This release of AMD Catalyst™ 12.9 Beta driver includes a number of feature highlights and resolved issues. AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Release Notes
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst129betadriver.aspx
Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta: AMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro TechnologyAMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro Technology.
AMD Enduro Technology for Notebooks delivers:
Long lasting battery life
GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps
A Seamless and automatic experience
New features found in Catalyst 12.9 Beta:
Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interface
Up to 10% in Lost Planet 2 in single GPU configurations
Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Linux® Driver: New OS SupportThis release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems.
Ubuntu 12.10 early look support
RHEL 6.3 production support
Resolved issue highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta driver
Tri and Quad CrossFire+ Eyefinity configurations – Certain DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications lower than expected performance
FireFox – corruption observed in CrossFire configurations
Enabling Overdrive settings increased clocks in all power states
Availability of AMD Video Converter support in AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Windows 7 and Windows Vista packages
Instructions: Download and install the Driver from the following location:
AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd_catalyst_12.9_beta.exe
AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista – with .NET 4.0
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd_catalyst_12.9_beta_dotnet4.exe
AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Windows XP
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd_catalyst_12.9_beta_xp.exe
AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Driver for Linux
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd-driver-installer-12-9-beta-x86.x86_64.zip
Please note that the Catalyst Control Center component of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta (and future AMD Catalyst releases) requires that .NET 4.0 be installed.For detailed instructions on how to install the drivers, please refer to:
Article GPU-33 for a Windows 7 based system
Article GPU-1 for a Windows Vista based system
Article GPU-2 for a Windows XP
Note! This Driver is provided “AS IS” and under the terms and conditions of the End User License Agreement provided therewith.Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):Hardware:
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 7000M Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000M Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
AMD ISSUE REPORTING FORMThis driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, visit the AMD Issue Reporting Form.