AMD is already counting on Windows 8
"Three-in-one Catalyst news." We also mention the Catalyst 11.11 a and b performance driver and the Windows 8 Preview driver in the beta stage.
Microsoft made a pre-release of Windows 8 publicly available at the BUILD conference in Anaheim, aimed primarily at developers. The stable version is expected to be released in 2012, so developers may slowly be familiar with the system. AMD programmers can now give testers a new boost. The Catalyst beta (8.88.5.4) Windows 8 Preview driver can be used with Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics controllers. The download ide click to get started.
The Catalyst 11.11b performance driver can be installed on Windows 7, Vista and XP. The driver also only supports Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards. The driver also includes improvements from the previous version (11.11a). The list of novelties briefly looks like this:
Batman Arkham City
- Higher performance under DirectX 11 in a GPU environment
Rage
- Better CrossfireX performance
- Bug fixes related to different stability and display
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- Better Crossfire performance
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- For a GPU system, a performance increase of 2-7 percent
- The performance of CrossFire systems has been improved for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 series. The HD 5000 series will receive CrossFire support with the following driver.
- Fixed Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing issues with AMD Radeon HD 6970 cards.
Battlefield 3
- Graphic errors in special camera positions have been fixed.
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Source: amd.com
