Catalyst 5.7 disponibili per il download

ATI ha rilasciato una nuova versione dei driver Catalyst per schede video della famiglia Radeon. La versione 5.7 è disponibile per sistemi operativi Windows 2000 - Windows XP, oltre che per Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. I download sono disponibili in locale dalla sezione software di Hardware Upgrade, ai seguenti indirizzi:

Driver ATI Catalyst 5.7 Windows XP x64 + control panel

Driver ATI Catalyst 5.7 Windows 2K-XP + Catalyst Control Center

Driver ATI Catalyst 5.7 Windows 2K-XP + control panel

Di seguito un estratto dalle note fornite a corredo con i driver, disponibili on line a questo indirizzo:

New Features

This section provides information on new features introduced in the latest release of the Catalyst™ Software Suite. New features include:

• 1080p Display Support Option
• Catalyst™ Control Center Un-install Option

1080p Display Support Option

Catalyst™ 5.7 introduces support enhancement to the display support options found in the Digital Panel Properties of the Catalyst™ Control Center. This enhancement will offer a 1080p standard format option for a displays that are reporting incomplete or incorrect capabilities in their EDID information. This feature will be supported on ATI Radeon® X300 products and above, and will be supported under the Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and the next release of the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating systems.

Catalyst™ Control Center Un-install Option

Catalyst™ 5.7 introduces a clean un-install option for the Catalyst™ Control Center. When a user chooses to remove the Catalyst™ Control Center, all desktop shortcuts, user defined profiles, and hotkeys will be completely removed from the system. All custom setting will need to be recreated when the Catalyst™ Control Center is installed once again.

Performance Improvements

Enhancements to our driver's internal memory management bring significant benefits to 64MB and 128MB framebuffer configurations in Catalyst™ 5.7.

The resulting performance gains are most apparent in high resolution, everything on modes, when running applications that use a significant amount of graphics memory. Examples include:

• 5-15% gains in 3DMark05 on some products
• 20-60% gain in Far Cry Regulator across multiple settings
• 25-60% gains in Half-Life 2 at 1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF
• 40-60% gains in UT2004 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
• 50-100% improvement in Comanche4 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
• 50-200% gains in certain ShaderMark tests at high resolution