Saturday, April 21st 2012

AMD to Drop Support for Pre-HD 5000 GPUs with Catalyst 12.7

AMD will conclude driver updates for pre-Evergreen, or pre-Radeon HD 5000 (that's HD 2000, HD 3000, and HD 4000) series GPUs, starting this summer. The change could take effect with Catalyst 12.7 (around July). Users of these older GPUs can use the (then) latest driver (Catalyst 12.6) to run their older DirectX 10/10.1 graphics cards. The elimination of pre-Evergreen GPUs could also slim down the driver package a bit, in terms of file-size.
Source: Phoronix
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130 Comments on AMD to Drop Support for Pre-HD 5000 GPUs with Catalyst 12.7

#126
ThE_MaD_ShOt
newtekie1So no support for these cards in Win8 doesn't bother you then?
I'm pretty sure there will be a win 8 driver for them.
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Mussels
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kn00tcnit is an extremely stable and robust driver branch for these products and will be the baseline for our quarterly updates.
that says it all.
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#128
Widjaja
Damn it!

This mean I will now have to get a new GPU and PSU this year when I had recently just bought some new stuff.
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#129
TheoneandonlyMrK
Sends a shiver down my spine .this isnt good for my future ie its comeing the end .

Coincidenfally iv a new conspiracy for you.
I heard that the mayan calander indeed points to something epic... 8### +gk110 tech combo. The work will lie undone the streets empty.
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eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
WidjajaDamn it!

This mean I will now have to get a new GPU and PSU this year when I had recently just bought some new stuff.
You have a strong powersupply no worries there
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