01 February, 2011

Driver Update

Just a reminder, kids... the January Radeon drivers were released on the 26th so if you haven't already (I must admit being six days late) be a good little gamer and go update.... now. I have listed the changes below the page break.

Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.1 release includes:
  • F1 2010:
    • Performance increases up to 12% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
    • Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
  • Left 4 Dead 2:
    • Performance increases up to 17% on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single and Crossfire configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
    • Performance increases up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating SystemThis section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.1 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
  • Aliens vs. Predator game no longer fails to load with quad Crossfire enabled..
  • Text is no longer missing randomly in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
  • Graphical corruption is no longer seen occasionally in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
  • The Protoss Pylon Matrix is now rendered correctly in Starcraft 2.
  • Task switching in Dirt2 with Vsync enabled no longer causes a dual link monitor to go black.
  • System no longer crashes when enabling Crossfire with 2 monitors connected to the primary card and 2 monitors connected to the secondary card.
  • List of supported TV resolutions now includes 1080p 24Hz (if supported by the TV display).
  • Cyberlink PowerDVD no longer randomly exits when playing a blu-ray title with the “Aero-on” option enabled in the player.
  • An error message is no longer intermittently displayed when viewing a slideshow using Windows Live Photo Gallery.
  • Windows Media Player no longer displays a black screen when continuously playing several VC1 format files over a 4 hour period.
  • “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
  • Video corruption is no longer randomly seen during DVD playback using Windows Media Player.
  • Progressive scan DVD content no longer causes Windows Media Center to hang.
  • Interlaced DVD content no longer exhibits frame drops and jerky playback.
  • “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
  • Frame drops are no longer observed when playing HD interlaced content in Windows Media Center.
  • Call of Duty – Black Ops no longer randomly hangs on AMD Radeon HD 57xx series products.
  • Crossfire using AMD Radeon HD 68xx series products no longer hangs intermittently when running 3dMark 2006.
  • “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.

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