ATI has just released ATI Catalyst 10.2 for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux platforms on http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx or http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
For more information on ATI Catalyst 10.2 (for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 release notes.Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 Windows release include:
Performance improvements
* DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products
* Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%
* Unigine Heaven – DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products
* The Chronicles of Riddick – Assault on Dark Athena – Overall performance on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 improves up to 4%
New Features
ATI Catalyst™ application profiles for ATI CrossFireX™ supported configurations
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX™ profiles in a separate executable file, ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
o The ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 package Includes the fully qualified ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 application profile list (which includes all ATI CrossFireX profiles) and is installed by default
o The latest application profile list is posted on amd.com in a separate .exe file that users can install to get the absolute latest application profiles (that have not yet been added to the official ATI Catalyst release)
ATI Catalyst™ support for PowerPlay™ on ATI CrossFireX™ technology supported configurations
* Significant power saving benefits for users with ATI Radeon™ HD 5900 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series setup in ATI CrossFireX™ configurations
o Automatically enabled in the ATI Catalyst™ driver for Windows® 7 and Windows Vista
o Sets secondary GPU(s) engine and memory clocks to low levels and reduces voltage when the GPU(s) are not in use
ATI Catalyst™ support for DisplayPort audio
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort panels
Support for ATI CrossFireX™ on Eyefinity configurations
* The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX™ support on Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional GPUs for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution Eyefinity display groups
* Supported on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series
Highlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 release include:
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
o openSUSE 11.2 production support
