AMD Catalyst Drivers (Vista 64-bit)

What's new in this version:

# New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:
* ATI Catalyst – Video enhancements
> H.264 Level 5.1 support
- ATI Catalyst™ can now playback 5.1 level streams on all supported players
- Allows for playback of high resolutions (4Kx2K)
* AMD video transcoding updates
> This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides enhanced support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converter
- Performance improvements
- New formats supported (H.264 file formats – MTS, and WMV9 Complex profile interlaced content)
- ATI Catalyst™ Control Center option for enabling/disabling GPU acceleration
* Support for the ATI Video converter is now available in the advanced view of the ATI Catalyst Control Center

# Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.4:
* S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky
* Improves up to 6% with ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics products
* Improves up to 3% with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 graphics products
* Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series products

# All 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

# Windows Vista
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
* Audio playback devices now properly displays "ATI HDMI Output" when a HDMI display is connected
* Display no longer flashes black when high settings of 19x12 are applied to in-game settings for "Dawn of War 2"
* Corruption no longer visible during full screen playback with Flash Player 10.1 on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series
* A high CPU usage is no longer observed when GPU encoding is enabled for dual core systems

# Windows 7
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:
* "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" maps no longer takes unusually long to load for ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* Performance on 2D applications and benchmarks has now been fixed
* Catalyst Control Center - Advanced options no longer becomes disabled after connecting second display in clone mode
* Video Gamma now functions properly during SD/HD video playback with Adobe Flash Player 10.1
* Video corruption no longer visible while watching live HD Jade Channel (Hong Kong) with Windows Media Center
* Flashing no longer visible in "Shattered Horizon" game with CrossFire™ enabled
* Changing in-game resolution in "Alien vs. Predator" no longer causes screen flickering under multi-GPU configuration
* Tint setting under Catalyst Control Center - Basic Color now displays smooth transition when adjusted for Blu-ray playback
* In-game anti-alias now functions properly when other in-game options like Volumetric Effects are enabled in "Empire: Total War" and "Napoleon: Total War" games
* Flickering corruption and flashing textures are no longer visible in "Battlefield 2: Bad Company"
* "NecroVisioN" game now launches properly in DirectX 10 mode
* Desktop corruption no longer observed on enabling Aero effects or updating graphics score
* Blank screen no longer observed when 8X anti-aliasing is applied in "The Chronicles of Riddick 2" game