Catalyst drivers for Radeon 5XXX bring CrossFireX + Eyefinity, game profiles and mobility updates

The newly announced Catalyst v10.2 driver for Radeon 5XXX cards, available later today, brings:

- Game profiles - Per-game profiles are being moved out of the drivers, so they can be updated and downloaded to offer better performance to new games when they come out, rather than to wait for the next Catalyst update.
- CrossFireX + Eyefinity - Support for multi-GPU CrossFireX configurations to boost Eyefinity performance
- Ultra Low Power State - Lower-idling on CrossfireX secondary GPUs when not in high-performance gaming mode to significantly reduce power use and heat production
- DisplayPort Audio - If you have one of the new DisplayPort monitors that has speakers, the new driver will route the audio through that single audio/video connection

AMD has also pre-announced the v10.3 driver for release in March that adds further enhancements including:

- Eyefinity customization wizard - an easy-to-use wizard that will allow users to easily adjust layout in order to compensate for monitor bezels, adjust brightness, color and contrast for each display
- 3D Stereo driver hooks - enabling “third-party middleware” vendors to bring more 3D stereoscopic gaming options to consumers by allowing for independent left and right images at 120 Hz
- Focus on mobile GPUs -  Monthly stability, performance and feature enhancements notebooks with ATI mobility chips (obviously to appear in more notebooks)

Update - Extremetech has a good summary of these updates in their article AMD Commits to CrossFireX, Eyefinity, and Stereoscopic 3D with New Catalyst Releases