[crimsonheadGCN]

With the release of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.6 Beta driver (“Catalyst”), AMD would also like to announce that we are moving away from our Monthly Catalyst release plan. Our goal is to ensure that every Catalyst release delivers a substantial benefit to our end users; as we have today with the release of the Catalyst 12.6a Beta. We will still continue with the Catalyst naming convention; Catalyst: Year.Month. You just won’t see a new driver every single month. We are confident that this will only benefit the end user; you’ll only need to upgrade to a new Catalyst driver, when it makes sense.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...st126beta.aspx

I think this is dumb, but maybe it'll lead to better drivers.

[Doc Holliday]

They will still have the betas right? Sounds like the way Nvidia does it, which is always good when it comes to drivers.

[opticalmace]

Thank fuck, what's the point of monthly updates if you end up with frequent bugs. This makes way more sense.

[Nemo]

Did the monthly updates actually deliver every time? If not, this is a good move

[DSN2K]

what happens when joe cant get his brand new game to work, how long is he gonna wait ?

[Gaogaogao]

further cementing nvidia as driver gods.

[Oni Link 666]

Monthly my ass.

[scitek]

what happens when joe cant get his brand new game to work, how long is he gonna wait ?

There's a 12.6 beta out now, as well as a new CAP. They're just ending monthly WHQL or whatever the ones that require Microsoft's approval are.

[animlboogy]

Do they do hotfixes for individual releases? Stuff like when Skyrim patched and broke reflections for a lot of people.

[hardcastlemccormick]

Maybe the drivers won't be total garbage. Ah, who am I kidding.

[Angelus Errare]

AMD to stop being bought by Angelus

[Wallach]

further cementing nvidia as driver gods.

NVidia wouldn't be driver gods if AMD had instead announced they were moving into the iced tea business.

[MrCunningham]

They will still have the betas right? Sounds like the way Nvidia does it, which is always good when it comes to drivers.

Indeed. This is good news for AMD users. AMD should've abandoned the monthly updates back when they were still called ATi.