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Montag, 17. September 2012

23:32 - Autor: Dr@

AMD Catalyst 12.8 CAP3 - Neue Profile auch für Single-GPU-Systeme

AMD hat eine aktualisierte Version des AMD Catalyst Application Profiles (CAPs) veröffentlicht, in dem laut den offiziellen Release Notes sieben Profil neu hinzugekommen oder überarbeitet wurden. Im CAP ist jetzt ein CrossFire-Profil für Borderlands 2 enthalten. Zudem haben die Entwickler an den Profilen für Guild Wars 2, den DirectX-9-Modus von World of Warcraft, Depth Hunter, Dirt Showdown, Stalker: Call of Pripyat und War of Roses Modifikationen vorgenommen, um Darstellungsfehler im CrossFire-Modus zu beheben.

Seit dem ATI Catalyst 10.2 hat AMD die ATI CrossFireX Application Profiles aus dem eigentlichen Treiber herausgelöst, sodass Updates dieser Profile wesentlich schneller den Kunden zugänglich gemacht werden können. Die CAPs sind allerdings nicht nur für CrossFire-Systeme interessant, sondern auch für alle anderen Besitzer einer Radeon-Grafikkarte. Beispielsweise konnten die Ladezeiten für neue Karten in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 durch eine Aktualisierung des CAPs verkürzt werden. Zudem wird für bestimmte Anwendungen das Zuschalten von Anti-Aliasing über das Catalyst Control Center ermöglicht oder deaktiviert, wenn Probleme aufgetreten sind. Zukünftig will AMD auch Profile bereitstellen, durch die in bestimmten DirectX-11-Games der Tessellationfaktor automatisch vom Treiber reduziert wird, um so die Rechenlast zu reduzieren. Dies soll in erster Linie bei der Verwendung von kleineren Grafikbeschleunigern überhaupt erst die Aktivierung des Tessellation-Features ermöglichen. Bisher existiert allerdings kein derartiges Profil.

Mit den monatlich veröffentlichten AMD-Catalyst-Treiberpaketen wird wie bisher ebenfalls ein CAP ausgeliefert, welches aber meistens zwei bis drei Monate älter ist. In den künftig im wöchentlichen Rhythmus erscheinenden Updates sind jeweils auch sämtliche vorangegangenen Änderungen enthalten. Um die installierten Anwendungsprofile auf dem aktuellsten Stand zu halten, müssen Besitzer von AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarten demnach lediglich das aktuellste CAP-Update installieren. Zuvor sollte ein eventuell vorhandenes, altes CAP deinstalliert werden!

Das aktualisierte "AMD Catalyst Application Profile", welches zu allen Treibern ab dem AMD/ATI Catalyst 10.2 kompatibel ist, soll folgende Neuerungen enthalten:

AMD Catalyst 12.8 CAP3: Version: 9.01.20120913.2000
- Borderlands 2 – New CrossFire profile
- Guild War 2 – Resolves grass texture corruption observed when changing graphics settings in a CrossFire configuration
- World of Warcraft (DX9) – Fix the flickering observed when view distance is changed to fair in graphics settings when CrossFire is enabled
- Depth Hunter – Resolves shadow flickering seen when running in CrossFire mode
- Dirt Showdown – Resolves flickering seen in CrossFire mode
- Stalker: Call of Pripyat – Resolves flickering seen in CrossFire mode
- War of Roses – Fixes flickering seen in CrossFire mode

Seit dem AMD Catalyst 12.1 wurden bereits folgende Änderungen an den Profilen vorgenommen:

AMD Catalyst 12.8 CAP2: Version: 9.01.20120903.1955
- Guild Wars 2 – Improves games performance

AMD Catalyst 12.7 CAP3: Version: 9.01.20120807.2013
- The Secret World (DX11) – Resolves corruption seen in HUD/options when running in CrossFire mode on the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
- TorchLight 2 – Improves single GPU performance, and disables CrossFire due to incompatible support when running in a Multi-GPU configuration
- Spec Ops: The Line – Improves CrossFire performance (Nachtrag gemäß AMD-Info-Mail)
- Hawken – Improves the CrossFire performance

AMD Catalyst 12.7 CAP2: Version: 9.01.20120731.2010
- Aliens: Colonial Marines – Improves CrossFire performance
- Guild Wars 2 – Improves the CrossFire performance
- DOTA 2 – Improves the CrossFire performance
- Gas Guzzlers – Improves the CrossFire performance
- Salvation Prophecy – Disables CrossFire support to fix a crash found running in Multi-GPU mode
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Further refinements to increase CrossFire scaling performance
- Batman: Arkham City – Resolves texture corruption seen when enabling Super Sample Anti-Aliasing
- Shogun II – Resolves flickering seen when running in CrossFire
- APB Reload – Disables Crossfire to resolve corruption seen when playing this title
- Company of Heroes 2 – Resolves Anti-Aliasing issues seen when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center
- Risen 2 – Improves CrossFire performance
- Dishonored – Improves CrossFire performance
- Sniper Elite V2 – Improves CrossFire performance
- The Secret World (DX11 and DX9) – Improves CrossFire peformance

AMD Catalyst 12.7 CAP1: Version: 9.00.20120626.2017
- Diablo 3 – Multi Sample Anti-Aliasing and Super Sample Anti-Aliasing can now be enabled for this title through the Catalyst Control Center for single and multi-GPU configurations
- Call of Duty: World at War – Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – further improvements to CrossFire performance
- Myths and Heroes 3 – Improves CrossFire performance
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Improves CrossFire performance
- Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Future Soldier – Improves CrossFire performance and resolves flickering seen when running in CrossFire mode

AMD Catalyst 12.6 CAP1: Version: 8.99.20120529.2016
- Max Payne 3 (DirectX11 version) – Improves CrossFire scaling performance
- Krater – Resolves full screen flickering issue

AMD Catalyst 12.4 CAP2: Version: 8.99.20120522.1750
- Alan Wake: American Nightmare – Improves CrossFire performance
- Windows Media Center – Improve performance on APU configurations
- Max Payne 3 (DirectX11 version) – Improves single GPU and CrossFire performance

AMD Catalyst 12.4 CAP1: Version: 8.99.20120501.2021
- Counter Strike: GO – Improves CrossFire performance
- FireFall – Improves CrossFire performance
- Test Drive: Ferrari Legend – Improves CrossFire performance
- Sniper Elite 2 – Improves performance for single GPU configurations
- The Walking Dead – Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Blades of Time – Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Majesty HD – Disables CrossFire support, as the title is incompatible with CrossFire

AMD Catalyst 12.3 CAP1: Version: 8.97.20120327.2018
- FireFall – Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 – Improves CrossFire performance
- Ridge Racer Unbounded – Fixes full screen corruption for single GPU configurations
- Stacking – Resolved image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- DiRT 3 – Fixes corruption found in particular scenes when CrossFire is enabled

AMD Catalyst 12.2 CAP1: Version: 8.96.20120228.2011
- Mass Effect 3 – Improves CrossFire performance
- Path of Exile – Improves CrossFire performance
- The Darkness 2 – Resolves flickering issues on single GPU configurations when Anti-Aliasing is forced on in the Catalyst Control Center
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Resolves character texture corruption seen using single GPU configurations when Anti-Aliasing is forced on in the Catalyst Control Center
- Wargame: European Escalation (DirectX 9 version) – Improves CrossFire performance
- Wargame: European Escalation (DirectX 11 version) – Resolves flickering observed when running in CrossFire mode
- Mount & Blade – Disables CrossFire to avoid corruption as the title has a capped Frame Rate
- L.A. Noire (DirectX 11 Version) – Improves CrossFire performance, and resolves flickering seen in shadows

AMD Catalyst 12.1 CAP3: Version: 8.96.20120214.2013
- Alan Wake: The American Nightmare – Improves CrossFire performance
- Syndicate – Improves both single GPU and CrossFire performance
- The Darkness 2 – Improves CrossFire performance
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Improves CrossFire performance for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series to avoid negative scaling at low resolutions
- Natural Selection 2 – Fixes shadow map flickering issue seen with CrossFire enabled

AMD Catalyst 12.1 CAP2: Version: 8.96.20120207.2012
- Star Wars: The Old Republic – Improves CrossFire performance and resolves flickering seen on Map
- Unigine Tropics – Resolves flashing shadow reflections with CrossFire enabled
- Wargame: European Escalation – Improves CrossFire performance

AMD Catalyst 12.1 CAP1: Version: 8.96.20120201.2015
- Star Wars: The Old Republic – Improves CrossFire performance
- Oil Rush – Resolves issues with flickering seen in reflections in CrossFire configurations