AMD nel pomeriggio di ieri ha rilasciato la suite di driver Catalyst 8.5 per schede video ATI Radeon.

Parecchie le novità introdotte in questa nuova release:


  • Catalystâ„¢ Control Center Component Video

  • ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement

  • SECAM TV Out Support

  • 1080p HDTV custom mode

  • HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes

  • Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalystâ„¢ Control Center

  • 1080p24 Mode Support

  • Windows XP Service Pack 3 support


Questa è invece la lista dei giochi nei quali si avranno incrementi prestazionali:


  • Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases up to 12% on systems containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3xx0 series of product

  • Halo: Performance increases by 10-30% across all of the supported ATI Radeonâ„¢ series of products

  • Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases from 5 to 35% on systems containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3xx0 series of product

  • Stalker DX9: Performance increases by 20-50% when HDR is enabled in the game; across all ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD38x0 series of products

  • World in Conflict DX10: Performance increases up to 25% on systems containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD36x0 and/or an ATI Radeonâ„¢ 38x0 series of product. Higher performance gains are noticed on systems contianing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ 3870x2 series of product


Per scaricare la nuova suite seguite il link in calce.