ATI Catalyst 10.2 drivers are out

Posted on Thursday, February 18 2010 @ 15:46 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

ATI has rolled the Catalyst 10.2 WHQL drivers, you can grab them over here. This new released has quite a lot of features and some performance improvements as well.

New features:

ATI Catalyst application profiles for ATI CrossFireX supported configurations
ATI Catalyst support for PowerPlay on ATI CrossFireX technology supported configurations
ATI Catalyst support for DisplayPort audio
Support for ATI CrossFireX on Eyefinity configurations

Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.2:

DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products
Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%
Unigine Heaven – DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products
The Chronicles of Riddick – Assault on Dark - Overall performance on ATI Radeon HD 5970 improves up to 4%.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

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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