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ATI Releases Catalyst Beta Drivers for Vista 5381

Aeden   on 23 May 2006 - 16:28 · 5 comments & 5676 views

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Whilst most of the Windows Vista followers were patiently awaiting Bill Gates' Keynote at WinHEC 2006 (scheduled to occur in roughly less than 2 hours), ATI quietly released new versions of its Catalyst Beta Drivers & Control Panel for Windows Vista build 5381 today.

At this point, since nothing has been officially said regarding Windows Vista Beta 2's build number, it would be silly to speculate as to exactly what this means - but nevertheless, the drivers are there, and we encourage you to install then (at least until another build crops up).

An interesting thing to note is that the drivers' exe files are labeled with the "RC0" tag, symbolizing one of two things: Either these are Release Candidate 0 drivers for ATI; or these are drivers intended to be used on Windows Vista RC0 - which is, as we know it currently, the internal moniker for "Windows Vista Beta 2"

Download: x86 Drivers | x64 Drivers | x86 + x64 Drivers
News source: ATI Driver Download/Info Page

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#1 Obi_Yoann on 23 May 2006 - 19:35
For Nvidia users, drivers for Beta 2 are also available for them here!
Downloading at the moment...
(3 replies) #2 chulomixed on 23 May 2006 - 21:07
Um, I would like to know where the 6.5 drivers are? It's almost the end of them month and they havn't released them yet.
#2.1 Z3r0 on 23 May 2006 - 23:48
I think the drivers are on ATIs computers, it isn't the end of the month yet and unless you have a specific issue that you think will be fixed, does it really matter if they release them this month?

p.s. check station drivers/guru3d for the beta 6.5

#2.2 Croquant on 24 May 2006 - 18:31
Um, the 6.5 drivers ARE on the ATI site.
#2.3 Munki on 24 May 2006 - 21:00
l33ch1ng as we speak.

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