21-04-2021

Amd Catalyst 12.6 Driver

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Graphics Cards

This AMD Catalyst driver version features Windows 8 support for the AMD Radeon HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series. Please note that the driver is not Microsoft logo certified and only supports WDDM 1.1 driver level features. Download AMD Catalyst Drivers 12.6 (Vista 64-bit) for Windows PC from FileHorse. 100% Safe and Secure Free Download (32-bit/64-bit) Software Version.

Windows Vista / 7 64-bit

The AMD Catalyst software suite 12.6 contains the following:

AMD display driver version 8.98
HydraVision™ for Windows Vista® and Windows® 7
Southbridge/IXP Driver
AMD Catalyst Control Center version 8.98/AMD Vision Engine Control Center version 8.98.

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.

Note:

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.
These release notes provide information on the AMD display driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™, HydraVision, HydraVision Basic Edition, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: https://support.amd.com/.
AMD Eyefinity technology is designed to give 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

The AMD Catalyst driver is compatible with the following AMD products.

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility
- AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 7300 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4890 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6550D Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6530D Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4650 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6500 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6410D Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4550 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6370D Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4350 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6310D Series
- ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
- AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 2900 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series
AMD FireStream™ Product Families
- AMD FireStream™ 9350
- AMD FireStream 9250
- AMD FireStream 9270
- AMD FireStream 9170
AMD Chipset Product Families
- ATI Radeon™ HD 4290
- ATI Radeon 3200 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4250
- ATI Radeon 3100 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 4200 Series
- ATI Radeon 3000 Series
- ATI Radeon HD 3300 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility
- AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support forsystem vendor specific features. When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised.
- The Installation Verification Software is designed to prevent driver download on certain notebook products. This is to protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or functionality provided by the system manufacturer.When used with Windows Vista or Windows 7, the user experience may be limited or compromised. In such a situation, it is recommended to revert back to the driver provided by your systemvendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system vendor for the most recentdrivers for your notebook.
AMD Mobility Product Families
- AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 6900M Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series
- AMD Mobility RadeonHD 6800M Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4100 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300M Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3800 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3600 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6200 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5700 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3100 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5600 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2700 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2600 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5100 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2400 Series
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4800 Series
- AMD PowerXpress™ enabled notebooks
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4600 Series using AMD chipsets
- AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series
The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:
1. Any notebook launched after this driver release
2. Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks
3. Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
4. Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks
5. Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)

Compatible Operating Systems

The latest version of the AMD Catalyst software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft®Windows® platforms:

Windows 7 32-bit version
Windows 7 64-bit version
Windows Vista 32-bit version
Windows Vista 64-bit version
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.6:

Dual Graphics enhancements – new application profiles for DirectX 9 applications

Supported Dual Graphics configurations:
- AMD Accelerated Processors for Desktop PCs
  - AMD Radeon™ HD 7660D (A10-5800K)
  - AMD Radeon™ HD 7660D (A10-5700)
  - AMD Radeon™ HD 7560D (A8-5600K)
  - AMD Radeon™ HD 7560D (A8-5500)
- Notebooks with AMD Accelerated Processors
  - AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G (A10-4600M)
AMD Accelerated Processors for Desktop PCs
- AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G (A10-4600M)
- AMD Radeon™ HD 7640G (A8-4500M)
- AMD Radeon™ HD 7520G (A6-4400M)
New profiles have been added for the following titles:
- Diablo 3
- Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
- StarCraft 2
- Portal 2
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty Black Ops

Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst12.6 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

CERT recently approached AMD with information pertaining to what they believed to be a possible video driver vulnerability exposed by non-default settings of the Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). EMET is a security test tool that allows system administrators to create test conditions to validate correct behavior of system components or indicate potential weak points.
- The AMD Catalyst 12.6 driver for the AMD Radeon HD 7000, AMD Radeon HD 6000, and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series is designed to resolve a possible video driver vulnerability issue and to minimize the occurrence of system crashes.
AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations - BSOD when using desktop applications.
AMD Catalyst 12.6 includes some additional fixes(not found in the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta) for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 graphics cards for issues related to the GPU hanging when the system goes to sleep. Please ensure that your System BIOS is up to date. Some occurrences of this issue may be related to an outdated System BIOS.
Heroes and Generals - Blocky corruption in scenes with smoke effects when run in DirectX 11 mode.
AMD Radeon™ HD 7900 CrossFire Configuration – system hang after cinematics in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
AMD A4, AMD A6, AMD A8 and AMD A10 APU Products - crashes after repeated toggling between VGA and HDMI monitors.
System hangs after playing various DVD and Bluray titles with PowerDVD.
Video corruption seen after playing some DivX video clips using Windows Media Center.
AMD Radeon 7800 series products: Crysis 2 hangs when run in DirectX 9 mode.
AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations - BSOD when using desktop applications in DirectX 11 mode.

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista

This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™12.6 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Poor game performance experienced when run in Tridef mode with in-game AA enabled.

Known Issues

Known issues under the Windows 7

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:

AMD Radeon HD7900 series products - Crysis Warhead may crash when launched.
Total War: Shogun 2 - flickering text when run in DirectX® 11 mode with AMD CrossfireX enabled.
Dirt: Showdown 8-Ball Track - may hang when run in AMD CrossFireX™ mode.

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This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst®. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver (version 8.321), and the Catalyst® Control Center (version 6.12). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst® software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

The Catalyst® 6.12 Release Note provides information on the following:

Web Content
AMD Desktop product family support
AMD Chipset Product Support
Operating systems supported
New Features
Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.12
Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 6.12
AMD Customer Care
Installing the latest Catalyst® Software Suite
Catalyst® Crew Driver Feedback

Amd Catalyst Control Windows 10

Web Content

The Catalyst® software suite 6.12 contains the following:

Radeon® display driver 8.321
Multimedia Center™ 9.16
HydraVision™
Remote Wonder 3.04
WDM Driver Install Bundle
Southbridge/IXP Driver
Catalyst® Control Center Version 6.12

Caution:

The Catalyst® software driver and the Catalyst® Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from the same Catalyst® release

Caution:

The Catalyst® Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or 2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 1.1 or 2.0 installed, the Catalyst® Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.

Note:

These release notes provide information on the Radeon® display driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™, HydraVision™, HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: https://support.ati.com/

Catalyst Amd Radeon

AMD Desktop product family support

The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following AMD desktop products:

ATI Radeon® X1950 series
ATI Radeon® X1900 series
ATI Radeon® X1800 series
ATI Radeon® X1600 series
ATI Radeon® X1550 series
ATI Radeon® X1300 series
ATI Radeon® X850 series
ATI Radeon® X800 series
ATI Radeon® X700 series
ATI Radeon® X600 series
ATI Radeon® X550 series
ATI Radeon® X300 series
ATI Radeon® 9800 series
ATI Radeon® 9700 series
ATI Radeon® 9600 series
ATI Radeon® 9500 series

Note:

All-in-Wonder® variants based on the above are also supported.

Note:

All Radeon® PC Graphic cards are optimized for Microsoft's Media Center Edition 2005 when coupled with a supported video capture card.

Note:

Software driver support and release notes for earlier AMD products can be found at: support.ati.com

AMD Chipset Product Support

The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following AMD chipset products:

Radeon® Xpress X1150 series
Radeon® Xpress 200 series (for both Intel and AMD Processors)

Operating systems supported

Amd Catalyst Control Center Download Win 10

The latest version of the Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)

Note:

Catalyst® 6.12 is not supported under the Windows Vista operating system. Catalyst® software drivers for the Windows Vista operating system can be found at: support.ati.com

New Features

This release of the ATI Catalyst™ software suite introduces DirectX video acceleration for CrossFire™ enabled configurations.

Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.12

The following section provides a summary of the issues that are resolved in the latest release of Catalyst®. These include:

Black&White 2: Slow frame rate is no longer noticed when playing the game under Windows XP when setting the graphics to the lowest possible settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23714
Neverwinter Nights: Enabling super AA and CrossFire within the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in display corruption being noticed within the game's main menu. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23718
Catalyst® Control Center->CrossFire™: Attempting to resume from a standby state no longer results in the Windows XP operating system failing to respond when using a Radeon® X19x0 CrossFire™ Edition series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23713
Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the text found in Catalyst Control Center being cropped. This issue was known to occur under all supported operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23716
Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD no longer results in the playback appearing choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719
Catalyst Control Center: The translation for Centered Timings is now translated properly for Simplified Chinese. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24337
The index in the Catalyst Control Center help no longer contains double entries for various aspects. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24338
Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on the CrossFire help no longer results in a page not found error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24339
Using the Avivo Video Converter to convert a video file no longer exceeds the 300MB for a VCD encoded file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24340
Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on certain help file links no longer results in the incorrect help file being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24341
Catalyst Control Center: The Profile Manager is now translated properly for Italian. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24342
Catalyst Control Center: Various options such as Select a Language and Deinterlacing for the Thai language are now translated properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24343
Changing the language to Korean in the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the degree symbol appearing corrupted within the rotation page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24344
Catalyst Control Center->Basic View: Selecting Japanese as the language no longer results in various aspects of the Easy Setting Wizard and Setup Display Settings not being translated properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24345
Using hotkeys to switch between LCD mode and CRT+LCD mode no longer results in the hotkey function failing when attempting to switch back to LCD mode only. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24288
Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD no longer results in the playback appearing jittery. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719
CrossFire: Playing Windows XP games such as Labyrinth or HyperBowl no longer results in display corruption being noticed in the game's menu page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24335
Hardware acceleration no longer becomes disabled when running the HQV benchmark DVD with CrossFire enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24336

Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 6.12

The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:

Battlefield 2: Attempting to launch the game under Windows XP with the in-game display setting at 1920x1440 or 2048x1536 and AA set to 6x may result in the game failing to launch. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22817
Sniper Elite: Playing the game under Windows XP with a Radeon® X1600 series installed may result in texture corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22820
Enabling CrossFire™ may result in display corruption being noticed when playing a DVD or media clip using either WinDVD 7, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD 6. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22806
Catalyst® Control Center->Basic View: Connecting a secondary display device and attempting to enable it, may result in the inability to enable the device when using Basic view. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23446
Intermittent display issues may be noticed when using an Apple Cinema HD 30' display device. Contact AMD Customer Care for a solution. AMD Engineering is aware of the issue and a resolve will be available in an up-coming software driver release. Further details can be found in topic number
During video playback, DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) may not be available when CrossFire mode is enabled. This will result in software mode video playback. To enable DXVA, CrossFire™ mode must be disabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23447
Uninstalling the graphics drivers may result in some of the files and folder failing to be removed in the Program File folder. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23715
Attempting to maximize an OpenGL application window may result in either the OpenGL window maximizing slowly or the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23717
Clicking on the Restore Factory Defaults button found in the Catalyst Control Center->TV Properties may result in the TV position failing to be restored to the factory defaults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24346
Catalyst® Control Center->Basic View: Connecting a secondary display device and attempting to enable it, may result in the inability to enable the device when using Basic view. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24347
Setting the display panel attributes to Scale Image to Full Panel Size, followed by entering an S3 state may result in the desktop failing to resume to a full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24348
Catalyst Control Center: Connecting an HDTV or DFP display device may result in some of the HDTV formats being listed twice in the Catalyst Control Center->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24349
Catalyst Control Center->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support: Adding custom formats to the 1080i and attempting to remove those custom formats may result in the formats failing to removed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24350
Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on the Monitor and Digital Panel Properties found in the Contents section of the Help may result in a message indicating that the page cannot be displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24351

Amd Catalyst 12.6 Driver Download

For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit AMD Customer Care.

AMD Customer Care

The AMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical support and easy of navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurate and up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance. Technical issues are categorized and personalized to enhance user experience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at: support.ati.com

Amd Catalyst Display Driver 12.6 For Windows Vista/7 64-bit

To view a known or resolved issue, do the following:

Amd Catalyst 12.6 Drivers

Go to: support.ati.com. The AMD Customer Care web page is displayed.
In the top left hand pane, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search pane is displayed.
Under Search Type: Select the By: ID option.
Enter the Topic number.
Click Go.

Installing the latest Catalyst® Software Suite

Installation information can be found at: ati.amd.com/install

Catalyst® Crew Driver Feedback

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the Catalyst® CREW Driver Feedback program. To provide us with your feedback, visit: Catalyst® Crew Driver Feedback.

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