ATI Catalyst Linux 8.12

AMD Catalyst Linux 8.12.

Following GPUs are supported:

ATI Workstation Product

• FireGL V8650;
• FireGL V8600;
• FireGL V7700;
• FireGL V7600;
• FireGL V7350;
• FireGL V7300;
• FireGL V7200;
• FireGL V7100;
• FireGL V5600;
• FireGL V5200;
• FireGL V5100;
• FireGL V5000;
• FireGL V3600;
• FireGL V3400;
• FireGL V3300;
• FireGL V3200;
• FireGL V3100;
• FireGL X3-256;
• FireGL X3;
• FireGL X2-256;
• FireGL Z1-128;
• FireGL T2-128;
• FireGL X1-128;
• FireGL X1-256p;
• FireMV 2200;
• Mobility FireGL V5000;
• Mobility FireGL T2.

ATI Mobility Product

• Mobility Radeon X3870;
• Mobility Radeon X3850;
• Mobility Radeon X3830;
• Mobility Radeon X3430;
• Mobility Radeon X3400;
• Mobility Radeon X2600;
• Mobility Radeon X2400;
• Mobility Radeon X2300;
• Mobility Radeon X1800;
• Mobility Radeon X1600;
• Mobility Radeon X1400;
• Mobility Radeon X1300;
• Mobility Radeon X1200;
• Mobility Radeon X1100;
• Mobility Radeon X800;
• Mobility Radeon X700;
• Mobility Radeon X600;
• Mobility Radeon X300;
• Mobility Radeon X200;
• Mobility Radeon 9800;
• Mobility Radeon 9600;
• Mobility Radeon 9550;
• Mobility Radeon 9500;
• Mobility Radeon Xpress 1200 series;
• Mobility Radeon Xpress 1100 series;
• Radeon Xpress 200M series.

ATI Integrated Product

• Radeon HD 3300;
• Radeon HD 3200;
• Radeon HD 3100;
• Radeon Xpress 1200 series;
• Radeon Xpress 1100 series;
• Radeon Xpress 200 series.

ATI Desktop Product

• Radeon HD 4800;
• Radeon HD 4600;
• Radeon HD 4500;
• Radeon HD 4300;
• Radeon HD 3800;
• Radeon HD 3600;
• Radeon HD 3400;
• Radeon HD 3200;
• Radeon HD 3100;
• Radeon HD 2900;
• Radeon HD 2600;
• Radeon HD 2400;
• Radeon X1900 series;
• Radeon X1800 series;
• Radeon X1600 series;
• Radeon X1300 series;
• Radeon X850 series;
• Radeon X800 series;
• Radeon X700 series;
• Radeon X600 series;
• Radeon X550/X300 series;
• Radeon 9800 series;
• Radeon 9700 series;
• Radeon 9600 series;
• Radeon 9550 series;
• Radeon 9500 series;

Before attempting to install the AMD Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed:

• XOrg 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4;
• Linux Kernel 2.6 and above;
• glibc version 2.2 or 2.3;
• POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications.

New Features

• Ubuntu 8.10 support – early look
• Information Center Enhacement. This release of ATI Catalyst Linux introduces enhancements to the ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition – Bus bandwidth and memory bandwidth information is now included in the Information Center.
• 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.
• SurroundView support. SurroundView can be enabled across a single discrete ATI Radeon graphics accelerator (ATI Radeon X1300 and higher product) and an AMD Integrated graphics product ( ATI Radeon 1200 Series, ATI Radeon 3100 Series, ATI Radeon 3200 Series and, Radeon 3300 Series Integrated graphics)