Early look at the ATI Catalyst 10.3 Drivers

This ATI Catalyst™ driver update will unlock new performance improvements on top of the already previewed features in the initial Catalyst™ 10.3 Preview driver we sampled you in February.  This driver will be available to download on March 17^thfrom underground.amd.com and it will be called "Catalyst 10.3a Preview". On March 24th we will post the official Catalyst™ 10.3 WHQL certified on amd.com. The difference between the two is that Catalyst™ 10.3a Preview will contain future Eyefinty 6 updates and an Alien vs. Predator optimization which the Catalyst™ 10.3 WHQL posting does not have.

 

In addition to the key new features in ATI Catalyst™ 10.3 listed below the ATI Catalyst™ 10.3 Preview Update can  provide the following performance improvements.

3DMark Vantage

• Overall scores increase by up to 8% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
• Overall scores increase by up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products

Aliens vs. Predator

• Overall performance increases 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products

Battleforge

• Improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Call of Duty: World at War

• Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
• Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Company of Heroes

• Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Crysis and Crysis Warhead

• Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Devil May Cry 4

• Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

DiRT 2

• Improves up to 30% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
• Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
• Improves up to 10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

• Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
• Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Far Cry 2

• Improves up to 6% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2

• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat Benchmark

• Improves up to 10% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky

• Improves up to 2% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
• Improves up to 2% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products

Resident Evil 5

• Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.

• Improves up to 15% with ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics products
• Improves up to 20% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Unigine Tropics

• Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products

World in Conflict

• Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
• Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
• Improves up to 5% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

Wolfenstein

• Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
• Improves up to 4% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series products

 

Note: This list is not exhaustive and more improvements are possible.

 

 

Key new features in ATI Catalyst™ 10.3:

• ATI Catalyst™ Mobility – monthly updates for the mobile crowd

• ATI Eyefinity Technology Bezel Correction – compensate for your bezels so objects in your game move from one display to the other smoothly

• ATI Eyefinity Technology Per Display Control – adjust for differences in each individual displays brightness, color and contrast

• ATI Eyefinity Technology Multiple Display Groups – more display groups to give further control of your desktop with three displays or more connected

• ATI Eyefinity Technology Display Configuration Switching – easily switch from one display mode to another

• 3D Stereoscopic 3D driver hooks – enables 3rd party middleware vendors to bring more 3D stereoscopic  gaming options

 

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Leon Hyman
Senior Editor

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