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ATI Catalyst 10.8 Mobility Released

Eidorian said:
I wonder where the news on Catalyst 10.8 is.
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Me too. I found a Guru 3D URL and the interesting part is that it's dated for tomorrow. ATI driver page is down for me at least, the "display results" button is not working.

This is for the desktop version:

Software Description

Download ATI Catalyst 10.8 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit) drivers


The Catalyst™ Software Suite 10.8 contains the following:

ATI Radeon™ display driver 8.762
HydraVision™ for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
Southbridge/IXP Driver
ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.762
New Features:

OpenGL ES 2.0 support - ATI Catalyst™ 10.8 delivers full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 specification

Enables 3D accelerated graphics within a web browser that supports OpenGL ES 2.0
Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
Video Quality default options

The Default video options for ATI Catalyst™ have been greatly enhanced to deliver
the best quality video viewing experience. Users can also choose to apply these
settings to Internet Video via a new checkbox control within the ATI Catalyst™
Control Center
In the “Advanced Color” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
Color vibrance (default = 40)
Flesh tone correction (default = 50)
Brighter Whites
In the “Advanced Quality” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
Edge-enhancement (default = 25)
De-noise (default = 64)
Mosquito Noise Reduction (default = 50)
De-blocking (default = 50)
Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX™
configurations

Performance has been greatly improved for users running with ATI Eyefinity on a Quad ATI CrossFireX™ configuration
Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II
ATI Catalyst™ Control Center enabled Anti-Aliasing is now available for StarCraft
II
Catalyst™ Application Profiles - The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8

Singularity – CrossFire™ profile update
Mafia 2 – CrossFire™ profile update
Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark – new CrossFire™ profile
Lord of the Rings Online – new CrossFire™ profile
Aliens Vs. Predator – CrossFire™ profile update
Performance Improvements - The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8:

Far Cry 2
Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
Left 4 Dead 2
Performance increases 3-5% on CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series and
CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series configurations
Stormrise
Performance increases 5-10% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 series and ATI
Radeon™ HD 5500 series configurations
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http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=327756
 
Another extremely mediocre looking release from ATI, I'll continue to sit on the WHQL 10.4s.
 
Wondering..

Hi there,

Lets face it. The Driver which Apple provides for ATI Graphics, isnt really any good. Ok at best.

Why is there no attempt, what so ever, to create an OSX Version of the Catalysts Drivers from Users?

I am just trying to understand it.
In Linux you can, if you have to, write your own driver for your videocard. So why isnt it possible for OSX? The Code is open, and yet there is no attempt of user what so ever to mod and create.

Is it realy so restricted on OSX, or whats the reason?

Tod

Edit: RN 10.8 http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_108_release_notes.pdf
 
TerrorOFdeath said:
Hi there,

Lets face it. The Driver which Apple provides for ATI Graphics, isnt really any good. Ok at best.

Why is there no attempt, what so ever, to create an OSX Version of the Catalysts Drivers from Users?

I am just trying to understand it.
In Linux you can, if you have to, write your own driver for your videocard. So why isnt it possible for OSX? The Code is open, and yet there is no attempt of user what so ever to mod and create.

Is it realy so restricted on OSX, or whats the reason?

Tod

Edit: RN 10.8 http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_108_release_notes.pdf
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Writing drivers ain't that easy. To make them better than the existing ones would be close to impossible or would at least require terrible amount of time and knowledge. There are custom drivers that some Hackintosh users use but performance wise, they suck.

It's not OS X' fault but the market for such drivers is way too small to be beneficial.
 
Ergh, yeah, remind me to only go nVidia from now on.

Anyone wanna buy a pair of 5870s? Upclocked and with enhanced cooling :p
 
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