Do Not Argue » ATi Catalyst drivers http://donotargue.com no arguments needed Thu, 24 May 2012 23:25:52 +0000 en hourly 1 AMD Catalyst 10.10 http://donotargue.com/note/amd-catalyst-10-10/ http://donotargue.com/note/amd-catalyst-10-10/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:12:38 +0000 KillerSneak http://donotargue.com/?post_type=note&p=1514 Introduction of AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (“APP”) technology Edition There will now be two variants of the AMD Catalyst package available: AMD Catalyst (comparable to prior versions in features and components) – currently includes the Direct3D, OpenGL, display driver and AMD Catalyst Control Center components AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (“APP”) technology Edition – [...]]]>

Introduction of AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (“APP”) technology Edition

There will now be two variants of the AMD Catalyst package available:

  1. AMD Catalyst (comparable to prior versions in features and components) – currently includes the Direct3D, OpenGL, display driver and AMD Catalyst Control Center components
  2. AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (“APP”) technology Edition – AMD Catalyst plus the OpenCL driver

Users can still obtain the individual AMD Catalyst components as well (which will also include the OpenCL driver as well)

Video accleration for WMV HD video content

  • This release of AMD Catalyst provides video acceleration support for WMV HD (Microsoft video codec) under Windows 7
  • Compatible with the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series of products

Enhanced Dynamic Contrast video controls

  • This release of AMD Catalyst enhances the Dynamic Contrast setting found in the Catalyst Control Center by adding histogram based detection

Introduction of AMD HD3D Technology

  • Blu-ray 3D Support
    • This release of AMD Catalyst enables Blu-ray 3D playback
    • Requirements include Blu-ray 3D player software, 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
    • Compatible with the AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
  • Stereo 3D Gaming Compatibility
    • This release of AMD Catalyst enables Stereo 3D gaming via 3rd party Stereo 3D Conversion Software from Dynamic Digital Depth (DDD) and iZ3D
    • Requirements include 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
    • Compatible with the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

    More information on AMD HD3D Technology, including Stereo 3D Conversion Software and a list of supported displays, can be found here.

Catalyst Application Profiles

The following application profiles are available with this release of AMD Catalyst 10.10:

  • Multiplayer Medal of Honor (DirectX 9/DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
  • Darksider (DirectX 9) performance and CrossFire anti-aliasing update
  • NBA 2K11 (DirectX 9) CrossFire update
  • Stone Giant (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
  • Civilization V (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) tweak CrossFire update
  • H.A.W.X. 2 (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
  • Formula 1 (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
  • World of Warcraft (DirectX 11) version CrossFire update

Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements were observed with this release of AMD Catalyst 10.10:

  • Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark
    • Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
    • Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
  • BattleForge
    • Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
  • Crysis Warhead
    • Performance increases up to 9% on Single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products with anti-aliasing enabled
  • Far Cry 2
    • Performance increases up to 7% on Single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
  • Metro 2033
    • Performance increases up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
    • Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series in DirectX 11 and 10 modes
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series in DirectX 11 and 10 modes
    • Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series in DirectX 11 and 10 modes
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Call of Pripyat Benchmark
    • Performance increases up to 7% on single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
  • Unigine Heaven
    • Performance increases up to 9% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
    • Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
  • World in Conflict
    • Performance increases up to 9% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
    • Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series

Resolved Known Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

  • Catalyst Control Center page will now report the correct video memory type

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Screen no longer becomes static after changing resolution in “Just Cause 2″ with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configuration
  • Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values will now increase when D3D samples/games are running in fullscreen mode
  • The maximum support mode will now be properly displayed when the CRT is connected via the DP-to-VGA dongle
  • Negative CrossFire scaling no longer experienced in “Need for Speed: Shift 2″ on the ATI Radeon HD 5870 card
  • Tearing corruption no longer visible in “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ with CrossFire enabled
  • VGA display will now light up when hotplugged into the VGA port on a system booted without any displays connected
  • Changing the HDMI display output to 1776×1000 through the operating system resolution setting no longer causes the refresh rate to default to 30Hz
  • Frame drops no longer visible during WinDVD Blu-ray playback with display resolution set to 25×16
  • Changes to HDMI display scaling are now retained after system reboot
  • System no longer displays blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
  • Unwanted desktop experience no longer visible while viewing Blu-ray content on 120 Hz displays

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

  • Optimized and custom modes for 720p60, 1080p60 and 1080i30 are no longer missing for specific DVI displays
  • Display no longer turns black when rotated 90 or 270 degress with resolution set to 1080i30 and Aero enabled

Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

  • Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays
  • Switching the preferred display in specific Eyefinity configurations may cause the displays to become disabled
  • During 4×1 Eyefinity configuration, the Catalyst Control Center “Desktops & Displays” properties page may show black monitors instead of the actual desktop background with display numbers on specific cards
  • With Super Anti-Aliasing enabled, Crossfire logo might not appear during “StarCraft II” game launch on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
  • System may stop responding while running OpenCL “Multi Device/Context” Conformance test on GPU for some cards
  • When using “Overdrive”, clicking the “Default” button might not switch the GPU and memory clocks back to their idle clock values once the memory clock value has been changed on some cards

Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting may cause the system to stop responding
  • Task switching to desktop and then back into “Far Cry 2″ DX10 game may result in performance drop with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations
  • Primary display may blank out during “World in Conflict: Soviet Assault” DirectX10 gameplay with CrossFire and Dual Monitor enabled
  • Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show de-interlacing lines
  • Display may intermittently turn blank on launching “Enemy Territory: Quake Wars” or during gameplay under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
  • With CrossFire enabled, flickering may be observed in OpenGL games when refresh rate is set to 100Hz or higher on some cards
  • Desktop may dim after exiting “Mafia II” game on some cards
  • Under multi-adapter configuration, various rotated displays in Eyefinity set up might not be retained after reboot
  • Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
  • Tearing corruption may be visible in specific “StarCraft II” game campaigns at low resolution settings (1024×768) on some cards
  • “Stone Giant” DirectX 11 demo may fail in fullscreen mode with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
  • Task switching out of “Battlefield: Bad Company 2″ and then back into the game may cause CrossFire to become disabled
  • Wrap-around corruption may be visible with 120 Hz panels during some resolution changes in 120 Hz mode on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
  • Switching from 32-bit to 16-bit colordepth during WMV media playback may cause the video to go blank on some cards
  • “Need for Speed: Shift” may intermittently display tearing corruption if races are played back-to-back without exiting the game on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
  • Enabling CrossFire in “Far Cry 2″ DirectX 9 may result in low performance and benchmark failing to complete on some cards
  • “Tom Clancy’s Endwar” may stop responding during game cut scenes on some cards
  • Enabling in-game Anti-Aliasing and utilizing Edge-Detect filters may cause smoother lines but blurry textures when compared to the Standard filter on some cards
  • Enabling anti-aliasing in “StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty” may cause outline highlights to be rendered incorrectly on some cards
  • Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in “Metro 2033″ game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
  • Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all resolutions except 640×480 to go missing
  • Windows Media Center application may stop responding or system may intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2×2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode
  • Desktop line corruption may be observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

  • Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting may cause the system to stop responding
  • Corruption might be visible in “Doom 3″ and “Quake 4″ with ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series
  • All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
  • When “World of Warcraft” is launched via TriDef 3D and hardware cursor is enabled, the mouse cursor may flicker and disappear
  • Performing bezel compensation on 3×2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
  • “Left 4 Dead 2″ may fail to launch and will generate an error message when desktop is set to portrait mode on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
  • Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display may cause display to turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback

Downloads:
ATi Catalyst 10.10 for Windows XP (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.10 for Windows XP (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.10 for Windows Vista (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.10 for Windows Vista (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.10 for Windows 7 (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.10 for Windows 7 (64bit)
ATi CrossFireX Application Profiles

]]> http://donotargue.com/note/amd-catalyst-10-10/feed/ 1 ATI Catalyst 10.9 http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-9/ http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-9/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:46:22 +0000 KillerSneak http://donotargue.com/?post_type=note&p=1116 Catalyst Application Profiles The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst 10.9: Aliens Vs. Predator – Profile update Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Profile update F1 2010 – Profile update Kane & Lynch 2 – New profile Performance Improvements The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.9: STALKER: [...]]]>

Catalyst Application Profiles

The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst 10.9:

  • Aliens Vs. Predator – Profile update
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Profile update
  • F1 2010 – Profile update
  • Kane & Lynch 2 – New profile

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.9:

  • STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark
    • Performance increases up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with Enhanced full dynamic lighting (DX11) and anti-aliasing enabled
    • Performance increases up to 12% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations with Enhanced full dynamic lighting (DX11) and anti-aliasing enabled
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
    • Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations
    • Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
    • Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
    • Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 Series single and CrossFire configurations

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

  • UVD clocks will now return to normal speeds after switching from HD to SD content
  • Flickering no longer visible while running 3D games on HDMI displays with Quad CrossFire enabled
  • Mesh corruption is no longer visible in “The Chronicles of Riddick 2: Assault on Dark Athena” when SSAO in-game setting is set to high
  • CrossFire now functions properly and in-game Anti-Aliasing can now be enabled in “StarCraft II”
  • Adobe Flash Player will no longer display green screen after resume from sleep
  • Negative CrossFire scaling on “Final Fantasy-XIV” no longer occurs
  • Intermittent perfomance drops no longer observed with harware cursor enabled in “World of Warcraft” game in extended mode

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

  • AVI video no longer lags during playback within Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck
  • Desktop corruption no longer occurs during PowerDVD SD/Blu-ray content playback on 120Hz displays
  • Choppy HD playback no longer occurs while changing color vibrance and fleshtone correction in Catalyst Control Center – Advanced Color

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

  • Copy protection message will no longer appear when viewing a DVD with Windows Media Player on a Windows XP system with PowerDVD 9 installed

Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

  • Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays

Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show deinterlacing lines
  • Desktop may dim after exiting “Mafia II” game on some cards
  • PowerDVD may exhibit blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
  • Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values might fail to increase when D3D samples/games are running in full screen mode
  • Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in “Metro 2033″ game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
  • Frame drops may be visible during WinDVD Blu-ray playback with display resolution set to 25×16
  • Changes to HDMI display scaling might fail to be retained after system reboot
  • System may fail and display blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
  • Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all resolutions except 640×480 to go missing
  • Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
  • Desktop corruption may be visible while viewing Blu-ray content on 120 Hz displays; pressing Alt+F4 to close player application will restore desktop
  • Windows Media Center application may stop responding or system may intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2×2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode
  • Desktop line corruption may be observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

  • Corruption might be visible in “Doom 3″ and “Quake 4″ with ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series cards
  • Performing bezel compensation on 3×2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
  • All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
  • Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display may cause display to turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback

Downloads:
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows XP (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows XP (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows Vista (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows Vista (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows 7 (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows 7 (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows Vista/7 (integrated, 32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows Vista/7 (integrated, 64bit)
ATi CrossFireX Application Profiles

]]> http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-9/feed/ 16 ATI Catalyst 10.8 http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-8/ http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-8/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:35:29 +0000 KillerSneak http://donotargue.com/?post_type=note&p=598 New Features OpenGL ES 2.0 support ATI Catalyst 10.8 delivers full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 specification Enables 3D accelerated graphics within a web browser that supports OpenGL ES 2.0 Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 Video Quality default options The Default video options for ATI Catalyst have been greatly enhanced to [...]]]>

New Features

OpenGL ES 2.0 support

  • ATI Catalyst 10.8 delivers full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 specification
  • Enables 3D accelerated graphics within a web browser that supports OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

Video Quality default options

  • The Default video options for ATI Catalyst have been greatly enhanced to deliver the best quality video viewing experience. Users can also choose to apply these settings to Internet Video via a new checkbox control within the ATI Catalyst Control Center
  • In the “Advanced Color” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
    • Color vibrance (default = 40)
    • Flesh tone correction (default = 50)
    • Brighter Whites
  • In the “Advanced Quality” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
    • Edge-enhancement (default = 25)
    • De-noise (default = 64)
    • Mosquito Noise Reduction (default = 50)
    • De-blocking (default = 50)

    Note: Video Quality option settings can be accessed by launching the Catalyst Control Center and clicking on “Graphics”, then “Video” and “All Settings”.

Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX configurations

  • Performance has been greatly improved for users running with ATI Eyefinity on a Quad ATI CrossFireX configuration

Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II

  • ATI Catalyst Control Center enabled Anti-Aliasing is now available for StarCraft II

Catalyst Application Profiles

The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst 10.8:

  • Singularity – CrossFire profile update
  • Mafia 2 – CrossFire profile update
  • Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark – new CrossFire profile
  • Lord of the Rings Online – new CrossFire profile
  • Aliens Vs. Predator – CrossFire profile update

Performance Improvements

Far Cry 2

  • Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
  • Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations
  • Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series single and CrossFire configurations

Left 4 Dead 2

  • Performance increases 3-5% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 series and CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 series configurations

Stormrise

  • Performance increases 5-10% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 series and ATI Radeon HD 5500 series configurations

Resolved Issues

For All Windows Operating Systems

  • HDMI default refresh rate now appears properly as 60 Hz under HDTV in Catalyst Control Center
  • Catalyst Control Center – Basic wizard pane or resolution combo box in “Display Setting for Desktop Viewing” page no longer turns blank in basic view for component video mode
  • “FSAA” is a selectable option in City of Heroes / City of Heroes Going Rogue

For the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Desktop line corruption no longer observed after powering off the DP display and then turning it on while viewing Blu-ray content
  • “Borderlands” no longer fails after a duration of gameplay
  • Opening numerous windows in Adobe Photoshop CS5 no longer causes application to fail
  • Re-sizing Windows Media Player while viewing 720/1080 WMV video content no longer causes the screen to turn black
  • “ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead” game now works in CrossFire mode
  • Shifting mouse cursor between displays no longer causes intermittent cursor corruption or system lock up

For the Windows Vista Operating System

  • Catalyst Control Center no longer fails and displays error message while transcoding specific video files on 64-bit operating systems
  • AVI video no longer lags during playback within Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck
  • 3D and video settings in Catalyst Control Center are now retained after resume from sleep/hibernate

For the Windows XP Operating System

  • Hardware acceleration is now enabled in PowerDVD
  • Minor frame drops are no longer observed while viewing HD interlaced content

Known Issues

Under All Windows Operating Systems

  • Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays

Under the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show deinterlacing lines
  • Desktop may dim after exiting “Mafia II” game on some cards
  • Flickering may be visible while running 3D games on HDMI displays with Quad CrossFire enabled
  • PowerDVD may exhibit blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
  • Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in “Metro 2033″ game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
  • Frame drops may be visible during WinDVD Blu-ray playback with display resolution set to 25×16

Under the Windows Vista Operating System

  • Corruption might be visible in “Doom 3″ and “Quake 4″ with ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series cards
  • Performing bezel compensation on 3×2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
  • All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
  • Desktop may become corrupted during PowerDVD SD/Blu-ray content playback on 120Hz displays; pressing Alt+F4 will close PowerDVD and restore desktop
  • Choppy HD playback might occur while changing color vibrance and fleshtone correction in Catalyst Control Center – Advanced Color

Downloads:
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows XP (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows XP (mobility)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows XP (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows XP (Media Center Edition)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows Vista (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows Vista (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows 7 (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows 7 (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows Vista/7 (mobility, 32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.8 for Windows Vista/7 (mobility, 64bit)
ATi CrossFireX Application Profiles

sorry i missed them, but still here they are and I’m working on them now.

]]> http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-8/feed/ 0 ATI Catalyst 10.7 http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-7/ http://donotargue.com/note/ati-catalyst-10-7/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:39:22 +0000 KillerSneak http://www.donotargue.com/?post_type=note&p=27 New Features ATI Eyefinity – HydraVision enhancements Maximizing a window across displays will now take user defined bezel compensation into account Automatically adjusts window position when dragging and dropping windows to ensure title bar visibility Proper dialog box placement – dialogs do not cross displays, are not hidden behind bezels, and can be designated to [...]]]>

New Features

ATI Eyefinity – HydraVision enhancements

  • Maximizing a window across displays will now take user defined bezel compensation into account
  • Automatically adjusts window position when dragging and dropping windows to ensure title bar visibility
  • Proper dialog box placement – dialogs do not cross displays, are not hidden behind bezels, and can be designated to be shown on the users “preferred” display

Enhanced Pull-down detection

  • The Pull-down detection algorithm has been enhanced for higher visual quality on certain types of video content
  • Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

ATI CrossFireX technology – support for rotated displays

  • This release of ATI Catalyst enables end users running supported ATI CrossFireX configurations to rotate their displays (single or ATI Eyefinity display configurations) and still enjoy the performance benefits of ATI CrossFireX technology

ATI Radeon GPU acceleration of VLC 1.1.1 Media Player

  • Enables GPU acceleration of h.264 video content when using the VLC 1.1.1 Media Player – delivering a better user experience by consuming less system resources
  • Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products
  • Requires VLC version 1.1.1 and later

Performance Improvements

Borderlands

  • Performance increases 3-5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
  • Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
  • Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 and ATI Radeon HD 5500 series single card configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
  • Performance increases 2-10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled

Resolved Issues

For All Windows Operating Systems

  • “Current Setting” indicator will now appear when “Windows desktop” option is selected in “Catalyst Control Center – Basic” for specific CV resolutions

For the Windows 7 Operating System

  • “Desktop Window Manager has stopped working” error no longer appears after driver installation on specific cards
  • ATI Stream (CAL) test no longer exits with exception error under CrossFire configurations
  • Screen no longer turns blank when flashlight is turned on in “The Chronicles of Riddick 2″ with Screen Space Ambient Occlusion enabled
  • Running Unigine Heaven 2.1 (OpenGL) with “Tessellation” enabled no longer causes system to fail
  • Player no longer exits abruptly while changing basic quality settings in Catalyst Control Center
  • Browser no longer fails after repeated system suspend/resume and video playbackpauses while viewing YouTube content

For the Windows Vista Operating System

  • ATI Stream (CAL) test no longer exits with exception error under CrossFire configurations

For the Windows XP Operating System

  • “Age Of Empires: The Rise of Rome” no longer fails and display error message when the diplomacy button is clicked
  • Flickering no longer observed when task switching between game and desktop with Alt+Tab in “Need for Speed: Shift” game

Known Issues

Under All Windows Operating Systems

  • OpenCL 1.0 conformance tests have not been run with this version of the ATI Catalyst Driver Suite in conjunction with the ATI Stream SDK v2.2. If you require an OpenCL 1.0 conformant driver, we recommend that you install the ATI Catalyst 10.5 Driver Suite
  • Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialogue reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays
  • With Hydravision “ATI Eyefinity Enhancements” enabled and radio button “Show on application’s display” selected, dialogue boxes may continue to pop up beneath the bezels if bezels are corrected to zero
  • Catalyst Control Center – Basic wizard pane or resolution combo box in “Display Setting for Desktop Viewing” page may go blank in basic view for component video mode
  • HDMI default refresh rate may appear as 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz under HDTV in Catalyst Control Center

Under the Windows 7 Operating System

  • Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may showing deinterlacing lines
  • “Borderlands” may intermittently fail after a duration of gameplay
  • PowerDVD may exhibits blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
  • Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in “Metro 2033″ game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
  • Desktop line corruption might be observed after powering off the DP display and then turning it on while viewing Blu-ray content
  • Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video synchronization issues when viewed on some devices

Under the Windows Vista Operating System

  • Corruption might be visible in “Doom 3″ and “Quake 4″ with ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series cards
  • Performing bezel compensation on 3×2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
  • All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
  • Choppy HD playback might occur while changing color vibrance and fleshtone correction in Catalyst Control Center – Advanced Color

Under the Windows XP Operating System

  • Minor frame drops may be observed while viewing HD interlaced content

Downloads:
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows XP (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows XP (mobility)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows XP (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows XP (Media Center Edition)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows Vista (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows Vista (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows 7 (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows 7 (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows Vista/7 (mobility, 32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.7 Windows Vista/7 (mobility, 64bit)
ATi CrossFireX Application Profiles

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