ATI CatalystTM Software Suite Version 10.1 Release Notes
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD’s industry leading software suite, ATI CatalystTM. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the ATI CatalystTM Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CatalystTM software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. For exclusive ATI CatalystTM updates follow CatalystMaker on Twitter. This release note provides information on the following: Web Content AMD Product Support Operating Systems Supported New Features Performance Improvements Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System Installing the ATI CatalystTM Vista Software Driver ATI CatalystTM Crew Driver Feedback

ATI CatalystTM Release Note Version 10.1

Web Content
The ATI CatalystTM Software Suite 10.1 contains the following: ATI RadeonTM display driver 8.69 HydraVisionTM for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 WDM Driver Install Bundle Southbridge/IXP Driver ATI CatalystTM Control Center Version 8.69 Caution: The ATI CatalystTM software driver and the ATI CatalystTM Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from the same ATI CatalystTM release.

Caution: The ATI CatalystTM Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework SP1 be installed. Without .NET SP1 installed, the ATI CatalystTM Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.

Note: These release notes provide information on the ATI RadeonTM display driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia CenterTM, HydraVisionTM, HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote WonderTM, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: http://support.amd.com/.

Note: Although listed in the documentation, ADL_Adapter_ClockInfo_Get is not available in the current version of the ADL. The code for obtaining the clock information was excluded due to inaccurate information being reported when the card is over-clocked. Future updates of ADL SDK will reflect this change. As an alternative, ADL_Overdrive5_ODParameters_Get() can be used but this API is only supported on R600 and above ASICs.

Note: ATI Eyefinity technology gives gamers access to incredibly high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics horsepower required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.

ATI CatalystTM Release Note Version 10.1

Note: The Drag and Drop Transcoding feature is a beta level feature provided only for evaluation purposes. The Drag and Drop Transcoding feature is only supported on single and dual core CPUs, and supported on devices that support Media Transfer Protocol (MTP).

AMD Product Support
The ATI CatalystTM driver supports the following ATI RadeonTM products.
AMD Desktop Product Family Support AMD Desktop Product Family Support

ATI RadeonTM HD 5900 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 5800 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4890 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4870 X2 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4850 X2 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4800 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4700 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4670 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4650 Series

ATI RadeonTM HD 4600 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4550 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 4350 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 3800 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 3600 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 3400 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 2900 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 2600 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 2400 Series

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support AMD Multimedia Family Product Support

ATI All-in-WonderTM HD ATI TheaterTM HD 750

ATI TheaterTM 650 ATI TheaterTM 600

Note: The ATI CatalystTM driver includes TV/Capture driver support for many ATI Theater 600 and ATI Theater 650 products under Windows 7 (in addition to ATI Theater HD 750). Windows 7 TV/Capture functionality is currently NOT supported by ATI CatalystTM for the following products only: ATI All-in-Wonder HD, ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB, and ATI TV Wonder 600 USB.
AMD FireStreamTM Product Family Support AMD FireStreamTM Product Support

AMD FireStreamTM 9270 AMD FireStreamTM 9250

AMD FireStreamTM 9170

ATI CatalystTM Release Note Version 10.1

AMD Chipset Product Support AMD Chipset Product Support

ATI RadeonTM HD 4200 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 3300 Series ATI RadeonTM HD 3200 Series

ATI RadeonTM 3100 Series ATI RadeonTM 3000 Series

Operating Systems Supported
The latest version of the ATI CatalystTM 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 CatalystTM 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 CatalystTM driver.

Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of ATI CatalystTM 10.1: Left 4 Dead 2 ­ Overall performance improves as much as 3% on ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 series products and ATI RadeonTM HD 5800 series products Crysis ­ Performance improves as much as 3% on ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 series products and as much as 4% on ATI RadeonTM HD 5800 series products

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI CatalystTM Software Suite for Windows. These include: Confirmation dialog box will now appear while extending the display through ATI CatalystTM Control Center “Enable Manual Fan Control” check box will now be checked when utilizing external tools to apply fan speed

ATI CatalystTM Release Note Version 10.1

[ATI CatalystTM Control Center] The display order will now reflect changes properly when Eyefinity is re-arranged while desktop is rotated to portrait mode Hot unplugging one of the displays in an Eyefinity configuration no longer causes rotation modes to disappear from ATI CatalystTM Control Center

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI CatalystTM Software Suite for Windows 7. These include: [ATI CatalystTM Control Center] Enabling LCD Overdrive will no longer cause mouse cursor to magnify when moved overtop of the “Calibration Preview” DisplayPortTM “Lower Setting Applied” and “Link Failure” messages will no longer appear after driver installation and reboot with DP displays connected to the mini DP port Firefox now works properly and video no longer drop frames when playing Youtube clips with Adobe Flash Player 10 CrossFireTM logo now appears properly in CFX enabled applications like “3DMark Vantage” or “Call of Juarez” [ATI CatalystTM Control Center] Newly added custom modes will now appear properly in desktop area tree view Confirmation dialogue window will now appear when setting up Eyefinity mode 120 Hz is no longer missing from display modes for specific digital displays Specific configurations will no longer cause Ubisoft “Wheelman” to stop responding during gameplay Loss of HDMI signal may no longer occurs when viewing Blu-ray content, and rescanning for the HDMI signal no longer cause the entire screen to shift and display a green border Overscan/underscan issue no longer occurs when setting displays to HDTV modes Performance drop no longer observed during some scenes of Resident Evil 5 cinematics Blocky grass and trees no longer visible in Unigine “Heaven” in OpenGL mode

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI CatalystTM Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include: Changing basic color settings will now reflect properly during playback with Adobe Flash Player using Internet Explorer or Firefox The right side of HD progressive playback screen will no longer freeze while enabling split screen mode and dynamic contrast Green horizontal line no longer visible at the top of the playback window when viewing SD HQV content with desktop resolution set to 25×16

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 ATI CatalystTM. These include:

ATI CatalystTM Release Note Version 10.1

[ATI CatalystTM Control Center] Changing to deinterlace mode may default to adaptive deinterlace mode instead when playing videos Setting Eyefinity group may not work for some configurations with DVI and display port devices Creating an Eyefinity group on the non-primary display might not function properly [ATI CatalystTM Control Center] Hotkeys for rotations may disappear after disabling rotated Eyefinity mode With active display in clone mode, creating an Eyefinity group might not function properly and message prompting user to disable the extended desktop might not pop up ATI CatalystTM Control Center might not remember the position of the fourth monitor after displays are repositioned in Eyefinity grouping Intermittent grey screen or vertical line corruption may randomly appear on the screen

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 ATI CatalystTM. These include: Media Center may display corruption when viewing DVB-T content Flickering grass and white borders may be visible in Unigine “Heaven” benchmark in DirectX 9 mode Performing rotation or resolution changes may cause the player to stop responding during h.264 HD content playback Enabling CatalystTM A.I. in ATI CatalystTM Control Center may cause severe flickering to be observed in Ubisoft “R.U.S.E.” beta game Dynamic contrast may stop functioning when detail enhancement is enabled Enabling split screen demo mode has no effect on WinDVD during Blu-ray content playback Corruption may be visible during “Resident Evil 5″ gameplay in specific chapters Corruption might be observed in the opening cinematics and race preview of “EVE Online” game Corruption might be visible in “Resident Evil 5″ during in game cut scenes with specific settings and HDR value set to high

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 ATI CatalystTM. These include: ATI CatalystTM installation log may report the HDMI audio driver as failed, although driver was successfully installed as shown by the Device Manager WinDVD 10 may stop responding when moved to an extended display in a multimonitor setup HDTV custom modes being added might not appear under the Desktop Area of the Display Desktop Properties in ATI CatalystTM Control Center

ATI CatalystTM Release Note Version 10.1

With one of displays connected via the DisplayPort, PowerDVD may terminate during Blu-ray content playback in Eyefinity mode Laser designator beam might not focus on target properly in “Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2″ during Act II: Exodus mission

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 ATI CatalystTM. These include: Flickering and corruption might be observed while playing “Wolfenstein Multiplayer” at high settings “ATI Theater Remote Receiver” might not be listed under “Human Interface Devices” in “Device Manager” after driver installation

Installing the ATI CatalystTM Vista Software Driver
For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit AMD Customer Care. Installation information can be found at: How to Install Your ATI Product.

Download page (Win 7-XP-Vista-x86-x86_64)

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

LinuX

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run

Firefox 3.6  is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development since early 2009 and contains many improvements for web developers, add-on developers, and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Maemo.

Notable Firefox 3.6 features include:

- Available in more than 70 languages – get your local version.
- Support for a new type of theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox’s appearance with a single click.
- Protection from out-of-date plugins to keep users safer as they browse.
- Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames.
- Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time.
- The ability for web developers to indicate that scripts should run asynchronously to speed up page load times.
- Continued support for downloadable web fonts using the new WOFF font format.
- Support for new CSS attributes such as gradients, background sizing, and pointer events.
- Support for new DOM and HTML5 specifications including the Drag & Drop API and the File API, which allow for more interactive web pages.

DOWNLOAD

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/?from=sfx&uid=287110&t=434

DNS resolution in MakeSN of nsAuthSSPI causing issues for proxy servers that support NTLM auth
[Win] Topcrasher for Firefox 3.5.1
o not use background notification for major updates (was PMU 3.0->3.5 major update has been really poor)

DOWNLOAD

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/?from=sfx&uid=287110&t=434

Problem Description:

-Performance drop is observed with a supported  ATI CrossFireX™ configuration when using the thermal scope while playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare
-Performance drop during the opening cinematic of Resident Evil 5
-Wheelman freezes while loading the game menu and can’t play further
-The desktop mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random while using Windows 7
-Flashing in various OpenGL titles – City of Heroes, Enemy Territories: Quake Wars, Riddick
-Heaven benchmark (DirectX 9 mode) – Grass flickers and white boarders observed around the edges
-DTS-HD and Dolby True-HD not working properly with certain receivers  while using HDMI connection on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix for Windows 7 / Windows Vista
Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix for Windows XP
Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix for Linux

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the RadeonTM Display Driver. These include the following: ATI CatalystTM support for DirectCompute 10.1 OpenGL 3.2 extension support

ATI CatalystTM support for DirectCompute 10.1
This release of ATI CatalystTM provides full support for DirectCompute 10.1 for the ATI RadeonTM HD 4800 Series, ATI RadeonTM HD 4700 Series for both single card and ATI CrossFireXTM supported configurations.

OpenGL 3.2 extension support
This release of ATI CatalystTM provides support for OpenGL 3.2 extension support on the ATI RadeonTM HD 5800 Series, ATI RadeonTM HD 5700 Series, ATI RadeonTM HD 4000 Series, ATI RadeonTM HD 3000 Series and ATI RadeonTM HD 2000 Series. The following is a list of OpenGLTM 3.2 features and extensions added in ATI CatalystTM 9.12: Support for OpenGL Shading Language 1.50 BGRA vertex component ordering (GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra) Drawing commands allowing modification of the base vertex index (GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex) Shader fragment coordinate convention control (GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions) Provoking vertex control (GL_ARB_provoking_vertex) Seamless cube map filtering (GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map) Multisampled textures and texture samplers for specific sample locations (GL_ARB_texture_multisample) Fragment depth clamping (GL_ARB_depth_clamp) Geometry shaders (GL_ARB_geometry_shader4) Fence sync objects (GL_ARB_sync) transform_feedback2 texture_cubemap_array

Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of CatalystTM 9.12: 3DMark Vantage ­ overall performance improves as much as 9% on ATI Radeon HD  5800 and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series products.  GT1 ­ Jane Nash performance  improves as much as 15% and FT4 ­ GPU Cloth improves up to 15%  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. ­ Call of Pripyat ­ Performance improves as much as 6% on single  card configurations

Release notes

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_912_release_notes.pdf

Download page

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

FIXE-GeckoActiveXObject exception messages can be used to enumerate installed COM objects
FIXE-Crash in [@ nsThreadManager::Init()] when accessing TLS variable
FIXE-Fullscreen fix for 1.9.1 & 1.9.2
FIXE-XPInstall reports “(Author not verified)” when signing certificate has no organization subject
FIXE-Update shipped copy of blocklist.xml
FIXE-Soft blocked plugin not showing warning and info link in Add-ons Manager (1.9.1 only)
FIXE-Funky behavior with XUL error pages
FIXE-date_makeDate regression
FIXE-build failure for cairo-gtk2 build with a directfb cairo
FIXE-Purify UMR in QCMS

DOWNLOAD

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/?from=sfx&uid=287110&t=434

ALL
Disable –enable-user-scripts.
(You can now install user scripts by navigating to them. You will have to reinstall your current scripts (they aren’t migrated).)
-Remove toolstrips API. (Issue: 24475)
-Turn on HTML5 DBs by default.

Mac
-Omnibox no longer becomes too long for window after installing a few themes.
-Display a warning dialog if there was a problem reading the profile.
-Switch “Save” and “Discard” buttons on dangerous download warning to match platform standard.
-Show feedback while dragging bookmarks.
-Implement non-admin autoupdate.

Windows

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=devchannel

Mac

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac

Linux

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_amd64_deb

Firefox 3.6 Beta is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo.

-Changes to how we allow third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
-The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
-More than 140 bug fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.
-This beta is available in more than 60 languages – get your local version.
-Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
-Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
-Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
-Support for the WOFF font format.
-Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
-Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

DOWNLOAD PAGE BETA

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

DOWNLOAD PAGE STABLE 3.5.5

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/?from=sfx&uid=287110&t=434

Linux update

All
-Disable –enable-user-scripts.
-Remove toolstrips API.

Linux
-Change the default CSS fonts for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai on Linux to poplular Linux fonts.
-Properly detect KDE4 on newer systems (e.g. [K]Ubuntu 9.04).

Windows 4.0.249.11

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=devchannel

Mac 4.0.249.11

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac

Linux 4.0.249.21

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb

http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_amd64_deb