AMD have released the version 8.3 of their ATI video card driver package.
The Catalyst™ software suite 8.3 contains the following:
The Catalyst™ software suite 8.3 contains the following:
- Radeon™ display driver 8.471
- Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
- HydraVision™ (Windows XP only)
- HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
- Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
- WDM Driver Install Bundle
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.3
- ATI Catalyst™ 8.3 Highlights:
- CrossFireX™ (Quad) Support 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFireX™ Mode
- Hybrid Graphics Support
- DirectX 10.1 Support
- Anti-Aliasing Enhancements
- ATI Catalyst™ Control Center: HydraVision support for Windows Vista
- Digital Panel GPU image scaling
- Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced Video Quality Controls
- ATI Catalyst™ driver: Tessellation support
- Performance Improvements
- Call of Juarez: Up to 20% improvement is noticed on ATI CrossFireX™ configured systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD38x0 series of product
- Company of Heroes DX10: Up to 17% improvement is noticed, especially at lower resolutions, on ATI Radeon™ HD38x0 products
- Crysis DX10: Up to 15% improvement is noticed on all supported ATI Radeon™ products
- Lost Planet DX9: Up to 36% improvement is noticed across all supported ATI Radeon™ products and in ATI CrossFireX™ configured systems
- Shadermark 2.1: Performance scores increased up to 35% across all supported Radeon™ products and in ATI CrossFireX™ configured systems
- Unreal Tournament 2004: Up to 10% increase in performance is noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD2400, HD2600, or HD3400 series of products on in ATI CrossFireX™ configured systems
Download: ATI Catalyst™ 8.3 | Release Notes
Link: Home Page
I would stay with the 8.2's. I have a 3870 x2 and crossfire is disabled on this driver.
My 3dmark06 score went from 18119 to 13100 running xp pro sp2.
Its also a nightmare to uninstall, will not let me roll back to the 8.2.
Gonna have to reformat
It's always worked well for me, but maybe AMD made some big changes. Might be worth a shot.
I used DriverCleaner too, even...
when attempting to launch DirectX based games when using an ATI AGP
product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31625
Is this for real? Has anybody tried it on an AGP card?
Anyone know how to overcome the issues please post. It will not work in x-fire for me on my 3870x2.
Have also come across some new drivers similar to Omega drivers. Work quite well:
http://www.tweakforce.com/modules.php?name=Downloads
Whats ur 3dmark 06 score then?
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