Fixed AMD Catalyst drivers for Windows 8 Consumer Preview

AMD have released fixed Catalyst drivers for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview – so go grab them now!

Full WDDM 1.2

• Highlights include:
• Native Stereo 3D support: Windows 8 will natively support Stereo 3D for full-screen and windowed gaming, and video applications
• Unified Video API – Video playback is now integrated within the DirectX® 11 API; enabling simultaneous high quality Video and 3D content, and the potential for enhanced video transcoding performance
• Optimized screen rotation
• improved sleep / resume performance
• Optimized Power Consumption
• AMD Eyefinity
• OpenC™
• OpenGL®
• UVD
• AMD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire™ Technology
• AMD Overdrive™
• AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center

Please note: A future AMD Catalyst Windows 8 driver release will add support for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series in the coming weeks.

Instructions:

Download and install the Driver from the following location:

• AMD Catalyst Driver 8.93.7 RC10

Applicable Products for Driver Version 8.93.7 RC10:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):

Hardware

• 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 Series
• AMD FIrePro 3D Series

Operating Systems

• Windows 8 32-bit Edition
• Windows 8 64-bit Edition