ATI has just released ATI Catalyst 10.7 for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux platforms on http://www.amd.com or http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/ ... loads.aspx
Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 Windows release include:
New Features
ATI Eyefinity - HydraVision enhancements
* Maximizing a window across displays will now take user defined bezel compensation into account
* Automatically adjusts window position when dragging and dropping windows to ensure title bar visibility
* Proper dialog box placement - dialogs do not cross displays, are not hidden behind bezels, and can be designated to be shown on the users “preferred” display
Enhanced Pull-down detection
* The Pull-down detection algorithm has been enhanced for higher visual quality on certain types of video content
* Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
ATI CrossFireX technology – support for rotated displays
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ enables end users running supported ATI CrossFireX™ configurations to rotate their displays (single or ATI Eyefinity display configurations) and still enjoy the performance benefits of ATI CrossFireX technology
ATI Radeon GPU acceleration of VLC 1.1.1 Media Player
* Enables GPU acceleration of h.264 video content when using the VLC 1.1.1 Media Player – delivering a better user experience by consuming less system resources
* Supported on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products
* Requires VLC version 1.1.1 and later
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.7:
Borderlands
* Performance increases 3-5% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series single card and CrossFire™ configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
* Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 single card and CrossFire™ configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
* Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5500 series single card configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
* Performance increases 2-10% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series single card and CrossFire™ configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Highlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 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 Ubuntu 10.04 production support
ATI Eyefinity support
* ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 delivers support for ATI Eyefinity technology under all supported Linux distributions
For more information on ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 (for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 release notes.