Catalyst 8.11 Released
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Written by Chris Tom   
Thursday, 13 November 2008 13:53
AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 8.11 drivers. Here are the fixes and updates.

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) interface

 

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.