The September 2008 version of Catalyst graphics drivers is out. Catalyst 8.9 introduces the following new features:
- Catalyst Control Center: New Display mode support
- OverDrive™ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations
- OpenGL 3.0 extension support
OpenGL 3 support? From the release note, the following extensions have been added:
- ARB_half_float_pixel
- ARB_draw_instanced
- ARB_instanced_arrays
- EXT_texture_compression_3dc
- EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
- EXT_texture_compression_latc
- EXT_texture_shared_exponent
- EXT_depth_buffer_float
- EXT_gpu_shader4
- ARB_map_buffer_range
OpenGL 3 means the possibility to create an OpenGL 3.0 rendering context (see here). But it seems a function to create such a rendering context is not included yet. I will look at this in detail when I’ll publish Catalyst 8.9 OpenGL extensions very soon.
Download links:
- Catalyst 8.9 – Windows XP 32-bit
- Catalyst 8.9 – Windows XP 64-bit
- Catalyst 8.9 – Windows Vista 32-bit
- Catalyst 8.9 – Windows Vista 64-bit