Download Driver For ATI Catalyst 10.9

AMD has new Catalyst drivers ready and as usual the month and year of release make up the version number. The drivers are available for Windows XP, Vista and 7, with separate downloads for 32bit and 64bit environments. The new drivers are suitable for all Radeon models from the HD 2400 series; older cards are on the 10.2 release designated. As usual, at the bottom of this posting are the direct links to the pages with the available downloads.

Since version 10.2, AMD does not only supply the CrossFireX profiles with the driver, but also as loose download, so that updates can be offered more quickly. In version 10.9 we find few shocking changes. A handful of new application profiles are included and performance improvements can be seen in STALKER: Call of Pripyat and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, but only on the latest generation of maps. Of course, we also see the usual list of bug fixes, followed by a collection of problems that are already known, but are still being worked on.

Catalyst Application Profiles

The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst 10.9:

• 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 10.9:

• 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

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

• 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 performance drops no longer observed with hardware cursor enabled in “World of Warcraft” game in extended mode

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

• 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

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

• Copy protection message will no longer appear when viewing a DVD with Windows Media Player on a Windows XP system with PowerDVD 9 installed

Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

• Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays

Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

• Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show deinterlacing lines
• Desktop may dim after exiting “Mafia II” game on some cards
• PowerDVD may exhibit blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content
• Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values ​​might fail to increase when D3D samples/games are running in full screen mode
• 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
• Frame drops may be visible during WinDVD Blu-ray playback with display resolution set to 25×16
• Changes to HDMI display scaling might fail to be retained after system reboot
• System may fail and display blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
• Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all resolutions except 640×480 to go missing
• Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
• Desktop corruption may be visible while viewing Blu-ray content on 120 Hz displays; pressing Alt+F4 to close player application will restore desktop
• Windows Media Center application may stop responding or system may intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2×2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode
• Desktop line corruption may be observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

• Corruption might be visible in “Doom 3” and “Quake 4” with ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series cards
• Performing bezel compensation on 3×2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
• All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
• Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display may cause display to turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback

The following downloads are available:
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows XP (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows XP (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows Vista/7 (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 10.9 for Windows Vista/7 (64bit)
ATi CrossFireX Application Profiles