ATI Catalyst™ 8.3

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