Tuesday, February 15th 2011
AMD Releases Catalyst 11.2 WHQL Software Suite
AMD today released version 11.2 of its Catalyst software suite. AMD's latest release has come a little early for this time of the month. With this release, AMD focused on improving features, and introducing new ones. To begin with, tessellation controls that were first introduced with Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix, has been finalized, including a fully-functional "AMD Optimized" setting, which sets the best tessellation level while maintaining optimal frame-rates. The setting is per-application, and relies on AMD profiling applications. Next, Catalyst AI Texture Filtering received updates including a new method to improve image quality with minimal performance impact. Last of the big three feature updates is the official extension of the morphological anti-aliasing (MLAA) to AMD Radeon HD 5000 series GPUs. Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Batman Arkham Asylum got some GPU-specific performance improvements.
DOWNLOAD:AMD Catalyst 11.2 for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
DOWNLOAD:AMD Catalyst 11.2 for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
144 Comments on AMD Releases Catalyst 11.2 WHQL Software Suite
Did this upgrade bring forth the support of application profiles, which allow you to set different options for different applications depending on your needs?
See this link for nVidia example...
Currently using the leaked beta drivers still.
Catalyst AI Texture Filtering updates
The Quality setting has now been improved to match the High Quality setting in all respects but one; it enables an optimization that limits tri-linear anisotropic filtering to areas surrounding texture mipmap level transitions, while doing bilinear anisotropic filtering elsewhere. This optimization offers a way to improve filtering performance without visibly affecting image quality
The Performance setting has been updated to address the sharpness of the default Quality setting causing shimmering in certain cases. It now provides a smoother filtering option that eliminates most shimmering while preserving the improved detail provided by anisotropic filtering.
Default is now High Quality mode with minimal driver adjustment.
I don't use them, if I need to change all the settings for one game, that game is crap, or I need a new card.
What was this thread about? :p
And Trickson unless you play Black Ops just don't bother (though, really, you shouldn't have any issues just installing like any other driver).
Do presets now pretty much function like profiles and let you choose different settings for different applications?
Example: NFS Shift crashes if I set AA from inside the game. I made a profile for it where I set AA inside CCC and it works like a charm.
After upgrading to 11.2, crossfire was disabled and 2nd adapter showed "disabled" in ccc. No way to enable crossfire.
De-installed 11.2, driver sweeper on it, re-installed 11.1 hotfix and everything back to normal.