Seit dem AMD Catalyst 11.3 bietet AMD zusätzlich zur bekannten Catalyst-Software-Suite auch eine Version mit bereits integrierter OpenCL-Laufzeitumgebung an, die notwendig ist, wenn auf der Grafikkarte oder APU OpenCL-Kernel bzw. per OpenCL-beschleunigte Programme ausgeführt werden sollen. Das hier zum Download angebotene AMD Catalyst 11.11 Treiberpaket enthält bereits die aktuelle Laufzeitumgebung des AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) SDK 2.5, die AMDs Lösung zur Entwicklung parallelisierter Software auf Basis der OpenCL-Programmierplattform ist. Daher sollte vor der Installation eine eventuell vorhandene ältere Version des AMD APP SDK deinstalliert werden. Beginnend mit dem Catalyst 11.8 plant AMD nicht nur wie bisher regelmäßig Bugfixes in die Laufzeitumgebung zu integrieren, die mit dem monatlichen Catalyst-Update ausgeliefert wird, sondern auch unabhängig von den Releases des AMD APP SDK neue Features zu implementieren.

Was ist neu?

New Features:

• Adobe Flash Player 11 support:
  • Enables full support of the GPU accelerated Stage 3D API and Stage 3D applications
  • Supported on the AMD Radeon HD Series of GPUs, A-Series APU and E-Series APU

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.11 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

• Images and textures are no longer corrupted (Blue) in Rage.
• Bezel compensation now works correctly with Far Cry 2.
• Screen tearing is no longer randomly observed while moving a window on the desktop while in Clone mode or Eyefinity mode.
• A black screen is no longer observed when extending displays.
• Homefront no longer crashes randomly when Crossfire is enabled.
• DC – Universe Online no longer hangs soon after selecting a character and entering the game.

Known Issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

• Screen tearing may be observed occasionally while playing Portal 2 in DirectX 9 mode.
• Shogun 2 may exhibit screen corruption while playing on low resolution settings in 2x1 Eyefinity mode.
• Choppy playback may be observed playing interlaced DVD content in full screen mode using PowerDVD 11.
• A BSOD error may occur while playing Call of Duty – Black Ops in Multiplayer mode with Crossfire enabled.
• Video corruption may be observed while playing World of Warcraft in windowed mode and AVI file simultaneously.
• Dragon Age 2 may exhibit corruption during in game cinematics when run in DirectX 9 mode.
• Lost Planet 2 my display random corruption and flickering when run in DirectX 9 mode.
• Lost Planet 2 may crash randomly when Crossfire is enabled.
• The following games may experience random flashing textures during gameplay:
  • Homefront
  • Metro 2033
  • Far Cry 2
  • Stalker : Call of Pripyat

Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

• Windows Aero options may be missing after installing the driver.
• A ‘ghost’ cursor may be observed when playing Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.
• The character avatar in Dragon Age 2 may display random flickering.
• HAWX 2 may experience random system reboots when run in Eyefinity mode.
• Civilization V may experience random crashing when run at medium or high in game settings.
• Bulletstorm may experience random flashing during gameplay.
• Dead Space 2 may hang occasionally soon after game launch.

Download:

• AMD Catalyst
  
  
  • AMD Catalyst 11.11 WHQL Grafiktreiber [Windows 7 / Vista 32 bit]
  • AMD Catalyst 11.11 WHQL Grafiktreiber [Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit]
  
  
  • AMD Catalyst 11.11 WHQL Grafiktreiber [Windows XP 32 bit]
  • AMD Catalyst 11.11 WHQL Grafiktreiber [Windows XP 64 bit]
  Anwender von Windows XP benötigen das .NET Framework 3.5 für die Installation des CCC.


• Optional:
  
  
  • Catalyst Control Center - Deutsch [Windows 7 / Vista 32 & 64 bit]
  • Catalyst Control Center - Deutsch [Windows XP 32 & 64 bit]
  
  
  • AMD Media Codec Package [Windows 7 / Vista 32 & 64 bit]
  • AMD Media Codec Package [Windows XP 32 & 64 bit]
  
  
  • HydraVision Package [Windows 7 / Vista 32 & 64 bit]
  • HydraVision Package [Windows XP 32 & 64 bit]
  
  
  • South Bridge Driver [Windows 7 / Vista 32 & 64 bit]
  • South Bridge Driver [Windows XP 32 & 64 bit]
  
  
  • AMD RAID Driver [Windows 7 32 & 64 bit]
  • AMD RAID Driver [Windows Vista 32 & 64 bit]
  • AMD RAID Driver [Windows XP 32 & 64 bit]
  
  
  • AMD AHCI Driver [Windows 7 32 & 64 bit]
  • AMD AHCI Driver [Windows Vista 32 & 64 bit]

Auch der AMD Catalyst Mobility für alle ATI Mobility Radeon Grafikkarten ab der HD 2000 Serie und die aktuellen AMD Radeon HD 6000M wurde ebenfalls aktualisiert. Folgende Notebooks werden allerdings offiziell von dem Treiberpaket nicht unterstützt:

• Any notebook launched after this driver release.
• Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel chipsets.
• Toshiba notebooks (please check with your notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
• Sony VAIO notebooks (please check with your notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
• Panasonic notebooks (please check with your notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

• AMD Catalyst Mobility:
  
  
  • AMD Catalyst 11.11 WHQL Grafiktreiber für Notebooks [Windows 7 / Vista 32 bit]
  • AMD Catalyst 11.11 WHQL Grafiktreiber für Notebooks [Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit]


• Optional
  
  
  • AMD Media Codec Package für Notebooks [Windows 7 / Vista 32 & 64 bit]
  • HydraVision Package für Notebooks [Windows 7 / Vista 32 & 64 bit]

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes
• Graphics Technical Support
• Catalyst Crew Feedback Form
• Guide on how to install an ATI graphics card and / or its drivers


• AMD Catalyst 11.11 CAP1
• AMD Catalyst Application Profiles erscheinen künftig im wöchentlichen Rhythmus