AMD Releases Catalyst 10.12a Hotfix Video Card Driver Update

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We missed this one, but last week AMD released the first hotfix update to the recently released Catalyst 10.12 driver suite. This new hotfix introduces two important things: first, it adds official support for the recently-released AMD Radeon HD 6950 and6970 graphics cards; and second, it adds a new Eyefinity mode that lets you use all five display outputs on the HD 6000 series graphics cards for a 5 x 1 Eyefinity configuration. In order to run a 5×1 AMD Eyefinity setup like this you need to use two DVI, two mini-DP, one HDMI connector on the card! AMD only suggests using the 10.12a update if you have an AMD Radeon HD 6950 or 6970. You can download the hotfix here if you need it.

ATI Catalyst 10.12a Video Card Drivers

AMD Catalyst 10.12 versus 10.12a:

  • Catalyst 10.12a = Catalyst 10.11 plus a ton of 6970/50 performance optimizations (also added the 5X1 support for Eyefinity6 cards)
  • Catalyst 10.12 = the latest driver for all cards except the 6970/50 as per above

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