Download Driver For AMD Catalyst 11.1

AMD has prepared the first Catalyst drivers for 2011 and has issued version number 11.1. The drivers are available for Windows XP, Vista and 7, with separate downloads for 32bit and 64bit environments. The new drivers are suitable for all Radeon models from the HD 2400 series; older cards are on the 10.2 release designated. If the card is still equipped with an AGP connection, you can here justly. As usual, at the bottom of this posting are the direct links to the pages with the available downloads. Version 11.1 brings performance improvements to the HD 6800 and HD 6900, and of course we see the usual list of bug fixes, followed by a collection of issues that are already known, but are still being worked on.

Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.1 release includes:

• F1 2010:
  • Performance increases up to 12% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
  • Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
• Left 4 Dead 2:
  • Performance increases up to 17% on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single and Crossfire configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
  • Performance increases up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

• aliens vs. Predator game no longer fails to load with quad Crossfire enabled..
• Text is no longer missing randomly in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
• Graphical corruption is no longer seen occasionally in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
• The Protoss Pylon Matrix is ​​now rendered correctly in Starcraft 2.
• Task switching in Dirt2 with Vsync enabled no longer causes a dual link monitor to go black.
• System no longer crashes when enabling Crossfire with 2 monitors connected to the primary card and 2 monitors connected to the secondary card.
• List of supported TV resolutions now includes 1080p 24Hz (if supported by the TV display).
• Cyberlink PowerDVD no longer randomly exits when playing a blu-ray title with the “Aero-on” option enabled in the player.
• An error message is no longer intermittently displayed when viewing a slideshow using Windows Live Photo Gallery.
• Windows Media Player no longer displays a black screen when continuously playing several VC1 format files over a 4 hour period.
• “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

• Video corruption is no longer randomly seen during DVD playback using Windows Media Player.
• Progressive scan DVD content no longer causes Windows Media Center to hang.
• Interlaced DVD content no longer exhibits frame drops and jerky playback.
• “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

• Frame drops are no longer observed when playing HD interlaced content in Windows Media Center.
• Call of Duty – Black Ops no longer randomly hangs on AMD Radeon HD 57xx series products.
• Crossfire using AMD Radeon HD 68xx series products no longer hangs intermittently when running 3dMark 2006.
• “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.

Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system

• Blocky video corruption may be displayed randomly when playing back SD DVD content using Windows Media Player.
• Video may flicker randomly when using PowerDVD to play the blu-ray edition of “Iron Man 2”.
• Screen may flicker and objects may be duplicated in Medal of Honor under DirectX 11 with Crossfire enabled on AMD Radeon HD 69xx series products.
• Objects may be duplicated in Dead Rising 2 when Super Anti Aliasing is enabled on AMD Radeon HD 69xx series products.

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

• AVIVO options do not take effect on WinDVD 10 blu-ray playback.
• Doom 3 and Quake 4 may display corruption when running on a AMD Radeon HD 47xx series product.

Known Issues under all Windows Operating Systems

• An error message may be displayed if the power plan is changed several times (from Power Save to High Performance) when the AMD Catalyst Control Center is open.
• The AMD Catalyst Control Center may flicker when adjusting brightness using a hotkey.

The following downloads are available:
AMD Catalyst 11.1 for Windows XP (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.1 for Windows XP (64bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.1 for Windows Vista and 7 (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.1 for Windows Vista and 7 (64bit)
AMD CrossFireX Application Profiles

The new AMD Catalyst Control Center.