AMD has today released its latest graphics driver, a pre-certified version of Catalyst 12.2 for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

The driver supports the Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, HD 5000, HD 6000, and HD 7000 Series cards and is recommended for gamers.

Among the highlights are:

Windows 7 and Windows Vista support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- Enables support for Windows 7 64-bit/32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit/32-bit
- Windows XP support will be made available in AMD Catalyst 12.4

Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing is now available for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications
- Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and 7700 Series
- Users can now enable Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications
- Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications)

AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements
•         Custom resolutions – users can now choose from a much larger set of display resolutions for their AMD Eyefinity configurations
•         Dynamic Configuration Changes:  Switching between different display configurations (when physically plugging/un-plugging displays) will occur automatically by loading the appropriate profile
•         HydraVision enhancements:  The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference
•         Profile Manager improvements:  Users can now create multiple Display profiles, enabling users to seamlessly switch between various AMD Eyefinity and Display Configurations

The AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver can be downloaded here.

The certified version and the AMD Cataylst 12.2 Linux driver will be available in later February or early March.