Hatseflats, ATI heeft zo juist net voor het einde van deze maand zijn nieuwste Catalyst drivers met versie nummer 10.7 uitgebracht, en dankzij de meukrtacker van Tweakers.net kan je de volgende release notes melden:
New Features
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
Performance Improvements
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
"Current Setting" indicator will now appear when "Windows desktop" option is selected in "Catalyst Control Center - Basic" for specific CV resolutions
For the Windows 7 Operating System
"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 playbackpauses while viewing YouTube content
For the Windows Vista Operating System
ATI Stream (CAL) test no longer exits with exception error under CrossFire configurations
For the Windows XP Operating System
"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
Known Issues
Under All Windows Operating Systems
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 v2.2. If you require an OpenCL 1.0 conformant driver, we recommend that you install the ATI Catalyst 10.5 Driver Suite
Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialogue reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays
With Hydravision "ATI Eyefinity Enhancements" enabled and radio button "Show on application's display" selected, dialogue boxes may continue to pop up beneath the bezels if bezels are corrected to zero
Catalyst Control Center - Basic wizard pane or resolution combo box in "Display Setting for Desktop Viewing" page may go blank in basic view for component video mode
HDMI default refresh rate may appear as 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz under HDTV in Catalyst Control Center
Under the Windows 7 Operating System
Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may showing deinterlacing lines
"Borderlands" may intermittently fail after a duration of gameplay
PowerDVD may exhibits blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
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
Desktop line corruption might be observed after powering off the DP display and then turning it on while viewing Blu-ray content
Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video synchronization issues when viewed on some devices
Under the Windows Vista Operating System
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
Choppy HD playback might occur while changing color vibrance and fleshtone correction in Catalyst Control Center - Advanced Color
Under the Windows XP Operating System
Minor frame drops may be observed while viewing HD interlaced content