ATI Catalyst 8.10 features manual fan speed control

Posted on Wednesday, October 15 2008 @ 23:43 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
AMD released its ATI Catalyst 8.10 drivers. The October edition has two new features, it enables you to manually control the fan speed of your graphics card and features force component video detection. Besides these new features there are also several resolved issues for Windows XP and Vista.
Catalyst Control Centerâ„¢ Fan speed control

This release of the ATI software driver version 8.54 introduces the ability for users to control the speed of the GPU fan when running in accelerated graphics.

Force Component Video Detection
This release allows users the option in Catalyst Control Center to force Component Video detection in the Display Options aspect. By selecting this option user are able to adjust the Component Video property settings (without a device being physically attached) allowing user to change format and frequency to a desired value. The selected values will be applied to the display once a component video display device get connected. The feature is applicable for all AMD products supporting Component Video.
You can grab the driver over here


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