Windows 7 - Latest ATI Catalyst Driver for Windows 7

Catalyst™ 10.2 introduces the following new features:
NOTE: See the Release Notes PDF link on the driver download page for more details on this update.

• ATI Catalyst™ application profiles for ATI CrossFireX™ supported configurations
• ATI Catalyst™ support for PowerPlay™ on ATI CrossFireX™ technology supported configurations
• ATI Catalyst™ support for DisplayPort audio
• Support for ATI CrossFireX™ on Eyefinity configurations

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.2:

• DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products
• Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%
• Unigine Heaven – DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products
• The Chronicles of Riddick – Assault on Dark Athena – Overall performance on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 improves up to 4%

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for all Windows OS. These include:

• Appropriate prompts will now pop up while creating Eyefinity group with DVI and display port devices in extended mode
• Creating an Eyefinity group on the non-primary display now functions properl
• Catalyst Control Center now responds properly and selection buttons are available when re-creating Eyefinity group
• [Catalyst Control Center] Hotkeys for rotations no longer disappear after disabling rotated Eyefinity mode
• With active display in clone mode, creating an Eyefinity group now functions properly and message prompting user to disable the extended desktop will now pop up
• System will no longer freeze while accessing the UVD Decoder
• Intermittent grey screen or vertical line corruption may randomly appear on the screen

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:

• Flickering grass and white borders are no longer visible in Unigine "Heaven" benchmark in DirectX 9 mode
• Performance drop no longer visible on "Resident Evil 5" cinematics scenes
• Corruption no longer visible when viewing Unigine "Tropics" demo
• [Windows 7 32-bit] Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 now functions properly while dragged back and forth between the extended split display
• During HD playback, unplugging and hotplugging back the display connector no longer causes player to freeze and display incompatible graphics driver error message
• Performing rotation or resolution changes no longer causes the player to stop responding during H.264 HD content playback
• Pixelation in distant background lights no longer visible in "The Saboteur" game
• Enabling Catalyst A.I. in Catalyst Control Center no longer causes severe flickering in Ubisoft "R.U.S.E." beta game
• Enabling split screen demo mode now functions properly on WinDVD during Bluray content playback
• Corruption in specific chapters are no longer visible during "Resident Evil 5" gameplay
• System no longer fails and screen distortion no longer visible during Blu-ray content playback with 1680x1050 resolution
• Corruption no longer visible in "Resident Evil 5" during in game cut scenes with specific settings and HDR value set to high
• Fixed various identified memory leaks in CAL runtime
• Exiting "The Saboteur" game no longer causes the mouse cursor to freeze and the game to become unresponsive
• 120 Hz support is now available for all resolutions
• HDTV optimized modes will now appear under the desktop area tree view without a custom mode added first
• Resuming video playback after sleep/hibernation no longer causes black checkered video corruption or the system to stop responding
• Display will now enter power save mode properly

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under all Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• Re-enabling rotation hotkeys after disabling and rebooting system may cause a warning message to pop up
• [Catalyst Control Center] Changing to deinterlace mode may default to adaptive deinterlace mode instead when playing video
• Canvas area may appaer black for third display while creating a 3x1 or 1x3 Eyefinitey group
• Hotplugging a HDMI display while Catalyst Control Center is open may cause the HDTV Standard Modes box not to appear
• Desktop mouse cursor may intermittently appear enlarged

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:

• Line corruption may be visible when mouse curse is moved to the left-top border of window display on UMA platforms
• Saturation value for a hotplugged digital display may intermittently be set to '0' by default instead of '100'
• Flashing might be visible in "Shattered Horizon" game with CrossFire enabled on some ASICs
• Dynamic contrast may stop functioning when detail enhancement is enabled
• Catalyst Control Center system tray may show incorrect number of physical adapters for some ASICs
• [Catalyst Control Center] Advanced options may become disabled after connecting second display in clone mode on some ASICs
• Black video may appear on one monitor when switching to clone mode during Bluray playback on PowerDVD
• Green video may be visible in the beginning during AVCHD content playback with PowerDVD 9
• Setting the resolution lower than 1920x1080 may cause a black bar to flash at the bottom of the PowerDVD viewing screen during Blu-ray playback on some monitors
• Forced anti-aliasing might not function properly in "The Saboteur" game
• Refresh rate changes may revert back to 60 Hz (default) when "Enable GPU Scaling" is enabled under Digital Panel Properties attributes
• Media Center may display corruption when viewing DVB-T content
• Blank screen may be observed when 8X anti-aliasing is applied in "The Chronicles of Riddick 2" game

Stickified

LOL, you beat me to it.

Brink -

There has been some traffic, in this forum, about the ATI drivers referenced in this post, that don't completely install. I have a HP Laptop dv5-1125nr with Radeon HD 3200 graphics. (1) I tried installing the ATI beta drivers referenced in the post. (2) The install hangs. (3) Used windows Task Manager to stop the install. (4) Went to the Device Manager. (5) Found Display icon. (6) Found and highlighted the installed Microsoft driver. (7) Right-click, selected update the driver, (8) When the option to give a driver for install came up, (9) Browsed to and found the driver left by the failed ATI beta install, (10) Highlighted it, (11) Navigated to the list of drivers that windows allows for install, (12) Selected " ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (Pre-release - WDDM 1.1) " driver and installed it. Now when I right-click the desktop and select the Catalyst Manager - I can make all the adjustments and see the Video Memory allocation 2D, 3D, etc. I sent feedback to ATI - that by the way is available for all users of the Catalyst Manager on the 1st page of the Manager. I have wanted to share what I found to help others that have had trouble installing these drivers. God's Speed - Patrick C

If I can ask... where exactly does this install hangs? Mine stops at "Enumerating source media for installable packages" it "Analyze" step after selecting custom install.

Greetz,
GHad

GHad - Hello! The place you noted in your message is exactly where the install hangs.

Thanks for your answer. So where on your hard drive did you find the driver exactly when updating via device manager? I had no luck when selecting the ATI directory with "Search subfolders" checked. I also tried various subfolders with no effect. It always says, my actual driver is up to date :-(

Greetz,
GHad

GHad - In the post I made above to Brink - in steps (11) & (12) - browse to Drive:\ATI\beta_w7-64_8-56-1-081203a-74289\Packages\Drivers\LH6A_INF\CH_73489. When You browse to that file when Windows allows you to present a file - even though there are multiple files in that directory - when you navigate to that directory - it will show the driver I specified in the post to Brink. Patrick C

Well I could not resolve this ATI driver issue...

I was using the on-board HD 3200 video in Vista64 when I upgraded to Windows 7 and that worked...
But yesterday I threw in an HD 3650 card and could not get the drivers to load...
Not even the beta 7 driver listed above...even tried Patrick's instructions to no avail...

My only option was to re-install Vista64 and then install the drivers for the card...
Once I finish getting everything loaded and setup tonight, I will upgrade to Windows 7 again and see what happens...

It better work...I like 7 and don't want to go back to Vista...

Bob,

Have you already tried using the Vista ATI drivers in Windows 7 using Compatibility Mode with Vista selected?