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New ATI Catalyst 10.9 are available



Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.9 Windows release include:

Performance improvements

STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark
o 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
o 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
o Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations
o Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations
o Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations
o Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations

Catalyst™ Application Profiles

Aliens Vs. Predator – Profile update
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Profile update
F1 2010 – Profile update
Kane & Lynch 2 – New profile
Support for the Internet Explorer 9 Beta release

AMD’s graphics processors deliver graphics acceleration through Direct2D and HTML 5 for the Internet Explorer 9 beta release
Be sure to check out AMD’s website for an example of GPU acceleration within Internet Explorer 9 (http://www.amd.com/direct2d-html5)
Resolved issue highlights:

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