ATI Releases Catalyst 9.1 Video Card Drivers for Download
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:23 pm
ATI has just released ATI Catalyst 9.1 for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms on http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
Highlights of the ATI Catalyst 9.1 Windows release include:
Highlights of the ATI Catalyst 9.1 Windows release include:
New Features
Full OpenGL™ 3.0 support
· This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides full OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support. The following is a list of OpenGL™ 3.0 extensions added in Catalyst 9.1:
· ARB_framebuffer_object
· ARB_half_float_vertex
· ARB_texture_rg
· EXT_texture_array
· EXT_texture_integer
· EXT_transform_feedback
· NV_conditional_render
· WGL/GLX_create_context (for new 3.0 contexts)
· GLSL 1.3
· ARB_color_buffer_float
· ARB_vertex_array_object
· EXT_draw_buffers2
Highlights of the Linux ATI Catalyst™ 9.1 release include:
New Features
Hybrid CrossFireX support for Linux
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ introduces Hybrid CrossFireX support. Hybrid CrossFireX delivers a significant 3D performance boost for systems featuring an AMD 780G/780D integrated graphics motherboard and an ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series or ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series graphics accelerator.
Support for new Linux operating systems
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
Ubuntu 8.10 production support
MultiView support:
* This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux enables users to render applications using a multiple GPU configuration with independent displays
o Multview can be enabled using single or multiple GPU configurations with xinerama disabled
o Configuration supported with Catalyst Control Center, under the display property tab.
o Supported on any combination of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000, ATI Radeon™ 3000 Series and ATI Radeon™ 2000 Series of graphics cards.
Full OpenGL™ 3.0 support
· This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides full OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support. The following is a list of OpenGL™ 3.0 extensions added in Catalyst 9.1:
· ARB_framebuffer_object
· ARB_half_float_vertex
· ARB_texture_rg
· EXT_texture_array
· EXT_texture_integer
· EXT_transform_feedback
· NV_conditional_render
· WGL/GLX_create_context (for new 3.0 contexts)
· GLSL 1.3
· ARB_color_buffer_float
· ARB_vertex_array_object
· EXT_draw_buffers2
For more information on ATI Catalyst™ 9.1 (for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst™ 9.1 release notes.
bout time i was begining to think they were just going to skip to 9.2 