AMD have released the version 8.3 of their ATI video card driver package.
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