AMD Catalyst Drivers ATI Catalyst Drivers 7.10

AMD Inc - (Freeware)

AMD Catalyst Drivers is a smart choice for those that want to improve their PC performance while increasing overall stability.

AMD Catalyst Drivers includes the latest 32-bit AMD (ATI) for the graphics card and panel Catalyst Control Center.

The AMD driver provides a gain of performance in several 3D applications thus ensuring an optimal experience. The panel Catalyst Control Center provides quick access to all parameters relating to AMD hardware offering multimedia features, management and display game.

There are different versions of AMD drivers for each operating system.

Title:: AMD Catalyst Drivers ATI Catalyst Drivers 7.10
File Size:: 44.6 MB
Requirements:: Windows XP
Language:: en-us
License:: Freeware
Date Added:: 12 Oct 2007
Publisher:: AMD Inc
Homepage:: http://www.amd.com/
MD5 Checksum:: 2EDFC68F1100725CA474EF5B97BBC5A2

The Catalyst software suite 7.10 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.421
* 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 7.10

Catalyst 7.10 introduces the following new features:

* Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series of products
* Software CrossFire" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series of products

This release of Catalyst introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series of products. Adaptive Anti-Aliasing substantially improves image quality by anti-aliasing transparent textures.
Software CrossFire" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series

This release of Catalyst introduces software CrossFire" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 Series and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series. Software CrossFire" is only available when two graphics accelerators from the same family (i.e. 2 ATI Radeon" HD 2600 products) are plugged into a CrossFire" compatible motherboard with no hardware interconnect between the two graphics accelerators.
Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst 7.10:

* Battlefield 2142: CrossFire" performance improves 5-23% on ATI Radeon" HD2600, HD2400 and ATI Radeon" X1300/X1550
* BioShock DX10 CrossFire" performance improves 70% or more on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products
* Call of Duty 2: performance improves up to 6.7% on both single card and CrossFire" ATI Radeon" HD2600 and ATI Radeon" HD2400 configurations
* Call of Juarez DX10: CrossFire" performance improves up to 42% and single card performance improves up to 34% on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products
* Company of Heroes DX10 CrossFire" performance improves up to 80% on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products and single card performance improves as much as 31% on ATI Radeon" HD2900 and ATI Radeon" HD2600 products
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars CrossFire" performance improves as much as 23% on ATI Radeon" X1x00 series products and single card performance improves as much as 23% on both ATI Radeon" HD2x00 and ATI Radeon" X1x00 series of products
* FEAR CrossFire" performance improves as much as 16% on ATI Radeon" X1950XTX, X1650XT, HD2400 and X1300/X1550
* Lost Planet DX10 CrossFire" performance improves 20% or greater on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products
* Supreme Commander CrossFire" performance improves up to 30% on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 and ATI Radeon" X1x00 series products. ATI Radeon" X1650 and X1300/X1550 see even greater improvements of 82% or more
* World In Conflict DX10 CrossFire" performance improves 14-67% or more and single card performance improves 20% or more on ATI Radeon" HD2900XT and ATI Radeon" HD2600 products
* World in Conflict DX9 CrossFire" performance improves up to 70% or more on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 products