devBrian Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Credit goes to asder00 from Guru3D http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=359369 > Download < Feature highlights of the AMD Catalyst? driver for the Windows? 8 Consumer Preview: Highlights include: Full WDDM 1.2 Native Stereo 3D support: Windows 8 will natively support Stereo 3D for full-screen and windowed gaming, and video applications Unified Video API ? Video playback is now integrated within the DirectX? 11 API; enabling simultaneous high quality Video and 3D content, and the potential for enhanced video transcoding performance Optimized screen rotation improved sleep / resume performance Optimized Power Consumption AMD Eyefinity OpenCL OpenGL? UVD Dual Graphics / AMD CrossFire? Technology AMD Overdrive? Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center Please note: A future AMD Catalyst Windows 8 driver release will add support for the AMD Radeon? HD 7900 Series, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series in the coming weeks. Build Info: DriverVer=02/16/2012, 8.930.7.0000 8.93.7-120216m-134255E-ATI CCC: 2012.0216.2321.41809 D3D: 7.14.10.0885 OGL: 6.14.10.11399 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted February 29, 2012 Veteran Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks for the heads up. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ir0nw0lf Subscriber² Posted February 29, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anyone know of a Nvidia driver for this CP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake89 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Anyone know of a Nvidia driver for this CP? go here. http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=210710 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Microsoft has a pretty good documentation on WDDM 1.2 improvements: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/br259098 I assume when it says "Full WWDM 1.2" it includes all the mandatory and optional improvements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Who knows if it's legit WDDM 1.2, but it runs like a dream here. Tried out Skyrim and it ran better than Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Who knows if it's legit WDDM 1.2, but it runs like a dream here. Tried out Skyrim and it ran better than Windows 7. It has nothing to do with legit but everything to do with how one defines ''Full WDDM 1.2" when it could mean either it conforms to the minimum specifications as to be allowed to be called WDDM 1.2 Compliant or does implements the all the features (mandatory and optional). To throw around the word 'legit' is an attempt to claim that I said ATI/AMD was lying about its compliancy of which I was never making such a claim in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisalem Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 So I take it that 4-series (DX 10.1) cards will not support WDDM 1.2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 So AMD doesn't have drivers for their new flagship cards? Way to go!!! :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Yep, ATI dropping the ball. On another note, after a full day of use, this driver is more stable than any Windows 7 driver has been. I'm impressed. Whether it's Microsoft or ATI's doing, who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 So doe this only require dx10 or dx11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw2001 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 what drivers are used by default when you install the preview then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D e v i a n t Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Another nice benefit I noticed is No Reboot Required after installing the driver..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efjay Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Are these different from the driver installed by the CP? I ran the driver download tool on AMD's site and it said it was up to date, and everything seems fine graphically on my pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalseAgent Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Another nice benefit I noticed is No Reboot Required after installing the driver..... :) Yep, WDDM 1.2 drivers are no longer allowed to neccessitate a restart after installation. I guess microsoft did this for tablets? I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gate1975mlm Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Anyone know where to get the mod version of these drivers? I need them for my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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