Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta: AMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro Technology
AMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro Technology.
New features found in Catalyst 12.9 Beta:
AMD Enduro Technology for Notebooks delivers:
Long lasting battery life
GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps
A Seamless and automatic experience
Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interface:
View all profiled applications
View recently run applications
Profile applications based on power source
Expert mode control and customization
Performance centric AC
Battery centric DC
Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Linux® Driver: New OS Support
This release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems.
Performance highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.9 Beta (versus AMD Catalyst 12.8)
RESOLVED ISSUES
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta software suite.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
Krater crashes when run on HD 7000 series products
Dirt Showdown 8-Ball hangs when CrossFire is enabled
The Amazing Spider Man stuttering experienced at certain game locations
Deus Ex Human Revolution: Intro scenes stutter
F1 2011: Vehicle textures flicker when game is run at low settings
Dirt Showdown: Flickering seen when benchmark is run in DirectX 11 mode
Battlefield – Bad Company 2: Flickering textures seen in CrossFire mode
Alan Wake: freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with a 3x1 Eyefinity layout.
Portal 2: freezes when run in DirectX 9 mode with a 3x1 Eyefinity layout
Catalyst Control Center Overscan settings are now correctly retained across reboots
Tri and Quad CrossFire+ Eyefinity configurations – Certain DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications lower than expected performance
FireFox – corruption observed in CrossFire configurations
Enabling Overdrive settings increased clocks in all power states
Availability of AMD Video Converter support in AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Windows 7 and Windows Vista packages
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
KNOWN ISSUES
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta software suite.
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
Max Payne 3: Lights may flicker when run in Direct X 11 mode in a triple Crossfire configuration
Metro 2033: Menus may flicker when run in DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 mode
Guild Wars 2: Texture flicker/corruption may be seen when changing graphics settings