ATi: Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix


Dienstag, 29. Dezember 2009
AMD hat einen Hotfix für den Catalyst 9.12 veröffentlicht: Hotfix that resolves the mouse being enlarged under Windows® 7, improves performance of OpenGL games, Provides CrossFireX™ support for Eyefinity & Provides support for OpenCL Problem Description: Performance drop is observed with a supported  ATI CrossFireX™ configuration when using the thermal scope while playing Call of Duty […]

AMD hat einen Hotfix für den Catalyst 9.12 veröffentlicht:

Hotfix that resolves the mouse being enlarged under Windows® 7, improves performance of OpenGL games, Provides CrossFireX™ support for Eyefinity & Provides support for OpenCL

Problem Description:

  • Performance drop is observed with a supported  ATI CrossFireX™ configuration when using the thermal scope while playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare
  • Performance drop during the opening cinematic of Resident Evil 5
  • Wheelman freezes while loading the game menu and can’t play further
  • The desktop mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random while using Windows 7
  • Flashing in various OpenGL titles – City of Heroes, Enemy Territories: Quake Wars, Riddick
  • Heaven benchmark (DirectX 9 mode) – Grass flickers and white boarders observed around the edges
  • DTS-HD and Dolby True-HD not working properly with certain receivers  while using HDMI connection on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release include:

1. Support for the OpenCL™ GPU component of the ATI Stream SDK v2.0

§  The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release provides full support for GPU acceleration of OpenCL when used in conjunction with the ATI Stream™ SDK v2.0.

This feature is supported on the following Products:

o   ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series

o   ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series

o   ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series

o   ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series

o   AMD FireStream™ 9200 Series

For more information about ATI Stream™ Technology and OpenCL, please visit .

§  Supported operating systems:  Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP, Linux

2. Support for ATI CrossFireX™ on Eyefinity configurations

§  The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX™ support on Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional graphics cards for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution Eyefinity display groups.

3. Support for DisplayPort audio

§  The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release adds support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort panels

Den Hotfix gibt es in der AMD Knowledge Base zum Download für Windows Vista/7 32/64bit, Windows XP und Linux.

Über den Autor

Severin „Maverick“ Lochinger beschäftigt sich in seiner Freizeit intensiv mit Technik, verschlingt Fantasy Romane, ist ein riesiger Film-Fan und kann ohne Musik und sein HiFi Equipment nicht leben. Im Berufsleben ist er Grafik-/Web-Designer und Front-End-Entwickler.

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