Catalyst 10.12 da AMD, anche in versione Preview

AMD ha reso disponibile la versione 10.12 dei propri driver Catalyst, compatibili con le schede video AMD Radeon HD serie 6800 oltre che con le schede ATI Radeon HD dalla serie 2000 in poi. Questi driver vengono proposti in versione standard oppure in release APP, Accelerated Parallel Processing, con la quale viene fornito anche un driver OpenCL. A chiudere anche la versione Preview dei driver, solo per sistemi operativi Windows 7 a 32bit e a 64bit, che mette a disposizione il nuovo Catalyst Control Center completamente rinnovato sia dal punto di vista grafico sia di quello delle funzionalità.

A seguire i link per il download:

Driver AMD Catalyst 10.12

Driver AMD Catalyst 10.12 APP

Driver AMD Catalyst 10.12 Preview

Di seguito le note fornite a corredo:

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 10.12 Windows release include:
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.

o Grab the DivX Accelerated download from here (Available December 15) http://go.divx.com/accelerated

Support for OpenGL 4.1

• New features introduced in OpenGL 4.1

o Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
o The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
o The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
o 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
o Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility

• New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1

o Linking OpenGL sync objects to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability
o The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility
o Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications
o Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messages

AMD 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 release