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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:
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
