ATI Catalyst 10.7 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

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Download ATI Catalyst 10.7 Win 7 | Vista driver (32-bit)

ATI just uploaded non beta (thus final) Catalyst 10.7 drivers and its release notes:

New Features

This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI.

ATI Eyefinity - HydraVision enhancements

Maximizing a window across displays will now take user defined bezel compensation into account
Automatically adjusts window position when dragging and dropping windows to ensure title bar visibility
Proper dialog box placement - dialogs do not cross displays, are not hidden behind bezels, and can be designated to be shown on the users preferred display

Enhanced Pull-down detection

The Pull-down detection algorithm has been enhanced for higher visual quality on certain types of video content
Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

ATI CrossFireX technology support for rotated displays

This release of ATI Catalyst enables end users running supported ATI CrossFireX configurations to rotate their displays (single or ATI Eyefinity display configurations) and still enjoy the performance benefits of ATI CrossFireX technology

ATI Radeon GPU acceleration of VLC 1.1.1 Media Player

Enables GPU acceleration of h.264 video content when using the VLC 1.1.1 MediaPlayer delivering a better user experience by consuming less system resources
Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products
Requires VLC version 1.1.1 and later

ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.7 6

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst 10.7:

Borderlands

Performance increases 3-5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 and ATI Radeon HD 5500 series single card configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Performance increases 2-10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled

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:

"Current Setting" indicator will now appear when "Windows desktop" option is selected in "Catalyst Control Center - Basic" for specific CV resolutions

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:
"Desktop Window Manager has stopped working" error no longer appears afterdriver installation on specific cards
ATI Stream (CAL) test no longer exits with exception error under CrossFire configurations
Screen no longer turns blank when flashlight is turned on in "The Chronicles of Riddick 2" with Screen Space Ambient Occlusion enabled
Running Unigine Heaven 2.1 (OpenGL) with "Tessellation" enabled no longer causes system to fail
Player no longer exits abruptly while changing basic quality settings in Catalyst Control Center
Browser no longer fails after repeated system suspend/resume and video playback pauses while viewing YouTube content

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:

ATI Catalyst Release Note Version 10.7 7

ATI Stream (CAL) test no longer exits with exception error under CrossFire Configs

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:

"Age Of Empires: The Rise of Rome" no longer fails and display error message when the diplomacy button is clicked
Flickering no longer observed when task switching between game and desktop with Alt+Tab in "Need for Speed: Shift" game

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:

OpenCL 1.0 conformance tests have not been run with this version of the ATI Catalyst Driver Suite in conjunction with the ATI Stream SDK v2.2. If you require an OpenCL 1.0 conformant driver, we recommend that you install the ATI Catalyst 10.5 Driver Suite
Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialogue reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays
With Hydravision "ATI Eyefinity Enhancements" enabled and radio button "Show on application's display" selected, dialogue boxes may continue to pop up beneath the bezels if bezels are corrected to zero
Catalyst Control Center - Basic wizard pane or resolution combo box in "Display Setting for Desktop Viewing" page may go blank in basic view for component video mode
HDMI default refresh rate may appear as 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz under HDTV in Catalyst Control Center

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:

Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may showing deinterlacing lines
"Borderlands" may intermittently fail after a duration of gameplay
PowerDVD may exhibits blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in "Metro 2033" game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
Desktop line corruption might be observed after powering off the DP display and then turning it on while viewing Blu-ray content
Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video synchronization issues when viewed on some devices