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AMD Releases Catalyst 11.7 Driver Update

AMD Catalystâ„¢ driver 11.7 Features

There are few features or fixes specifically for Eyefinity users. Most of the improvements and fixes revolve around Blu-Ray and 3D Blu-Ray playback, and other video playback features. The gaming related fixes are:

  • All issues experienced with mouse cursor lag have been resolved
  • Resolves system hangs seen in the AMD Catalyst 11.6 driver on specific HDMI and DP displays
  • Random screen corruption is no longer displayed when changing desktop themes.

The Witcher 2 Patch Released: Now Hor+ in Widescreen

CD Projeckt has released path v1.3 for The Witcher 2. The patched added support for 5:4, 4:3 and 16:10 displays. The game is now Hor+ in widescreen, rather than being Anamorphic. It also added support for NVIDIA Surround. However, the patch did not enable Eyefinity support. Those users will still need to use the fix from HaYDeN.

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NVIDIA's new FXAA Antialiasing

Hardocp digs into the new FXAA from Nvidia and shows what it can give us in games. FXAA is short for "Fast Approximate Anti-Aliasing". This new anti-aliasing technique from Nvidia can be found in a couple of games already. Its also rumored to be an option in upcoming Battlefield 3. What is also special about FXAA, is that it runs on both AMD and Nvidia card, so its not just yet another vendor specific AA technique.

Next gen AMD scheduled to appear in Q4 2011, according to interview on Rage3D

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AMD's Graphics Core Next Gen architecture is scheduled to appear in products due in Q4, 2011, as both Eric Demers and Rick Bergman confirmed for us. It is likely they will use TSMC's 28nm process, and have a dual architecture split like Northern Islands. If so, then this time Cayman VLIW-4 architecture hits the mainstream, and the next generation architecture debuts in the high end - similar to AMD's deployment of VLIW-4 in the Radeon HD 6000 series.

Opera next

Opera next is a new way from Opera to try out their new alpha and beta builds without interfering with your regular stable browsers:

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Easier than ever to try

Opera Next installs a separate pre-release version with a distinct white icon. No changes are made to your original Opera installation. Opera Next also updates itself to the latest alpha or beta so you can experience our newest technology.

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AMD Releases Catalyst 11.6b Driver Update

AMD Catalystâ„¢ driver 11.6b Hotfix Features:

Resolves the following issues:
Blue screen erorrs (BSOD) seen when connecting a HDMI and DisplayPort based display to an AMD Radeon HD graphics product when using AMD Catalyst 11.6
Screen flickering when the system is idle
Mouse pointer corruption found in previous AMD Catalyst releases