Rilasciata da AMD la Catalyst Software Suite 10.2 comprendente i driver per schede video Radeon HD.

Ecco le novità:

  • ATI Catalyst application profiles for ATI CrossFireX supported configurations

  • ATI Catalyst support for PowerPlay on ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ technology supported configurations

  • ATI Catalyst support for DisplayPort audio

  • Support for ATI CrossFireX on Eyefinity configurations


ATI Catalyst application profiles for ATI CrossFireX

This release of ATI Catalystâ„¢ delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX profiles

in a separate executable file, ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of

profiles installed on their PC.

  • The ATI Catalystâ„¢ 10.2 package includes the fully qualified ATI Catalystâ„¢ 10.2 application profile list (which includes all ATI CrossFireX profiles) and is installed by default

  • The latest application profile list is posted on amd.com in a separate .exe file that users can install to get the absolute latest application profiles (that have not yet been added to the official ATI Catalyst release)


ATI Catalyst support for PowerPlay on ATI CrossFireX technology supported configurations

  • Significant power saving benefits for users with ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5900 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series setup in ATI CrossFireX configurations.

  • Automatically enabled in the ATI Catalyst driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

  • Sets secondary GPU(s) engine and memory clocks to low levels and reduces voltagewhen the GPU(s) are not in use


ATI Catalyst support for DisplayPort audio

This release of ATI Catalyst provides support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort panels.


Support for ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ on Eyefinity configurations

The ATI Catalyst 9.12 hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX support on Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional GPUs for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution Eyefinity display groups.

Supported on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 5600 Series.


Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalystâ„¢ 10.2:

  • DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5970, ATI Radeon HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series products

  • Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeonâ„¢ 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%