AMD has officially released Catalyst 12.8, bringing official support for Windows 8 and DirectX 11.1 to the company's products for the first time. For those still on Windows 7, an upgrade may still be worthwhile: the upgrade fixes a raft of bugs in previous driver releases, including the correct restoration of underscan and overscan settings on reboot, fixes for crashing in Crysis Warhead, a solution for the green-hue problem with Radeon HD 7000 series boards in dual graphics mode, and additional fixes for other titles including Call of Duty: Black Ops, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dirt Showdown, Max Payne 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Performance highlights of 12.8 vs 12.6:
 Up to 25% in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
 Up to 3% in Battlefield 3
 Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
 Up to 3% in Dues Ex: Human Revolution
 Up to 6% in Crysis 2
 Up to 15% in Total War: Shogun
 Up to 8% in Crysis Warhead
 Up to 5% in Just Cause 2
 Up to 10% in Dirt 3