AMD Releases New ATI Drivers
AMD has issued an update of its proprietary 3D drivers for the current ATI cards. Version 9.12 fixes a number of bugs for multi-monitor mode and enhanced the Catalyst Control Center.
The new 9.12 release provides numerous new features, first among them improvements to the ATI Catalyst Control Center, which now stores the user settings after an X Server restart. It also allows user adjustment of the resolution, which was previouly only available through root privileges. AMD also reworked the TV settings dialog and added the S-video/composite image sharpness setting.
Download of the 32-bit and 64-bit versions is now available. Release notes are also provided in a PDF document.
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