ATI Catalyst 8.11 is now available
 

Performance improvements

* Stalker Clear Sky: Performance increases between 6%-18% on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products. Performance increases between 10%-30% on CrossFireX™ configured systems using the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products.
* Far Cry 2: Performance increases between 5%-10% on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products. Performance increases between 8%-14% on CrossFireX™ configured systems using the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products.

New Features

ATI CrossFireX™ enhancement:

* This release of ATI Catalyst™ enables users to verify whether an application is running in ATI CrossFireX™ mode. The new option found in the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center system tray, will allow users to verify whether a Direct3D or OpenGL application is running in ATI CrossFireX™ mode. (The “ATI CrossFireX” logo will be shown on screen when the application is running)

HydraVision Support for Windows XP

* This release of ATI Catalyst™ introduces HydraVision support for the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center under Windows XP. HydraVision enables users to more efficiently organize multiple applications across single or multiple displays. High-lights include:

o HydraGrid – A new feature found in HydraVision that divides the Windows desktop into user definable areas helping users to more easily move and organize multiple applications.
o HydraVision Hotkeys – The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Hotkey Manager can be used to quickly setup and define their HydraVision specific hotkey commands
o HydraVision Virtual desktops – Users can configure up to 9 virtual desktops, enabling users to manage and group multiple applications across user defined desktops. Application positions, desktop associations and display settings can be saved for every virtual desktop
o HydraVision Wizard – Using the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Wizard, users can very quickly configure their HyrdaVision settings.

Highlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst™ 8.11 release include:

New Features

Support for new Linux operating systems

* This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:

o RHEL 4.7 support

New Display enhancement

* This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for display scaling to resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces

For more information on ATI Catalyst™ 8.11 (for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst™ 8.11 release notes.

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html