This morning AMD is set to roll out its Catalyst 10.9 driver software with a few notable game improvements as well as bug fixes. You can download them directly from AMD’s website when the link beomces available or test out the new ATI Steam updater announced earlier.
For now, here is quick rundown of improvements:
ATI Catalyst Software Suite Version 10.9 Release Notes
The Catalyst Software Suite 10.9 contains the following:
– ATI Radeon display driver 8.771
– HydraVision for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
– Southbridge/IXP Driver
– ATI Catalyst Control Center Version 8.771
Operating Systems Supported
The latest version of the ATI Catalyst software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
– Windows 7 32-bit version
– Windows 7 64-bit version
– Windows Vista 32-bit version
– Windows Vista 64-bit version
– Windows XP Professional
– Windows XP Home Edition
– Windows XP Media Center Edition
– Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Note: When installing the ATI Catalyst driver for Windows, the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights in order to successfully complete the installation of the ATI Catalyst driver.
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
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:
- 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
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
- 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
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
- Copy protection message will no longer appear when viewing a DVD with Windows Media Player on a Windows XP system with PowerDVD 9 installed
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