Junto com o lançamento da versão 11.12 WHQL do Catalyst a AMD lançou o Catalyst 12.1 Preview, como o "nome" ja diz, uma prévia do que a primeira versão de 2012 do pacote de driver vai trazer.

O destaque principal ficou por parte do sistema de perfil, uma opção que os usuários requisitam a anos e que a Nvidia sempre teve no ForceWare.

Com essa opção é possível setar configurações personalizadas para cada game(ou aplicativo).

Outro destaque fica por conta do suporte a tecnologia 3D em Crossfire, sistema com duas placas de vídeo trabalhando juntas. Como existe perda de desempenho quando rodando com tecnologia 3D, essa função também era muito aguarda. 

Abaixo algumas telas, detalhes da versão e link para download.

AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
- Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations

-  Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays.

AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Application Profiles
- AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications

- Please be sure to select the “Restore Factory Defaults” option under the Catalyst Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature – this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles

AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Video UI improvements
- AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls

Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.1 Preview  driver (in addition to the AMD Catalyst 11.11c performance driver)
- Improves performance (10%) in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim when Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing is enabled on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series for single GPU and AMD CrossFireX configurations

AMD’s driver for the Windows 8 Developer build is also now available on www.amd.com for download. This is the same driver that was made available through Windows Update when the Windows 8 Preview Build was released in September 2011.  AMD plans to release new drivers for Windows 8 on www.amd.com the same day as all future Windows 8 milestone releases (Beta, RC, RTM) – just as AMD did for Windows Vista and Windows 7.