New Features

This section provides information on new features introduced in this release of the Catalyst™ software suite. These include:

• New Catalyst™ Control Center Avivo features
• 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series

New Catalyst™ Control Center Avivo features

Catalyst™ 7.7 releases a number of new Avivo features and enhancements which optimize video playback and display configuration. These include

• Enhanced video color pages with two new color controls¹: flesh tone correction and color vibrance
• Enhanced video quality pages with easier to use deinterlacing controls and layout
• Simplified Theater Mode² controls, layout and now supporting Windows Vista
• Enhanced quick settings for video controls (available through the basic layout in Catalyst™ Control Center)
• Easy to use display scaling controls2² when outputting to display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces

¹These features are only available on the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series using Windows Vista.

²These features are only available on the ATI Radeon™ X1000 series and HD 2000 series

12x and 24x Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series

This release of Catalyst™ introduces support for 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 XT, and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series. These new Anti-Aliasing settings are available through the new Anti-Aliasing Edge Detect Filter. Selecting 4X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter deliver the equivalent of 12X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 8X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter deliver the equivalent of 24X Anti-Aliasing.

Performance Improvements

The ATI Radeon™ HD2400, HD2600 and HD2900 (single and CrossFire™) can see performance improvements of 13.2% or more in various Far Cry maps.

• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI CATALYST 7.7 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 7.7 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.39.4
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver 8.39.4

• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64