The final Catalyst driver for the year is out ? we check out 6.12 performance and see if anything has changed.
Catalyst 6.12 Out
Today ATI released Catalyst 6.12 for your download pleasure.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst®. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver (version 8.321), and the Catalyst® Control Center (version 6.12). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst® software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst®. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver (version 8.321), and the Catalyst® Control Center (version 6.12). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst® software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
XTreme-G 97.44 32/64bit Released
We are getting very good feedback from our donors so I thought I would release it to the world. Say tuned for future releases as I'm always trying to push the drivers harder. It supports most cards ( yea the 8 series is in there)
TweaksRUs.com
TweaksRUs.com
OpenAL Installer for Windows v 1.9.9
The OpenAL Installer for Windows will install the OpenAL 1.1 library, enabling support for core OpenAL operations as well as extensions such as EAX and EFX. The installer supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.
Summary of GeForce 8800 Game Issues
Okay, with the latest drivers (97.44) I saw people mention a few issues in games that I hadn't tried in a while. So, I spent all day going through all the games I have installed to see how things were. In this post, I'll list all the games that looked fine to me. In the following posts, I'll list the games I had issues with and include screenshots showing the issue.
Realtek AC97 Driver 3.96 WHQL
Realtek released version 3.96 driver for their ALC AC97 audio chipsets. The driver supports all ALC series audio chipsets from ALC100 up to ALC850 mainly used as onboard sound on various motherboards.
Microsoft IntelliPoint & IntelliType Pro 6.1 Final for Windows Vista
Mouse (IntelliPoint) and keyboard (IntelliType) Hardware Final device software for Windows Vista is now available.
Official nVidia ForceWare 97.44 WHQL
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 97.44 WHQL for Windows XP/Media Center Edition and Windows XP Professional x64. This driver only supports Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS! Dated: December 8, 2006
nVidia Forceware 97.19 WHQL
Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send word that they've snagged a set of Nvidia ForceWare 97.19 WHQL drivers for Windows 2000/XP and Vista 32/64bits! dated 01/11/06 .
ForceWare Vista 97.35 x86
We stumbled into a new ForceWare driver for the latest release of Microsoft Windows Vista in combo with laptops. With the help of some smart compression we have been able to down-size this file towards a nice 16 MB download. This Vista driver supports most NVIDIA GeForce grahpics cards.
Guru3D
Guru3D
NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver v1.9381 (x32/x64)
The NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the NVIDIA ForceWare driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance and image quality. The Driver has support for all Geforce cards.
Software CrossFire Tested with Catalyst 6.11 Drivers
Are we finally seeing flexible ATI Crossfire dual graphics? We check out software Crossfire mode and see how it works!
XTreme-G 93.81 / 93.81 64bit Released
Well this driver came out of nowhere from NVIDIA, as we was all hopeing for forceware X. But as it turns out this is a good driver. SO I have made up all three flavors, 32bit, 64bit, and the Tweakerizer.
TweaksRUs.com
TweaksRUs.com
ForceWare Vista 97.34 RTM x86/x64
We stumbled into a new ForceWare driver for the latest release of Microsoft Windows Vista. In it's original form the 32- and 64-bit packages where seperately released at a 60 MB file-size each.
Official nVidia ForceWare 93.81 Beta
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 93.81 Beta for Windows 2000/XP and Windows XP 64-bit! Dated: November 28, 2006
VIA HyperionPro 5.10C Beta
There are three main differences between a VIA Hyperion 4in1 driver package and a VIA HyperionPro package, detailed below. All other recommendations remain.
ATI Catalyst 6.12 Beta for Windows 32/64bits
Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send word that they've snagged a set of ATi Catalyst 6.12 Beta drivers for Windows 2000/XP (32/64bits) and Windows Media Center! Dated 09/11/2006
Microsoft IntelliPoint & IntelliType version 6.02 (32bit/64bit)
Microsoft have released version 6 of their IntelliPoint & IntelliType, keyboard and mouse software. which enables the unique features of your Microsoft mouse & keyboard and lets you customize it to fit your needs.
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 8.1.1.1010
The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. This is needed for the proper functioning of the following features:
ATI Catalyst 6.11 Performance Analysis
We look at ATI's latest Catalyst 6.11 drivers for users of Radeon graphics cards - any performance improvement? Read on!