AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 12.9 Beta

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This driver locks out many notebooks by using SUBSYS_IDs in installer file 

Feature Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta: AMD Catalyst Mobility support for AMD Enduro Technology

AMD Catalyst Mobility now includes support for AMD Enduro Technology. 

    AMD Enduro Technology for Notebooks delivers:
        Long lasting battery life
        GPU accelerated performance for gaming, video, and compute apps
        A Seamless and automatic experience

New features found in Catalyst 12.9 Beta:

    Re-designed Catalyst Control Center user interface
        View all profiled applications
        View recently run applications
        Profile applications based on power source
    Expert mode control and customization
        Performance centric AC
        Battery centric DC   

Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta Linux® Driver:  New OS Support

This release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems.

    Ubuntu 12.10 early look support
    RHEL 6.3 production support

Performance highlights of AMD Catalyst™ 12.9 Beta (versus AMD Catalyst 12.8 )

    Up to 10% in Lost Planet 2 in single GPU configurations