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Posted 17 February 2012 - 03:13 PM

Last Updated 2/16/2012  

Article Number GPU-151
The AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 Certified driver (It is the same driver as the Catalyst 12.2 Pre-Certified, but will be officially Microsoft® certified) will be posted in late February or very early March 2012.
Release Notes
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.2 pre-certified driver:
Windows 7 and Windows® Vista® support for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series

  • Enables support for Windows 7 64-bit/32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit/32-bit

  • Windows XP support will be made available in AMD Catalyst 12.4
Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing is now available for DirectX® 10 and DirectX 11 applications

  • Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900 and 7700 Series

  • Users can now enable Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications

  • Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications)
AMD Eyefinity 2.1 technology enhancements

  • Custom resolutions – users can now choose from a much larger set of display resolutions for their AMD Eyefinity configurations

  • Dynamic Configuration Changes:  Switching between different display configurations (when physically plugging/un-plugging displays) will occur automatically by loading the appropriate profile

  • HydraVision enhancements:  The Windows Task bar can now be moved and resized based on users preference

  • Profile Manager improvements:  Users can now create multiple Display profiles, enabling users to seamlessly switch between various AMD Eyefinity and Display Configurations
Instructions:
Download and install the Driver from the following location: For detailed instructions on how to install the drivers, please refer to:

  • Article GPU-33for a Windows 7 based system

  • Article GPU-1 for a Windows Vista based system

  • Article GPU-2 for a Windows XP based system
Note! This Driver is provided “AS IS” in accordance with the End User License Agreement
Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):

Operating Systems:

  • Windows 7 32-bit Edition

  • Windows 7 64-bit Edition

  • Windows Vista 32-bit Edition

  • Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

  • Windows XP 32-bit Edition

  • Windows XP 64-bit Edition

  • Windows XP Media Center Edition