This release of the Catalyst driver set brings a number of driver and performance enhancements for Eyefinity users:
Catalyst Control Center - New task-based Display Management controls which simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings.
Eyefinity Setup - New improved process for setting up an Eyefinity group.
Catalyst Update Notification - New CCC feature that notifies the user of available updates to to the driver suite.
The 11.3 release was largely just a bug fix driver, with no real enhancements for game performance or Eyefinity.
This release of the Catalyst driver suite adds a number of new features. The major improvement is the addition of Morphological Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon 5000 series. Previously this feature has only been available for the AMD Radeon 6000 series.
The 11.1 version of the doesn't offer any major improvements for Eyefinity users. It does add support for the Fusion APU to the Catalyst suite. Additionally, it offers performance improvements for:
F1 2010 - At least 10%
Left4Dead 2 - Between 8% - 17%
Aliens vs. Predator - QuadFire Fix
The 10.12 version of the Catlyst Driver suite brings a number of improvements. The most noticeable is an overhauled (and much improved, IMHO) interface. The big Eyefinity update is the inclusion of support of 5x1-Portrait support.
This version of the Catalyst Driver Suite does not support the recently released 6870/6850. This is only an update for the 5800 series, and owners of the 6800 series should continue using 10.10.
Performance Improvement - BattleForge and STALKER: Pripyat
Bug Fixes - Various bug fixed for Win7 and Win Vista installations.
The 10.10 driver was the release driver for the AMD Radeon HD 6870/6850. This driver introduced AMD's support for OpenCL and HD3D. There are no specific Eyefinity improvements.
Catalyst APP - Introduced AMD Catalyst Accelerated Parallel Processing ("APP") technology Edition version of the driver. This version includes the AMD OpenCL driver
AMD HD3D - Introduction of AMD HD3D Technology. This is AMD's "open source" 3D solution for Blu-Ray 3D and Stereo 3D gaming. HD3D requires an HDMI 1.4a device and the DDD or iZ3S middle-ware.
ATI released Catalyst 10.9. Mostly just performance updates for FF XIV, Riddick: Dark Athena and STALKER. A handful of other fixes for specific issues not related to gaming or Eyefinity.
ATI released new Catalyst Application Profiles. Improvements include CrossFireX tweaks for Medal of Honor, Darksiders, NBA 2K11, Stone Giant, Civ V, HAWX 2, F1 and World of Warcraft.
ATI released Catalyst 10.8. For Eyefinity users, the release is largely an incorporation of the Tri-Fire and Quad-Fire updates, and the AA fix for StarCraft II found in the 10.7a hotfix. There were additional performance updates and CrossFireX profile updates for a number of titles, including LOTRO and Left4Dead2.
Still no 5x1-Portrait support. We've seen it recently in the wild, and hopefully the 3x1-P CFX and QuadFire improvements are steps on the road to 5x1-P support.
