AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 10.7 Drivers

Looking to give your Radeon GPU newer drivers? AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 10.7 bundle for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux.

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 Windows release include: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 laterHighlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 release include:Support for new Linux operating systems * This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems: o Ubuntu 10.04 production support ATI Eyefinity support * ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 delivers support for ATI Eyefinity technology under all supported Linux distributions

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