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New Features


GPU acceleration for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converting application

• · This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides GPU support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converter application found in the Windows 7 Operating System. This feature is supported on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800, ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products.

Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series

• · This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides support for a new Anti-Aliasing method on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series. Users can now experience the high level of anti-aliasing image quality using Super Sampling anti-aliasing while maintaining good performance levels.

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:

• · The video preview in Avivo™ Video - Basic Quality page in Catalyst Control Center no longer flickers while playing SD/HD Blu-ray titles
  
• · Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the Catalyst Control Center - TV Properties Adjustments page
  
• · The display mode page will now refresh properly when selecting another display from drop down menu in Catalyst Control Center with two displays connected in extended mode
  
• · “Component Video Properties" is no longer incorrectly listed under the "QuickSettings" tab under Catalyst Control Center - Basic view in extended mode
  
• · Changes to the Avivo™ Video Presets page in Catalyst Control Center can now be applied and will not revert back to the default settings
  
• · The "Use Application Settings" checkbox in Avivo™ Video Presets page can now be unchecked in Catalyst Control Center
  
• · Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in Catalyst Control Center - Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot
  
• · Switching profile settings in Avivo™ Video - Basic Quality page now functions properly in Catalyst Control Center

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:

• · EA Sports startup logo screen for "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08" will no longer disappear or turn black
  
• · Ghostbusters video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560x1600

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:

• · Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in "Riddick 2 Dark Athena" no longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations
  
• · Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific HDMI displays with Tripod and Quad CrossFire enabled configurations
  
• · Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and Firestream ASIC in the secondary PCIe slot
  
• · "Combat Mission Shock Force" no longer fails after a duration of game play
  
• · Intermittent flashing no longer visible in Windows with ViewSonic VE150m displays

Test Bed:

• Asus Maximus Extreme
  
• Intel QX9770 C0 @ 3.2GHz
  
• 2x Corsair Dominator DDR3 C7 @ 1600 7-7-7-20
  
• 2x OCZ platinum DDR3 @ 1600 7-7-7-20
  
• Enermax Galaxy 1000w
  
• Creative X-FI Xtreme Music
  
• 2x320 Seagate 7200.10 @ Raid0 (System)
  
• 500GB Seagate 7200.10 (Storage)
  
• Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit

a special thanks goes to Asus for providing us Asus EAH4890 Voltage Tweak Edition card for the Catalyst 9.10 Driver Analysis.

This post has been edited by -=SNIPER=-: 23 October 2009 - 12:56 PM

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looks like the driver is good only for the holders of 5800 series cards, as they will see huge diffrence in scores in almost everything , for the 4xxx series holders, expect nothing of performance increase or decrease, they might have some issues they will find it fixed with the Catalyst 9.10 driver.

catalyst 9.10 is definantly recommanded for all 5800 series users espically with crossfireX setup because it fixes the links between to cards when 3d rendering starts and there is no more flickering when HDMI is used

Download your Driver from www.game.amd.com

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[BlackBrigade]

GPU acceleration now supported hmm

i wonder if the gpu will throttle down under idle conditions in win7

[MNB4800]

Well, these are the first official Catalyst drivers that support the 5800 series and yes there is an improvement but not as huge as expected when compared to the 8.66 Beta ones. None the less, these are better all round.

[darthoz]

I just installed the latest version on a Windows 7 pc with ATI 3850 and got the BSOD...WTF?

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darthoz said:

I just installed the latest version on a Windows 7 pc with ATI 3850 and got the BSOD...WTF?

do a clean setup, uninstall> Restart > install > restart

[darthoz]

It was a clean install! I thought of trying again, and this time, just installing the drivers, and not the CCC. Could it possibly be because of the PSU, as it's an FSP Blue Storm II, 400w, and the recommended requirements for a 512 3850 (Powercolor) is 450w? But when I got the BSOD, the error was due to a faulty driver.

The card is identified as a 3850, with 512MB RAM, and Aero works, but in Programs and Features, nothing related to ATI exists.