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AMD Catalyst Drivers is a smart choice for those that want to improve their PC performance while increasing overall stability.
AMD Catalyst Drivers includes the latest 32-bit AMD (ATI) for the graphics card and panel Catalyst Control Center.
The AMD driver provides a gain of performance in several 3D applications thus ensuring an optimal experience. The panel Catalyst Control Center provides quick access to all parameters relating to AMD hardware offering multimedia features, management and display game.
There are different versions of AMD drivers for each operating system.
# Catalyst Application Profiles
The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst:
* Aliens Vs. Predator Profile update
* Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Profile update
* F1 2010 Profile update
* Kane & Lynch 2 New profile
# Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst:
* STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark
- 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
- 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
- Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations
- Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
- Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
- Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 Series single and CrossFire configurations
# Windows Vista
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
* AVI video no longer lags during playback within Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck
* Desktop corruption no longer occurs during PowerDVD SD/Blu-ray content playback on 120Hz displays
* Choppy HD playback no longer occurs while changing color vibrance and fleshtone correction in Catalyst Control Center - Advanced Color
# Windows 7
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:
* 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