Catalyst 12.1a driver lays groundwork for Rage update
 

There's a new Catalyst graphics driver out, but judging by the release notes, it's probably not much use to folks who aren't planning to play Rage again soon. According to AMD, today's Catalyst 12.1a preview driver includes all of the enhancements of last month's 12.1 preview release, but with added optimizations for an upcoming Rage update:

I don't believe I've seen id Software announce either the Rage update AMD talks about or a release schedule for it. That said, id technical guru John Carmack ...

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