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ATI Catalyst 8.11 Released

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Drivers:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Release notes:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_811_release_notes.pdf
Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™
FarCry 2 – performance gains of 3 to 10% for Single card mode and 8 to 14% in
Crossfire mode, with some specific configurations showing even greater improvements.
Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and Radeon
HD3xxx products.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – performance gains of 6 to 18% in single card settings
and 10 to 30% in CrossfireX mode. Performance gains were noticed on all
Radeon HD04xxx and Radeon HD3xxx products.

ATI CrossFireX™ Enhancements
This release of ATI Catalyst™ enables users to verify whether an application is
running in ATI CrossFireX™ mode. The new option found in the ATI Catalyst™
Control Center system tray, will allow users to verify whether a Direct3D or
OpenGL application is running in ATI CrossFireX™ mode. (The “ATI Cross-
FireX” logo will be shown on screen when the application is running).

HydraVision Support for Windows XP
This release of ATI Catalyst™ introduces HydraVision support for the ATI Catalyst
™ Control Center under Windows XP. HydraVision enables users to more
efficiently organize multiple applications across single or multiple displays. Highlights
include:
• HydraGrid – A new feature found in HydraVision that divides the Windows
desktop into user definable areas. This helps users to more easily move and
organize multiple applications.
• HydraVision Hotkeys – The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Hotkey Manager
can assist users to quickly setup and define their HydraVision specific hotkey
commands.
• HydraVision Virtual Desktops – Users can configure up to 9 different virtual
desktops. This enables users to manage and group multiple applications
across each user defined desktop. Application positions, desktop associations
and display settings can be saved for every virtual desktop.
• HydraVision Wizard – Using the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Wizard,
users can configure their HyrdaVision settings with ease.

New Display Enhancements
This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for display scaling to
resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p)
through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces.
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Am Loving all these Crossfire improvements :cool:
Cheers for the heads up.
 
I wish both ATI and Nvidia would concentrate on decent performance increases across the board, rather than favourite benchmark on the month.
 
layte said:
I wish both ATI and Nvidia would concentrate on decent performance increases across the board, rather than favourite benchmark on the month.
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That is very hard to do as every game uses a different engine and have their own tweaks and tricks that they can employ. As such games have to be tweaked usually on an individual basis. So of course ATi/nVidia will concentrait on the 'game of the month' as that is the one most people will be playing.
 
mpj88 said:
another driver already? Sorry bt is it like this all the time with ati?
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ATi bring a new official WHQL driver out once a month, it is how it has always been for the last 4+ years...

It isn't ATi's fault you choose to install every random beta driver/hotfix that floats about.

Plus it is a far better system than nVidia's, new beta every couple of days, then you might get a new WHQL driver in 3 months or so.
 
mpj88 said:
another driver already? Sorry bt is it like this all the time with ati?
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ATi bring a new official WHQL driver out once a month, it is how it has always been for the last 5+ years...

It isn't ATi's fault you choose to install every random beta driver/hotfix that floats about.

Plus it is a far better system than nVidia's, new beta every couple of days, then you might get a new WHQL driver in 3 months or so.
 
Cool, thanks for the heads up.

On the problem with regular driver releases - so you'd rather they didn't fix anything or make improvements as new games come out? They release monthly updates and have done so for as long as I can remember. Must be 2004 when this started. I'm glad they are constantly looking to improve the drivers quite frankly. It's an official WHQL release every month - that is not a bad thing.
 
Oddly enough, I've never had ANY problems with ANY drivers, be they Nvidia or ATI, over the past 5 years.

That said, I've only ever owned Nvidia once (my 8800GT prior to my 4850), but still no issues ever.
 
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