AMD Catalyst Drivers ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.9 XP

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 8.9 XP
File Size:: 35.0 MB
Requirements:: Windows XP
Language:: en-us
License:: Freeware
Date Added:: 18 Sep 2008
Publisher:: AMD Inc
Homepage:: http://www.amd.com/
MD5 Checksum:: 6A1CB5FC34159EF03A60685211B864BA

The Catalyst software suite 8.9 contains the following:
Radeon display driver 8.53
Multimedia Center 9.16 (Windows XP only)
HydraVision for both Windows XP and Vista
HydraVision Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
WDM Driver Install Bundle
Southbridge/IXP Driver
Catalyst Control Center Version 8.9

New Features

Catalyst 8.9 introduces the following new features:

Catalyst Control Center: New Display mode support

OverDrive support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations

OpenGL 3.0 extension support
Catalyst Control Center: New Display mode support

This release of Catalyst introduces 1080p @ 50Hz custom mode support for HDTVs for the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products. Users can configure their own custom 1080p @ 50Hz modes to best fit their display.
OverDrive support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations

This release of Catalyst introduces Overdrive support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations. Users can now over-clock each graphics accelerators engine or memory speed when running in QUAD CrossFire configurations using manual controls or the automated auto-tuning utility.
OpenGL 3.0 support - Phase 1

This release of Catalyst introduces OpenGL 3.0 extension support. In upcoming Catalyst releases AMD will continue to expand its support for OpenGL 3.0 extensions. The following is a list of supported extensions in Catalyst 8.9:

ARB_half_float_pixel

ARB_draw_instanced

ARB_instanced_arrays

EXT_texture_compression_3dc

EXT_texture_compression_rgtc

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: Flickering is no longer noticed when changing chapters

Stranglehold: Setting the in-game options to 1024x768, and Decals off no longer results in the game failing to respond after a short period of game play

World in Conflict (DX9): Enabling CrossFire no longer results in flashing corruption and the game intermittently failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37341

Oblivion: Setting the display option to 2048X1536 and AA to either 8x or 16x, while having the in-game options remain at their default values no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37342

Hellgate London: Enabling AA to 8x, AF to 16x and setting Mipmap Detail Level to High Performance, along with AAA set to Performance no longer results in textures being missing when playing the game 8x. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37343

Witcher: Game corruption is no longer noticed when setting all of the in-game options to their maximum values and having CrossFire enabled along with AA set to 16x and AF set to 8x. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37344

Spore: Playing the game in a windowed mode on the secondary display device no longer results in poor performance being noticed when AA is set to 8x. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37345

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire no longer results in the displays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics options to off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35118

Age of Conan: The inventory icons may show corruption when playing the game with CrossFire enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34825

Catalyst Control Center->Theater Mode->Video Aspect Ratio: The default settings no longer fail to be restored when clicking on the Default button. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37337

Setting the display mode to 1080p50 and rebooting the system no longer results in the display mode failing to be retained

Cropped text is no longer noticed when changing the language option and DPI setting from their default values. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37334

Setting the language option to Polish no longer results in the hot-key Ctrl+alt+C being active resolving issues with Polish keyboards. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37335

Certain supported languages no longer display cropped text within the Display Options of the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37336

Resuming from hibernation mode no longer results in the TV signal failing to be restored. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37338

Closed captioning no longer fails under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37339

The FM seek function under Windows MCE no longer fails to find radio stations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37340
EXT_texture_compression_latc

EXT_texture_shared_exponent

EXT_depth_buffer_float

EXT_gpu_shader4

ARB_map_buffer_range