Widescreen Gaming Forum

The latest official WHQL drivers are up and ready for download.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx


EDIT: Be sure to get the latest Application Profiles! They ARE recommended even for systems that are NOT Crossfire.

Click the link and then the Driver option to see the link for the profiles.

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

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Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Still no 5x1 Portrait. I'm sad.

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Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Vsync works for me in Batman and JC2 mate :/

Lots of improvements according to release notes, but the largest one is about the video:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/adobe-flash-player-10-1-ati-stream-catalyst-10-6/

New Features

GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe® Flash Player 10.1

* AMD GPU acceleration of Adobe® Flash Player 10.1 delivers smooth high definition video playback and reduces system resource utilization
* Adobe Flash Player 10.1 can be accelerated on notebook and desktop platforms featuring AMD graphics including:
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series
o ATI Mobility ATI Radeon™ HD 400 series (and higher)
o ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 series integrated graphics (and higher)

Video De-blocking support

* Reduces blocking artifacts seen in low-bit rate video during playback
* Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Mosquito noise removal

* Reduces mosquito noise seen in highly compressed progressive video, during playback .
* Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3

* ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 4.0 on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on the ATI Radeon™ HD Series


As for performance:
* 3DMark Vantage
o Overall scores improve up to 5% on a single ATI Radeon HD 5970
* Batman: Arkham Asylum
o Performance improves up to 5% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
* Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark
o Performance improves up to 4% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 3% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Company of Heroes – DX10
o Performance improves up to 7% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 5% with single card and CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
* Crysis Warhead
o CrossFire performance improves by up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* DiRT 2 – DX9
o Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 4% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena
o Performance improves up to 15% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 13% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Unigine Tropics
o CrossFire performance improves by up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* World in Conflict
o Performance improves up to 6% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
* Wolfenstein
o Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 11% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products



People might want to remember to install the application update as well. :)

Once again, I had to go back to the 10.4 drivers. Still have the issue where my windows flicker when moving windows around or scrolling and the cursor bug is still present. Also after downloading the 10.6 drivers my BFBC2 game started crashing to desktop on a regular basis.

Really starting to consider going back to a single monitor at this point.

Crossfire and Eyefinity is broke. Plain and simple.

...... Crossfire and Eyefinity is broke. Plain and simple.

Well... not broken for everyone.

I can't go above 10.2, BUT with 10.2, my Crossfire and Eyefinity setup is rock solid, no glitches, flickers, dropouts, artifacts, aches, pains, or vomiting. Sweet, in fact.

3 screen (19"-22"-19" @ 3840x1024)
5850x2
Dell active DP--> DVI adapter

[quote]Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Vsync works for me in Batman and JC2 mate :/


I believe cuz of 5970? It's not working for anyone with 2 cards in crossfire. Giving 120 frames lock instead of correct 60. In any game, menu for example it's showing 120. When crossfire is disabled it's showing correct 60 frames.

Once again, I had to go back to the 10.4 drivers. Still have the issue where my windows flicker when moving windows around or scrolling and the cursor bug is still present.

I had this problem but got it resolved. The driver is hanging on install. Then Windows tries to install the default WHQL driver. It is smart to set a restore point before install.

I think I went back to a "Default VGA" driver and then uninstalled everything ATI thru control panel. Then go on your install drive and delete all ATI directories. Then I wiped the system a few times with CCleaner. Restart and set a restore point. Then try to install 10.6. Just going from recall here, you may have an old restore point to go back to before 10.4 but that may be getting drastic!

No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Everybody just needs to keep submitting those driver feedback forms! I have been told it is the only thing the driver team really monitors. Link here!

http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D27E29B0E3

This is what I have been submitting. I save it in a file and just keep pasting it with each new driver release! Feel free to use and modify!

[list]Please find a way to loosen the EDID size restriction of your Bezel Management feature. I am running three 24” Dell monitors, all at 1920x1200 resolution, a 2407WFP, 2407WFP-HC, and 2408WFP. All of these monitors were purchased at different times as graphics cards advanced. Monitor Asset Manager (MonInfo) shows the EDID size as slightly different between the two 2407’s and the 2408. 520x330 mm versus 520x320 mm. Therefore, I don’t get to do Bezel Management across my three identical looking monitors. It does work with the two 2407’s, but that defeats the purpose! I run a 3x1 setup in portrait mode. There are many other people in a very similar situation. Some people have even tried to overwrite their EDID profiles in their monitors by re-flashing. I really want this feature but don’t want to have to buy two new monitors or attempt to re-flash my existing ones! Please review this software restriction and see if you can implement it differently! It would also be nice if you set a System Restore Point before starting software installation of new drivers![/list:u]