ATi Catalyst™ 10.2 Treiber für Windows 7, Vista und XP veröffentlicht

AMD hat im Laufe des Abends die Version 10.2 des ATi Catalyst Treibers für die hauseigenen Grafikkarten, Mainboards und Notebooks veröffentlicht und zum Download bereitgestellt.

Die WHQL-Zertifizierten Treiber stehen sowohl für die 32- als auch die 64-Bit-Versionen von Windows 7, Vista und XP ab sofort zum Download bereit. Die WHQL-Treiber unterstützen die Grafikkarten-Baureihen ATi Radeon HD 2000 oder höher, FireStream 9000, Theater 600 oder höher sowie die integrierten ATI-Grafikchips der Reihen 3000 und 4000.

Den aktuellen Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 10.2 Release Notes können Sie einen Überblick über alle Veränderungen entnehmen.

Die Catalyst™ Software Suite 10.2 enthält folgendes:

  • ATI Radeon™ display driver 8.702
  • HydraVision™ for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
  • WDM Driver Install Bundle
  • Southbridge/IXP Driver
  • ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.702

ATI Catalyst 10.2 - New Features

ATI Catalyst™ application profiles for configurations supporting ATI CrossFireX™ technology

  • This release of ATI Catalyst™ delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX™ profiles in a separate executable file; ensuring users have access to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
    • The ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 package Includes the fully qualified ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 application profile list (which includes all ATI CrossFireX profiles) and is installed by default.
    • The latest application profile list is posted on amd.com in a separate .exe file that users can install to get the absolute latest application profiles (that have not yet been added to the official ATI Catalyst release).

ATI Catalyst™ support for ATI PowerPlay™ on configurations supporting ATI CrossFireX™ technology

  • Significant power saving benefits for users with ATI Radeon™ HD 5900 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series setup in ATI CrossFireX™ configurations.
    • Automatically enabled in the ATI Catalyst™ driver for Windows® 7 and Windows Vista.
    • Sets secondary GPU(s) engine and memory clocks to low levels and reduces voltage when the GPU(s) are not in use.

ATI Catalyst™ support for DisplayPort audio

  • This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort panels.

Support for ATI Eyefinity technology on configurations supporting ATI CrossFireX™ technology

  • The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX™ support on ATI Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional GPUs for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution ATI Eyefinity display groups.
  • Supported on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series.

ATI Catalyst 10.2 - Performance Gains

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.2:

  • DiRT 2 - Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products.
  • Battleforge - CrossFire ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%.
  • Unigine Heaven - DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products.
  • The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena – Overall performance on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 improves up to 4%.

ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite 10.2 für Windows 7, Vista und XP steht auf der folgenden Webseite/n zum Download zur Verfügung:

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows 7 32-Bit Edition

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows 7 64-Bit Edition

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows Vista 32-Bit Edition

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows Vista 64-Bit Edition

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows XP 32-Bit Edition

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows XP MCE 2005 Edition

ATI Catalyst™ 10.2 für Windows XP 64-Bit Edition

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