- Desktop Graphics
- Radeon HD/A/E Series APU
- Windows XP - 32 Bit
- Version 12.8
- 93.7 MB (12-8_xp32_dd_ccc.exe)
Note: Radeon HD/A/E Series includes Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx Series PCIe, A-Series A4-34xx/A6-36xx/A8-38xx APU, E-Series E-350/E1-1200/E2-1800 APU driver.
Detail Description:
Package Content
The AMD Catalyst software suite 12.8 contains the following:
- AMD display driver version 8.961
- HydraVision™ for Windows Vista® and Windows® 7
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- AMD Catalyst Control Center version 8.961 / AMD Vision Engine Control Center version 8.961
Caution:
The AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center requires that the Microsoft® .NET Framework SP1 be installed for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Without .NET SP1 installed, the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.
Notes:
- When installing the AMD Catalyst driver for Windows operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Catalyst driver.
- The Catalyst driver requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.
- AMD Eyefinity technology gives gamers access to high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics horsepower required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.
- Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers are no longer bundled in the AMD Catalyst software suite. The WDM drivers install bundle can be downloaded independently through the AMD website.
AMD Product Compatibility
- ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6310D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6370D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6410D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6500 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6530D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6550D Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7300 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
- AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
AMD FireStream Product Families
- AMD FireStream™ 9170
- AMD FireStream™ 9250
- AMD FireStream™ 9270
- AMD FireStream™ 9350
AMD Catalyst 12.8 Windows release includes NEW FEATURES:
Windows XP support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series not for ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series.
- In addition to Windows 7 and Windows Vista support, Catalyst 12.4 now also introduces Windows XP (64-bit/32-bit) support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Super Sampling Anti-Aliasing: Level of Detail (LOD) Image Quality enhancements
- Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- LOD Image quality enhancements have been improved when enabling Super Sample Anti-Aliasing and Adaptive Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center for DirectX® 10 and DirectX® 11 applications.
- Applications must support in game Anti-Aliasing for the feature to work (Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center is not supported for DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications)
Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA): Significant performance enhancements
- Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series, and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
- MLAA now operates up to 80% faster than previous versions
Texture filtering quality improvements
- Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- Improvements have been made to the texture filtering algorithm (for both DirectX9 and DirectX10/DirectX11 applications) to increase the quality of rendered textures, with no impact to performance
Known issues under the Windows XP operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
- The system may fail to resume from sleep/hibernate mode is some configurations.
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.8 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
- Dirt 3: a system hang is no longer experienced when running game at maximum in game settings.
- Dragon Age 2: visual corruption is no longer observed.
