ATI Catalyst Driver Update For Millions of PCs With ATI Radeon Cards
ATI Catalyst driver, with over 48 millions downloads in a year is a very popular software used in connection with ATI Radeon graphics cards. The free update of ATI Catalyst driver will enable the new ATI Stream acceleration features existing in modern ATI Radeon HD 4000 series graphics cards.
ATI Stream is a set of technologies that enable AMD graphics processors (GPU) to accelerate applications such as the end result will be reflected into the stability and high performance of certain platforms.
Regarding the benefits of ATI Stream implementation into ATI Radeon HD 4000 series graphics card, Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager of AMD Graphics Products Group stated: “ATI Stream is one of the best examples of the power of Fusion, and today’s announcement is the first major step in taking this important new technology mainstream. For the millions of people that have already purchased an ATI Radeon HD 4000 series graphics card, this is one more way we’re saying thank you and helping them get more out of their investment. For those who haven’t yet, it’s one more reason for them to go online right now and buy one.”
The new ATI Catalyst driver is still in beta version ( the next release corresponds to version 8.12) and the stable release is scheduled to be launched around 10 of December 2008. In the same time, a free version of ATI Avivo Video Converter utility will be available for download. It permits the users to enjoy the new ATI Stream technology benefits by transcoding HD videos up to 17 times faster as compared with the situation when the CPU alone is used.
The installation of the driver will have instantaneous effects in enabling the ATI Stream acceleration, without the need of further actions from the users. The driver installer will provide to the advanced users the possibility to customize the driver installation process. The increasing number of ATI Stream enabled software will make the new ATI Catalyst driver a useful utility that will definitely improve the user experience through an unique applications performance.
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