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    Catalyst 10.9's released

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by _Allan_, Sep 16, 2010.

  1. _Allan_

    _Allan_ Notebook Consultant

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    Did a search in both Asus and Asus Gaming forum, and couldn't find anything ... hope this isn't a repost
    ATI Catalyst 10.9’s Released

    Download here

    Release Notes:

    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
    ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.9 5
    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
    Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

    The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
    the Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

    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
    The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
    the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

    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 25x16
    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 640x480 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 2x2 & 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
    The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
    the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

    Corruption might be visible in "Doom 3" and "Quake 4" with ATI Radeon™ HD
    4700 Series cards
    Performing bezel compensation on 3x2 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
     
  2. PulsatingQuasar

    PulsatingQuasar Notebook Consultant

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    The mobility versions have not been released yet.

    If you go over to Guru3D to see what people have to say about this driver set...... it is not good.
     
  3. IM0001

    IM0001 Notebook Evangelist

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    They definitly broke something in the 10.8b Hotfix drivers since I installed and removed them and have pretty much toasted my Desktop install (can no longer install drivers of any sort for any device and such)

    Still cant fault them 100%. I'll give these a try on both Desktop (and Laptop soon enough) on fresh installs.
     
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    Turbogear Notebook Deity

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