Operating Systems Supported
The latest version of the ATI Catalyst software suite is
designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows 7
32-bit version
- Windows 7
64-bit version
- Windows Vista
32-bit version
- Windows Vista
64-bit version
- Windows XP
Professional
- Windows XP Home
Edition
- Windows XP
Media Center Edition
- Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
Note: When
installing the ATI Catalyst driver for Windows, the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator
rights in order to successfully complete the installation of the ATI Catalyst driver.
New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this
release of the ATI Radeon Display Driver. These include the following:
- ATI
Catalyst – Video enhancements
- AMD
video transcoding updates
ATI Catalyst – Video enhancements
AMD video transcoding updates
o Performance
improvements
o New formats
supported (H.264 file formats – MTS, and WMV9 Complex profile
interlaced content)
o ATI Catalyst
Control Center option for enabling/disabling GPU acceleration
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of
Catalyst 10.4:
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
– Clear Sky
-
Improves up to 6%
with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
-
Improves up to 3%
with ATI Radeon HD 5800 graphics products
-
Improves up to 3%
on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this
release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows. These include:
-
Desktop mouse
cursor will no longer intermittently appear enlarged
-
Pressing the
"Page Down" button while configuring the last display in Eyefinity group will now properly switch to the next display instead of
closing the bezel user interface
-
Shortcut keys to
configure the bezel now functions properly
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:
-
"Battlefield
2: Bad Company" maps no longer takes unusually long to load for ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
-
Performance on 2D
applications and benchmarks has now been fixed
-
Catalyst Control
Center - Advanced options no longer becomes disabled after connecting second display in clone mode
-
Video Gamma now
functions properly during SD/HD video playback with Adobe Flash Player 10.1
-
Video corruption
no longer visible while watching live HD Jade Channel (Hong Kong) with Windows Media Center
-
Flashing no
longer visible in "Shattered Horizon" game with CrossFire enabled
-
Changing in-game
resolution in "Alien vs. Predator" no longer causes screen flickering under multi-GPU configuration
-
Tint setting
under Catalyst Control Center - Basic Color now displays smooth transition when adjusted for Blu-ray playback
-
In-game
anti-alias now functions properly when other in-game options like Volumetric Effects are enabled in "Empire: Total War"
and "Napoleon: Total War" games
-
Flickering
corruption and flashing textures are no longer visible in "Battlefield 2:
Bad Company"
-
"NecroVisioN"
game now launches properly in DirectX 10 mode
-
Desktop
corruption no longer observed on enabling Aero effects or updating graphics score
-
Blank screen no
longer observed when 8X anti-aliasing is applied in "The Chronicles of Riddick 2" game
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:
-
Audio playback
devices now properly displays "ATI HDMI Output" when a HDMI display is connected
-
Display no longer
flashes black when high settings of 19x12 are applied to in-game settings for "Dawn of War 2"
-
Corruption no
longer visible during full screen playback with Flash Player 10.1 on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
-
A high CPU usage
is no longer observed when GPU encoding is enabled for dual core systems
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:
-
[Adobe Flash
Player] Resume from standby no longer causes hardware acceleration may become disabled
-
"Resident
Evil 5" now launches properly on a HDMI display on an AGP card
-
"Golfstar"
game no longer encounters nProtect GameGuard security program compatiblity issues
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:
-
Loading time
between maps in "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" may be long for ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000 and 4000 Series
-
"Catalyst
Control Center is not supported..." warning message may appear and Graphics menu for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view may be
missing after relogging into system after a Remote Desktop connection
-
Utilizing
hardware shaders (perfect mode) may cause text to become corrupted and unreadable while loading any mission in "IL-2 Sturmovik:
1946" game
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:
- Alt-Tabbing to
desktop and back into "Mass Effect 2" game may cause the display to go black
- Catalyst Control
Center might not remember the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity group
- Performance drop
(approximately 34%) may be observed in "Empire: Total War" with anti-alias enabled on some cards
- Drag and Drop
transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video synchronization issues and deinterlacing lines when viewed on
some devices
- Under multi-GPU
configuration with Crossfire enabled, setting both "Shaders Quality" and "Post-Processing Quality" to
"Enthusiast" may cause the frame rate to drop in "Crysis Warhead" DirectX 9 game
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:
- HBR (high
bit-rate) audio might not function properly with a few selected receivers
- Performing bezel
compensation on 3x2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may
be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of
Catalyst. These include:
- PowerDVD may
exhibits blue and pink tint when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
