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The 10.7 release brought a several enhancements, with one major enhancement for Eyefinity users. Additionally, it brought new Linux support. AMD also released a 10.7a Hotfix.

CrossFireX for Portrait Configurations - Improves the CrossFireX implementation in Eyefinity by adding support for 3x1-Portrait configuraitons.

Eyefinity / HydraVision Enhancements - Maximizing a window across multiple displays now takes Bezel Compensation into account. Dialog boxes can now be forced to the "preferred" display, and they will not display behind bezels

Overall the 10.6 had minimal new features or fixes for Eyefinity users. This continues to be a trend as the overall Eyefinity ecosystem and experience reaches maturity:

Video Acceleration in Flash - GPU acceleration of H.264 video content in Flash 10.1

OpenGL 4.0 and 3.3 - Official support of OpenGL 4.0 and 3.3

Overall the 10.5 had minimal new features or fixes for Eyefinity users:

ATI Overdrive - Enhanced to deliver full support for over-clocking functionality on supported ATI Radeon HD graphics accelerators connected to multiple display configurations

Catalyst Control Center - Fixed issue where the CCC now remembers the position of the fourth monitor in the Eyefinity group5

Battlefield 2: Bad Company - Fixed issue with map load time.

Mass Effect 2 - Alt-Tabbing to the desktop no longer causes the display to go blank.

Overall the 10.4 release did not add significant new features, at least not for Eyefinity users. Specifically, it did not release support for 5x1-Portrait mode. Notable new features are enhancements to the ATI Catalyst video playback and Video Transcoding. It specifically added support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converter in the Catalyst Control Center.

AMD has released the the AMD Catalyst 10.3 update. Below are the updates relevant to Eyefinity gamers:

AMD has released the the AMD Catalyst 10.2 update. Below are the updates relevant to Eyefinity gamers:

CrossFireX & Eyefinity Support - Previous CrossFireX support in Eyefinity was a "White List" where only specifically enabled titles were supported. The new driver support moves to a "Black List" support model. This means that games are supported by default, unless there is a particular issue or barrier to a title. This title would be placed on the "Black List" indicating that it was not supported. Further optimization can be made through the Application Profiles.

AMD has released the the AMD Catalyst 10.1 update. Below are the updates relevant to Eyefinity gamers: