ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 Driver – What’s New?
It’s that time again for the ATI Catalyst™ driver update! We have been getting great comments and feedback from the community because of this blog site. Please continue to send us your feedback as we do review them all*.
*IF you are having technical issues with the ATI Catalyst driver, or your graphics card please report your issues here.
We have some amazing new features and functions added to this month’s ATI Catalyst driver release!
This is just the “first wave” of updates to our driver suite and just goes to show how dedicated AMD is to bringing added value – and a great experience for all users.
Here are the highlights of what is new in ATI Catalyst 10.2 this month:
New Features
ATI Catalyst™ application profiles for configurations supporting ATI CrossFireX™ technology
- This release of ATI Catalyst™ 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 Catalyst™ 10.2 package Includes the fully qualified ATI Catalyst™ 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 ATI PowerPlay™ on configurations supporting ATI CrossFireX™ technology
- Significant power saving benefits for users with ATI Radeon™ 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 voltage when 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 Eyefinity technology on configurations supporting ATI CrossFireX™ technology
- The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX™ support on ATI Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional GPUs for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution ATI Eyefinity display groups
- Supported on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series
Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 release for Linux includes:
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
- This release of ATI Catalyst™ for Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
- openSUSE 11.2 production support
For more information on ATI Catalyst 10.2 (for Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst 10.2 release notes.
To download the driver, click here.
ATI Catalyst 10.2 is getting some great feedback from press! I have included some links below with some of the positive press we have received so far:
HardOCP: here
TweakTown: here
Legit Reviews: here
PCPER.COM: here
Till Next Month,
Jay Marsden
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AMD driver stoped working and recovered!!!!! where the solutions my friends????. i think use my 4870×2 for fried eggs. because im my patience is over……..
I’m having a problem with the Radeon 9550SE card with the latest driver. I accidently uninstalled the year-old driver which was working flawlessly so I downloaded the latest driver from AMD/ATI. The computer now boots up and after a few minutes the monitor displays a zebra pattern for a split second and then the computer reboots. Safe mode is fine though.
I installed it, rebooted the computer as requested, and it started up without the keyboard and mouse so naturally the installation could not be completed. I’m not sure if reinstalling will fix this but I’ll have another go tonight.
System specs:
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz single core
RAM: 1GB
Video: Hightech Radeon Excalibur 9550SE.
Audio: Realtek AC97
Mouse: Microsoft Sidewinder
Keyboard: Logitech G15
connected to a 4-port USB hub.
Monitor: 19 inch, not sure of the brand and I don’t give a damn about that.
BIOS: Not sure. Don’t pay attention to it.
This BSOD issue is totally random on W7 ultimate 64bit and alike everyone here my hardware reports all fine (8GB RAM, ATI 4850, AMD quadcore Phenom black) and reports my ATI drivers too be at fault. Seriously annoying after so many hours backing up and migrating.
GRRR