ATI today is hosting the first driver set offering official Radeon 9700 Pro support. As usual the new driver set also comes with an updated version of the Catalyst control panels. The new version numbers are as follows: Windows XP: 6.13.10.6166 Windows 2000: 5.13.01.6166 Windows ME: 4.13.01.9062 Control Panel: 6.13.10.3027 Hit Read More for extended information.
Features of ATI Catalyst Version 02.3: Performance Improvements: NHL 2002 scores are up 10-20% for RADEON 7000/7500/8500/9000 products Serious Sam performance is improved once again (8-12%) across all RADEON?s NASCAR 2002 performance is up 8% on the RADEON 9700 PRO Vertex Shader performance has been improved by approximately 20% for the RADEON 9000 PRO, resulting in a 3-5% gain in 3DMARK score. Control Panel support for TRUFORM ? TRUFORM is a Catalyst feature which allows for a higher polygon count, resulting in smoother images in games that support it. The ATI Direct3D tab and the ATI OpenGL tab now contain two radio buttons allowing TRUFORM to be set Off or to be enabled via Application Preference DVI alternate operation mode ? New option found in the Details Tab of the Control Panel for the RADEON 9700. It allows for the switching of different architectures for the integrated DVI transmitter. This option should only be enabled if display corruption is being experienced. AA and AF - OpenGL and Direct 3D Control Panels for RADEON 7000 and RADEON 7200 now include Anisotropic Filtering and Anti-Aliasing sliders. These are tied into the main settings slider. This gives users of these cards even more control over their choice of image quality and performance. Color Controls for Component Output ? This feature enhancement allows for the user to control the brightness, Contrast, and Saturation of the YprPb properties. The user can control these options when an HDTV is connected to the component out, using the ATI HDTV dongle adapter. Enhance gamma control for overlay ? The values of the gamma option found in the ATI Overlay tab of the Control Panel now reflect real world unit values Direct Download: Windows XP: 6.13.10.6166 Windows 2000: 5.13.01.6166 Windows ME: 4.13.01.9062 Control Panel: 6.13.10.3027
Features of ATI Catalyst Version 02.3: Performance Improvements: NHL 2002 scores are up 10-20% for RADEON 7000/7500/8500/9000 products Serious Sam performance is improved once again (8-12%) across all RADEON?s NASCAR 2002 performance is up 8% on the RADEON 9700 PRO Vertex Shader performance has been improved by approximately 20% for the RADEON 9000 PRO, resulting in a 3-5% gain in 3DMARK score. Control Panel support for TRUFORM ? TRUFORM is a Catalyst feature which allows for a higher polygon count, resulting in smoother images in games that support it. The ATI Direct3D tab and the ATI OpenGL tab now contain two radio buttons allowing TRUFORM to be set Off or to be enabled via Application Preference DVI alternate operation mode ? New option found in the Details Tab of the Control Panel for the RADEON 9700. It allows for the switching of different architectures for the integrated DVI transmitter. This option should only be enabled if display corruption is being experienced. AA and AF - OpenGL and Direct 3D Control Panels for RADEON 7000 and RADEON 7200 now include Anisotropic Filtering and Anti-Aliasing sliders. These are tied into the main settings slider. This gives users of these cards even more control over their choice of image quality and performance. Color Controls for Component Output ? This feature enhancement allows for the user to control the brightness, Contrast, and Saturation of the YprPb properties. The user can control these options when an HDTV is connected to the component out, using the ATI HDTV dongle adapter. Enhance gamma control for overlay ? The values of the gamma option found in the ATI Overlay tab of the Control Panel now reflect real world unit values Direct Download: Windows XP: 6.13.10.6166 Windows 2000: 5.13.01.6166 Windows ME: 4.13.01.9062 Control Panel: 6.13.10.3027
