crossfire enabled may cause the application to hang.
• Random flickering may be observed while playing Battlefield- Bad Company 2.
• Saints Row III may hang randomly during gameplay.
• Dragons Age 2 may experience random flickering when run in Tri Crossfire mode with Vsync enabled or when run in DirectX® 9 mode.
• Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 3 may experience flickering when run in Tri Crossfire mode.
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows® Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
• Windows Aero options may be missing after installing the latest driver.
Windows XP
Known Issues under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
• The mouse cursor may get corrupted if the "enable pointer shadow" option is unchecked.
Download AMD Catalyst 12.1.
The AMD Catalyst 12.2 preview driver includes all the fixes from 12.1 with some additional support as detailed below.
IMPROVEMENTS
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
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 12.2 Preview software suite for Windows 7. These include:
• Call of Duty IV no longer displays random corruption when in DirectX 9 more and the Edge Detect filter is enabled.
• A black screen is no longer occasionally displayed when running Portal 2 in 3D mode.
• All 3d Anti Aliasing settings are now correctly listed in the Vision Control Center.
• Morphological filtering settings are now correctly listed in the Vision Control Center.
• Civilization V no longer experiences random crashes when run in DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 modes.
• Enabling the 'Edge Detect' filter in Resident Evil 5 or Just Cause 2 no longer generates a random application crash.
• Battlefield 3 no longer hangs when MSAA is enabled.
• Saints Row III no longer experiences random hangs.
• Rage no longer experiences intermittent hangs when Crossfire is enabled.
• Dragon Age 2 textures no longer flicker when run in DirectX® 9 mode in Crossfire configurations with vsync enabled.
• Crysis Warhead and Battlefield Bad Company 2 no longer experience random crashes when Crossfire is enabled.
• Texture flickering is no longer experienced when playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 in DirectX 11 mode.
KNOWN ISSUES
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
• The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
• Vsync may be disabled after task switching when playing Rage.
• Skipping in game cinematics while playing Dragon Age 2 in DirectX 11 mode may cause stuttering.
• Dirt 3 may experience flickering with Crossfire enabled and run in 3D stereo mode.
• Battlefield – Bad Company 2 may experience random flickering when run in DirectX 11 mode.
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
• Windows Aero options may be missing after installing the latest driver.
Download AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview.
