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Changes for v11.12 - v12.1

IMPROVEMENTS
AMD HD3D technology support enhancement
Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays
AMD Catalyst? Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements ? Application Profiles
AMD Catalyst? 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
Please be sure to select the ?Restore Factory Defaults? option under the Catalyst? Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature ? this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst? 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles
AMD Catalyst? Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements ? Video UI improvements
AMD Catalyst? 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls
RESOLVED ISSUES
Resolved Issues for the Windows® 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 12.1 software suite for Windows® 7. These include:
The in-game mouse cursor no longer randomly disappears while playing Alien vs Predator.
Enemy Territory ? Quake Ware will no longer experience intermittent crashes when in a 3 monitor Eyefinity? configuration.
Water texture is now rendered correctly in Enemy Territory ? Quake Wars
Dirt 2 does not exhibit stuttering when run in DirectX® 9 mode.
Playing Crysis 2 with in Crossfire mode no longer experiences random graphics corruption or game instability.
Random corruption and screen flicker is no longer observed while playing Dragon Age 2 with Tri-Crossfire enabled.
Lost Planet 2 no longer crashes after game launch when run in Crossfire mode.
Lost Planet 2 and Tom Clancy HAWX2 no longer experience random game hangs/black screens when run at high in game settings.
Water textures in World of Warcraft running in DirectX® 9 mode no longer appear corrupted.
The game ?Rage? no longer experiences intermittent hangs when Crossfire is enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows® Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 12.1 software suite for Windows® Vista. These include:
Ejecting the disc during Blu-Ray/DVD playback using WinDVD no longer causes the system to crash.
3D content playback using PowerDVD now correctly used hardware acceleration.
Poor performance is no longer randomly experience when playing World of Warcraft, Metro 2033 and Starcraft II at high in-game settings.
Medal of Honor now correctly displays all in game settings.

Changes for v11.11 - v11.12

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst? 11.12 Windows release includes:
IMPROVEMENTS
AMD OpenGL 4.2 production support
AMD Catalyst 11.12 delivers official support for the OpenGL 4.2 specification
AMD Eyefinity technology enhancements
Enables support for AMD HD3D technology when using a 3x1 Landscape Eyefinity display group, on supported DisplayPort 3D monitors.
AMD Vision Engine Control Center enhancements for Dual Graphics
Improvements have been implemented to better facilitate the enabling and control of the Dual Graphics within the Vision Engine Control Center
RESOLVED ISSUES
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.12 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
All required PAL formats are now correctly listed in the Vision Control Center on the HDTV support page.
Playing Dirt2, Dirt3 and Portal2 in DirectX 9 mode no longer causes a random system hang.
Portal 2 no longer displays random screen tearing when run in DirectX 9.
Total War Shogun 2 no longer displays random corruption when played at low in game settings and 2x1 and 3x1 Eyefinity modes.
Playing Lost Planet 2 in Eyefinity mode and Crossfire enable no longer randomly crashes.
Portal 2 will no longer randomly crash when the GPU is switched to Low Power mode.
Running Stalker Clear Sky in DirectX 10 mode in a Tri-Crossfire configuration no longer randomly hangs when in-game settings are set to high.
Tom Clancy Endwar no longer randomly hangs with a pinstripe display.
Playing Enemy Territory Quake Wars no longer generates a random system hang.
Graphics corruption is no longer randomly exhibited while playing video clips using Windows Media Center.
Doom 3 no longer experiences random corruption when Anti Aliasing is enabled.
Crysis 2 no longer displays random flickering when run in DirectX9 mode.
Far Cry2, Dragon 2, Homefront, Stalker: Metro 2033 and Bioshock 2 no longer display random flashing textures.
Left 4 Dead 2 no longer experiences random hangs.
HAWX2 no longer experiences random hangs when navigating in game menus.
Lost Planet 2 and Dragon Age 2 no longer display random flickering when run in DirectX 9 mode.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.12 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
Random ghosting is no longer observed while playing Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.
Character Avatars no longer flash in Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.
Stalker ? Clear Sky no longer displays random black horizontal lines on initial startup.
Playing Tom Clancy HAWX 2 in Eyefinity mode no longer generates a random system reboot.
Random choppy Flash playback is no longer experienced.
Running Civilization V in DirectX 11 mode no longer crashes randomly when run at medium and high in-game settings.
F1 2010 no longer hangs intermittently on launch.
Flashing textures are no longer randomly observed while playing Bulletstorm.
Dead Space 2 no longer hangs randomly.
KNOWN ISSUES
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
The in-game mouse cursor may not be visible when playing Alien vs Predator.
Portal 2 may generate a black screen when run in 3d Stereo mode.
Water textures may be corrupted in World of Warcraft .
Civilization V may experience crashes when run in Eyefinity mode.
Civilization V may experience random crashes when launched in Crossfire mode.
Lost Planet 2 and Tom Clancy HAWX2 may hang when run in 2x2 Eyefinity mode.
Dragon Age 2 may experience flickering and texture corruption when run in Triple Crossfire Mode.
Enemy Territory ? Quake Wars may display texture corruption on water surfaces.
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System:
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
The edge detect filter may not perform as expected in certain DirectX 9 titles.
Dead Space 2 may hang soon after launch.
Known Issues under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
Desktop corruption may be observed on the primary display when run in clone mode.

Changes for v11.10 - v11.11

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst? 11.11 Windows release includes:
NEW FEATURES
Adobe Flash Player 11 support
· Enables full support of the GPU accelerated Stage 3D API and Stage 3D applications
· Supported on the AMD Radeon HD Series of GPUs, A-Series APU and E-Series APU
RESOLVED ISSUES
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.11 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
· Images and textures are no longer corrupted (Blue) in Rage.
· Bezel compensation now works correctly with Far Cry 2.
· Screen tearing is no longer randomly observed while moving a window on the desktop while in Clone mode or Eyefinity mode.
· A black screen is no longer observed when extending displays.
· Homefront no longer crashes randomly when Crossfire is enabled.
· DC ? Universe Online no longer hangs soon after selecting a character and entering the game.
KNOWN ISSUES
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
· Screen tearing may be observed occasionally while playing Portal 2 in DirectX 9 mode.
· Shogun 2 may exhibit screen corruption while playing on low resolution settings in 2x1 Eyefinity mode.
· Choppy playback may be observed playing interlaced DVD content in full screen mode using PowerDVD 11.
· A BSOD error may occur while playing Call of Duty ? Black Ops in Multiplayer mode with Crossfire enabled.
· Video corruption may be observed while playing World of Warcraft in windowed mode and AVI file simultaneously.
· Dragon Age 2 may exhibit corruption during in game cinematics when run in DirectX 9 mode.
· Lost Planet 2 my display random corruption and flickering when run in DirectX 9 mode.
· Lost Planet 2 may crash randomly when Crossfire is enabled.
· The following games may experience random flashing textures during gameplay :
o Homefront
o Metro 2033
o Far Cry 2
o Stalker : Call of Pripyat
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
· Windows Aero options may be missing after installing the driver.
· A ?ghost? cursor may be observed when playing Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.
· The character avatar in Dragon Age 2 may display random flickering.
· HAWX 2 may experience random system reboots when run in Eyefinity mode.
· Civilization V may experience random crashing when run at medium or high in game settings.
· Bulletstorm may experience random flashing during gameplay.
· Dead Space 2 may hang occasionally soon after game launch.
Installing the AMD Catalyst? Software Driver
For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit AMD Customer Care.
Installation information can be found at: How to Install Your AMD Product.

Changes for v11.9 - v11.10

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst? 11.10 Windows release includes:
New Features
AMD Eyefinity enhancements
Enables support for Eyefinity 5x1 display (portrait and landscape) configurations
Maximum supported resolution has been increased to 16000 x 16000 pixels on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series. (limited to DX11 applications only)
Bezel compensation is now possible when using sets of displays that have mismatched pixel densities.
AMD VECC/CCC enhancements
Improvements have been implemented to better facilitate the enabling and control of the following features within the Vision Engine Control Center / Catalyst Control Center
AMD Overdrive for GPUs
Information Center (software and hardware)
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.10 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
Some OpenGL games like Enemy Territory Quake Wars no longer experiences random corruption.
Lost Planet 2 no longer experiences random crashes when running the benchmark.
F1 2010 and Dirt 2 no longer experience random flashing during the game.
Google Earth no longer displays random corruption when running in OpenGL mode.
Mafia II no longer experiences a random crash during game loading / game play when Crossfire is enabled.
Unigine Heaven running in DirectX 11 mode no longer experiences a performance drop when running with Dual Graphics enabled.
Homefront no longer experiences random game crashes.
Random flashing is no longer experienced when playing back SD/BD content on a 120Hz monitor.
An application crash is no longer randomly observed while playing M2V/Mpeg2/Mpeg4 files and toggling the Hardware Acceleration setting.
Display corruption is no longer experienced on the primary display when running in extended display mode with AERO enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.10 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
Display corruption is no longer experienced on the primary display when running in extended display mode with AERO enabled.
Scaling options are now correctly displayed when connecting DisplayPort / DFP monitors.
An application crash is no longer randomly observed while playing M2V/Mpeg2/Mpeg4 files and toggling the Hardware Acceleration setting.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.10 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
An application crash is no longer randomly observed while playing M2V/Mpeg2/Mpeg4 files and toggling the Hardware Acceleration setting.
Display corruption is no longer experienced on the primary display when running in extended display mode with AERO enabled.
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
Screen tearing may be randomly observed while playing Portal 2.
Total War ? Shogun 2 may experience corruption when running at low game settings in a 2x1 Eyefinity environment.
Random graphics corruption may be observed while playing Call of Duty 4 with the Edge Detect Filter enabled.
Random crashes may be experienced while playing F1 2010 and Lost Planet 2 with in Crossfire mode in an Eyefinity configuration.
Enemy Territory Quake Wars may experience random crashes when running in a 3x1 Eyefinity configuration.
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst?. These include:
Windows Aero options may be missing after installing the driver.
A ?ghosting cursor? may be observed when playing Dragon Age 2 with Crossfire enabled.
Random flickering may be observed when playing Dragon Age 2 with Crossfire enabled.
Choppy playback may be experienced when playing BluRay content when Aero is enabled.
Civilization V may experience random crashes when run at High or Medium game settings.
F1 2010 may experience random hanging.

Changes for v11.8 - v11.10 Preview

Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon? HD 6000 and AMD Radeon? HD 5000 Series for single GPU configurations
Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on CrossFire configurations using the AMD Radeon? HD 6000 and AMD Radeon? HD 5000 Series
Enables support for Eyefinity 5x1 display (portrait and landscape) configurations using the AMD Radeon? HD 6000 and AMD Radeon? HD 5000 Series
Vision Engine Control Center: User Interface enhancements have been implemented for the CrossfireX, GPU Overdrive, and Information Center pages.

Changes for v11.8 - v11.9

New Features:
Enables AMD HD 3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as the Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.9 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
STALKER ? Call of Pripyat no longer hangs randomly when launching a new game or opening a previously saved game.
Scaling options are now correctly displayed when connecting a Digital monitor to the Display port on some video cards.
The following games no longer experience random hangs during game loading :
Call of Duty ? Black Ops
F1 2010
Dungeon Siege 3
The following games no longer hang intermittently during gameplay:
Battlefield - Bad Company 2
Borderlands
Dead Rising 2
The following games no longer hangs while running the benchmark :
Serious Sam 2
Resident Evil 5
HAWX 2
HAWX 2 no longer displays random flashing black pixels
Flashing pixel corruption is no longer experienced while playing F1 2010 and Dirt 2
The Windows Event Log no longer reports unwanted Distributed DCOM errors.
Negative Crossfire Scaling is no longer occasionally observed while playing EarthSim 2, Battle ? Bad Company 2 , Metro and HAWX
Video corruption is no longer observed while playing full screen HD WMV format files using PowerDVD with Windows Aero Mode turned off.
Blank video playback is no longer observed when hardware accelerations is enabled in VLC 1.1.10
Dawn of War II ? Retribution no longer exhibits a black screen when alt-tabbing in and out of the game
Random display corruption is no longer observed when playing WMV format files using Windows Media Player
City of Heroes no longer experiences stuttering after excessive use if in-game Anti-Aliasing slider
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.9 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
The screen no longer goes black on when the Aero Desktop is enabled on some Radeon products.
Lost Planet 2 no longer randomly crashes when running the benchmark
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst? 11.9 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
Enemy Territory ? Quake Wars no longer displays random screen corruption
Cyberlink PowerDVD no longer hangs when attempting to play a BluRay disc.

Changes for v11.7 - v11.8

New Features
AMD Overdrive has been enhanced to include both CPU and GPU over-clocking controls within the AMD Vision Control Center
CPU over-clocking is only supported on AMD Black edition CPUs
Performance Highlights
Improves performance up to 10% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
Improves performance up to 8% in Fear 3 DirectX 11 version with application enabled Anti-Aliasing on the
AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
Improves performance up to 30% when AMDs Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) is enabled through the
Catalyst Control Center on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
Improves performance up to 20% in Call of Duty Black Operations for single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.8 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
The option to Apply current video quality settings to internet video" is no longer randomly missing from the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center.
3DMark 11 no longer intermittently generates a BSOD error when run using a standard user account.
Playing HD video content overnight using Windows Media Center no longer causes the system to hang or generates a BSOD error.
Random graphical corruption is no longer experienced when playing Crysis 2 in a Crossfire environment.
Image stabilization is now correctly applied to DivX clips when using Windows Media Player.
Enabling AntiAliasing when playing Starcraft 2 no longer causes random screen blackouts.
Video corruption is no longer seen when scrolling through DivX 5 video files using Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player.
Menu corruption is no longer seen when running F.E.A.R 3 in DirectX 11 mode.
Video playback now functions correctly after enabling hardware acceleration in VLC version 1.1.10.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.8 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen when playing back BluRay content with Crossfire enabled.
BSOD errors are no longer intermittently experienced after installing the driver with Crossfire enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.8 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen during video playback when switching from extended display mode to cloned display mode.

Changes for v11.6 - v11.7

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.7 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
All issues experienced with mouse cursor lag have been resolved
Resolves system hangs seen in the AMD Catalyst 11.6 driver on specific HDMI and DP displays
Log event (Event ID 62464) issues when playing video content have been resolved
Bluray playback using PowerDVD 10 under High Performance mode no longer randomly displays a blank screen.
Bluray playback using PowerDVD 10 under High Performance mode no longer randomly hangs.
Some Divx format files no longer display video corruption using WinDVD.
AVIVO Video Quality settings are now correctly applied to Flash Video Content.
AMD SteadyVideo is now applied to Home Video clips when using WinDVD 10.
Random screen corruption is no longer displayed when changing desktop themes.
Chequerboard corruption is no longer displayed intermittently when playing DirectX 10 titles in a Crossfire configuration with Eyefinity enabled.
Shogun II now renders the cinematics correctly when run in various Eyefinity configurations.
Video playback now works correctly when Hardware acceleration is enabled with VLC Player version 1.1.9.
Crossfire now functions correctly when playing Hamiltons Great Adventure.
Video corruption is no longer observed when when using the Forward slider on 720P Divx format video clips using Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center.
PowerDVD now correctly handles 3D Bluray content.
Portal 2 no longer displays flickering on water surface textures with Medium and Low Shader detail settings.
Image stabilization now functions correctly when playing Divx content using Windows Media Player.
Wraparound corruption is no longer displayed intermittently after exiting a 3D application.

Changes for v11.5 - v11.6

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 Windows release includes:
New Features:
AMD Steady Video
Steady Video is currently an AMD exclusive feature based on AMD APP Technology
By applying advanced algorithms behind the scenes, users do not have to deal with shaky or unstable video ever again!
Capabilities scale with hardware and are end user controlled
Image Stabilization brought to YouTube!
Decode Acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content
AMD has enabled decode acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content in Microsoft video player applications (through MFT support) for all AMD Radeon 6000 Series
Performance Enhancements
Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 release includes:
Performance gains in Crysis of up to 7% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series single card configurations.
Performance gains in F1 2010 of up to 8% in DirectX 11 mode on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
Performance gains in Far Cry 2 of up to 5% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
Performance gains in HAWX of up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
Performance gains in the Unigine OpenGL tests of up to 10% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series single card configurations.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
Flashing titles are no longer displayed when playing F1 2010 in a Crossfire environment.
Video playback no longer intermittently displays a black screen when using Windows Media Player.
Graphics and Gaming scores are now correctly computed in the Windows Performance Index.
A BSOD error is no longer generated randomly when Crossfire is enabled/disabled after video/LCD overdrive settings are changed on HD 6900 series products.
Crossfire is now correctly enabled when playing The Witcher 2 on HD 6800 series products. (when used with AMD Catalyst 11.5 CAP 5 release)
Screen tearing is no longer randomly seen when playing Riddick 2 at high performance settings and with Crossfire enabled.
The game Kings Bounty now renders correctly.
The game Empire Total War now no longer displays random flickering and in-game buttons display correctly.
Google Earth now performs smoothly in OpenGL mode.
Crossfire is now correctly enabled when playing Cars 2 on HD 6900 series products.
Sid Meyers Civilization V no longer displays intermittent graphical corruption when played in DirectX 10 mode in a Crossfire environment.
Heaven 2.1 running in DirectX 11 mode no longer displays intermittent graphical corruption in a Crossfire environment.
Crossfire is correctly enabled when playing LEGO : Pirates of the Caribbean on HD6800 and HD 6900 series products.
Poor performance is no longer experienced while Playing Heroes of Newerth and when the cursor is moved to the top right or bottom right corner of the screen.
Mouse cursor corruption (in the upper right portion of the screen) should be resolved
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
The screen no longer briefly flashes green while changing screen resolution and playing a BluRay title using PowerDVD 10.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.6 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
World of Warcraft no longer randomly crashes or fails to launch when using an A-Series APU.
Random graphics corruption is no longer observed while playing World of Warcraft.
Playing Dead Rising 2 no longer causes the system to hang.
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
Some BluRay content may experience jittery playback.
Star Wars Jedi Knight II / Jedi Academy may randomly crash on launch.
Image rotation might not function correctly in Photoshop CS5.
OpenGL acceleration might not be available in Photoshop CS5.
High GPU speeds might be retained after exiting a 3D application.
Display corruption may be observed while changing video resolution / settings while playing a video clip using Windows Media Center.
Shogun 2 cinematics may display rendering issues while running in DirectX 9 mode in certain Eyefinity configurations.
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
Windows Aero settings might not be available in some circumstances.
Doom 3 and Quake 4 may experience random corruption on HD 4000 series products.
Performing bezel compensation on a 3x2 configuration may cause the Bezel group to not appear.
Read full release notes here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst116ReleaseNotes.aspx

Changes for v11.4 - v11.5

New Features:
Hydravision enhancements for Eyefinity configurations.
The HydraGrid feature found in HydraVision is now aware of user created Bezels.
The HydraGrid feature found in HydraVision now also includes as Automatic Grid option that aligns to the user defined Eyefinity display layout.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.5 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
PowerDVD no longer randomly crashes when HDMI 8 Channel Audio is enabled.
Avivo settings are now correctly displayed in the AMD Vision Engine Control Center after connecting a secondary display.
Windows Media Player no longer randomly hangs or displays a black screen after playing VC1 (WMV) video files for over 4 hours.
PowerDVD no longer crashes intermittently after enabling / disabling Crossfire during BD playback.
Bioshock no longer displays visual corruption with Vsynch and MLAA enabled.
Transcoding MPEG-2 video to H.264 no longer causes an application crash.
Transcoding H.264 to AVCHD no longer generates lagging video.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
Civilization V no longer stops responding during game launch when Crossfire is enabled.

Changes for v11.3 - v11.4

New Features:
Enhancements to the AMD VISION Engine Control Center / AMD Catalyst Control Center
New task based Display Management controls
Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
New Eyefinity setup group
Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
This feature notifies users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
GPU Compute enhancements:
The OpenCL runtime (included in AMD Catalyst 11.4) includes performance enhancements supporting zero-copy on APUs and increased performance for PCIe transfers between a CPU and discrete GPU.
Performance Enhancements
A number of performance enhancements are seen with the AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series:
Call of Duty Black Ops gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single GPU configurations.
Battleforge gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Batman Arkham Asylum gains of up to 20% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Aliens vs. Predator gains of up to 8% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Civilization 5 gains of up to 15% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Far Cry 2 gains of up to 6% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Just Cause 2 gains of up to 9% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Lost Planet 2 gains of up to 10% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
The GPU no longer shows high GPU usage after running Firefox 4 with hardware acceleration enabled.
Bioshock no longer displays random tearing and screen corruption with Vsync and MLAA enabled.
Water textures no longer flicker in Two Worlds II in Crossfire mode.
Bulletstorm lightshafts no longer appear broken when running on a HD 6970 series product.
Bulletstorm no longer displays random texture corruption when running in Crossfire mode.
FI 2010 no longer slows down intermittently when in Crossfire mode.
PowerDVD no longer crashes if Crossfire is enabled / disabled during playback of a BD title.
WinDVD no longer displays corrupted BD playback when the monitor is rotated to portrait mode.
Crysis Warhead corruption is no longer randomly observed when launching the game.
Running the Heaven benchmark no longer displays graphics corruption during DirectX 11 tests.
Catalyst Control Center Avivo settings are now correctly displayed after connecting a secondary display.
The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
Mpeg2 video clips now use hardware acceleration when played using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.
Adding bezel compensation to a 2x1 Eyefinity configuration no longer causes both displays to blank out.
The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
System no longer displays random corruption when playing World of Warcraft.
Star Wars The Force Unleashed no longer causes random system reboots.

Changes for v11.2 - v11.3

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.3 Windows release includes:
New Features:
Seamless GPU Compute support
The AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) OpenCL runtime is now enabled by default within AMD Catalyst. Applications that leverage OpenCL for GPU based compute tasks will automatically benefit from the significant performance boost that this provides.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.3 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
3D BluRay playback no longer displays random frame loss.
The 8x Anti-Aliasing is now correctly listed in some OpenGL applications.
System no longer shows laggy performance when playing 720P WMV video files.
Tearing is no longer randomly observed when playing Bioshock with Vsync and MLAA enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.3 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
3DMark 2011 no longer hangs on a quad crossfire HD6990 system.
World of Warcraft no longer fails to respond when alt-tabbing out and into the game when running on the AMD HD6990.
Mpeg2 Video playback now correctly uses hardware acceleration when played with Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.
Youtube HD Flash video now renders correctly.
Enabling Anti-Aliasing no longer causes figure to have a bright outline in Medal Of Honor Single Player mode.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
Need for Speed Shift no longer randomly crashes during gameplay.

Changes for v11.1 - v11.2

New Features:
The new Catalyst Control Center features
Catalyst AI Texture Filtering updates
The Quality setting has now been improved to match the High Quality setting in all respects but one; it enables an optimization that limits tri-linear anisotropic filtering to areas surrounding texture mipmap level transitions, while doing bilinear anisotropic filtering elsewhere. This optimization offers a way to improve filtering performance without visibly affecting image quality
The Performance setting has been updated to address the sharpness of the default Quality setting causing shimmering in certain cases. It now provides a smoother filtering option that eliminates most shimmering while preserving the improved detail provided by anisotropic filtering.
Tessellation Controls
Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series and the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
New settings give users full control over the Tessellation levels used in applications.
The default selection AMD Optimized setting is intended to set the best level of Tessellation on a per application basis. The AMD Optimized setting is designed to help users get the maximum visual benefit of Tessellation, while minimizing the performance impact associated with enabling Tessellation. Currently no applications have been profiled.
The Use Application Settings option gives applications full control over the Tessellation level.
Users can also manually set the maximum tessellation level used by applications with the slider control
Morphological Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
AMD Catalyst now includes official support for Morphological Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Support Video Quality settings during Blu-ray 3D playback
Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Requires Blu-ray 3D player software, 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
Users can now enable the Video Quality settings within the Catalyst Control Center when playing Blu-ray 3D content
Performance Improvements:
Call of Duty: Black Ops:
Performance increases up to 11% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing enabled
Batman Arkham Asylum:
Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.2 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
Corruption is no longer randomly observed running the Unigine Heaven benchmark.
Texture corruption is no longer observed when running the Unigine Heaven benchmark with Super AA enabled in the Catalyst Control Center.
HAWX no longer intermittently displays corruption when running in DirectX 9 mode.
Visual corruption is no longer seen when running Lost Planet in DirectX 10 mode.
Playing a 720p WMV format file no longer randomly causes laggy system performance.
Video corruption no longer intermittently affects the display when playing a SD format DVD using Windows Media Player.
Choppy video playback is no longer observed when playing a DVD with interlaced content using WinDVD 10.
8x Anti Aliasing is now correctly listed as available with certain 3D applications.
The AMD Ladybug demo no longer freezes when viewed in camera mode.
DirectX 9.0 games no longer show intermittent corruption at the bottom of one of the cloned displays.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
Flickering is no longer randomly observed when applying Video Gamma settings.
The system no longer hangs intermittently when playing Medal of Honor.
Civilization V no longer generates a VPU Recovery faulty when Crossfire mode is enabled.
Warhammer Dawn of War 2 no longer randomly displays a wireframe when running at High game settings.

Changes for v10.12 - v11.1

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.1 Windows release includes:
Performance highlights of the AMD Catalyst 11.1 release includes:
F1 2010:
Performance increases up to 12% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
Left 4 Dead 2:
Performance increases up to 17% on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single and Crossfire configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
Performance increases up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.1 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
Aliens vs. Predator game no longer fails to load with quad Crossfire enabled..
Text is no longer missing randomly in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
Graphical corruption is no longer seen occasionally in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
The Protoss Pylon Matrix is now rendered correctly in Starcraft 2.
Task switching in Dirt2 with Vsync enabled no longer causes a dual link monitor to go black.
System no longer crashes when enabling Crossfire with 2 monitors connected to the primary card and 2 monitors connected to the secondary card.
List of supported TV resolutions now includes 1080p 24Hz (if supported by the TV display).
Cyberlink PowerDVD no longer randomly exits when playing a blu-ray title with the Aero-on option enabled in the player.
An error message is no longer intermittently displayed when viewing a slideshow using Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Windows Media Player no longer displays a black screen when continuously playing several VC1 format files over a 4 hour period.
Host Application not responding error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
Video corruption is no longer randomly seen during DVD playback using Windows Media Player.
Progressive scan DVD content no longer causes Windows Media Center to hang.
Interlaced DVD content no longer exhibits frame drops and jerky playback.
Host Application not responding error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
Frame drops are no longer observed when playing HD interlaced content in Windows Media Center.
Call of Duty Black Ops no longer randomly hangs on AMD Radeon HD 57xx series products.
Crossfire using AMD Radeon HD 68xx series products no longer hangs intermittently when running 3dMark 2006.
Host Application not responding error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst Control Center.
Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
Blocky video corruption may be displayed randomly when playing back SD DVD content using Windows Media Player.
Video may flicker randomly when using PowerDVD to play the blu-ray edition of Iron Man 2.
Screen may flicker and objects may be duplicated in Medal of Honor under DirectX 11 with Crossfire enabled on AMD Radeon HD 69xx series products.
Objects may be duplicated in Dead Rising 2 when Super Anti Aliasing is enabled on AMD Radeon HD 69xx series products.
Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
AVIVO options do not take effect on WinDVD 10 blu-ray playback.
Doom 3 and Quake 4 may display corruption when running on a AMD Radeon HD 47xx series product.
Known Issues under all Windows Operating Systems
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under all supported Windows operating systems in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:
An error message may be displayed if the power plan is changed several times (from Power Save to High Performance) when the AMD Catalyst Control Center is open.
The AMD Catalyst Control Center may flicker when adjusting brightness using a hotkey.

Changes for v10.11 - v10.12

New Features:
Support for DivX on the AMD Radeon 6800 Series
With DivX® software installed on an AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series and later GPU and the DivX Accelerated solution, consumers can enjoy an improved DivX video playback experience by lowering CPU load, extending computer battery life on notebooks, reducing noise on home theater PCs and improving overall computer operation.
Grab the DivX Accelerated download from here (Available December 15) http://go.divx.com/accelerated
Support for OpenGL 4.1
Features introduced in OpenGL 4.1
Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility
New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1
Linking OpenGL sync objects to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability
The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility
Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications
Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messages

Changes for v10.10 - v10.11

Performance Improvements:
Battleforge : Performance increases up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing disabled.
STALKER Call of Pripyat benchmark: Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
Primary display no longer blanks out intermittently during "World in Conflict: Soviet Assault" DirectX10 gameplay with CrossFire and Dual Monitor enabled
"Stone Giant" DirectX 11 demo no longer intermittently fails 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 no longer causes CrossFire to become disabled
Wrap-around corruption is no longer visible with 120 Hz panels during some resolution changes in 120 Hz mode on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Enabling in-game Anti-Aliasing and utilizing Edge-Detect filters no longer causes smoother lines but blurry textures when compared to the Standard filter on some cards
Desktop line corruption is no longer observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards
Enabling Overdrive through the Catalyst Control Center for single display systems no longer results in GPU clocks running at high levels in non-GPU intensive scenarios
Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
When "World of Warcraft" is launched via TriDef® 3D and hardware cursor is enabled, the mouse cursor no longer intermittently flickers and disappears
Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display no longer causes the display to turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback

Changes for v10.9 - v10.10

New Features
Introduction of AMD HD3D Technology
Blu-ray 3D support
This release of AMD Catalyst provides support for Blu-ray 3D playback
Requires Blu-ray 3D player software, 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Stereo 3D gaming support
This release of AMD Catalyst provides support for Stereo 3D gaming via 3rd party Stereo 3D Conversion Software from Dynamic Digital Depth (DDD) and iZ3D
Requires 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
Supported on 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 at www.amd.com/hd3d
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 includes the Direct3D, OpenGL, Display driver and AMD Catalyst Control Center components
2.AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology Edition Edition (same as ATI Catalyst, but includes the OpenCL driver) Everything found in AMD Catalyst, plus the OpenCL driver
Users can still grab all of the individual AMD Catalyst components as well (which will also include the OpenCL driver as well)
Video acceleration for HD WMV video content
This release of AMD Catalyst provides video acceleration support for WMV HD (Microsoft video codec) under Windows 7
Supported on 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 support for histogram based detection
Performance Highlights of the AMD Catalyst 10.10 release include:
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 11and 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
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
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
Highlights of the Linux AMD Catalyst 10.10 release include:
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
This release of AMD Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
openSUSE 11.3 support (production)
Ubuntu 10.10 support (early look)

Changes for v10.8 - v10.9

http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_109_release_notes.pdf

Changes for v10.7 - v10.8

http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_108_release_notes.pdf

Changes for v10.6 - v10.7

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI
Radeon Display Driver. These include the following:
ATI Eyefinity - HydraVision enhancements
Enhanced Pull-down detection
ATI CrossFireX technology support for rotated displays
ATI Radeon GPU acceleration of VLC 1.1.1 Media Player
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
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.7 6
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.7:
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
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst
Software Suite for Windows. These include:
"Current Setting" indicator will now appear when "Windows desktop" option is
selected in "Catalyst Control Center - Basic" for specific CV resolutions
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:
"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 playback
pauses while viewing YouTube content
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:
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.7 7
ATI Stream (CAL) test no longer exits with exception error under CrossFire
configurations
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:
"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

Changes for v10.5 - v10.6

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of
Radeon Display Driver. These include the following:
GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe® Flash Playe
Video De-blocking support
Mosquito noise reduction
Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3
GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe
Player 10.1
AMD GPU acceleration of Adobe® Flash Player 10.1 delivers smoot
definition video playback and reduces system resource utilization
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 can be accelerated on notebook and desktop
featuring AMD graphics including:
ATI Radeon HD 5000 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 series
ATI Mobility ATI Radeon HD 400 series (and higher)
ATI Radeon HD 3000 series integrated graphics (and high
Video De-blocking support
Reduces blocking artifacts seen in low-bit rate video during playback
Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series of products
Mosquito noise reduction
Reduces mosquito noise seen in highly compressed progressive video
playback
Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series of products
Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3
ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 4.0 on the AT
5000 Series
ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on the AT
Series
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.6:
3DMark Vantage
Overall scores improve up to 5% on a single ATI Radeon HD 5970
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Performance improves up to 5% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970
configurations
Aliens vs. Predator DirectX® 11 Benchmark
Performance improves up to 4% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970
configurations
Performance improves up to 3% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700
Series products
Company of Heroes DX10
Performance improves up to 7% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 5% with single card and CrossFire ATI
Radeon HD 5970 configurations
Crysis Warhead
CrossFire performance improves by up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5000
Series products
DiRT 2 DX9
Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5970
configurations
Performance improves up to 4% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5700
Series products
The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena
Performance improves up to 15% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 13% on CrossFire and single card ATI
Radeon HD 5970 configurations
Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700
Series products
Unigine Tropics
CrossFire performance improves by up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000
Series products
World in Conflict
Performance improves up to 6% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire and single card ATI
Radeon HD 5970 configurations
Wolfenstein
Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800
Series products
Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire and single card ATI
Radeon HD 5970 configurations
Performance improves up to 11% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700
Series products

Changes for v10.4 - v10.5

http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_105_release_notes.pdf

Changes for v10.3 - v10.4

See here: http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_104_release_notes.pdf

Changes for v10.2 - v10.3

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI
Radeon Display Driver. These include the following:
ATI Catalyst support for ATI Mobility Radeon Premium Graphics solutions
ATI Catalyst Control Center - ATI Eyefinity technology enhancements
ATI Catalyst support for 3D Stereoscopic glasses
ATI Catalyst support for ATI Mobility Radeon Premium
Graphics solutions
This release of ATI Catalyst introduces support for the production version of
Windows® 7 and Windows® Vista for notebooks featuring the ATI Mobility
Radeon HD 2000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI
Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series of
products
Supported by most major OEM and ODM notebook manufacturers
ATI Catalyst Control Center - ATI Eyefinity technology
enhancements
Multiple ATI Eyefinity Groups
Create more than one ATI Eyefinity group from multiple displays
Display Bezel Compensation
Easy-to-use wizard shows users how to adjust their display layout to remove
the pixels occupied by their display bezels
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.3 6
Note: Bezel compensation is available only for sets of monitors that
have pixel resolution and density within a 5% tolerance of each other.
Per-Display Color Adjust
Individual Color, Brightness and Contrast controls
Improved Display Configuration switching
Support for ATI Eyefinity groups and the ATI Catalyst Control Center
profile manager
Easy to toggle between cloned and extended desktop modes
ATI Catalyst support for 3D Stereoscopic glasses
AMD has updated its Direct3D (Quad buffer support) driver to enable 3rd party
middleware vendors such as iZ3D to output stereo L/R images at 120 Hz (60 Hz per
eye)
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.3:
3DMark Vantage
Overall scores increase by up to 8% with ATI Radeon HD 5000 graphics
products
Overall scores increase by up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
products and up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Aliens vs. Predator
Overall performance increases 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Battleforge
Improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Call of Duty: World at War
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Company of Heroes
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Crysis and Crysis Warhead
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Devil May Cry 4
Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
DiRT 2
Improves up to 30% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.3 7
Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD
5700 Series products
Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Far Cry 2
Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat Benchmark
Improves up to 10% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on ATI Radeon HD 5000
Series products
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky
Improves up to 2% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Resident Evil 5
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Tom Clancys H.A.W.X.
Improves up to 15% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and ATI
Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Unigine Tropics
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
World in Conflict
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Wolfenstein
Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products
Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst
Software Suite for Windows. These include:
Canvas area no longer appears black for third display while creating a 3x1 or 1x3
Eyefinity group
Catalyst Control Center: Avivo Video controls will now retain its value instead of
changing to 0 upon being disabled
Hotplugging a HDMI display while Catalyst Control Center is open no longer causes
the HDTV Standard Modes box not to appear
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.3 8
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:
Flashing no longer visible in "Shattered Horizon" game with CrossFire enabled
Saturation value for a hotplugged digital display will no longer intermittently be set
to '0' by default
Enabling detail enhancement no longer causes dynamic contrast to stop functioning
Catalyst Control Center system tray now displays the proper number of physical
adapters
Force EDID override now displays options above 85 Hz
Resolutions no longer missing in Catalyst Control Center Graphics Desktop
Properties with CV connected and displays in extended mode
Forced anti-alias now functions properly in "The Saboteur" game
Refresh rate changes no longer revert back to 60 Hz (default) when "Enable GPU
Scaling" is enabled under Digital Panel Properties attributes
"Aliens vs. Predators" game now loads properly when run in DirectX 11 mode on
DirectX 9/10 graphics cards
Mouse cursor no longer disappears on cloned displays after swapping the displays in
primary and extended cloned mode
Displays no longer goes blank on some of the ports after display is hot-unplugged
and then hotplugged back
Media Center no longer displays corruption when viewing DVB-T content
Forced AF now works properly in "Empire: Total War" and "Napoleon: Total War"
games
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:
Sporadic frame drops no longer visible while viewing H.264 interlaced Blu-ray
content during fast moving scenes
Video playback no longer displays checkerboard pattern on background after resume
from sleep
Blank screen no longer observed while exiting "Heaven-OGL" or "GL View"
applications
Tint adjustments in Catalyst Control Center Basic Color now transitions smoothly
when adjusted for Blu-ray playback
Displays no longer go blank when CrossFire is disabled for the first time under
specific configurations
Laser designator beam now focuses on target properly in "Call of Duty: Modern
Warefare 2" during Act II: Exodus mission
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:
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.3 9
Switching resolution options in "AION" game settings no longer causes the display
screen to flicker
Forward and backward seeking while viewing Hulu video on dailymotion.com with
FlashPlayer 10.1 no longer causes the browser to freeze
Video cut scenes are now rendering properly in "The Saboteur" game
Corruption no longer visible when performing forward/backward video seeking on
Hulu with Adobe Flash Player
Corruption no longer observed when viewing MPEG2 clips with Windows Media
Player

Changes for v10.1 - v10.2

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI
Radeon Display Driver. These include the following:
ATI Catalyst application profiles for ATI CrossFireX supported configurations
ATI Catalyst support for PowerPlay on ATI CrossFireX technology supported
configurations
ATI Catalyst support for DisplayPort audio
Support for ATI CrossFireX on Eyefinity configurations
ATI Catalyst application profiles for ATI CrossFireX
supported configurations
This release of ATI Catalyst delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles
in a separate executable file, ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of
profiles installed on their PC.
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.2 5
The ATI Catalyst 10.2 package includes the fully qualified ATI Catalyst 10.2
application profile list (which includes all ATI CrossFireX profiles) and is installed
by default
The latest application profile list is posted on amd.com in a separate .exe file that
users can install to get the absolute latest application profiles (that have not yet been
added to the official ATI Catalyst release)
ATI Catalyst support for PowerPlay on ATI CrossFireX
technology supported configurations
Significant power saving benefits for users with ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series, ATI
Radeon HD 5800 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series setup in ATI
CrossFireX configurations.
Automatically enabled in the ATI Catalyst driver for Windows® 7 and Windows
Vista
Sets secondary GPU(s) engine and memory clocks to low levels and reduces voltage
when the GPU(s) are not in use
ATI Catalyst support for DisplayPort audio
This release of ATI Catalyst provides support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort
panels.
Support for ATI CrossFireX on Eyefinity configurations
The ATI Catalyst 9.12 hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX support on Eyefinity
configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional GPUs for increased
gaming performance when driving high resolution Eyefinity display groups.
Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI
Radeon HD 5700 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series.
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.2:
DiRT 2 Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5970, ATI
Radeon HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series products
Battleforge CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%
Unigine Heaven DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on
ATI Radeon HD 5700 and ATI Radeon HD 5800 series products
The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena Overall performance on
ATI Radeon HD 5970 improves up to 4%
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.2 6
Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst
Software Suite for Windows. These include:
Appropriate prompts will now pop up while creating Eyefinity group with DVI and
display port devices in extended mode
Creating an Eyefinity group on the non-primary display now functions properly
Catalyst Control Center now responds properly and selection buttons are available
when re-creating Eyefinity group
[Catalyst Control Center] Hotkeys for rotations no longer disappear after disabling
rotated Eyefinity mode
With active display in clone mode, creating an Eyefinity group now functions
properly and message prompting user to disable the extended desktop will now pop
up
System will no longer freeze while accessing the UVD Decoder
Intermittent grey screen or vertical line corruption may randomly appear on the
screen
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:
Flickering grass and white borders are no longer visible in Unigine "Heaven"
benchmark in DirectX 9 mode
Performance drop no longer visible on "Resident Evil 5" cinematics scenes
Corruption no longer visible when viewing Unigine "Tropics" demo
[Win7 32-bit] Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 now functions properly while dragged back
and forth between the extended split display
During HD playback, unplugging and hotplugging back the display connector no
longer causes player to freeze and display incompatible graphics driver error message
Performing rotation or resolution changes no longer causes the player to stop
responding during H.264 HD content playback
Pixelation in distant background lights no longer visible in "The Saboteur" game
Enabling Catalyst A.I. in Catalyst Control Center no longer causes severe flickering
in Ubisoft "R.U.S.E." beta game
Enabling split screen demo mode now functions properly on WinDVD during Bluray
content playback
Corruption in specific chapters are no longer visible during "Resident Evil 5"
gameplay
System no longer fails and screen distortion no longer visible during Blu-ray content
playback with 1680x1050 resolution
Corruption no longer visible in "Resident Evil 5" during in game cut scenes with
specific settings and HDR value set to high
Fixed various identified memory leaks in CAL runtime
Exiting "The Saboteur" game no longer causes the mouse cursor to freeze and the
game to become unresponsive
120 Hz support is now available for all resolutions
ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.2 7
HDTV optimized modes will now appear under the desktop area tree view without a
custom mode added first
Resuming video playback after sleep/hibernation no longer causes black checkered
video corruption or the system to stop responding
Display will now enter power save mode properly
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:
SiSoftware Sandra 2010 STREAM benchmarks will now complete properly
Resuming DVD or Blu-ray playback after sleep or hibernation no longer causes
system to stop responding
Desktop no longer flickers during fullscreen Blu-ray playback with dual-link display
on some ASICs
HDTV custom modes being added are now listed under the Desktop Area of the
Display Desktop Properties in Catalyst Control Center
Resume playback after sleep or hibernation no longer causes green block corruption
on video
Viewing 1080p videos with Adobe FlashPlayer no longer causes display driver to
TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery)
Catalyst installation log no longer report properly installed HDMI audio drivers as
failed to install
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:
Changes to the AVIVO gamma settings during Blu-ray HD playback are now
retained after closing and restarting player
Flickering and corruption no longer observed while playing "Wolfenstein
Multiplayer" at high settings
Resume playback after standby or hibernation no longer causes PowerDVD 9 to
freeze or exit abruptly