ATI Speeds Vista Graphics

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ATI's new 64-bit graphics drivers will accelerate the beta version of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system.

ATI Technologies introduced new 64-bit graphics drivers for speeding up the performance of the beta 1 release of Microsoft’s long-awaited Windows Vista operating system, on Thursday, only a day after Microsoft released the beta software to 10,000 testers.

With its new Catalyst drivers, the Canadian company is one of the first graphics card makers to provide a 64-bit driver that supports Microsoft’s new graphics driver standard known as the Longhorn Driver Display Model. That name is likely to change, however, because Microsoft recently switched the code-name for its upcoming operating system from Longhorn to Vista. However, the Vista name may change as well given recent threats of lawsuits from other makers of products also named Vista.

Download: ATI's new Beta driver for Windows Vista

News source: Red Herring

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The top 10 software titles for the first six months of the year were dominated by PlayStation 2 games. Sony's console had six games in the top 10, including Sony Computer Entertainment's Gran Turismo 4 in the top slot.

Nintendo had the second most games in the top 10. Game Boy Advance games held two positions with Pokemon Emerald at second place and Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap at seventh. The lone GameCube representative was Capcom's Resident Evil 4 in the eighth slot. But that tied Microsoft's entire Xbox contingent, with the tenth-place Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith lingering at the bottom of the list.

The only 2004 game to crack the top 10 was Take-Two Interactive's controversy-laden Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which was released in October. The complete Top 10 consoles games of 2005 can be seen below.

Rank/Title/Platform/Publisher/Release Date/SRP

1. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2, Sony Computer Entertainment, Feb 05 $49)
2. Pokemon Emerald (GBA, Nintendo, Apr 05, $34)
3. MVP Baseball 2005 (PS2, Electronic Arts, Feb 05, $49)
4. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (PS2, LucasArts, May 05, $49)
5. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Take-Two Interactive, Oct 04, $47)
6. God of War (PS2, SCE, Mar 05, $50)
7. Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA, Nintendo, Jan 05, $50)
8. Resident Evil 4 (GC, Capcom, Jan 05, $50)
9. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (PS2, Take-Two, Apr 05, $49)
10. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Xbox, LucasArts, May 05, $49)

(2 replies) #1 tktino on 29 Jul 2005 - 22:57

Sweet. where is nvid when you need it thou

#1.1 Jugalator on 30 Jul 2005 - 01:37

Maybe you saw this since you posted that, but nVidia was hot on ATI's heels

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...pic=350977&st=0

Working great with my 6600GT, some minor issues with sluggishness and flickers in IE 7 that I suspect has to do with these drivers, but nothing big, and all effects working.

#1.2 karma_police on 30 Jul 2005 - 04:42

I get the flickering too but I guess it's a Vista problem because I have a Radeon 9600.

#2 RaiderOnline on 29 Jul 2005 - 23:17

#3 Cool4 on 29 Jul 2005 - 23:48

I need the nvidia 64bit drivers... what are you doing guys?

(1 reply) #4 Tungsten T on 30 Jul 2005 - 00:40

I need 32-bit New ATI Vista drivers

#4.1 tkyoshi on 30 Jul 2005 - 02:28

From Rage3D:

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Continuing our software and driver leadership, ATI released our first Windows Vista (Longhorn) beta driver yesterday. It is both included in the beta of the operating system itself, as well as on ATI.com (the version on ATI.com has the added benefit of support for Radeon Xpress - otherwise the driver found within the operating system and the driver found on ATI.com is identical)

(3 replies) #5 mrbee55 on 30 Jul 2005 - 03:18

No ATI RADEON 9250 Driver? Do I have to buy new VGA card?Oh! how pity?

#5.1 Ravensworth on 30 Jul 2005 - 06:06

No point buying a card right now, Vista's still a year (or more) away. Eventually you'll want to though; your card does not support DirectX 9.

#5.2 Wiser87 on 30 Jul 2005 - 06:58

Heh, by then, they may even be beyond DirectX 9.

#5.3 mrbee55 on 30 Jul 2005 - 08:56

Thanks for reply.I think I will buy GeForce 6600(AGP).

#6 stezo2k on 30 Jul 2005 - 07:32

never expected this, well done ATI

#7 Ikshaar on 30 Jul 2005 - 13:38

Kinda hypocrite.... when people were asking for 64bits drivers, ATI was saying "not until release of product Windows 64bits edition".... so good move now may be, but way too late ATI !! Switched to Nvidia a year ago.

(1 reply) #8 HalfLing on 31 Jul 2005 - 10:06

Something interesting...I have a mobility 9700...My vista was running sluggish (windows flickering on resize etc...

I went into device manager and fooled vista into thinking my 9700m was a X850XT Plat...everything is smooth now...I just havn't figured out how to enable transparency and glass...

Jake-

#8.1 Defiant on 01 Aug 2005 - 13:29

If your card reports that it supports it with the right driver then try "CTRL-SHIFT-F9" to toggle the effects on and off.

#9 hollatyou on 31 Jul 2005 - 14:34

I have d/l the driver files and try to updated it with my 9800 pro..but i guess it cant fine the newer version of drivers than the one microsoft provided....any ideas?

(1 reply) #10 Osiris on 31 Jul 2005 - 22:48

So are there 64bit video cards out now?

#10.1 Solarix on 31 Jul 2005 - 23:20

no just 64bit drivers

#11 thomsonr on 31 Jul 2005 - 23:48

Hmmm....the 64 bit drivers don't seem to be at that link. Could someone confirm?

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