AMD released the ATI Catalyst version 10.2 driver suite, as promised in a press release earlier today. Catalyst 10.2 is one of two important releases by AMD that add to its products' overall feature-set, among the usual baggage of application-specific and generic fixes. Feature additions are as follows:
- ATI Catalyst application profiles for ATI CrossFireX supported configurations
- ATI Catalyst support for PowerPlay on ATI CrossFireX technology supported configurations
- Support for DisplayPort audio
- Support for ATI CrossFireX on Eyefinity configurations
In addition, there are application-specific performance improvements:
- DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5970, ATI Radeon HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series products
- Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%
- Unigine Heaven – DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon HD 5700 and ATI Radeon HD 5800 series products
- The Chronicles of Riddick – Assault on Dark Athena – Overall performance on ATI Radeon HD 5970 improves up to 4%
The driver also patched a number of smaller OS-specific issues.
DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst 10.2 for
Windows 7/Vista 64-bit,
Windows 7/Vista 32-bit,
Windows XP 32-bit,
Windows XP 64-bit
For more information, please refer to the
Release Notes document.