# Some video corruption might be noticed when playing certain Blu-ray titles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38293 # Disconnecting an HDMI display device during DVD playback may result in Windows Vista failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308 # Flickering may occur on the primary display when two dual link displays are used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38295 # Playing some video file formats under Windows Media Player 11 can cause a time delay response. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38926. # City of Villains: Flashing observed in the game when super AA is enabled in Catalyst Control Center and the resolution is at 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38301 # When desktop rotation enabled in OS:Vista Greek some text is cutoff in the default monitor.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38302 # Performing an express un-install of the display driver on some ATI Radeon HD 48x0 series devices, may intermittently result in the display device failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308

Catalyst™ 8.9 introduces the following new features:

• Catalyst™ Control Center: New Display mode support

• OverDrive™ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations

· OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support

Dynamic Gamma/Contrast correction, available on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series, improves video image quality by delivering more vivid color in content with sharp contrasts and scenes with low and bright images.

Performance improvements
• 3DMark Vantage: Performance increases of up to 20% are seen in the Performance Preset on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 or ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series of products
• Company of Heroes DX10: Performance increases between 3% to 12% are seen in specific maps on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800, ATI Radeon ™ HD 3800, and ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series of products
• Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases between 4% to 15% are seen in specific maps on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800, ATI Radeon™ HD 3800, or ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series of products
• Call Of Duty 4 DX9: Performance increases of up to 4% in specific maps are seen on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series of products
• Lost Planet DX9: CrossFire™ scaling improves up to 1.7x and performance increases up to 80% across all ATI Radeon™ products when Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering are enabled
New features
Catalyst Control Center: Information Center enhancements
• This release of Catalyst™ introduces an enhancement to the Catalyst Control Center Information Center. Full Hardware information will be shown for each physical graphics accelerator installed in the system.
Resolved Issue highlights • Assassin's Creed: Attempting to launch the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system (32 bit version) no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop.
• Crysis: Edge detect is now working when playing the DX9 version of the game with UBM enabled.
• Frontlines Fuel of War: Setting the in-game option to 1152x864 and AA to N/A no longer results in corruption being noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product.
• Hellgate London: Setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond.
• Mahjongg Artifacts: Launching the game on a system running Windows Vista no longer results in the operating system failing to respond.
• Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Flickering is no longer noticed when switching between the game and the Windows desktop.
• Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Setting AA to 8x no longer results in AA failing to be applied.
• World In Conflict: Setting the video quality to high no longer results in corruption being noticed. • World of Warcraft: The game's log-in background is no longer blank when using OpenGL mode.