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 inform
ation 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 inform
ation 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 applic
ations 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 comp
atible applic
ations immediately (including newly released applic
ations that have not been officially profiled for CrossFire™). Future
Catalyst™ releases will add further CrossFire™ performance gains once new applic
ations 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)