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Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.ĪMD Catalyst Driver Catalyst Display Driver AMD Catalyst AMD Catalyst Display Driver Catalyst 12. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver.
It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Dirt: Showdown 8-Ball Track - may hang when run in AMD CrossFireX mode. Total War: Shogun 2 - flickering text when run in DirectX 11 mode with AMD CrossfireX enabled. AMD Radeon HD7900 series products - Crysis Warhead may crash when launched.
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system Call of Duty: Black Ops - Poor game performance experienced when run in Tridef mode with in-game AA enabled.
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.6 software suite for Windows Vista. Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations - BSOD when using desktop applications in DirectX 11 mode. AMD Radeon 7800 series products: Crysis 2 hangs when run in DirectX 9 mode. Video corruption seen after playing some DivX video clips using Windows Media Center. System hangs after playing various DVD and Bluray titles with PowerDVD. AMD A4, AMD A6, AMD A8 and AMD A10 APU Products - crashes after repeated toggling between VGA and HDMI monitors. AMD Radeon HD 7900 CrossFire Configuration – system hang after cinematics in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Heroes and Generals - Blocky corruption in scenes with smoke effects when run in DirectX 11 mode. Some occurrences of this issue may be related to an outdated System BIOS. Please ensure that your System BIOS is up to date. AMD Catalyst 12.6 includes some additional fixes(not found in the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta) for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics cards for issues related to the GPU hanging when the system goes to sleep. AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations - BSOD when using desktop applications. The AMD Catalyst 12.6 driver for the AMD Radeon HD 7000, AMD Radeon HD 6000, and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series is designed to resolve a possible video driver vulnerability issue and to minimize the occurrence of system crashes. EMET is a security test tool that allows system administrators to create test conditions to validate correct behavior of system components or indicate potential weak points. CERT recently approached AMD with information pertaining to what they believed to be a possible video driver vulnerability exposed by non-default settings of the Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET).
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 12.6 software suite for Windows 7. Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System New profiles have been added for the following titles: AMD Accelerated Processors for Desktop PCs: Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processors: Supported Dual Graphics configurations: AMD Accelerated Processors for Desktop PCs: Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.6:ĭual Graphics enhancements – new application profiles for DirectX 9 applications