AMD Catalyst Drivers 15.7.1 Windows 7 64

# IMPROVEMENTS
* AMD OpenGL 4.2 production support
- AMD Catalyst 11.12 delivers official support for the OpenGL 4.2 specification
* AMD Eyefinity technology enhancements
- Enables support for AMD HD3D technology when using a 3x1 Landscape Eyefinity display group, on supported DisplayPort 3D monitors.
* AMD Vision Engine Control Center enhancements for Dual Graphics
- Improvements have been implemented to better facilitate the enabling and control of the Dual Graphics within the Vision Engine Control Center

# Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System:
* Random ghosting is no longer observed while playing Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.
* Character Avatars no longer flash in Dragon Age 2 in Crossfire mode.
* Stalker – Clear Sky no longer displays random black horizontal lines on initial startup.
* Playing Tom Clancy HAWX 2 in Eyefinity mode no longer generates a random system reboot.
* Random choppy Flash playback is no longer experienced.
* Running Civilization V in DirectX 11 mode no longer crashes randomly when run at medium and high in-game settings.
* F1 2010 no longer hangs intermittently on launch.
* Flashing textures are no longer randomly observed while playing Bulletstorm.
* Dead Space 2 no longer hangs randomly.

# Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System:
* All required PAL formats are now correctly listed in the Vision Control Center on the HDTV support page.
* Playing Dirt2, Dirt3 and Portal2 in DirectX 9 mode no longer causes a random system hang.
* Portal 2 no longer displays random screen tearing when run in DirectX 9.
* Total War Shogun 2 no longer displays random corruption when played at low in game settings and 2x1 and 3x1 Eyefinity modes.
* Playing Lost Planet 2 in Eyefinity mode and Crossfire enable no longer randomly crashes.
* Portal 2 will no longer randomly crash when the GPU is switched to Low Power mode.
* Running Stalker Clear Sky in DirectX 10 mode in a Tri-Crossfire configuration no longer randomly hangs when in-game settings are set to high.
* Tom Clancy Endwar no longer randomly hangs with a pinstripe display.
* Playing Enemy Territory Quake Wars no longer generates a random system hang.
* Graphics corruption is no longer randomly exhibited while playing video clips using Windows Media Center.
* Doom 3 no longer experiences random corruption when Anti Aliasing is enabled.
* Crysis 2 no longer displays random flickering when run in DirectX9 mode.
* Far Cry2, Dragon 2, Homefront, Stalker: Metro 2033 and Bioshock 2 no longer display random flashing textures.
* Left 4 Dead 2 no longer experiences random hangs.
* HAWX2 no longer experiences random hangs when navigating in game menus.
* Lost Planet 2 and Dragon Age 2 no longer display random flickering when run in DirectX 9 mode.

# NEW FEATURES
* Adobe Flash Player 11 support
- Enables full support of the GPU accelerated Stage 3D API and Stage 3D applications
- Supported on the AMD Radeon HD Series of GPUs, A-Series APU and E-Series APU
# RESOLVED ISSUES
* Resolved Issues for the Windows 7
- Images and textures are no longer corrupted (Blue) in Rage.
- Bezel compensation now works correctly with Far Cry 2.
- Screen tearing is no longer randomly observed while moving a window on the desktop while in Clone mode or Eyefinity mode.
- A black screen is no longer observed when extending displays.
- Homefront no longer crashes randomly when Crossfire is enabled.
- DC – Universe Online no longer hangs soon after selecting a character and entering the game.

# New Features
* AMD Eyefinity enhancements
- Enables support for Eyefinity 5x1 display (portrait and landscape) configurations
- Maximum supported resolution has been increased to 16000 x 16000 pixels on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series. (limited to DX11 applications only)
- Bezel compensation is now possible when using sets of displays that have mismatched pixel densities.
# AMD VECC/CCC enhancements
* Improvements have been implemented to better facilitate the enabling and control of the following features within the Vision Engine Control Center / Catalyst Control Center
- AMD Overdrive for GPUs
- Information Center (software and hardware)
# Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista
* Display corruption is no longer experienced on the primary display when running in extended display mode with AERO enabled.
* Scaling options are now correctly displayed when connecting DisplayPort / DFP monitors.
* An application crash is no longer randomly observed while playing M2V/Mpeg2/Mpeg4 files and toggling the Hardware Acceleration setting.
# Resolved Issues for the Windows 7
* Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on single GPU configurations using the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
* Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on AMD CrossFire™ configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products.
* Reduces stuttering seen on Dual CPU and Tri CPU core systems.
* Rage - users may experience random texture corruption. Please use the AMD Catalyst 11.10 V3 Preview if you are experiencing these issues.
* Some OpenGL games like Enemy Territory Quake Wars no longer experiences random corruption.
* Lost Planet 2 no longer experiences random crashes when running the benchmark.
* F1 2010 and Dirt 2 no longer experience random flashing during the game.
* Google Earth no longer displays random corruption when running in OpenGL mode.
* Mafia II no longer experiences a random crash during game loading / game play when Crossfire is enabled.
* Unigine Heaven running in DirectX 11 mode no longer experiences a performance drop when running with Dual Graphics enabled.
* Homefront no longer experiences random game crashes.
* Random flashing is no longer experienced when playing back SD/BD content on a 120Hz monitor.
* An application crash is no longer randomly observed while playing M2V/Mpeg2/Mpeg4 files and toggling the Hardware Acceleration setting.
* Display corruption is no longer experienced on the primary display when running in extended display mode with AERO enabled.

# New Features:
* Enables AMD HD 3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as the Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays
# Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista:
* The screen no longer goes black on when the Aero Desktop is enabled on some Radeon products.
* Lost Planet 2 no longer randomly crashes when running the benchmark
# Resolved Issues for the Windows 7:
* STALKER – Call of Pripyat no longer hangs randomly when launching a new game or opening a previously saved game.
* Scaling options are now correctly displayed when connecting a Digital monitor to the Display port on some video cards.
* The following games no longer experience random hangs during game loading:
- Call of Duty – Black Ops
- F1 2010
- Dungeon Siege 3
* The following games no longer hang intermittently during gameplay:
- Battlefield - Bad Company 2
- Borderlands
- Dead Rising 2
* The following games no longer hangs while running the benchmark :
- Serious Sam 2
- Resident Evil 5
- HAWX 2
* HAWX 2 no longer displays random flashing black pixels
* Flashing pixel corruption is no longer experienced while playing F1 2010 and Dirt 2
* The Windows Event Log no longer reports unwanted Distributed DCOM errors.
* Negative Crossfire Scaling is no longer occasionally observed while playing EarthSim 2, Battle – Bad Company 2 , Metro and HAWX
* Video corruption is no longer observed while playing full screen HD WMV format files using PowerDVD with Windows Aero Mode turned off.
* Blank video playback is no longer observed when hardware accelerations is enabled in VLC 1.1.10
* Dawn of War II – Retribution no longer exhibits a black screen when alt-tabbing in and out of the game
* Random display corruption is no longer observed when playing WMV format files using Windows Media Player
* City of Heroes no longer experiences stuttering after excessive use if in-game Anti-Aliasing slider

# New Features
* AMD Overdrive has been enhanced to include both CPU and GPU over-clocking controls within the AMD Vision Control Center
* CPU over-clocking is only supported on AMD Black edition CPUs

# Performance Highlights
* Improves performance up to 10% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* Improves performance up to 8% in Fear 3 DirectX 11 version with application enabled Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* Improves performance up to 30% when AMD’s Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) is enabled through the Catalyst™ Control Center on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* Improves performance up to 20% in Call of Duty Black Operations for single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

# Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista
* PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen when playing back BluRay content with Crossfire enabled.
* BSOD errors are no longer intermittently experienced after installing the driver with Crossfire enabled.

# Resolved Issues for the Windows 7
* The option to “Apply current video quality settings to internet video" is no longer randomly missing from the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / AMD Vision™ Engine Control Center.
* 3DMark 11 no longer intermittently generates a BSOD error when run using a standard user account.
* Playing HD video content overnight using Windows Media Center no longer causes the system to hang or generates a BSOD error.
* Random graphical corruption is no longer experienced when playing Crysis 2 in a Crossfire environment.
* Image stabilization is now correctly applied to DivX clips when using Windows Media Player.
* Enabling AntiAliasing when playing Starcraft 2 no longer causes random screen blackouts.
* Video corruption is no longer seen when scrolling through DivX 5 video files using Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player.
* Menu corruption is no longer seen when running F.E.A.R 3 in DirectX 11 mode.
* Video playback now functions correctly after enabling hardware acceleration in VLC version 1.1.10.

# Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 These include:
* All issues experienced with mouse cursor lag have been resolved
* Resolves system hangs seen in the AMD Catalyst 11.6 driver on specific HDMI and DP displays
* Log event (Event ID 62464) issues when playing video content have been resolved
* Bluray playback using PowerDVD 10 under High Performance mode no longer randomly displays a blank screen.
* Bluray playback using PowerDVD 10 under High Performance mode no longer randomly hangs.
* Some Divx format files no longer display video corruption using WinDVD.
* AVIVO Video Quality settings are now correctly applied to Flash Video Content.
* AMD SteadyVideo is now applied to Home Video clips when using WinDVD 10.
* Random screen corruption is no longer displayed when changing desktop themes.
* Chequerboard corruption is no longer displayed intermittently when playing DirectX 10 titles in a Crossfire configuration with Eyefinity enabled.
* Shogun II now renders the cinematics correctly when run in various Eyefinity configurations.
* Video playback now works correctly when Hardware acceleration is enabled with VLC Player version 1.1.9.
* Crossfire now functions correctly when playing Hamilton’s Great Adventure.
* Video corruption is no longer observed when when using the Forward slider on 720P Divx format video clips using Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center.
* PowerDVD now correctly handles 3D Bluray content.
* Portal 2 no longer displays flickering on water surface textures with Medium and Low Shader detail settings.
* Image stabilization now functions correctly when playing Divx content using Windows Media Player.
* Wraparound corruption is no longer displayed intermittently after exiting a 3D application.

# New Features:
* AMD Steady Video
- Steady Video is currently an AMD exclusive feature based on AMD APP Technology
- By applying advanced algorithms behind the scenes, users do not have to deal with shaky or unstable video ever again!
- Capabilities scale with hardware and are end user controlled
* Image Stabilization brought to YouTube!
* Decode Acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content
- AMD has enabled decode acceleration of MPEG-4 part 2 content in Microsoft video player applications (through MFT support) for all AMD Radeon 6000 Series

# Performance Enhancements
* Performance gains in Crysis of up to 7% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series single card configurations.
* Performance gains in F1 2010 of up to 8% in DirectX 11 mode on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
* Performance gains in Far Cry 2 of up to 5% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
* Performance gains in HAWX of up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series products in single and Crossfire configurations.
* Performance gains in the Unigine OpenGL tests of up to 10% on AMD Radeon HD 6000 series single card configurations.

# Windows Vista
* The screen no longer briefly flashes green while changing screen resolution and playing a BluRay title using PowerDVD 10.

# Windows 7
* Flashing titles are no longer displayed when playing F1 2010 in a Crossfire environment.
* Video playback no longer intermittently displays a black screen when using Windows Media Player.
* Graphics and Gaming scores are now correctly computed in the Windows Performance Index.
* A BSOD error is no longer generated randomly when Crossfire is enabled/disabled after video/LCD overdrive settings are changed on HD 6900 series products.
* Crossfire is now correctly enabled when playing The Witcher 2 on HD 6800 series products. (when used with AMD Catalyst 11.5 CAP 5 release)
* Screen tearing is no longer randomly seen when playing Riddick 2 at high performance settings and with Crossfire enabled.
* The game Kings Bounty now renders correctly.
* The game Empire Total War now no longer displays random flickering and in-game buttons display correctly.
* Google Earth now performs smoothly in OpenGL mode.
* Crossfire is now correctly enabled when playing Cars 2 on HD 6900 series products.
* Sid Meyers Civilization V no longer displays intermittent graphical corruption when played in DirectX 10 mode in a Crossfire environment.
* Heaven 2.1 running in DirectX 11 mode no longer displays intermittent graphical corruption in a Crossfire environment.
* Crossfire is correctly enabled when playing LEGO : Pirates of the Caribbean on HD6800 and HD 6900 series products.
* Poor performance is no longer experienced while Playing Heroes of Newerth and when the cursor is moved to the top right or bottom right corner of the screen.
* Mouse cursor corruption (in the upper right portion of the screen) should be resolved

# New Features:
* Hydravision enhancements for Eyefinity configurations.
- The HydraGrid feature found in HydraVision is now aware of user created Bezels.
- The HydraGrid feature found in HydraVision now also includes as “Automatic Grid” option that aligns to the user defined Eyefinity display layout.

# Windows 7
* PowerDVD no longer randomly crashes when HDMI 8 Channel Audio is enabled.
* Avivo settings are now correctly displayed in the AMD Vision Engine Control Center after connecting a secondary display.
* Windows Media Player no longer randomly hangs or displays a black screen after playing VC1 (WMV) video files for over 4 hours.
* PowerDVD no longer crashes intermittently after enabling / disabling Crossfire during BD playback.
* Bioshock no longer displays visual corruption with Vsynch and MLAA enabled.
* Transcoding MPEG-2 video to H.264 no longer causes an application crash.
* Transcoding H.264 to AVCHD no longer generates lagging video.

# New Features:
* Enhancements to the AMD VISION Engine Control Center / AMD Catalyst Control Center
- New task based Display Management controls
> Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
- New Eyefinity setup group
> Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
- AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
> This feature notifies users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
* GPU Compute enhancements:
- The OpenCL runtime (included in AMD Catalyst 11.4) includes performance enhancements supporting zero-copy on APUs and increased performance for PCIe transfers between a CPU and discrete GPU.
* Performance Enhancements
A number of performance enhancements are seen with the AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series:
- Call of Duty Black Ops – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single GPU configurations.
- Battleforge – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
- Batman Arkham Asylum – gains of up to 20% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
- Aliens vs. Predator – gains of up to 8% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
- Civilization 5 – gains of up to 15% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
- Far Cry 2 – gains of up to 6% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
- Just Cause 2 – gains of up to 9% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
- Lost Planet 2 – gains of up to 10% on single and multiple GPU configurations.

# Windows Vista
* Mpeg2 video clips now use hardware acceleration when played using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.
* Adding bezel compensation to a 2x1 Eyefinity configuration no longer causes both displays to blank out.
* The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness.

# Windows 7
* The GPU no longer shows high GPU usage after running Firefox 4 with hardware acceleration enabled.
* Bioshock no longer displays random tearing and screen corruption with Vsync and MLAA enabled.
* Water textures no longer flicker in Two Worlds II in Crossfire mode.
* Bulletstorm lightshafts no longer appear broken when running on a HD 6970 series product.
* Bulletstorm no longer displays random texture corruption when running in Crossfire mode.
* FI 2010 no longer slows down intermittently when in Crossfire mode.
* PowerDVD no longer crashes if Crossfire is enabled / disabled during playback of a BD title.
* WinDVD no longer displays corrupted BD playback when the monitor is rotated to portrait mode.
* Crysis Warhead corruption is no longer randomly observed when launching the game.
* Running the Heaven benchmark no longer displays graphics corruption during DirectX 11 tests.
* Catalyst Control Center Avivo settings are now correctly displayed after connecting a secondary display.
* The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness.

# New Features:
* Seamless GPU Compute support
- The AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) OpenCL runtime is now enabled by default within AMD Catalyst. Applications that leverage OpenCL for GPU based compute tasks will automatically benefit from the significant performance boost that this provides.

# Windows Vista
* 3DMark 2011 no longer hangs on a quad crossfire HD6990 system.
* World of Warcraft no longer fails to respond when alt-tabbing out and into the game when running on the AMD HD6990.
* Mpeg2 Video playback now correctly uses hardware acceleration when played with Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.
* Youtube HD Flash video now renders correctly.
* Enabling Anti-Aliasing no longer causes figure to have a bright outline in Medal Of Honor Single Player mode.

# Windows 7
* 3D BluRay playback no longer displays random frame loss.
* The 8x Anti-Aliasing is now correctly listed in some OpenGL applications.
* System no longer shows laggy performance when playing 720P WMV video files.
* Tearing is no longer randomly observed when playing Bioshock with Vsync and MLAA enabled.

# New Features:
* Catalyst AI Texture Filtering updates
- The Quality setting has now been improved to match the High Quality setting in all respects but one; it enables an optimization that limits tri-linear anisotropic filtering to areas surrounding texture mipmap level transitions, while doing bilinear anisotropic filtering elsewhere. This optimization offers a way to improve filtering performance without visibly affecting image quality
- The Performance setting has been updated to address the sharpness of the default Quality setting causing shimmering in certain cases. It now provides a smoother filtering option that eliminates most shimmering while preserving the improved detail provided by anisotropic filtering.
* Tessellation Controls
- Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series and the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
- New settings give users full control over the Tessellation levels used in applications.
> The default selection “AMD Optimized” setting is intended to set the best level of Tessellation on a per application basis. The “AMD Optimized” setting is designed to help users get the maximum visual benefit of Tessellation, while minimizing the performance impact associated with enabling Tessellation. Currently no applications have been profiled.
> The “Use Application Settings” option gives applications full control over the Tessellation level.
> Users can also manually set the maximum tessellation level used by applications with the slider control
* Morphological Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
- AMD Catalyst now includes official support for Morphological Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

# Support Video Quality settings during Blu-ray 3D playback
* Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
* Requires Blu-ray 3D player software, 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
* Users can now enable the Video Quality settings within the Catalyst Control Center when playing Blu-ray 3D content

# Performance Improvements:
* Call of Duty: Black Ops:
- Performance increases up to 11% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing enabled
* Batman Arkham Asylum:
- Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.

# Windows 7
* Corruption is no longer randomly observed running the Unigine Heaven benchmark.
* Texture corruption is no longer observed when running the Unigine Heaven benchmark with Super AA enabled in the Catalyst Control Center.
* HAWX no longer intermittently displays corruption when running in DirectX 9 mode.
* Visual corruption is no longer seen when running Lost Planet in DirectX 10 mode.
* Playing a 720p WMV format file no longer randomly causes laggy system performance.
* Video corruption no longer intermittently affects the display when playing a SD format DVD using Windows Media Player.
* Choppy video playback is no longer observed when playing a DVD with interlaced content using WinDVD 10.
* 8x Anti Aliasing is now correctly listed as available with certain 3D applications.
* The AMD Ladybug demo no longer freezes when viewed in camera mode.
* DirectX 9.0 games no longer show intermittent corruption at the bottom of one of the cloned displays.

# Performance highlights includes:

* F1 2010:
- Performance increases up to 12% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
- Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
* Left 4 Dead 2:
- Performance increases up to 17% on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series single and Crossfire configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.
- Performance increases up to 8% on AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.

# Windows Vista

* Video corruption is no longer randomly seen during DVD playback using Windows Media Player.
* Progressive scan DVD content no longer causes Windows Media Center to hang.
* Interlaced DVD content no longer exhibits frame drops and jerky playback.
* “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.

# Windows 7

* Aliens vs. Predator game no longer fails to load with quad Crossfire enabled..
* Text is no longer missing randomly in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
* Graphical corruption is no longer seen occasionally in Nostradamus- The Last Prophecy demo.
* The Protoss Pylon Matrix is now rendered correctly in Starcraft 2.
* Task switching in Dirt2 with Vsync enabled no longer causes a dual link monitor to go black.
* System no longer crashes when enabling Crossfire with 2 monitors connected to the primary card and 2 monitors connected to the secondary card.
* List of supported TV resolutions now includes 1080p 24Hz (if supported by the TV display).
* Cyberlink PowerDVD no longer randomly exits when playing a blu-ray title with the “Aero-on” option enabled in the player.
* An error message is no longer intermittently displayed when viewing a slideshow using Windows Live Photo Gallery.
* Windows Media Player no longer displays a black screen when continuously playing several VC1 format files over a 4 hour period.
* “Host Application not responding” error message is no longer randomly displayed when launching the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.

# New Features:

* Support for DivX on the AMD Radeon 6800 Series
- With DivX® software installed on an AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series and later GPU and the DivX Accelerated™ solution, consumers can enjoy an improved DivX video playback experience by lowering CPU load, extending computer battery life on notebooks, reducing noise on home theater PCs and improving overall computer operation.
- Grab the DivX Accelerated download from here http://go.divx.com/accelerated
* Support for OpenGL 4.1
- New features introduced in OpenGL 4.1
- Full compatibility with OpenGL ES 2.0 APIs for easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms
- The ability to query and load a binary for shader program objects to save re-compilation time
- The capability to bind programs individually to programmable stages for programming flexibility
- 64-bit floating-point component vertex shader inputs for higher geometric precision
- Multiple viewports for a rendering surface for increased rendering flexibility
- New ARB extensions introduced with OpenGL 4.1
- Linking OpenGL sync objects to OpenCL event objects for enhanced OpenCL interoperability
- The ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for enhanced rendering flexibility
- Features to improve robustness, for example when running WebGL applications
- Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and warning messages
* AMD Stream 2.3 SDK release
- Performance improvements for AMD’s OpenCL toolset
- Support UVD video hardware component through OpenCL driver (Windows 7 only)
- Support for the Stream Profiler on Linux (command line version)
- Support added for AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
- Support for FFT and BLAS-3 libraries
- Stream Profiler enhancements (including timeline visualization)
- Resolves a number of bug fixes from the Stream SDK 2.2 release

# Windows Vista

* The overscan/underscan slider is no longer occasionally disabled in certain optimized / customer modes.
* Enabling dynamic contrast no longer displays random fade-in effects when playing Yozakura.

# Windows 7
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 10.12 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

* DivX interlaced content no longer intermittently shows corruption.
* Tom Clancy’s Endwar no longer randomly hangs during game cutscenes.
* Crossfire no longer gets randomly disabled in some games after task switching.
* Random black streaks are no longer seen on menus in Metro 2033.
* Corruption is no longer randomly seen with certain graphical settings in F1 2010.
* Screen is now rendered correctly in Splinter Cell Conviction with Crossfire enabled.
* Random tearing is no longer observed when playing back XVID video files on an extended display.
* Random crashes are no longer observed when playing the Stone Giant DX11 Demo when Crossfire enabled.
* Random crashes are no longer observed when changing video settings in Supreme Commander 2.
* Need for Speed Shift no longer displays random corruption during game play if 2 races are played consecutively without exiting the game.
* WMV playback no longer goes blank occasionally after switching from 32bit to 16bit color.
* Random mouse cursor corruption is no longer seen
* The screen is does not intermittently display garbage when running 3dMark06.
* Dragon Age Origins no longer hangs intermittently during gameplay.
* Changing resolutions in Starcraft2 with forced AA no longer causes random application crashes.
* The desktop does not darken occasionally after exiting Eve Online.
* The desktop does not dim randomly after exiting Mafia II on some Radeon 4890 products.

# Performance Improvements:
- Battleforge™ : Performance increases up to 3% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing disabled.
- STALKER – Call of Pripyat™ benchmark: Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations

# Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
- Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
- Primary display no longer blanks out intermittently during "World in Conflict™: Soviet Assault" DirectX10 gameplay with CrossFire and Dual Monitor enabled
- "Stone Giant" DirectX 11 demo no longer intermittently fails in fullscreen mode with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
- Task switching out of "Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2" and then back into the game no longer causes CrossFire to become disabled
- Enabling in-game Anti-Aliasing and utilizing Edge-Detect filters no longer causes smoother lines but blurry textures when compared to the Standard filter on some cards
- Desktop line corruption is no longer observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards
- Enabling Overdrive through the Catalyst™ Control Center for single display systems no longer results in GPU clocks running at high levels in non-GPU intensive scenarios

# Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
- Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
- When "World of Warcraft" is launched via TriDef® 3D and hardware cursor is enabled, the mouse cursor no longer intermittently flickers and disappears
- Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display no longer causes the display to turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback

# AMD Catalyst™ Accelerated Parallel Processing ("APP") technology
There will now be two variants of the AMD Catalyst package available:
1. AMD Catalyst (comparable to prior versions in features and components) –
currently includes the Direct3D®, OpenGL®, display driver and AMD
Catalyst Control Center components
2. AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing (“APP”) technology Edition –
AMD Catalyst plus the OpenCL driver
- Users can still obtain the individual AMD Catalyst components as well (which will
also include the OpenCL driver as well)

# Video accleration for WMV HD® video content
- This release of AMD Catalyst provides video acceleration support for WMV HD®
(Microsoft video codec) under Windows 7
- Compatible with the ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series of products

# Enhanced Dynamic Contrast video controls

# Introduction of AMD HD3D Technology
- Blu-ray 3D™ Support
* This release of AMD Catalyst enables Blu-ray 3D™ playback
* Requirements include Blu-ray 3D player software, 3D supported display and 3D
Stereoscopic glasses
* Compatible with the AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
- Stereo 3D Gaming Compatibility
* This release of AMD Catalyst enables Stereo 3D gaming via 3rd party Stereo 3D
Conversion Software from Dynamic Digital Depth (DDD™) and iZ3D™
* Requirements include 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
* Compatible with the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
*More information on AMD HD3D Technology, including Stereo 3D Conversion
Software and a list of supported displays, can be found at www.amd.com/hd3d

# Catalyst™ Application Profiles
The following application profiles are available with this release of AMD Catalyst 10.10:
- Multiplayer Medal of Honor™ (DirectX® 9/DirectX® 10/DirectX® 11) CrossFire™
update
- Darksider™ (DirectX 9) performance and CrossFire anti-aliasing update
- NBA 2K11™ (DirectX 9) CrossFire update
- Stone Giant™ (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
- Civilization V™ (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) tweak CrossFire update
- H.A.W.X.™ 2 (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
- Formula 1™ (DirectX 10/DirectX 11) CrossFire update
- World of Warcraft™ (DirectX 11) version CrossFire update

# Performance Improvements
The following performance improvements were observed with this release of AMD
Catalyst 10.10:
- Aliens vs. Predator™ DirectX 11 Benchmark
* Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire
* Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire
* Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
* Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
* Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
- BattleForge™
* Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
* Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
- Crysis Warhead®
* Performance increases up to 9% on Single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
with anti-aliasing enabled
- Far Cry™ 2
* Performance increases up to 7% on Single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
- Metro 2033™
* Performance increases up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire configurations
* Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire configurations
* Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series in DirectX 11
and 10 modes
* Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series in DirectX 11
and 10 modes
* Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series in DirectX 11
and 10 modes
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.™ : Call of Pripyat Benchmark
* Performance increases up to 7% on single ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
- Unigine™ Heaven
* Performance increases up to 9% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
* Performance increases up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
- World in Conflict™
* Performance increases up to 9% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series
* Performance increases up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series

# Resolved Known Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst software suite for Windows. These include:
- Catalyst Control Center page will now report the correct video memory type

# Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst software suite for Windows 7. These include:
* Screen no longer becomes static after changing resolution in "Just Cause 2™" with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configuration
* Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values will now increase when D3D
samples/games are running in fullscreen mode
* The maximum support mode will now be properly displayed when the CRT is
connected via the DP-to-VGA dongle
* Negative CrossFire scaling no longer experienced in "Need for Speed™: Shift 2" on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 card
* Tearing corruption no longer visible in "Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2" with
CrossFire enabled
* VGA display will now light up when hotplugged into the VGA port on a system
booted without any displays connected
* Changing the HDMI™ display output to 1776x1000 through the operating system resolution setting no longer causes the refresh rate to default to 30Hz
* Frame drops no longer visible during WinDVD® Blu-ray playback with display
resolution set to 25x16
* Changes to HDMI display scaling are now retained after system reboot
* System no longer displays blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
* Unwanted desktop experience no longer visible while viewing Blu-ray content on
120 Hz displays

# Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
- Optimized and custom modes for 720p60, 1080p60 and 1080i30 are no longer
missing for specific DVI displays
- Display no longer turns black when rotated 90 or 270 degress with resolution set to 1080i30 and Aero® enabled