ATI Catalyst 10.9 for Windows XP (32-bit)

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

• AMDs graphics processors deliver graphics acceleration through Direct2D and HTML 5 for the Internet Explorer 9 beta release
• Be sure to check out AMDs 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

Highlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst 10.9 release include:

New Features

Support for new Linux operating systems

• This release of ATI Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems: 
  • RHEL 6 support (early look)

For more information on ATI Catalyst 10.9 (for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst 10.9 release notes.

Please note that due unforseen circumstances ATI Catalyst Mobility is not supported in ATI Catalyst 10.9.  We hope to have support for ATI Catalyst Mobilty available for next months ATI Catalyst release.