AMD ha rilasciato i driver Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 per le schede video della famiglia Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000 e HD 7000. Questa versione introduce specifiche ottimizzazione prestazionali per il gioco Far Cry 3, oltre a comprendere tutti i bugfix delle release Beta precedenti.
Sempre per Far Cry 3, la casa di Sunnyvale propone un nuovo pacchetto di profili CAP2 da utilizzare in abbinamento ai driver Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11.
Queste le note di rilascio:
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMD CATALYST 12.11 BETA11 DRIVER
AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11 is now available, and includes the following updates: (Please note that AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta11 includes all of the fixes found in previous versions of AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta)
Improves performance in Far Cry 3 (up to 25% with 8xMSAA, SSAO enabled @ 1600p, and up to 15% with 8xMSAA, HDAO enabled @1600p) (AMD Catalyst 12.11 CAP2 must also be installed)
Resolves a sporadic system hang encountered with a single AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPU seen on X58 and X79 chipsets.
Resolves an intermittent hang encountered with AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series GPUs in a CrossFire Eyefinity setup.
Resolves image corruption found in certain DirectX 9.0c titles
Resolve missing fonts issue in XBMC
Resolves no video issue found in Media Player Classic Home Cinema when using full or half floating point processing
Resolves stability issues found in the previous AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta8 driver for Linux