В драйверах Catalyst 10.6 были добавлены следующие новые возможности:

    GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash Player 10.1: добавлено аппаратное ускорение видео H.264 при использовании Adobe Flash Player 10.1.
    Video De-blocking support: убраны некоторые артефакты при просмотре видео при низком разрешении.
    Mosquito noise reduction: убраны некоторые артефакты при просмотре видео с высоким уровнем сжатия.
    Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3: добавлена официальная поддержка OpenGL 3.3 и 4.0. 

Также было повышено быстродействие и исправлены ошибки. Полный список изменений читайте тут. 



ownload ATI Catalyst 10.6 Windows XP 32-bit drivers

ATI released Catalyst 10.6 drivers. The new drivers have several enhancements, especially video playback related.

Here is a breakdown of the new features available in the Catalyst 10.6 display driver release, snapped directly from the release notes:

GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash Player 10.1

    AMD GPU acceleration of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 delivers smooth high definition video playback and reduces system resource utilization
    Adobe Flash Player 10.1 can be accelerated on notebook and desktop platforms featuring AMD graphics including:
        ATI Radeon HD 5000 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 series
        ATI Mobility ATI Radeon HD 400 series (and higher)
        ATI Radeon HD 3000 series integrated graphics (and higher) 

Video De-blocking support

    Reduces blocking artifacts seen in low-bit rate video during playback
    Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series of products 

Mosquito noise reduction

    Reduces mosquito noise seen in highly compressed progressive video, during playback
    Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series of products 

Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3

    ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 4.0 on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
    ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on the ATI Radeon HD Series 

Gaming Improvements
We're sure many of you would like to know which gaming titles are improved with the Catalyst 10.6 drivers as well, so we've ripped that data from the release notes as well. According to AMD, the following performance gains are offered with the Catalyst 10.6 drivers:

3DMark Vantage

    Overall scores improve up to 5% on a single ATI Radeon HD 5970 

Batman: Arkham Asylum

    Performance improves up to 5% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations 

Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark

    Performance improves up to 4% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
    Performance improves up to 3% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products 

Company of Heroes ? DX10

    Performance improves up to 7% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 5% with single card and CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations 

Crysis Warhead

    CrossFire performance improves by up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products 

DiRT 2 ? DX9

    Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
    Performance improves up to 4% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products 

The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena

    Performance improves up to 15% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 13% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
    Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products 

Unigine Tropics

    CrossFire performance improves by up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products 

World in Conflict

    Performance improves up to 6% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations 

Wolfenstein

    Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
    Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
    Performance improves up to 11% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products 

The Catalyst 10.6 drivers should be posted on AMD.com very soon, if they're not available already, should you want to check them out for yourselves.