ATI Catalyst 4.8 WHQL + new control center (updated)
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Performance:
As with most CATALYST(tm) releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed:
-Direct3D driver efficiency has improved considerably. Significant performance gains are noted in multiple "CPU-bound" cases, including 3DMark2001, Aquamark 3, Comanche4, Dungeon Siege, and Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004. Typical improvements are in the 1-5% range.
-OpenGL driver efficiency is also improved. Older OpenGL games such as Quake III Arena and Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory show small improvement (1-2%) at low resolutions. Call of Duty framerates are up approximately 4%. Doom3 improves considerably more (as much as 12% on some product configurations) as a result of the same software efficiency improvements.
Features:
Geometry Instancing:
This new feature provides assistance when a game has to render many objects where the geometry is highly similar. Geometry Instancing allows the VPU to create multiple objects from a single geometric model, rather than passing an entire new model for each item on the screen. This increases the rendering speed of images such as leaves, or grass.
VPU Recover Enhancement:
VPU Recover has been improved in this release of CATALYST. In most cases, VPU Recover will fully recover instead of switching to software rendering mode. This enhancement is supported under the Windows XP operating system.
EIA 861B Timing Specification:
This release of CATALYST™ introduces EIA 861B Timing Specification for DVI based televisions. The RADEON™ Software Release version 8.04 will support 256 byte E-EDID and will decode CEA timing extensions. Further, it will retrieve DTV timing information. When the driver detects EIA 861B timings in E-EDID that the controller cannot handle, it will replace the EDID detail timing with adjusted timings suitable to our controller. The modes will be added as EDID detailed timing.
Common modes that are supported include:
-640 x 480p at 60 Hz and 25.2 MHz pclk
-720 x 480p at 59.94 Hz and 27.0 MHz pclk
-720 x 576p at 50 Hz and 27.0 MHz pclk
-1280 x 720p at 60 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
-1280 x 720p at 50 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
-1920 x 1080i at 60 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
-1920 x 1080i at 50 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
-1920 x 1080p at 50 Hz and 148.5 MHz pclk
This feature will be supported under the Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems
MultiMedia Center:
CATALYST 4.8 includes driver 8.042 and Multimedia Center 9.02.
-Unified MULTIMEDIA CENTER Password
-TV Player Password Enhancement
Bug Fixes
3D Mark03:
Display corruption is no longer noticed when running the Trolls Lair test 3 under Windows XP
Beyond Divinity:
Playing the game with FSAA set to 2x no longer results in display corruption when scrolling the display by moving the mouse to the left of the display
High Heat Baseball 2003:
The display no longer loses sync when exiting or changing player characters in the game High Heat Baseball 2003 under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON X800 series installed
Madden NFL 2003:
The game no longer fails to respond under Windows XP when an ATI RADEON 9800 XT is installed and attempting to set the Truform slider to Application Preference
Need for Speed Underground:
Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON 9000/9200 installed no longer results in the road ahead not being lit up by the car's headlights
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow:
Display corruption is no longer noticed when launching a multiplayer game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON(tm) 9200 installed
Thief 3:
Inconsistent lighting and shadow flicker is no longer noticed when playing the game under Windows XP
Unreal Tournament 2004:
Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON X600 series installed no longer results in game corruption being displayed when setting Anti-Aliasing to 4x and having the display properties set to 1600x1200 32bpp
-Icons no longer remain on the screen after a feature is triggered when using EAZYLAUNCH
-Scheduling a watch within the TV no longer results in the channel name and number being incorrect
-The DFP pixel clock is no longer unstable when it is in centered mode
-Icons no longer remain on the screen after a feature is triggered when using EAZYLAUNCH
-Un-muting the volume on the file player by increasing or decreasing the volume setting no longer results in the Permanent Mute OSI remaining on the screen
-Attempting to play a pre-recorded .VCR file with EAZYLOOK(tm) enabled no longer results in only the audio being played back.
UPDATE by spajdr
Všechny ovladače ATI jsou již "WHQL"...Ty co nejsou požehnány ještě Microsoftem, mají vždy přídomek "BETA".
Z důvodu certifikace "WHQL" už nejsou oficiální ovladače Catalyst pro Win 9x/ME
UPDATE by flash
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jen tak dále ATI, více viz. srovnávací testy 
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.... btw ma to docela pekny skiny ze 
60MB control panel 
.... conclusion-celkem zbytecny ze ....
