En la nota previa ya comentamos las novedades del nuevo Catalyst Control Center que se comenzará a integrar con los controladores gráficos y multimedia AMD Catalyst 10.12, los últimos drivers de AMD para este 2010 que ya están disponibles para descarga desde AMD. Si quieres ser uno de los primeros en probar el nuevo CCC, en esta nota te dejamos el enlace para descarga.
Los Catalyst 10.12 para tarjetas de escritorio incluyen soporte para la familia de tarjetas: Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, HD 5000 y HD 6800 series y los IGP Radeon HD 3000 y HD 4000 series. Tanto la versión regular (para usuarios de Windows XP) con el CCC clásico, como la versión para usuarios de Windows Vista/7 con el nuevo CCC (Catalyst Control Center) ya están disponibles desde el sitio oficial de AMD para estos efectos.
Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 10.12 Windows release include:
New Features:
Support for DivX on the AMD Radeon 6800 Series
· With DivX® software installed on an AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series and later GPU and the DivX Accelerated™ solution, consumers can enjoy an improved DivX video playback experience by lowering CPU load, extending computer battery life on notebooks, reducing noise on home theater PCs and improving overall computer operation.– Grab the DivX Accelerated download from here (Available December 15) https://go.divx.com/accelerated
Support for OpenGL 4.1
· New features introduced in OpenGL 4.1
– Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
– The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
– The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
– 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
– Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility· New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1
– Linking OpenGL sync objects to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability
– The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility
– Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications
– Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messagesAMD Stream 2.3 SDK release
· Performance improvements for AMD’s OpenCL toolset
· Support UVD video hardware component through OpenCL driver (Windows 7 only)
· Support for the Stream Profiler on Linux (command line version)
· Support added for AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
· Support for FFT and BLAS-3 libraries
· Stream Profiler enhancements (including timeline visualization)
· Resolves a number of bug fixes from the Stream SDK 2.2 releaseHighlights of the Linux AMD Catalyst™ 10.12 release include:
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
· This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
o Ubuntu 10.10 support (production)For more information on AMD Catalyst™ 10.12 (for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues and performance highlights in this release, please see the AMD Catalyst™ 10.12 release notes.
Descarga desde AMD: AMD Catalyst 10.12 WHQL
Mirror TechPowerUP: ATI Catalyst 10.12 Software Suite Vista/7 32-bit (51.3 MB) – ATI Catalyst 10.12 Software Suite Vista/7 64-bit (72.6 MB) – ATI Catalyst 10.12 Software Suite WinXP 32-bit (43.1 MB) – ATI Catalyst 10.12 Software Suite WinXP 64-bit (63.8 MB)
Notas de rendimiento serán publicadas si AMD las publica en las Release Notes.
