– ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement – This release of
Catalyst introduces an update to the ATI un-install utility. The
utility now pop up dialogue box to show two options to the end user,
Remove ATI Radeon graphics software, leave chipset software.
Completely remove all ATI/AMD (Graphics/Chipset) software.
– SECAM TV Out Support – This release of Catalyst introduces
support within the graphics driver to enable TV output adhering to the
SECAM standard.
– 1080p HDTV custom mode – This release of Catalyst 1080p HDTV
display mode. This feature will be available for display devices that
use an HDMI connector and is available under the Windows XP and Vista
operating systems.
– HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes – This release of Catalyst
introduces HDMI audio support for all TV timing modes and non-standard
(CEA 861b) TV modes. If a non-standard mode is used, on initial
connection to the TV, a pop-up notification should let the user know
that the audio may be out of sync. A UI allows for the audio to be
disabled by the user if desired. The UI in Catalyst™ Control Center
would show the list of TV timing modes (both standard and non-standard)
and the capability to enable audio for a given mode.
– Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalyst Control Center – This release
of Catalyst introduces Adaptive AA for Orca Driver, geometry for alpha
tested objects are now submitted multiple times to the hardware using
the multi-sample mask feature to update one sample at a time in the
frame buffer using centroid sampling. With each pass of the sampling
position for textures is shifted to be at the location of the sample
that is being updated in that pass.
– 1080p24 Mode Support – This release of Catalyst introduces
1080p24 mode support This feature will be available for display devices
that use an HDMI connector and is available under the Windows XP and
Vista operating systems.
– Windows XP Service Pack 3 support – This release of Catalyst
introduces WHQL certified support for Microsoft’s Windows XP Service
Pack 3 update for all ATI Radeon Series products.
– Performance Improvements
Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases up to 12% on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3xx0 series of product
Halo: Performance increases by 10-30% across all of the supported ATI Radeon series of products
Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases from 5 to 35% on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3xx0 series of product
Stalker DX9: Performance increases by 20-50% when HDR is enabled in the game; across all ATI Radeon HD38x0 series of products
World in Conflict DX10: Performance increases up to 25% on systems
containing an ATI Radeon HD36x0 and/or an ATI Radeon 38×0 series of
product. Higher performance gains are noticed on systems contianing an
ATI Radeon 3870×2 series of product
