Today ATI released version 5.7 of its Catalyst display drivers, boasting very large performance increases in a wide array of products. We'll see from future analysis if these claims are warranted. Performance Increases 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 Game Fixes Flight Sim 2004: Launching the application under Windows XP and enabling Anisotropic Filtering (AF) within the Catalystâ„¢ Control Center no longer results in the AF functionality not being enabled within the game Trackmania Sunrise: Playing the game under Windows XP no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when attempting to exit the game after leaving the PC idle for an extended period of time Warcraft III: Playing the game under Windows XP no longer results in display corruption being noticed when rotating the display 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Download: Windows XP/2000 w/Control Panel (25.1MB) Download: Windows XP/2000 w/Catalyst Control Center (33.6MB)
Oh great, this news coming the day after I have to roll back to the Catalyst 5.4 drivers. I HATE BUGS IN DRIVERS!!!