Tuesday, December 13th 2011

AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview Drivers Released, Support HD 7900 Series
AMD today released its latest unofficial drivers, Catalyst 12.1 Preview. Surprisingly, this release comes ahead of the month's scheduled WHQL-signed release, Catalyst 11.12 WHQL. According to sources, 12.1 Preview is the first driver that provides early (read: rough-on-the-edges) support for AMD's next generation Radeon HD 7900 series graphics cards, scheduled for launch on the 9th of January, 2012. That apart, Catalyst 12.1 brings the following changes to the table:
- AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
o Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
o 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
o AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
o 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
o 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)
o 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
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Now for the rest of drivers and stuff they do help just not for me in Skyrim.
Also, as you can see on the link above, it's recommended to use the "Restore Factory Defaults" button before trying to create profiles.
- What does it mean when they say the drivers support AMD HD3D in CF? does it mean it wasn't supported before?
- How much of a perf increase are you 69xx owners seeing up to now? (in skyrim)
- What's this new "stereo 3D mode"
- What's new with the App. profiles?
I'm looking forward to buying a ATI 79xx card, my nVidia 8800GTS 512MB sure have played out it's useful life now!
and then i read this
Improves performance (10-15%) 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
fuck AMD only thing i can say
I7 950 3.2@3.6
Gigabyte G1.Guerrilla rev1.0
2x xfx 5870 1gb models
2x ocz vertex 3 raid 0
12gb ddr3
catalyst 12.1
Can you uploade your settings files for me to try
these drivers are working well for me with 58x0 crossfire, less artifacting in skyrim with the same performance as 11.11c
I can just barely/about play it on my E-350APU. I have played the game on a single 8800GTS 512, single & Crossfired 4870's, single & Crossfired 5850's.
My mate used to play it on an old 7800GT@full settings and neither of us have had any problems running the game at all.
If youre having performance issues then your something in your rig isnt right.
thanks man, you almost made me spit my afternoon tea over the keyboard :roll::roll:
The game is very CPU bound, and with everything maxed, I get around 40-50 FPS avg, but there are areas where everything will just drop to 30FPS no matter what I do... and there are even areas inside dungeons (especially when encountering lots of water) that it can drop all the way to 15 FPS!
So yeah, here you have it, the game is CPU bound (very much) and until that changes (Which could take forever from what I hear), almost No one is going to be able to claim a SOLID 60FPS in this game (with everything maxed)
Still need an answer to my older post on this thread:
Can someone clarify some things about the new drivers for me pls?
- What does it mean when they say the drivers support AMD HD3D in CF? does it mean it wasn't supported before?
- How much of a perf increase are you 69xx owners seeing up to now? (in skyrim)
- What's this new "stereo 3D mode" (didn't AMD have 3d already before ???)
- What's new with the App. profiles? (didn't with have profiles already? we could set the "gaming" settings and the "overdrive" settings... what's new here?)
my settings:
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Also i am unable to find 'ugridstoload' in any of the ini files in the system folder
I'm going to get it right now :O(