Fixes:
Video enhancements
- H.264 Level 5.1 support
- ATI Catalyst can now playback 5.1 level streams on all supported players
- Allows for playback of high resolutions (4Kx2K)
AMD video transcoding updates
- This release of ATI Catalyst provides enhanced support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converter
Performance improvements
- New formats supported (H.264 file formats – MTS, and WMV9 Complex profile
interlaced content)
- ATI Catalyst Control Center option for enabling/disabling GPU acceleration
- Support for the ATI Video converter is now available in the advanced view of the
ATI Catalyst Control Center
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
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