ATI Catalyst DirectX 9.0 BRC0 Drivers And Demos

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Catalyst DirectX 9.0 BRC0 display drivers are to be used in conjuction with Microsoft's DirectX 9 Release Candidate (RC). This driver is currently a Beta Release Candidate (BRC) and is being provided to permit users to experience the most advanced graphics capabilities available. Please keep in mind that this driver is a Beta Release Candidate and may have outstanding bugs at present (Please refer to the errrata notes for known issues).

ATI does NOT recommend installing these drivers in systems used for mission critical operations or where productivity of any kind is a concern. There is a chance that using any Beta Release Candidate software may result in an unstable system.

Instructions for download:

1. Install DirectX 9 and reboot 2. Install Drivers and reboot 3. Install Demos

Microsoft DirectX 9 RC0 and display drivers:

Microsoft DirectX 9 RC0: Download

ATI Catalyst DirectX 9 BRC0 display drivers: Windows 2000/XP

DirectX 9 Demos:

Animusic: A real-time version of "Pipe Dream" from Animusic's DVD entited ANIMUSIC - A Computer Animation Video Album.

Car: DirectX 9 pixel shaders are used to simulate the light reflection and refraction of 2 tone car paint.

Bear: A realistic demonstration of fur-rendering in a typical application. This demo shows a number of techniques for rendering fur not seen before.

Rendering With Natural Light: A real-time implementation of Paul Debevec's 1998 Siggraph paper.

Catalyst DirectX 9.0 BRC0 drivers are not supported by ATI Customer Support at this time. Once these drivers are no longer in Release Candidate form and are run on the final DirectX 9 kit, they will be supported.

If you decide to install Catalyst DirectX 9.0 BRC0 drivers and encounter issues that you cannot work with, we suggest these drivers be uninstalled and that you install the current certified drivers for your specific product found on the Customer Support website at http://mirror.ati.com/support/driver.html.

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