ATI Catalyst 10.9 - Steam, Hotfix 10.9a, mehr Profile und Leistung

Der neue ATI Catalyst 10.9 unterstützt alle ATI-Grafikkarten seit der Radeon HD 2000-Serie und AMD-Chipsätze mit integrierter Grafik. Neue Funktionen enthält dieses Treiber-Update laut den offiziellen Release-Notes nicht, dafür wird eine größere Anzahl an Problemen vor allem unter Windows 7 und Windows Vista behoben.

Auch die Leistung bei einigen Spielen und Hardware-Kombinationen verbessert sich, so enthält der Treiber neue Profile für Spiele wie Kane & Lynch 2 oder F1 2010 und erhöht die Leistung im STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark und bei The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Der neue Treiber ist wie immer bei AMD und zum ersten Mal auch über Steam erhältlich.

Update: AMD hat einen Catalyst 10.9a-Hotfix nachgeschoben, der nur für die ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 und ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 gedacht ist. Er behebt den Fehler, dass nur einer der beiden Grafikchips der Grafikkarten verwendet wird.

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Die einzelnen Änderungen des Catalyst 10.9 im Detail:

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

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 hardware cursor enabled in "World of Warcraft" game in extended mode

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

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