[Geeks3D-Test] Catalyst 8.10 vs 8.11: Boost in OpenGL Performance
Categories: Benchmarks, Catalyst, Graphics Cards, Test Tags: benchmark, catalyst 8.10, catalyst 8.11, furmark, gpu cap viewer, lightsmark 2008, opengl, performance, test, unigine tropics
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Catalyst 8.10 Officially Available!
Categories: Catalyst Tags: ATI, catalyst 8.10, graphics driver, radeon
Just jump there to grab the vitamin for your brand-new radeon based graphics card: Catalyst 8.10 @ AMD.
It was time…
Other news about Catalyst 8.10: Catalyst 8.10 @ Geeks3D
See you tomorrow for a little bit more news than today…
Catalyst 8.10: OpenGL Extensions List and Geometry Instancing Support
Categories: Catalyst, Geeks3D, OpenGL Tags: catalyst 8.10, furmark, game development, geometry instancing, GL_ARB_draw_instanced, GL_EXT_draw_instanced, graphics video driver, opengl extension, Programming, radeon hd 4850
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ATI Catalyst 8.10 Graphics Drivers: Final Version is Available
Categories: Catalyst Tags: catalyst 8.10, graphics card, graphics driver, radeon, video driver
The final version of Catalyst 8.10 is available here:
- Catalyst 8.10 XP 32/64-bit
- Catalyst 8.10 Vista 32/64-bit
ATI Catalyst 8.10 Fixes the Displacement Mapping Bug in OpenGL
Categories: Catalyst, Game Development, OpenGL Tags: catalyst 8.10, displacement mapping, game development, gamedev, gpu caps viewer, graphics driver, opengl, Programming, radeon, vertex texture fetching
Great news! At last, ATI has fixed the displacement mapping bug. Now you can do vertex texture fetching in your vertex shaders with a Radeon! And GPU Caps Viewer is happy:
More information about vertex displacement mapping here: Vertex Displacement Mapping in GLSL Now Available on Radeon!.
You can grab the Catalyst 8.10 BETA from here: Catalyst 8.10 BETA.
I wonder if ATI will write this bugfix in the release notes… Anyway guys, this new release of Catalyst seems to be a great version…
ATI Catalyst 8.10 Beta Graphics Drivers
Categories: Catalyst Tags: ATI, beta, catalyst, catalyst 8.10, gpu caps viewer, gpu-z, graphics driver, radeon, radeon hd 4850
The upcoming (october 2008 version) Catalyst graphics driver is available in BETA version. You can download the huge archive (~200Mb) here:
- Catalyst 8.10 BETA for Vista
- Catalyst 8.10 BETA for XP
As soon as the WHQL version is available, I will publish the OpenGL extensions because GPU Caps Viewer told me that Cat8.10 has around 115 extensions…
Here are the screenshots of my Radeon HD 4850 and Catalyst 8.10 BETA under XP32:
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