Posted on Thursday, June 16 2011 @ 16:36 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
AMD released the Catalyst 11.6 drivers, you can download them
over here. This release should fix the mouse cursor issue for most users, although Eyefinity configs will have to wait until Catalyst 11.7 for a fix. The full changelog can be read
over here.
Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 Windows release includes:
New Features:
AMD Steady Video
Steady Video is currently an AMD exclusive feature based on AMD APP Technology
By applying advanced algorithms behind the scenes, users do not have to deal with shaky or unstable video ever again!
Capabilities scale with hardware and are end user controlled
Image Stabilization brought to YouTube!
Decode Acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content
AMD has enabled decode acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content in Microsoft video player applications (through MFT support) for all AMD Radeon 6000 Series
Performance Enhancements
Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 release includes:
Performance gains in Crysis of up to 7% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series single card configurations.
Performance gains in F1 2010 of up to 8% in DirectX 11 mode on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
Performance gains in Far Cry 2 of up to 5% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
Performance gains in HAWX of up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
Performance gains in the Unigine OpenGL tests of up to 10% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series single card configurations.
