AMD Support & Drivers now offers new version 12.8 Catalyst reference drivers for ATI/AMD graphics cards, offering their first Windows 8 driver, saying this includes support "for the DirectX 11.1 and the new WDDM 1.2 driver model." They say these offer the following performance improvements over the version 12.6 drivers:

• 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