Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
ATI Catalyst 7.3 WHQL Display Driver for Windows XP/ Vista'
This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver (version 8.351.3), and the Catalyst™ Control Center (version 7.3). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
New Featrues
The following section provides information on new features introduced in this release of Catalyst™.
OpenGL CrossFire™ Support Under Windows Vista
Catalyst™ 7.3 introduces OpenGL CrossFire™ support for the entire ATI Radeon™ X1000 product series under Microsoft Vista. Users will see significant performance gains in a number of applications when running in CrossFire™ mode under Windows Vista.
CrossFire™ Enhancements for Windows Vista
Catalyst™ 7.3 includes CrossFire™ enhancements for Windows Vista that enable the Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) CrossFire™ rendering mode by default, enabling performance benefits for all AFR compatible applications immediately (including newly released applications that have not been officially profiled for CrossFire™). Future Catalyst™ releases will add further CrossFire™ performance gains once new applications have been profiled specifically for CrossFire™.
The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)
The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following AMD desktop products:
- Radeon® X1950 series
- Radeon® X1900 series
- Radeon® X1800 series
- Radeon® X1600 series
- Radeon® X1300 series
- Radeon® X850 series
- Radeon® X800 series
- Radeon® X700 series
- Radeon® X600 series
- Radeon® X550 series
- Radeon® X300 series
- Radeon® 9800 series
- Radeon® 9700 series
- Radeon® 9600 series
- Radeon® 9500 series
Download : ATI Catalyst 7.3 WHQL
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
Posted Thu 29 Mar 07 @ 7:03 pm
Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
If you cant install the verification tool, then you can download the full drivers here:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/ATI/
Posted Thu 29 Mar 07 @ 7:49 pm
discobrian24
Norway have you used these in XP yet?? I know that I had issues with the 7.2 and rolled back so I am wondering if it is worth the upgrade or not. Please let me know.
Posted Thu 29 Mar 07 @ 9:31 pm
Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
Only tested Vista so far, and worked great there.. .
Will try to install it on XP too :)
Posted Thu 29 Mar 07 @ 9:37 pm