Catalyst 5.7 and 5.8
On the table for 5.7 are quite a few enhancements as well. HyperMemory will be getting an upgrade in performance, CCC will come to 64-bit versions of Windows, and Multi-GPU features will be enabled. We can also expect new Media Center Extensions that will be geared towards helping users set up their displays.
Catalyst 5.8 will see a new wizard come along, which should handle everything that anyone could want to do with their driver. This should even further extend ATI's ability to empower customers who aren't familiar with how graphics cards work.
Also coming down the pipeline for 5.8 is a new interface for adjusting HDTV settings, including HDTV over DVI. This should really help, as it is a difficult task to get a computer set up to work well with an HDTV these days. ATI has said that the adjustments would include the function to adjust the borders of the video in order to minimize overscan while maximizing useable desktop space.
And that about does it for the information that we have on upcoming Catalyst launches. Hopefully, releases 5.7 and 5.8 will also be able to deliver some performance improvement as well.
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tanekaha - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link
#29mike go windows update and let windows scan ya
in sov...... ahh nm
miketheidiot - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link
so where do i download .net? All i get is this: http://www.microsoft.com/Net/Default.aspxi see nothing about downloads.
chucky2 - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link
#24....possibly the problem is that CCC requires .NET to be installed (and when you do that, make sure to run WindowsUpdate about 5 times to get all the updates for it).If you don't have .NET installed (and hopefully patched), that's probably your problem.
Chuck
LoneWolf15 - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link
At least the drivers are available without CCC. Checked and downloaded them last night, but haven't installed them yet (life intervenes).chucky2 - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link
I can't wait for 5.8 as my only display is my Syntax Olevia 32" LCD TV....while it looks fine at 1280x720, it's native is 1366x768...it'd be nice using just ATI's driver (if it indeed takes up small meg'age instead of 100MB; didn't know that) instead of debating the use of Powerstrip (which is an excellany program).Come'on ATI, 5.8 with a small foot print, you can do it!!!
Chuck
Gatak - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link
#24Think of .NET as Microsofts version of Java. It is an interpreted language run in a virtual machine. This is why it is so horribly slow.
miketheidiot - Thursday, June 9, 2005 - link
i have ccc install but it fails to load and i get error messages every time it tries to load on boot. WTF? Its a worthless pos but it would be nice not to deal with the error messages every time i load up. Yes i know i could uninstall, but thats way to much work.BTW what is .net?
ariafrost - Thursday, June 9, 2005 - link
One last comment about another grammar error - "OEMs that focus mainly on the business computing side of the market would rather have all their clients running exactly the same software configuration and DOWN want to allow end users to download and install their own drivers."I believe it should be don't rather than DOWN. BTW, is there any way to measure minimum frame rates? Maybe their OpenGL driver has simply gotten better to where minimum frame rates are higher even if the average is the same...
yacoub - Thursday, June 9, 2005 - link
I'M SORRY #21, WHAT'S THAT?? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE BLOAT.j/k ;)
sinisterDei - Thursday, June 9, 2005 - link
Complaining about the performance of the drivers is unfair:From the 5.6 release notes, performance section. And I quote:
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# Doom3: A performance gain of up to 7% is noticed at lower resolutions as a result of more efficient memory use
# Chronicles of Riddick: A performance gain of up to 10% is noticed as a result of more efficient storage of vertex data
# Halo: A performance gain of up to 20% is noticed as a result of generic driver Z-optimizations
# 3DMark05: A performance gain of up to 5% is noticed as a result of generic driver Z-optimizations
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Only one of these titles was tested (Doom 3) and the release notes specifically state lower resolutions as the affected bit, and last I checked 1600x1200 with or without AA/AF does NOT qualify as "lower resolutions."
In truth, I'd be most interested in the Halo gains.