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    AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta (May 22) Drivers

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Killiandros, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. Killiandros

    Killiandros Notebook Consultant

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    I couldn't see this already posted so have added here.

    I just downloaded these as I have been on the 12.2 beta drivers for a while now. They installed without any BSOD issues (uninstall via control panel, driver sweeper, fresh install) and seem ok so far but I don't really run benchmarks so perhaps others can comment on that. There appear to be quite a few fixes / improvements listed in the change log.

    Also of note, AMD appears to be moving away from monthly driver releases (but are still retaining the 'year.month' naming convention) so people will probably have to refer to leaked beta drivers for monthly updates. Another point - anything below 5800 series does not appear to be supported by these cards so if you are running 4870 cards you are unfortunately out of luck without driver mods (check the discussion link on Guru3d, others are requesting mods for 4000 series cards there it seems).

    Change logs and driver/CAP links:


    Direct download links:
     
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    Are these even mobility drivers? It doesnt look like it...
     
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