ATI Catalyst 8.1 Leaked

That time of the month is again closing in and AMD is preparing a brand new Catalyst driver for its Radeon graphics card series. But, at least Vista users, don't have to wait much as a beta version of the new Catalyst 8.1 has found its way online.

Featuring the 8.452 display driver, the Catalyst 8.1 for both the 32 and 64bit version of Windows Vista comes with support for almost everything released since the days of the Radeon 9550 plus a few cards and IGPs that haven't been released - the Radeon HD 3200, 3450, 3470, 3650 and the dual-RV670 Radeon HD 3870 X2.

To give the new Catalyst 8.1 a try simply download it from here.

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AMD,NVIDIA Releases New Drivers

AMD and NVIDIA this week released new graphics drivers for its graphics cards. AMD’s latest ATI Catalyst Software Suite 7.9 introduces the usual new features, performance improvements and resolved issues. New to the ATI Catalyst 7.9 drivers is a color temperature control panel. The color temperature control lets users adjust chromatic levels on ATI Radeon X1000 and HD 2000 series graphics cards.

AMD also introduces the Avivo Video Converter application to Windows Vista 64-bit users. The Avivo Video Converter application allows users to transcode various video formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV, H.264/AVC and others.

The latest driver set improves performance in various games such as Far Cry, Call of Duty 2, Half-Life 2, Serious Sam 2 and Quake 4. Performance enhancements are seen mostly on AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 2000 series graphics cards, though X1600/1650 Pro and X1300/X1550 products receive anti-aliasing improvements in Quake 4.

NVIDIA users are also treated to a new beta driver release. The latest beta, version 163.67, improves compatibility with Bioshock and Crysis under Windows Vista and XP.

AMD users can grab the latest ATI Catalyst 7.9 from the website for Windows XP, XP-64, Vista and Vista-64. NVIDIA users can grab the beta ForceWare drivers for Windows XP, XP-64, Vista and Vista-64.

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