AMD Catalyst™ Driver Windows® 8 Release Preview
Last Updated
5/31/2012
Article Number
GPU-153
Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ feature preview driver for the Windows® 8 Release Preview
Featuring support for the new WDDM 1.2 driver model, this new driver enables customers to utilize the model’s features as applications are updated to leverage them. These features include:
Support for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series.
Native Stereo 3D support: Windows 8 natively supports stereoscopic 3D gaming and videos via compatible applications. Middleware applications will not be required for such apps.
Unified Video API: Video playback has been integrated into the DirectX® 11 API, enabling simultaneous video and gaming content. Transcoding performance may also be improved for supporting applications.
Optimized screen rotation for rotation-aware devices.
Improved sleep/resume performance.
Optimized GPU power consumption.
Support for AMD Features:
AMD Eyefinity
OpenCL™
OpenGL
UVD
AMD Dual Graphics/AMD CrossFire™ Technology
AMD Overdrive™
AMD Catalyst Control Center/Vision Engine Control Center
Known issues found in the AMD Catalyst feature preview for Windows 8 (these issues will be addressed in the AMD production release for Windows 8).
AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 performance in DirectX 9 applications may be slower under Windows 8 vs. Windows 7.
AMD CrossFireX configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 in DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 applications may be slower under Windows 8 vs. Windows 7.
AMD CrossFireX configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and the AMD Radeon HD 7700 in OpenCL accelerated applications may cause a BSOD or system hang.
Blacklight Retribution (DirectX11 mode) played with a CrossFire configuration may result in a system crash when launching the application (32-bit OS only).
Video corruption can be seen when playing back movie trailers with Metro video player.
Instructions:
Download and install the Driver from the following location: AMD Catalyst Driver Windows 8 Release Preview
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 Radeon HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
AMD A-Series APU
AMD C-Series APU
AMD E-Series APU
AMD FirePro™ V9800
AMD FirePro V7900
AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
AMD FirePro V7800P
AMD FirePro V5900
AMD FirePro V4900
AMD FirePro V3900
ATI FirePro V9800
ATI FirePro V8800
ATI FirePro V7800
ATI FirePro V5800
ATI FirePro V5800 DVI
ATI FirePro V4800
ATI FirePro V3800
AMD FirePro 2270
ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
AMD FirePro M8900
AMD FirePro M5950
AMD FirePro M3900
ATI FirePro M7820
ATI FirePro M5800
Operating Systems:
Windows 8 32-bit Edition
Windows 8 64-bit Edition
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AMD Radeon HD 5000/HD 6000/HD 7000系列显卡驱动8.972.4版For Win8-32/Win8-64（2012年6月5日发布）
相较于Intel和NVIDIA通过Windows Update推送Win8系统下显卡驱动的方式，AMD发布Win8系统下的显卡驱动则要正式的多。
日前，AMD官方就发布了支持Win8操作系统的最新催化剂驱动8.972.4版，增加支持了7900/7800/7700系列显卡。
它完整支持Windows 8新引入的显示驱动模型WDDM 1.2，其他更新还包括：
－ 增加支持AMD Radeon HD 7900、Radeon HD 7800以及Radeon HD 7700系列显卡。
－ 原生立体3D支持：Windows 8系统将会原生支持立体3D技术，包括全屏和窗口化游戏、视频软件。
－ 一体化视频API：DirectX 11 API现在整合了视频播放，可实现同步高质量视频、立体3D内容，还有潜力增强视频转码性能。
－ 屏幕旋转优化
－ 休眠、恢复性能改进
－ 电源管理优化
这款驱动还支持AMD显卡的各项图形技术，包括Eyefinity多屏输出、OpenCL并行计算、OpenGL API、UVD视频解码、CrossFire多卡交火、Dual Graphics双卡混合交火、OverDrive监控超频等等、催化剂/视距引擎控制中心，可以说已经具备了一款显卡驱动的基本全部功能。
硬件支持包括：
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 Radeon HD 7000M Series
AMD Radeon HD 6000M Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
AMD A-Series APU
AMD C-Series APU
AMD E-Series APU
AMD FirePro V9800
AMD FirePro V7900
AMD FirePro V7900 SDI
AMD FirePro V7800P
AMD FirePro V5900
AMD FirePro V4900
AMD FirePro V3900
ATI FirePro V9800
ATI FirePro V8800
ATI FirePro V7800
ATI FirePro V5800
ATI FirePro V5800 DVI
ATI FirePro V4800
ATI FirePro V3800
AMD FirePro 2270
ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
AMD FirePro M8900
AMD FirePro M5950
AMD FirePro M3900
ATI FirePro M7820
ATI FirePro M5800
