Catalyst Application Profiles
The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst 10.9:
- Aliens Vs. Predator – Profile update
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Profile update
- F1 2010 – Profile update
- Kane & Lynch 2 – New profile
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.9:
- STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark
- Performance increases up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire configurations with Enhanced full dynamic lighting (DX11) and
anti-aliasing enabled
- Performance increases up to 12% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire configurations with Enhanced full dynamic lighting (DX11) and
anti-aliasing enabled
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire configurations
- Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series single and
CrossFire configurations
- Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire configurations
- Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 Series single and
CrossFire configurations
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:
- UVD clocks will now return to normal speeds after switching from HD to SD content
- Flickering no longer visible while running 3D games on HDMI displays with Quad
CrossFire enabled
- Mesh corruption is no longer visible in "The Chronicles of Riddick 2: Assault on
Dark Athena" when SSAO in-game setting is set to high
- CrossFire now functions properly and in-game Anti-Aliasing can now be enabled
in "StarCraft II"
- Adobe Flash Player will no longer display green screen after resume from sleep
- Negative CrossFire scaling on "Final Fantasy-XIV" no longer occurs
- Intermittent perfomance drops no longer observed with harware cursor enabled in
"World of Warcraft" game in extended mode
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:
- AVI video no longer lags during playback within Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck
- Desktop corruption no longer occurs during PowerDVD SD/Blu-ray content
playback on 120Hz displays
- Choppy HD playback no longer occurs while changing color vibrance and fleshtone
correction in Catalyst Control Center - Advanced Color
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:
- Copy protection message will no longer appear when viewing a DVD with Windows
Media Player on a Windows XP system with PowerDVD 9 installed
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:
- Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor
when system is configured with 4 displays
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 show deinterlacing lines
- Desktop may dim after exiting "Mafia II" game on some cards
- PowerDVD may exhibit blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition
when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing
Blu-ray content
- Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values might fail to increase when D3D
samples/games are running in full screen mode
- 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
- Frame drops may be visible during WinDVD Blu-ray playback with display
resolution set to 25x16
- Changes to HDMI display scaling might fail to be retained after system reboot
- System may fail and display blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if
existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
- Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all
resolutions except 640x480 to go missing
- Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under
Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
- Desktop corruption may be visible while viewing Blu-ray content on 120 Hz
displays; pressing Alt+F4 to close player application will restore desktop
- Windows Media Center application may stop responding or system may
intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2x2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode
- Desktop line corruption may be observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on
some cards
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:
- 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
- Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display may cause display to
turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback
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