AMD's New Catalyst 12.1a Preview Driver Fixes Some Rage Issues

January 7, 2012 · by John Ponio

AMD recently released the Catalyst 12.1a preview driver to fix some problems that the most recent version Id Software’s *Rage.*So updating isn’t the biggest deal if you don’t play the game, but it’s a nice plus if you do play. View the release notes here and download the drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista/7 at the respective links. The driver is not 32-bit or 64-bit exclusive, so don’t worry about it being the wrong version. Here’s what the driver does:

Resolves some new texture corruption issues introduced by the latest version of the game
Improved performance ~5%
Smoother game play and reduces multicore sync points
Fixed mapbuffer failures when switching maps on 32-bit systems.
Fixed a game crash when switching maps back and forth on 32 and 64bit systems