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    Default AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1 Preview

    Finally after a million years AMD have finally changed up a gear with Catalyst and it looks to be pure awesomeness!!

    AMD would like to share a preview of AMD's 12.1 Catalyst driver. Not only does this driver raises the bar on performance and fixes a few issues, but it also introduces quite a few new features, as well as UI enhancements. You'll find the list of changes below.

    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

    Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver (in addition to the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver)
    · Improves performance (10%) 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
    Download is available here:

    http://downloads.guru3d.com/AMD-Cata...load-2826.html
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    Nice will grab this later.

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    ooh i soo hope this will sort my issue out... willl get it tonight
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    Nice, I might give this a try although my current 11.11 driver is running flawlessly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wenzdayz View Post
    ooh i soo hope this will sort my issue out... willl get it tonight
    If it doesn't let me know

    I can report that these do make a difference, seeing about 15% increase in fps while playing Skyrim. So +1 AMD!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Joker View Post
    If it doesn't let me know

    I can report that these do make a difference, seeing about 15% increase in fps while playing Skyrim. So +1 AMD!!
    wow that is impressive! Nice thread Joker!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grimspoon View Post
    wow that is impressive! Nice thread Joker!
    lol pretty much just copied over what was posted on Guru3D

    Thanx though

    There is def improvment in skyrim, haven't tried anything else yet, will update tonight once I play some other games.
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    Thanks for the heads up, downloading now!

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    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
    FINALLY! I wonder if this new driver is the reason the recent updates (primarily crossfire) have been so slow in coming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GReeN_ORB View Post
    FINALLY! I wonder if this new driver is the reason the recent updates (primarily crossfire) have been so slow in coming.
    Yip it took them long enough xD and it works beautifully
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