AMD Catalyst 11.7 and 11.8 Preview Video Card Drivers Released

By Nathan Kirsch

AMD today released the official Catalyst 11.7 graphics driver that many issues that users have complained about in recent weeks. AMD also released Catalyst 11.8 Preview drivers that enables Enables AMD HD3D technology support on DisplayPort panels and improved performance in Crysis 2 and Fear 3. If you want the latest driver be sure to download it from here! If you want to try out the Catalyst 11.8 Preview drivers you can find them here.

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AMD Catalyst 11.7 Resolved issue highlights:

  • All issues experienced with mouse cursor lag have been resolved
  • Log event (Event ID 62464) issues when playing video content have been resolved.
  • Resolves system hangs seen in the AMD Catalyst 11.6 driver on specific HDMI and DP displays.
  • Bluray playback using PowerDVD 10 under High Performance mode no longer randomly displays a blank screen.
  • Some Divx format files no longer display video corruption using WinDVD.
  • AMD SteadyVideo is now applied to Home Video clips using WinDVD 10.
  • Chequerboard corruption is no longer displayed intermittently when playing DirectX 10 titles in a Crossfire configuration and Eyefinity enabled.
  • Shogun II now renders the cinematics correctly when run in various Eyefinity configurations.
  • Video playback now works correctly when Hardware acceleration is enabled with VLC Player version 1.1.9.
  • Crossfire now functions correctly when playing Hamiltons Great Adventure.
  • PowerDVD now correctly handles 3D Bluray content.
  • Portal 2 no longer displays flickering on water surface textures with Medium and Low Shader detail settings.

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