The Catalyst™ Software Suite 10.8 contains the following:
- ATI Radeon™ display driver 8.762
- HydraVision™ for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.762
New Features:
OpenGL ES 2.0 support - ATI Catalyst™ 10.8 delivers full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 specification
- Enables 3D accelerated graphics within a web browser that supports OpenGL ES 2.0
- Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
Video Quality default options
- The Default video options for ATI Catalyst™ have been greatly enhanced to deliver
the best quality video viewing experience. Users can also choose to apply these
settings to Internet Video via a new checkbox control within the ATI Catalyst™
Control Center - In the “Advanced Color” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
- Color vibrance (default = 40)
- Flesh tone correction (default = 50)
- Brighter Whites
- In the “Advanced Quality” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
- Edge-enhancement (default = 25)
- De-noise (default = 64)
- Mosquito Noise Reduction (default = 50)
- De-blocking (default = 50)
Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX™
configurations
- Performance has been greatly improved for users running with ATI Eyefinity on a Quad ATI CrossFireX™ configuration
- Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II
- ATI Catalyst™ Control Center enabled Anti-Aliasing is now available for StarCraft
II
Catalyst™ Application Profiles - The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8
- Singularity – CrossFire™ profile update
- Mafia 2 – CrossFire™ profile update
- Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark – new CrossFire™ profile
- Lord of the Rings Online – new CrossFire™ profile
- Aliens Vs. Predator – CrossFire™ profile update
Performance Improvements - The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8:
- Far Cry 2
- Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations - Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations - Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations - Left 4 Dead 2
- Performance increases 3-5% on CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series and
CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series configurations - Stormrise
- Performance increases 5-10% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 series and ATI
Radeon™ HD 5500 series configurations
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