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AMD Catalyst™ 11.10 Version 3 Preview Driver Features:

• Reduces random crashing and stability encountered when playing Rage on Windows® 7 32-bit edition
• Reduces object / animation flickering and texture corruption encountered when playing Rage
• Reduces stuttering seen on Dual CPU and Tri CPU core systems

AMD Catalyst™ 11.10 Preview Driver Features:

• Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on single GPU configurations using the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
• Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on AMD CrossFire™ configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.

AMD just released a driver they call "Rage Performance Driver" for the new Rage game. According to Rage3d.com, this driver is different from the 11.10 preview and doesn't contain the Battlefield 3 fixes.

Here's the release notes:

AMD Catalyst Rage Performance Driver Features:

• Significant performance gains for single GPU configurations
• Compatible with AMD Radeon™ 6000 and AMD Radeon 5000 series of graphics products

Update from CatalystCreator 2 hours ago on twitter:

PC Perspective have gotten leaks from Microcenter regarding the long awaited release of Bulldozer. The Bulldozer is said to be launched under the good, old FX brand, which was top of the line CPU for gaming in its old days. October 12th is the date to mark your calenders. According to the article on PC Perspective, it would be wise to update your bios if you have an AM3+ motherboard and plan to upgrade your CPU.

AMD has released the Catalyst 11.9 Driver update with the following key features:

• Enables AMD HD 3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as the Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays.
• Fixed various forms of hanging in the following titles: COD - Black Ops, F1 2010, Dungeon Siege 3, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Borderlands, Dead Rising 2, Serious Sam 2, Resident Evil 5, HAWX 2
• Fixed CrossFire scaling for EarthSim 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Metro 2033 and HAWX

AMD has just posted a preview of the Catalyst 11.10 driver. It provides improvements to Battlefield 3 performance, as well as inclusion of 5x1 Eyefinity support into a release driver branch. Highlights include:

• Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series for single GPU configurations

If the information is correct posted over at Lenzfire we may not have too much longer to wait until we see the next generation AMD 7000 series. It's looking to be capable of a 50% increase in performance power as compared to what we have now.

Wonder what kind of great things the next generation may bring to the table in not just terms of processing power but in features. Will they had advances in the multi-monitor eyefinity technology? Will profiles finally start to save your scaling preference? (joke but i'm serious lol)

Forum member "TMK" was selected by HIS Digital to receive the Radeon HD 6970 IceQ Mix. He was one of 838 total entrants, and one of 532 entrants who got all the answers correct.

AMD has released the official Catalyst 11.8 graphics driver.

New Features:

Of special note is that the 11.8 drivers brings support for 5x1 Eyefinity back into a release driver. Many users have been stuck at 10.12 or 11.4 Preview. 5x1 users can now enjoy all the the performance improvements from recent releases.

When I attended the Texas GamExperience event, I shot some video. I've put together three different videos that I've post on YouTube:

• XFX Girl Cami Magnuson playing Dirt 3 in Eyefinity on 30' projection screen, plus a quick interview about her experiences as a girl gamer
• Video montage reel of Dirt 3 in Eyefinity on the 30' projection screen and D-Box pneumatic sim chair
• Video montage of WSGF members playing in the TF2 tournament