Monday, July 26th 2010

AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 10.7 WHQL Software Suite

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AMD rolled out its latest ATI Catalyst Software Suite today, as expected. The latest release is Catalyst 10.7 WHQL. The Catalyst Software Suite provides drivers for ATI Radeon graphics processors, AMD 7-series chipsets, and ATI multimedia products. Version 10.7 WHQL ironed out an important issue with VLC Media Player, which enabled DXVA2 hardware h.264 video acceleration (with VLC 1.1.1 or later installed), which results in smooth video playback and reduced system resource usage. Important enhancements to the HydraVision technology were also added, such as taking into account bezel compensation when maximizing windows across displays. The new pull-down detection algorithm improves visual quality of certain types of videos. And finally, ATI CrossFireX now supports rotated displays, which was particularly longed for by users of ATI Eyefinity setups that make use of rotated physical displays. A list of performance improvements are also included, pertaining to Borderlands in single and multi GPU modes, with and without AA.

DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst 10.7 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit

A list of changes follows.

Performance Improvements:
Borderlands -
  • Performance increases 3-5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
  • Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
  • Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 and ATI Radeon HD 5500 series single card configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
  • Performance increases 2-10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
New Features:

ATI Eyefinity - HydraVision enhancements
  • Maximizing a window across displays will now take user defined bezel compensation into account
  • Automatically adjusts window position when dragging and dropping windows to ensure title bar visibility
  • Proper dialog box placement - dialogs do not cross displays, are not hidden behind bezels, and can be designated to be shown on the users "preferred" display
Enhanced Pull-down detection
  • The Pull-down detection algorithm has been enhanced for higher visual quality on certain types of video content
  • Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
ATI CrossFireX technology - support for rotated displays
  • This release of ATI Catalyst enables end users running supported ATI CrossFireX configurations to rotate their displays (single or ATI Eyefinity display configurations) and still enjoy the performance benefits of ATI CrossFireX technology
ATI Radeon GPU acceleration of VLC 1.1.1 Media Player
  • Enables GPU acceleration of h.264 video content when using the VLC 1.1.1 Media Player - delivering a better user experience by consuming less system resources
  • Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products
  • Requires VLC version 1.1.1 and later

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93 Comments on AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 10.7 WHQL Software Suite

#76
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Always worked for me just fine, CCCP was a PITA
Musselsit works really well - even on legitimate blu ray disks (and my god, is it better than powerDVD10 for that)

until this combo, i have NEVER seen a bluray disk played with lag free seeking.



MPC-HC is my weapon of choice, but it cant play BR.




Ewwwwwwies. why do people use K-lite? its les terribleh
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#77
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
eidairaman1Always worked for me just fine, CCCP was a PITA
when you're trying to make a weak system play HD files, CCCP is the best. VLC has always been buggy/incomplete (for example, SPDIF audio was broken for years - it still might be)
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#78
Wile E
Power User
eidairaman1Always worked for me just fine, CCCP was a PITA
How was CCCP a PITA? It has no conflicts, unlike KLite. KLite is crap. If you aren't gonna use CCCP, at least use Shark007's codec packs.
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#79
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Wile EHow was CCCP a PITA? It has no conflicts, unlike KLite. KLite is crap. If you aren't gonna use CCCP, at least use Shark007's codec packs.
some people like to install it over the top of existing codecs and it dont go well.
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#80
Wile E
Power User
Musselssome people like to install it over the top of existing codecs and it dont go well.
In other words, user error, not the pack's fault.
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#81
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Musselssome people like to install it over the top of existing codecs and it dont go well.
I dont do that.
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#82
Wile E
Power User
eidairaman1I dont do that.
If CCCP didn't work for you, you did something wrong.
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#83
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
what clean install straight, didnt work, Removed it completly installed KLite and it worked.
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#84
streetfighter 2
MusselsEwwwwwwies. why do people use K-lite? its les terribleh
Very true! ffdshow tryouts FTW! Ever since they added hardware x264/VC1 decoding they've been my favorite codec pack bar none. I most often use ffdshow [tryouts] in conjunction with MPC-HC. On my HTPC I use CoreAVC 2.0 with CUDA acceleration combined with MPC-HC which allows me to decode, at least so far, any x264 file no matter the number of reference frames. My HTPC has a weak and partly broken CPU and I've found that in order to play HD movies I need to use ffdshow's AC3/DTS/AAC decoder for audio (and HDMI passthrough), CoreAVC 2.0 for video and MPC-HC to wire it all together.

Sorry for being OT, but in my experience VLC is a godsend for MAC and Linux but succeeded by better software on Windows.

EDIT:
CCCP uses ffdshow tryouts (among other things) so why not cut out the middle man? Even if you install ffdshow via CCCP you still need to know what you're doing to configure it properly. Haali's MKV splitter is awesome but it's also available in a seperate installer.
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#85
pantherx12
K-lite has worked fine for me for years, I can play and edit pretty much all media files, except 120fps phone avi files <_<
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#86
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
streetfighter 2Very true! ffdshow tryouts FTW! Ever since they added hardware x264/VC1 decoding they've been my favorite codec pack bar none. I most often use ffdshow [tryouts] in conjunction with MPC-HC. On my HTPC I use CoreAVC 2.0 with CUDA acceleration combined with MPC-HC which allows me to decode, at least so far, any x264 file no matter the number of reference frames. My HTPC has a weak and partly broken CPU and I've found that in order to play HD movies I need to use ffdshow's AC3/DTS/AAC decoder for audio (and HDMI passthrough), CoreAVC 2.0 for video and MPC-HC to wire it all together.

Sorry for being OT, but in my experience VLC is a godsend for MAC and Linux but succeeded by better software on Windows.

EDIT:
CCCP uses ffdshow tryouts (among other things) so why not cut out the middle man? Even if you install ffdshow via CCCP you still need to know what you're doing to configure it properly. Haali's MKV splitter is awesome but it's also available in a seperate installer.
the tryouts are in the latest CCCP, btw. you need the beta, not the final.
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#87
streetfighter 2
I'm not sure what you mean about needing the beta. The beta of CCCP or the beta of ffdshow tryouts?

I'm currently using ffdshow tryouts 32-bit generic rev. 3476 by clsid (ffdshow_rev3476_20100615_clsid.exe) which is actually newer than the latest beta build on the front page.

The latest version in the generic SVN repository by clsid is rev. 3507 (ffdshow_rev3507_20100707_clsid.exe).

I'm posting this for people who aren't used to sourceforge and SVN repositories.
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#88
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
streetfighter 2I'm not sure what you mean about needing the beta. The beta of CCCP or the beta of ffdshow tryouts?

I'm currently using ffdshow tryouts 32-bit generic rev. 3476 by clsid (ffdshow_rev3476_20100615_clsid.exe) which is actually newer than the latest beta build on the front page.

The latest version in the generic build chain by clsid is rev. 3507 (ffdshow_rev3507_20100707_clsid.exe).

I'm posting this for people who aren't used to sourceforge and build chains.
beta of CCCP has FFDSHOW tryouts, so you get the hardware accel.
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#89
Wastedslayer
After upgrading from 10.4's it immediately bricked my system, Windows locked up and blue screened and then from there computer would instant reset on entering windows. Couldnt windows repair, and couldnt boot into safe mode and remove as it would say that no drivers were found. After a fresh install of Win 7 >< Im stickin with 10.4s
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#90
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
WastedslayerAfter upgrading from 10.4's it immediately bricked my system, Windows locked up and blue screened and then from there computer would instant reset on entering windows. Couldnt windows repair, and couldnt boot into safe mode and remove as it would say that no drivers were found. After a fresh install of Win 7 >< Im stickin with 10.4s
hint hint: 10.4's dont like being upgraded. you really should have used that opportunity to go 10.7 from the start.
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#91
Disparia
Had probs with ePSXe and it's D3D driver after the upgrade. OpenGL worked though isn't as nice.

Peggle would freeze at the loading screen as well.

Works again when reverting to 10.6.
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#92
Solomon123456
Musselsi found that moving it to the bottom right corner of the screen (which was the border between my two monitors) and wiggling it rapidly would trigger the fix most often.
This helped!!!! - Great solution. Tnx!
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#93
manofthem
WCG-TPU Team All-Star!
Solomon123456This helped!!!! - Great solution. Tnx!
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