ATI Releases Catalyst 9.11 Video Card Drivers for Download
ATI has just released ATI Catalyst 9.11 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
New Features:
GPU Acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ supports the new Hardware Acceleration features of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta for video encoded in the H.264 format. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta introduces hardware-based H.264 video decoding to deliver smooth video playback, reduce system resource utilization, and preserve battery life. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta is expected to be available for download from Adobe Labs (labs.adobe.com) before the end of the year. This feature is supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5800, ATI Radeon HD 5700 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products.
High Quality downscaling for video transcoding MSE
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ includes an enhancement for the ATI Video converter for users transcoding high quality interlaced content (1920x1080i @60i videos) down to small resolution progressive content (320x240 @30p - iPod videos as an example), by maintaining high visual quality when down-scaling by a significant amount and converting interlaced video content to progressive.
Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 9.11 release for Linux includes:
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
* This release of ATI Catalyst driver for Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
# HEL 5.4 support
# openSUSE 11.2 early look support
Highlights of resolved issues
* Catalyst Control Center; Confirm/revert dialog now available when setting the Extend options for the display
* Now able to enable and disable CrossFire when three displays are configured in extended mode
* Catalyst Control Center no longer stops responding when setting Eyefinity SLS (Single Large Surface) mode for extended HDMI display
* calMemCopy() no longer causes some systems with 2 ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2s to become unresponsive
* Resolved, high bit rate audio from Blu-ray discs might not output when using PowerDVD 10
* World in Conflict (DX10) no longer exhibits corruption when exiting from multiplayer game with extended desktop
* resolved Tom Clancy's HAWX (in DX9 and DX10) no audio output during game play on some systems
* Choppy video and audio no longer occurs when more than one digital audio source is enabled
* Wolfenstein no longer stops responding when running in display mode of 2560 x 1600
* Resolved WinDVD Blu-ray playback will not start until application has been minimized and restored
* WinDVD application now repaints and no longer remain on screen
* Resolved display driver incompatibility with Resident Evil 5 Japanese release
* Desktop is no longer cut short when 720P 60Hz HDTV custom mode is added in Windows 7 for some ASICs