Official ATI 10.6 driver release

Hi guys.
Great news ATI have released new mobility 10.6 official drivers. Here is the link
Release notes:
AMD Product Support
The ATI Catalyst™ driver supports the following ATI Radeon™ products.
AMD Desktop Product Family Support
AMD Desktop Product Family Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 5900 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5500 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5400 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 X2 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4700 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series
AMD FireStream™ Product Family Support
AMD FireStream™ Product Support
AMD FireStream™ 9270 AMD FireStream™ 9170
AMD FireStream™ 9250
AMD Chipset Product Support
AMD Chipset Product Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 4290 ATI Radeon™ 3200 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 ATI Radeon™ 3100 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4200 Series ATI Radeon™ 3000 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.6 4
AMD Mobility Product Support
Catalyst™ Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver for with limited support for
system vendor specific features. Support is available for Windows Vista and Windows 7
to be used at your own risk.
The Installation Verification Software will prevent driver download on certain notebook
products. This is to protect against the installing of drivers that may disable features or
functionality provided by the system manufacturer. If unacceptable behavior is
experienced using Catalyst™ Mobility it is recommended to revert back to the driver
provided by your system vendor for your specific platform. Please contact your system
vendor for the most recent drivers for your notebook.
AMD Mobility™ Product Family Support
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5800 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5700 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3600 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5600 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3400 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5400 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3200 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5100 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ 3100 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4800 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2700 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4600 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2600 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4500 Series ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2400 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4200 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ 4100 Series
ATI PowerXpress enabled notebooks
using AMD chipsets
The following notebooks are not supported in this release:
�� Any notebook launched after this driver release
�� Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel chipsets.
�� Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver
support for these notebooks)
�� Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for
driver support for these notebooks)
�� Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for
driver support for these notebooks)
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
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.6 5
�� 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.
New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI
Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:
�� GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe® Flash Player 10.1
�� 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® Flash
Player 10.1
�� AMD GPU acceleration of Adobe® Flash Player 10.1 delivers smooth high
definition video playback and reduces system resource utilization
�� Adobe Flash Player 10.1 can be accelerated on notebook and desktop platforms
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 higher)
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, during
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 ATI Radeon™ HD
5000 Series
�� ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on the ATI Radeon™ HD
Series
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.6 6
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
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.6 7
�� 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
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:
�� "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" maps no longer takes unusually long to load
�� Assigned hotkeys are now retained for "Desktops & Displays" after Catalyst Control
Center restart
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:
�� "The Chronicles of Riddick 2: Assault on Dark Athena" no longer displays white
pixel corruption on walls while playing the "Pitch Black" stage with Super Anti-Alias
and in-game Anti-Alias enabled
�� Corruption no longer visible during "Bioshock 2" gameplay in DirectX 9 and
DirectX 10 mode with CrossFire™ enabled
�� Booting the operating system without displays connected no longer causes
CrossFire™ to become disabled
�� Grass and crops are no longer rendered randomly at unusual locations in "Battlefield
2: Bad Company" game scenes
�� Blank/static display no longer observed after loading a game in "TimeShift" with
Super Anti-Alias and CrossFire™ enabled
�� Enabling Tessellation no longer causes "Unigine Heaven 2.1" to stop functioning
�� Graphical settings can now be adjusted to higher values in "Grand Theft Auto 4:
Episodes from Liberty City" with Crossfire™ enabled
�� Under Multi-GPU configuration with Crossfire™ enabled, setting both "Shaders
Quality" and "Post-Processing Quality" to "Enthusiast" no longer causes frame rate
drops in "Crysis Warhead" DirectX 9 game
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.6 8
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:
�� Toggling from window mode to fullscreen mode now functions properly in
"Assassin's Creed" game with DirectX 10
�� Toggling between desktop and "Battlefield: Bad Company 2" game no longer causes
flickering under Multi-GPU configuration
�� Desktop corruption no longer visible while playing SD/Blu-ray content with display
set to 120Hz refresh rate
�� [Catalyst Control Center] Video basic color controls in the "All Settings" page can
now be applied and will not shift to default values
�� Disabling CrossFire™ for the first time no longer causes the "Contrast" value to
change to zero in Catalyst Control Center - Display Properties Color page
�� Flashing texture corruption no longer visible during game play for "Company of
Heroes: Opposing Fronts"
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:
�� Desktop corruption no longer visible while playing SD/Blu-ray content with display
set to 120Hz refresh rate
�� "Age of Empires" online game no longer displays error and becomes unplayable
when the strategy button is clicked
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:
�� 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 v2.1. If you require
an OpenCL™ 1.0 conformant driver, we recommend that you install the ATI
Catalyst™ 10.5 Driver Suite
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 showing deinterlacing lines
�� "Desktop Window Manager has stopped working" error may appear after driver
installation on specific cards and will not be enabled until after restart
�� [Catalyst Control Center] Customized Avivo video settings may revert to default
values after resuming from sleep/hibernation during SD or Blu-ray playback
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.6 9
�� Blank screen may be observed when flashlight is turned on in "The Chronicles of
Riddick 2" with Screen Space Ambient Occlusion enabled
�� 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
�� Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video
synchronization issues when viewed on some devices
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:
�� Performing bezel compensation on 3x2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel
group (resolutions) to go missing
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 Catalyst™. These include:
�� "Age Of Empires: The Rise of Rome" may terminate abruptly and display error
message when the diplomacy button is clicked
�� Minor frame drops may be observed while viewing HD interlaced content
Installing the ATI Catalyst™ Vista 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 ATI Product.
ATI Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the ATI Catalyst™ CREW
Driver Feedback program. To provide us with your feedback, visit ATI Catalyst™ Crew
Driver Feedback.
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Very nice guide how to download driver package from AMD site directly.

 

Did you install it?

Cheers,

 

Not yet. I will test it later. I am in other city now without my laptop. As soon I will get home I will test them. I am currently running leaked 10.6 alpha. Everything ok.

 

Here's a guide:

Guide to directly download the mobility radeon for win 7 64 bit

 

Thanks for guide. I will add link in my first post

 

You are welcome, Tim4

Thanks for the 10.6 release info too,
Actually, I was downloading the 10.5 and thanks to you, I have the latest 10.6 too

 

For reference, this thread here was first.

 

Haven't seen it Kalim. But, anyways, this thread exists. Hope it will be useful.

 

Wall text/unorganized change log. To install or not install.... from stocked drivers.

 

Is the catalyst 10.6 woking with Asus laptops? It doesn't work on Alienware M17x R2

 

Installed on my G73 just fine.

 

It's been said here about GSOD and driver issue, but have somebody noticed improvements in performance?

 

I don't know about performance, but stability is my #1 concern. Game crashes really sux.

 

Just to make sure, some people download the catalyst version for mobility radeon. They should download the mobility catalyst version

 

Anyone have problems with CCC? Driver installs but ccc crash/close.

 

Try to remove drivers using driver sweeper. it could be some leftovers from old drivers that interfere installation of CCC from 10.6

 

10.6 is fine including CCC. No crashes, no issues. I have not tried turning the GPU clock and vram back to default.

Cheers,