AMD ha rilasciato ieri la suite di driver Catalyst 8.1 per schede video ATI Radeon.

Il supporto va dalle vecchie 9550 alla recentissima serie HD 3800 e sono da utilizzare in abbinamento ai sistemi operativi Windows XP e Windows Vista sia a 32bit che a 64bit.

I driver introducono varie ottimizzazioni in numerosi giochi, e per la prima volta implementano la tecnologia MultiView in abbinamento alle API OpenGL .

Questa nuova funzionalità in pratica permette quando si utilizzano più display di non avere degradi prestazionali nella grafica 3D nel passaggio dal display primario ai secondari.

Questo è l'elenco delle nuove features:



OpenGL: MultiView support

  • This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces MultiView support.  This feature provides for full hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering across multiple graphics adapters setup in an extended desktop display configuration.


Questo invece l'elenco dei miglioramenti:


  • Bioshock: Flickering is no longer noticed during the cinematic introduction of the game.

  • Half-Life 2: Episode 2: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon HD 3800 series of product no longer results in the game failing to the desktop when CrossFireâ„¢ is enabled.

  • F.E.A.R.: A black screen no longer occurs when the display is set to 2048x1536 and the in-game AA option is enabled.

  • Lightsmark 2007: Running the benchmark no longer results in the robot character not being drawn properly.

  • Oblivion: Task switching between the game and the Windows Vista desktop no longer results in corruption being noticed when AA is enabled.

  • Oblivion: Flickering is no longer noticed when first making a move if the in-game settings are set to maximum, CrossFireâ„¢ is enabled and AF is set to 16X.

  • Oblivion: The game no longer fails and display corruption is no longer noticed when the game is minimized to desktop and then restored.

  • World In Conflict: The game no longer fails to the Windows desktop when the display resolution is set to 1280x768 and AF is set to 16X.

  • Call of Juarez and Stalker and Timeshift: Launching the games under Windows XP no longer results in intermittent corruption or flashing being noticed.

  • Enemy Territories Quake Wars v1.2: Flickering is no longer noticed when enabling Triple Buffering, setting AA to 8X and setting the display resolution to 2560x1600.

  • TianJi: Logging into the game no longer results in the function buttons not working and the system setting window failing to open.

  • World of Warcraft: Launching two game windows and switching between the game windows on a system with an Apple 30 inch display device no longer results in the game image failing to be drawn properly.

  • Google SketchUP: the application no longer fails to launch on systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon HD 2900 series of product.

  • Note:  We have also released the Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix driver with the following fixes / enhancements

  • Fix for users having issues with their AGP ATI Radeon graphics card

  • Crysis DirectX 10 Crossfire performance optimizations

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