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12.9 Beta Win Vista/7/8 32&64-bit
12.9 Beta Win Vista/7/8 32&64-bit with NET 4.0
12.9 Beta Win XP 32&64-bit
12.9 Beta Linux

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta: AMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro Technology

AMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro Technology.

• AMD Enduro Technology for Notebooks delivers:
  • Long lasting battery life
  • GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps
  • A Seamless and automatic experience

New features found in Catalyst 12.9 Beta:

• Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interface
  • View all profiled applications
  • View recently run applications
  • Profile applications based on power source

• Expert mode control and customization
  • Performance centric AC
  • Battery centric DC

Performance highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.9 Beta (versus AMD Catalyst 12.8)

• Up to 10% in Lost Planet 2 in single GPU configurations

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Linux® Driver: New OS Support

This release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems.

• Ubuntu 12.10 early look support
• RHEL 6.3 production support

Resolved issue highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta driver

• Tri and Quad CrossFire+ Eyefinity configurations – Certain DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 applications lower than expected performance
• FireFox – corruption observed in CrossFire configurations
• Enabling Overdrive settings increased clocks in all power states
• Availability of AMD Video Converter support in AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Windows 7 and Windows Vista packages

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