AMD Catalyst Drivers (Vista 64-bit)

What's new in this version:

# New Features

* 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.
> 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%

# All 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 popup
* System will no longer freeze while accessing the UVD Decoder
* Intermittent grey screen or vertical line corruption may randomly appear on the screen

# Windows Vista

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

# Windows 7

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
* 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