ATI Catalyst 9.6 drivers are out

Posted on Tuesday, June 16 2009 @ 1:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

ATI has published the Catalyst 9.6 drivers for Windows XP, Vista and 7. You can download the driver over here.

There are no new features in this driver, but you should see performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPU-limited. The company gives the following examples:

Company of Heroes – performance improves up to 25% with HD 4600 series products and below as well as improvements of up to 10% on HD 4800 series
Crysis – performance improves up to 13% in multi-GPU configurations
Crysis Warhead – performance improves up to 11% in multi-GPU configurations
World in Conflict – performance improvements of up to 30% can be seen in settings that were previously CPU limited

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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