ATI Catalyst 8.12

ATI Catalyst Windows XP driver v.8.12 for Radeon family of video cards

The Catalyst software suite 8.12 contains the following:

• Radeon display driver 8.561;
• HydraVision;
• HydraVision Basic Edition;
• WDM Driver Install Bundle;
• Southbridge/IXP Driver;
• Catalyst Control Center Version 8.12.

Supports following video cards:

• Radeon HD 4800 series;
• Radeon HD 4670 series
• Radeon HD 4650 series
• Radeon HD 4550 series
• Radeon HD 4350 series
• Radeon HD 3800 series;
• Radeon HD 3600 series;
• Radeon HD 3400 series;
• Radeon HD 2900 series;
• Radeon HD 2600 series;
• Radeon HD 2400 series;
• Radeon X1950 series;
• Radeon X1900 series;
• Radeon X1800 series;
• Radeon X1650 series;
• Radeon X1600 series;
• Radeon X1550 series;
• Radeon X1300 series;
• Radeon X1050 series;
• Radeon X850 series;
• Radeon X800 series;
• Radeon X700 series;
• Radeon X600 series;
• Radeon X550 series;
• Radeon X300 series;
• Radeon 9800 series;
• Radeon 9700 series;
• Radeon 9600 series;
• Radeon 9550 series;
• Radeon 9500 series.

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support for both Windows Vista and XP:

• ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 Series;
• ATI All-in-Wonder X1800 Series;
• ATI All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition;
• ATI All-in-Wonder X800 Series;
• ATI All-in-Wonder X600 Series;
• ATI Theater 650 PRO;
• ATI Theater 550 PRO;
• ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Series;
• ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Series.

Supports following chipsets:

• ATI Radeon HD 3300 Series;
• ATI Radeon HD 3200 Series;
• ATI Radeon HD 3100 Series;
• ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 series;
• ATI Radeon 1250 series;
• ATI Radeon 1200 series;
• AMD 580X series;
• AMD 690 Series Chipset;
• Radeon Xpress X1150 series;
• Radeon Xpress X1100 series;
• Radeon Xpress 200 series.

New Features

• ATI Stream Computing Support. ATI Stream computing harnesses the tremendous processing power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for high-performance, data-intensive computations over a wide range of scientific, business and consumer applications..
• ATI Stream Application: ATI AVIVO Video Converter. Using ATI Stream technology, owners of ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series of graphics cards can help accelerate the conversion of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on differing consumer electronics devices.
• New Display Enhancements. This release of ATI Catalyst Linux introduces support for display scaling to resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces.
• Noise Reduction for Progressive Video Content. This release of Catalyst introduces a new advanced video quality control: Noise Reduction for progressive video content, which removes ghosting artifacts while preserving details of the original video. The slider control can be found in the All Settings page of the Avivo Video tab found in the Catalyst Control Center.

Performance Improvements

• 3DMark Vantage DX10 - performance gains of up to 5% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on HD46xx, HD4550 and HD4350.
• Call of Duty - World at War DX9 – performance gains of up to 21% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD48xx.
• Crysis DX10 - performance gains of up to 25% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx.
• Crysis Warhead DX10 - performance gains of up to 13% for Single card mode and up to 16% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx.
• Devil May Cry 4 DX10 - performance gains of up to 6% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.
• Fallout 3 - performance gains of up to 15% for Single card mode.
• Far Cry 2 DX10 - performance gains of up to 10% for Single card mode and up to 57% in Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.
• FEAR DX9 - performance gains of up to 6% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on Radeon HD4870X2 and HD4870.
• Hellgate: London DX10 - performance gains of up to 6% for Single card mode and up to 10% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx.
• Left 4 Dead DX9 - performance gains of up to 10% for Single card mode and up to 5% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4870 series.
• Lost Planet Colonies DX10 - performance gains of up to 10% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.
• Prey OGL - performance gains of up to 15% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on Radeon HD4870 1GB products, HD46xx, HD45xx.
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - performance gains of up to 10% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.
• Unreal Tournament 3 DX9 - performance gains of up to 18% for Single card mode and up to 15% in Crossfire mode, especially in cases where AA is enabled. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.