AMD has released their Catalyst 12.1 preview driver.  It includes all of the features from 11.11c and also new HD3D support, Catalyst and Vision control center enhancements, and Elder Scroll MSAA improvements for 6900 series cards.

 

Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver:

AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
· Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
· 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
· AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
· 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
· AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simplify adjustment of video color and video quality control.
Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview driver (in addition to the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver)

· 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

AMD has released a new Catalyst 11.11c GPU driver which is almost identical to the 11.11b, but adds CrossFire support for Skyrim when using Radeon HD 5000 cards.  Details are below.

 

 

o Elder Scrolls Skyrim
o New in Catalyst 11.11c: Delivers AMD CrossFire performance scaling for the AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
o CrossFire performance scaling for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
o Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations
o Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series
o Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
o New in Catalyst 11.11b: Delivers AMD CrossFire performance scaling
o Batman Arkham City
o Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU configurations
o Rage
o Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
o Resolves a number of image / stability issues seen with the title:
§ Fix geometry corruption, sometimes seen in Bash TV entrance
§ Fix issues with Low-memory conditions on 32bit systems.
§ Fix issue with extreme corruption with missing textures on 32bit systems.
§ Fix memory leaks when deleting/reusing sync objects.
§ Fix hitching and pausing, especially noticeable on some Quad Core systems when doing races and Stanley Express runs.
§ Fix some missing shadows
o Battlefield 3
o Resolves intermittent corruption seen when playing the game at specific camera angles

AMD's GPU driver team is working overtime as they have already followed up the 11.11a Catalyst release with 11.11b.  Perhaps this one finally fixes Rage on Windows XP.  As you can see Batman, Battlefield, Skyrim, Rage, and AC Revalations all get a going over.  You can download them here.

 

 

New in Catalyst 11.11b:

Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling for (Elder Scrolls Skyrim and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations)

Elder Scrolls Skyrim
Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
Improves performance 2-7% on single GPU configurations
Resolve corruption seen when enabling Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 Series
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
Batman Arkham City
Improves DirectX 11 performance for single GPU configurations
Rage
Delivers AMD CrossfireX performance scaling
Resolves a number of image / stability issues seen with the title:
Fix geometry corruption, sometimes seen in Bash TV entrance
Fix issues with Low-memory conditions on 32bit systems.
Fix issue with extreme corruption with missing textures on 32bit systems.
Fix memory leaks when deleting/reusing sync objects.
Fix hitching and pausing, especially noticeable on some Quad Core systems when doing races and Stanley Express runs.
Fix some missing shadows
Battlefield 3
Resolves intermittent corruption seen when playing the game at specific camera angles

Instructions:

Download and install the Driver from the following location:
AMD Catalyst 11.11b Performance Driver for Windows® vista & Windows® 7
AMD Catalyst 11.11b Performance Driver for Windows® XP
Installing the AMD Catalyst™ Software Driver
Installation information can be found at: How to Install Your AMD Product.
AMD Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback program. To provide us with your feedback, visit Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback.

AMD has released the new Catalyst 11.11 drivers for Windows and Linux.  Linux now has OpenCL enabled by default, and under Windows Flash 11 is supported. 

AMD has finally released the official Catalyst 11.10 drivers. These should be good for Rage and Battlefield 3.