- Call of Juarez DX10 – Performance increases up to 12% on the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series of products
- Lost Planet DX10 – Performance increases from 5% to 35% on the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series of products.
- World in Conflict DX10 – Performance increases up to 25% on the ATI Radeon HD 3600 and ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series of products. Even greater gains are seen on the ATI Radeon HD 3870X2.
- Stalker DX9 – Performance increases by 20-50% when HDR is enabled in the game; across the ATI Radeon 3800 Series of products.
- Halo – Performance increases by 10-30% across all ATI Radeon graphics products.
This release of Catalyst introduces a number of display mode enhancements for the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products (configuration of these settings are adjusted in the Catalyst Control Center):
- SECAM TV-out support
- 1080p24 mode support
- 1080p Custom mode support for HDTVs (that support 60 Hz display modes) – users can configure their own custom 1080p modes to best fit their display.
Adaptive Anti-Aliasing – OpenGL support
This release of Catalyst introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for OpenGL applications for the ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products. Adaptive Anti-Aliasing substantially improves image quality by anti-aliasing transparent textures.
HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes
This release of Catalyst introduces support for HDMI Audio for all TV timing modes and non-standard (CEA 861b) TV modes. A dialog box will be shown to users when a non-standard TV mode is selected, asking if they would like to use HDMI Audio (in certain situations HDMI audio can get out of sync when running on a non-standard TV mode).
Windows XP Service Pack 3 support
This release of Catalyst introduces WHQL certified support for Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 3 update for all ATI Radeon Series products.
There’s fixed issue highlights and more on the driver page.
