New ATI Catalyst 10.8 drivers are available

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As we roll into a new financial year we find ourselves again with a new set of catalyst drivers for the month of July. Though this month the Catalyst Performance Analysis is getting a bit of an overhaul. The X1950XTX is going bye-bye along with the X1600XT, in their place we will use the HD2600PRO and HD2600XT. We will also continue to use the HD2900XT as the high-end card, and for a look at last generation we will include the highly popular X1950PRO.

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This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

AMD?s ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT continues to see performance increases and it is clear that this month the driver team had their eye on improving OpenGL performance, which is great considering Enemy Territory is just around the corner. The bad news is though that there are still no changes to AA tests and this is something that is hurting the HD 2900 XT at the moment.

We've managed to acquire a shiny new ATi Radeon HD 2600 XT Graphics card for a playdate here at BCCHardware. The HD 2600 XT is based on the RV630 chip from ATi and is to be a mid-range competitor to nVidia's 8600 series. This card has a few interesting features and we can give you sneak peek at the card and some preliminary performance numbers.

Ruby's latest adventure takes place in a rugged, mountainous terrain where her skills as a snowboarder are tested and may just save her life. This fast paced, action packed demo exploits the power of the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT to create a rich and expansive landscape of snow, rock, and ice. From the procedural snow accumulation on the harsh terrain to the wrinkles on Ruby's brow and the physics that drive each strand of fur on Ruby's fur collar, the ATI Radeon HD 2900XT can handle it all.

This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst?. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst? Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst? software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

There is nothing better then getting free performance boosts for our Radeon cards from the monthly Catalyst software updates. Every month we expect to see some new goods from AMD?s finest software department. Sometimes our expectations are too high and we are left somewhat disappointed, and sometimes they manage to rock us all. Last month AMD has released Catalyst 7.4 and claimed that they had boosted its OpenGL performance on Windows Vista. With AMD?s Catalyst 7.5 around the corner, and the hype around R600, we relaxed, sat back and tested the Catalyst 7.4 suite under Microsoft?s new Vista operating system to investigate AMD?s claims. Are they telling the truth? And if it?s true ? is it a pure performance improvement? or something we have to pay for by sacrificing image quality?

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the ATI Radeon HD? 2000 series, a top-to-bottom line of ten discrete graphics processors (GPUs) for both desktop and mobile platforms. This family of GPUs delivers The Ultimate Visual Experience? through best-in-class immersive high-definition gaming and high-definition multimedia playback. ?We set out to create a family of products that would revolutionize the graphics market by introducing leading-edge technology at game-changing price points,? said Rick Bergman, senior vice president, AMD Graphics Products Group. ?We?ve delivered on this challenge, broadening the enthusiast gaming market so that more people than ever before have access to the phenomenal gaming and multimedia experiences that the ATI Radeon HD 2000 series introduces.?

Reading around today, some over excited folk got their wires crossed and claimed AMD would be launching their upcoming R600XT on May 2nd. That?s simply not correct ? Nvidia is launching the 8800 Ultra on May 2nd at a retail price of at least $999 USD but supply will be very low due to yield and pricing related issues. The word on the streets of Taipei tells us that unless Nvidia reduce their 8800 Ultra pricing, you?ll have a hard time actually buying this part.

With the release of Windows Vista, things have changed, our old mobility modder didn't work correctly as many people on our forums reported, so we have created a new release which is specifically made for VISTA. Currently this has undergone internal testing only so please if you are unsure about running beta software please wait a while until it goes to final build.

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX video cards feature 1GB of GDDR4 video memory, besting the GeForce 8800 GTX?s 768MB of GDDR3 video memory. GPU manufacturers often wait to set the exact clock frequencies of bins until just weeks before launch. Our Radeon HD 2900 XTX sample was released to board partners in the second week of April, features memory clocked at 2.02 GHz and a core clock of 750 MHz. Physically, the Radeon HD 2900 XTX core is identical to the Radeon HD 2900 XT core. Both feature 320 stream processors, but the XTX differs by bringing GDDR4 to the package.Despite the reference clock speed differences, DailyTech managed to push the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT up to 845 MHz core and 1.99 GHz memory. Unlike the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT benchmarked yesterday, the HD 2900 XTX is a 12-inch card geared specifically towards OEMs and system integrators.

Anh beat me to R600 benchmarks by a few mere hours -- when you snooze, you lose at DailyTech. Needless to say, I feel somewhat compelled to add my benchmarks to the mix as well. The system I'm using is an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800, ASUS P5N32SLI-E with 2x2GB DDR2-800. My tests this morning used the Catalyst 8.361 RC4 driver. The card used was a Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB.

AMD equips the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT with 320 stream processors to take on NVIDIA?s GeForce 8800 GTS, which features 96 stream processors. However, AMD and NVIDIA have taken different approaches towards their unified shader designs. AMD pairs the R600 GPU with 512MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.65 GHz across an eight-channel, 512-bit memory interface. In comparison, the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS features 640MB of 1.6 GHz GDDR3 memory on a 320-bit memory interface.

We have noticed that some people still prefer to use the old Control Panel (CP) over the Catalyst Control Center (CCC). As a result we have decided to incorporate the Control Panel into the newly released Catalyst 7.4.

And the rumour goes on and on and on...i heard the R600 can fly ;-) THE DRIVER FOR the R600 appears to indicate there will bet at least four different versions of the card. "R600" = ati2mtag_R600, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9402
"R600 " = ati2mtag_R600, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9403
"R600 " = ati2mtag_R600, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9400
"R600 " = ati2mtag_R600, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9401
DAAMIT is still uncomfortable using any names due the leaking problems and each of these cards has its driver, for secondary display. We don?t know the difference between the cards, uet. More rumour at Inq

Hexus.Net has maybe snagged a first shoot from a DX10 ATI R600 Demo . Hit Read more for the difference between a DX10 and DX9 picture.

Throw out the ruler, the only straight lines coming from ATI at the moment are in our exclusive HEXUS.tv interview. To see what we mean, take a gander at this, its the new, super improved, 'cuddlier' ATI logo.

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