Für die ATi-Grafikkarten gibt es eine neue Version des Catalyst-Treiber mit der Versionsnummer 8.12. Wichtigste Neuerung ist Stream Computing Support, mit dem speziell programmierte Anwendungen die Rechenleistung der Grafikkarten mitnutzen können.
Die Änderungen im Detail:
- ATI Stream Computing Support
- With the release of ATI Catalyst 8.12 users can unlock the potential of accelerated
applications enabling ATI Stream technology for millions of ATI Radeon graphics processors worldwide
- With the release of ATI Catalyst 8.12 users can unlock the potential of accelerated
- ATI Stream Application: ATI AVIVO Video Converter
- Using ATI Stream technology, owners of ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
and ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series of graphics cards can help accelerate the
conversion of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on
differing consumer electronics devices
- Using ATI Stream technology, owners of ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
- ATI Catalyst Control Center: Noise Reduction for Progressive Video Content
- This release of Catalyst introduces a new advanced video quality
control: Noise Reduction for progressive video content, which removes
ghosting artifacts while preserving details of the original video. The
slider control can be found in the All Settings page of the Avivo Video
tab found in the Catalyst Control Center
- This release of Catalyst introduces a new advanced video quality
- Performance Improvements
- 3DMark Vantage DX10 – performance gains of up to 5% for Single and
Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on HD46xx, HD4550 and
HD4350. - Call of Duty: World at War DX9 – performance gains of up to 21% for Single
and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD48xx. - Crysis DX10 – performance gains of up to 25% for Single and Crossfire
mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx. - Crysis Warhead DX10 – performance gains of up to 13% for Single card
mode and up to 16% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on
all Radeon HD4xxx. - Devil May Cry 4 DX10– performance gains of up to 6% for Single and
Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and
HD38xx. - Fallout 3 – performance gains of up to 15% for Single card mode.
- Far Cry 2 DX10 – performance gains of up to 10% for Single card mode and
up to 57% in Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon
HD4xxx and HD38xx. - FEAR DX9 – performance gains of up to 6% for Single and Crossfire mode.
Performance gains were noticed on Radeon HD4870X2 and HD4870. - Hellgate: London DX10 – performance gains of up to 6% for Single card
mode and up to 10% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on
all Radeon HD4xxx. - Left 4 Dead DX9– performance gains of up to 10% for Single card mode and
up to 5% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon
HD4870 series. - Lost Planet Colonies DX10 – performance gains of up to 10% for Single and
Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and
HD38xx. - Prey OGL – performance gains of up to 15% for Crossfire mode. Perfor-
mance gains were noticed on Radeon HD4870 1GB products, HD46xx,
HD45xx. - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – performance gains of up to 10% for Crossfire
mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx. - Unreal Tournament 3 DX9 – performance gains of up to 18% for Single
card mode and up to 15% in Crossfire mode, especially in cases where AA is
enabled. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and
HD38xx.
- 3DMark Vantage DX10 – performance gains of up to 5% for Single and