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AMD Catalyst 7.6 Released |
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Written by Chris Tom
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Monday, 25 June 2007 11:59 |
We have just released Catalyst 7.6 on ati.amd.com for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms
Highlights of the Catalyst 7.6 release include:
Performance improvements
? ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Crossfire performance improvements under Windows Vista:
1. As much as 42% performance increase in Half-Life 2: Episode 1 with HDR+AA enabled
2. As much as 16% performance increase in Dark Messiah: Might and Magic with HDR enabled.
Resolved Issues (high-lights)
? Quake 4: Playing the game with CrossFire enabled no longer result in corruption being noticed after a short time of game play.
? Installing the display driver under the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in the display resolutions of 1680x1050, 1800x1440, 1920x1080 and 1920x1200 not being available when using an analog CRT display device.
? Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in changes being made to the secondary display device being reflected on the primary display device.
Highlights of the Linux Catalyst 7.6 (8.38.6) release include:
New features
? This release of the Catalyst® Linux graphics driver introduces support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
Resolved Issues
? Moving a video window between two monitors in a big desktop configuration no longer crashes the Xserver.
? Playing multiple videos at the same time with textured video no longer results in corruption being noticed.
For more information on Catalyst 7.6 (for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the Catalyst 7.6 release notes found in driver download section. |
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Written by Chris Tom
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Friday, 01 June 2007 08:09 |
We have just released Catalyst 7.5 on ati.amd.com for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms
Highlights of the Catalyst 7.5 release include:
Performance improvements
? OpenGL performance in Windows Vista improves on the Radeon X1950 XTX at high resolutions (1920x1200 or greater) with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled. Doom 3 and Quake 4 improves as much as 13-18% .and Prey improves at least 15.6%. The Radeon X1950 Pro and Radeon X1650 XT also see improvements in Doom 3 and Quake 4 up to 14.1% at higher resolutions with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled.
New features
DirectX 10 driver support for the Radeon HD 2900 XT (single card and Crossfire configurations) for Windows Vista
? This release of Catalyst? introduces the ATI DirectX 10 driver for the Radeon HD 2900 XT, for both single cards and Crossfire configurations (AMD DirectX 10 Crossfire support is currently only available under Windows Vista 32-bit). The ATI DirectX 10 driver used in combination with the Radeon HD 2900 XT (and an application designed to take advantage of the power of the DirectX 10 API) delivers incredible graphics effects never seen before on the PC.
Highlights of the Linux Catalyst 7.5 (8.37.6) release include:
New features
Catalyst Control Center: Linux Edition Version 1.0
? This release of the Catalyst® Linux graphics driver introduces the Catalyst? Control Center Linux Edition version 1.0. The Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition now includes 3D settings which can enable/disable various 3D features in graphic-design applications, CAD applications, and games. The Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition also supports display settings, color settings, and information about the current graphics hardware/software configurations.
Resolved Issues
? Logging out of a session to the graphical login manager no longer crashes the Xserver.
For more information on Catalyst 7.5 (for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the Catalyst 7.5 release notes found in driver download section.
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