ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7

**MIG-31** · May 26, 2010, 09:02 PM

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows. These include:
�� Desktop mouse cursor will no longer intermittently appear enlarged
�� Pressing the "Page Down" button while configuring the last display in Eyefinity group will now properly switch to the next display instead of closing the bezel user interface

�� Shortcut keys to configure the bezel now functions properly

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:
�� Alt-Tabbing to desktop and back into "Mass Effect 2" game no longer causes the display to go black
�� In-game Anti-Alias can now be applied when other in-game options like Volumetric Effects are enabled in "Empire: Total War" and "Napoleon: Total War" games
�� Enabling Anti-Alias in "Empire: Total War" no longer causes a performance drop Running "Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0" in wireframe mode with tessellation enabled no longer causes the application to fail on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series cards
�� Changing in-game resolution in "Alien vs. Predator" no longer causes the screen to flicker under Multi-GPU configurations
�� Catalyst Control Center now remembers the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity group
�� Black screen no longer observed with "Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0" application with OpenGL mode settings
�� Enabling dynamic contrast in Catalyst Control Center video settings no longer causes vertical stripes to appear during XVID content playback

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
�� [Catalyst Control Center] Avivo basic color controls in the "All Settings" page can now be applied and will not shift to default values
�� HBR (high bit-rate) audio now functions properly

�� "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction" no longer fails during game play for ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 and 3000 series cards

Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit

mkk · May 27, 2010, 06:24 AM

For those who play Battlefield Bad Company 2, I read that the long loading time in DX11 mode is back. Hotfix driver package will be out in a couple of days to remedy that, so you might want to wait.

Edit: ehm.., installation was a bit troublesome here. First installing straight over 10.4 I got the Green Stripes of Death -screen at the end of the installation. After rebooting there were all sorts of problems for the CCC to run, so I uninstalled using the ATI routine to remove all software. After the next installation went through ok I was greated by the "driver not installed or functioning properly" box. Rebooting after that seems to have cleared it. Perhaps everyone might want to wait for that hotfix.

mkk · May 27, 2010, 01:29 PM

Uhm.., there now seems to be an idle clock problem that if you change the card clocks in Overdrive then the lowest idle core clock becomes 400 and memory clock won't lower at all. Normal idle clock behavior is 157/300 otherwise. I'm guessing it's related to their changes to allow overclocking while using multiple displays.

Edit: Confirmed, it's a change to help stability while overclocking with multiple displays, for now. A more elegant solution may lie ahead. It makes a great deal of difference for idle/low load power consumption so for now I'm not overclocking my 5850 anymore.

Liqourice · May 27, 2010, 05:56 PM

Still no OpenGL 4.0?

Dyre Straits · May 28, 2010, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liqourice

Still no OpenGL 4.0?

Are you asking or stating?

Per my test with Furmark, here's what I get.....

So, clearly, at least on my system, I have OpenGL 4.0 installed and Furmark is using it.

Liqourice · May 28, 2010, 12:52 PM

Ah, my bad. It was the Heaven 2.0 bench that didn't support OpenGL4.0.

I do know that 10.3 didn't have OGL 4 but it seems like 10.5 does now that I've tried it properly so I'm all happy.

Just wonder why they don't say anywhere in the release notes that it's been included.

Got to update the driver in my Ubuntu 10.4 as well...

anonemus · May 28, 2010, 01:20 PM

@mkk -- I installed 10.5 (both for XP and Win7) with no problem, even with my card's clock. Will be testing more game performance this weekend

**MIG-31** · Jun 2, 2010, 06:34 AM

10.5a Hotfix driver for Bad Comany 2.

May 26, 2010, 09:02 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows. These include: �� Desktop mouse cursor will no longer intermittently appear enlarged �� Pressing the "Page Down" button while configuring the last display in Eyefinity group will now properly switch to the next display instead of closing the bezel user interface �� Shortcut keys to configure the bezel now functions properly Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows 7. These include: �� Alt-Tabbing to desktop and back into "Mass Effect 2" game no longer causes the display to go black �� In-game Anti-Alias can now be applied when other in-game options like Volumetric Effects are enabled in "Empire: Total War" and "Napoleon: Total War" games �� Enabling Anti-Alias in "Empire: Total War" no longer causes a performance drop Running "Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0" in wireframe mode with tessellation enabled no longer causes the application to fail on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series cards �� Changing in-game resolution in "Alien vs. Predator" no longer causes the screen to flicker under Multi-GPU configurations �� Catalyst Control Center now remembers the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity group �� Black screen no longer observed with "Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0" application with OpenGL mode settings �� Enabling dynamic contrast in Catalyst Control Center video settings no longer causes vertical stripes to appear during XVID content playback Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include: �� [Catalyst Control Center] Avivo basic color controls in the "All Settings" page can now be applied and will not shift to default values �� HBR (high bit-rate) audio now functions properly �� "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction" no longer fails during game play for ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 and 3000 series cards Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

May 27, 2010, 06:24 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 For those who play Battlefield Bad Company 2, I read that the long loading time in DX11 mode is back. Hotfix driver package will be out in a couple of days to remedy that, so you might want to wait. Edit: ehm.., installation was a bit troublesome here. First installing straight over 10.4 I got the Green Stripes of Death -screen at the end of the installation. After rebooting there were all sorts of problems for the CCC to run, so I uninstalled using the ATI routine to remove all software. After the next installation went through ok I was greated by the "driver not installed or functioning properly" box. Rebooting after that seems to have cleared it. Perhaps everyone might want to wait for that hotfix. Last edited by mkk; May 27, 2010 at 07:09 AM.

May 27, 2010, 01:29 PM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Uhm.., there now seems to be an idle clock problem that if you change the card clocks in Overdrive then the lowest idle core clock becomes 400 and memory clock won't lower at all. Normal idle clock behavior is 157/300 otherwise. I'm guessing it's related to their changes to allow overclocking while using multiple displays. Edit: Confirmed, it's a change to help stability while overclocking with multiple displays, for now. A more elegant solution may lie ahead. It makes a great deal of difference for idle/low load power consumption so for now I'm not overclocking my 5850 anymore. Last edited by mkk; Jun 2, 2010 at 08:57 AM.

May 27, 2010, 05:56 PM	#4
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Still no OpenGL 4.0?

May 28, 2010, 12:52 PM	#6
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Ah, my bad. It was the Heaven 2.0 bench that didn't support OpenGL4.0. I do know that 10.3 didn't have OGL 4 but it seems like 10.5 does now that I've tried it properly so I'm all happy. Just wonder why they don't say anywhere in the release notes that it's been included. Got to update the driver in my Ubuntu 10.4 as well...

May 28, 2010, 01:20 PM	#7
anonemus 80 Plus Certified Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Philippines Posts: 989 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 @mkk -- I installed 10.5 (both for XP and Win7) with no problem, even with my card's clock. Will be testing more game performance this weekend

Jun 2, 2010, 06:34 AM	Thread Starter #8
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 10.5a Hotfix driver for Bad Comany 2. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here