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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.
Catalyst" 7.2 introduces a brand new version of the Catalyst" Control Center for Windows XP. The new Catalyst" Control Center delivers a number of significant enhancements:
- Significant performance gains; Catalyst" Control Center start-up time has been substantially reduced, and overall responsiveness has improved.
- Reduced system resource usage
- New 3D preview which significantly improves the ability for users to understand the benefits of enabling the many Catalyst" features of their ATI Radeon" graphics accelerator
- Increased stability
- Native 32 and 64-bit support
Performance Improvements
- Open GL performance improves for all ATI Radeon" X1000 series products. Gains of up to 25% in Doom 3, 48% in Quake 4 and 21% in Prey can be seen on a variety of ATI Radeon" X1000 cards. These performance gains are noticed under the Windows Vista operating system.