ATI CATALYST 5.7 Released

[Apoptosis]

Well after the record breaking downloads of CATALYST 5.6, ATI is happy to announce the availability of CATALYST 5.7. For your quick reference I have attached some of the highlights of the Windows XP/2000 driver. For more details on other components of CATALYST please refer to the release notes available in the driver download section of ATI's website. The quick link to the download is here http://www.ati.com/home/online/CatalystCCCdriver.html

The drivers are a tad over 25MB and have a 1080p display support option for those of you who were waiting on a fix!

Performance, performance, performance:

Enhancements to our driver's internal memory management bring significant benefits to 64MB and 128MB framebuffer configurations in Catalyst™ 5.7.

The resulting performance gains are most apparent in high resolution, everything on modes, when running applications that use a significant amount of graphics memory. Examples include:

5-15% gains in 3DMark05 on some products
20-60% gain in Far Cry Regulator across multiple settings
25-60% gains in Half-Life 2 at 1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF
40-60% gains in UT2004 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
50-100% improvement in Comanche4 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
50-200% gains in certain ShaderMark tests at high resolution
Feature Fun:
Catalyst™ Control Center Un-install Option
1080p Display Support Option
Bug Squashing:

Many fixes including some for games such as Flight Sim, Trackmania, and Warcraft III. Grab the release notes for more info

[-mogwai]

wow that's a hell of a boost for ati users

[whipme]

that's only on paper, has anyone seen a marked improvement?
when i upgraded to 5.6 i didn't see any difference in games or benches.
will try the 5.7's asap and see if anything changes.

[Bio-Hazard]

I noticed that most games FEEL faster and smoother, haven't ran any bench marks to see one way or the other though............ Doesn't really matter as long as the game plays well...............