ATI Catalyst 7.9 drivers
ATI/AMD has released a new version of its drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Version 7.9 of the ATI Catalyst drivers bring many bug fixes, speed improvements and new features.
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10.9.2007 AMD not eliminating ATI brand, reports false
One of the unforeseen ramifications of the AMD-ATI hookup is the new hyper-rumor-transport bus, a new technology whereby unsubstantiated rumors become fact at an alarming rate. I lamented this sad state of affairs a few weeks ago when patently false information regarding motherboard licensing was making its way around the 'net, and now we get to do it again.
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8.8.2006 AMD Gains Antitrust Approval to Buy ATI
Advanced Micro Devices said yesterday it has gained approval from key U.S., Canadian, and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4 billion plan to buy Canadian chip set developer ATI Technologies.
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7.9.2006 ATI Radeon X1650XT vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
The next generation of mid-range graphics cards are just around the corner, so should you even consider purchasing a GeForce 7600GT or Radeon X1650XT graphics card?
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7.12.2006 First alleged photos of the ATI Radeon HD 5870
Today we got the first glimpse of one of the new upcoming DirectX 11 video cards from ATI. The Radeon HD 5870, also known by the codename name “Cypress”
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11.9.2009 ATI Radeon X1650 Pro vs. Nvidia GeForce 7600GS
As much as we love testing and talking about the latest innovations in PC graphics, it's only a fraction of the gamers market that can truly enjoy these high-end products as soon as they come out of the oven because of its high prices.
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31.10.2006 ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel to attackers
An unpatched flaw in an ATI driver was at the center of the mysterious Purple Pill proof-of-concept tool that exposed a way to maliciously tamper with the Windows Vista kernel. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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12.8.2007 Here Are the Drivers That Don't Play Well with Vista SP1 RTM
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. But end users had to exercise their patience another month and a half before they could get their hands on Vista SP1 RTM.
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18.3.2008 Dell releases first set of Windows 7 Drivers
Windows 7 drivers for Dell products are often sought after and finally, there’s an answer.
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22.8.2009 Windows 7 RTM Drivers from Microsoft Hardware Available
Microsoft’s “Better Together” slogan apparently applies not only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but also to the latest iteration of the Windows client and the Redmond company’s peripherals.
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30.10.2009 Windows XP SP3 Available for Download!
In two weeks too :) Microsoft confirmed officially that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be made available for download in the next couple of weeks.
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29.8.2007 Vista x64 to require digital signatures for many drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft just announced that the xX64 version of Windows Vista will require all kernel-mode code to be digitally signed. This is very different than the current WHQL program, where the user ultimately decides how they want to handle unsigned drivers.
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23.1.2006 NVIDIA Releases WHQL Vista RTM Drivers
On January Nvidia finally released the long-awaited final graphics drivers for Windows Vista.
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8.1.2007 Driver Magic - Automatically updates your computers drivers
Automatically updates your computers drivers quickly and easily.
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4.7.2007 New tool enables loading of unsigned drivers in Vista
A new software tool has been released by Linchpin Labs that allows the loading of unsigned and legacy drivers on Windows XP, 2003, and most importantly Vista.
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31.7.2007 Microsoft releases (crap) LiveCam drivers for Windows Vista
Activewin reported that Microsoft finaly released Vista drivers for their LiveCams. The download site first asks for Language, OS and LiveCam type, then you can download a 117 MBSurprise file!
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25.1.2007 Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack 6 download
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20.4.2006 Windows XP SP3 RC1 Public Download Available
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system.
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11.12.2007 XP SP3 Download Still Live Despite Widespread Problems
Downloads of Windows XP SP3 are still live and they’re going to remain this way, despite widespread problems.
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12.5.2008 Download Updated Windows PowerShell 1.0 for XP SP3
Microsoft has updated Windows PowerShell 1.0 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and made new English-language installation packages available for download as of June 23, 2008.
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24.6.2008 New XP SP3 CTP Development Milestone Available for Download
Microsoft is debuting the second round for Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, almost four months since the service pack was released to manufacturing for the XP client at the end of April 2008.
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13.8.2008 DOWNLOAD Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack RC3
The new Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack #3 has been released and can be downloaded from the site today. It includes over 25+ new fixes since the last preview pack that we released. Many hard-to-find fixes are in this package.
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Hack Available to Download Windows XP SP3 RC from Microsoft
That's right! Now you can get your hands on the first Release Candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 3! And all it will take is the implementation of a simple registry hack designed to allow Windows XP users to access, download and install Service Pack 3 Release Candidate straight from Microsoft.
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22.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 RC2 Download
That's right! Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 is available for download and you can grab it right here.
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20.2.2008 DOWNLOAD Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack Release candidate 2
The unofficial Windows XP SP3 Preview Pack RC2 has now been released! Details are included in the pack. Over 191 hotfixes are included.
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Windows XP SP3 RC2 Leaked and Available for Download on Torrent Websites
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 has been leaked and is available for download on torrent websites. Three days after releasing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing, Microsoft launched another development milestone of XP SP3.
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13.2.2008 No Windows XP Service Pack 3 Download, but SP3 Items Get Updated
If you are holding your breath while waiting for the final Windows XP Service Pack 3 to drop, you might as well expire and start breathing at a normal pace.
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24.3.2008 Wrapping up Windows XP3 SP3 Build 5512 - Download Information
Technically, Microsoft has yet to wrap things up with the distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 3, and is now gearing up for the final stage designed to serve the operating system through Automatic Updates.
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17.5.2008 Microsoft sets Windows XP SP3 automatic download for Thursday
The vague timetable that Microsoft gave Monday for pushing out Windows XP SP3 to most users got specific Tuesday as the company quietly said it would release the upgrade on Thursday at 10 a.m. PDT.
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9.7.2008 Make No Mistake About It, the XP SP3 RTM Direct Download Links Are Live
Make no mistake about it, the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are available for download straight from Microsoft, contrary to what the company is claiming.
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1.5.2008ATI Catalyst 6.12 for Windows
AMD/ATI have released their
latest set of video card
drivers for the ATI Radeon
line of video cards. New 32
and 64-bit drivers are
available for both Windows XP
and Windows Vista. Note that
the .NET framework (1.x or
2.0) is required if you want
to run these drivers with the
Catalyst Control Center.
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14.12.2006ATI Catalyst 7.1 for Vista RTM Released
Today, ATI released their
finalized ATI Catalyst drivers
for Windows Vista RTM.
The final drivers
provide the following features
for Windows Vista:
- Blu-ray and
HD-DVD playback
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CrossFire support under Vista
- Native OpenGL
Vista support
-
Catalyst Install Manager for
Vista
- New Catalyst
Control Center
This release has
also fixed more than 17 issues
that were found in the
previous release. The drivers
are available for both 32-bit
and 64-bit versions of Windows
Vista.
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30.01.2007ATI releases Catalyst 9.3 drivers for Windows 7
Windows 7 users with ATI cards can take a deep sigh of relief today, as ATI has finally made available the latest 9.3 release of their Catalyst driver
suite with proper support for 7.
As well as support for Windows 7, the drivers have supposedly improved Folding@Home performance on it's
HD 2000 series cards and above, and also now include the HDMI audio drivers for Windows Vista by default in the main driver package.
Unfortunately, TV capturing on ATI's All-In-Wonder cards will not function in Windows Media Center and no proper Windows 7 support is included for
this function in this release.
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18.03.2009ATI & nVidia Windows Vista
Beta 2 Drivers
To coincide with the release
of Windows Vista Beta 2, both
ATI and nVidia have released
updated drivers for the new
beta 2 build of Windows Vista.
The new nVidia driver includes
the new nVidia Control Panel.
Both drivers can be downloaded
from the links below.
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24.05.2006AMD/ATi Catalyst 8.3 display drivers released - Making a compelling case for Vista
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD/ATi have released the Catalyst 8.3 display drivers pack - and this latest updates does more to encourage gamers onto Vista
than Microsoft has managed so far.
Catalyst 8.3 is no
small update to the drivers. There are a whole raft of new features added. Here are some of the highlights...
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06.03.2008AMD releases Catalyst 7.5 graphics drivers
A new set of Catalyst 7.5
drivers is now available for
users of AMD's ATI Radeon
graphics cards. The drivers
are available for The drivers
are available for
Windows Vista
x86,
Windows Vista
x64,
Windows XP, and
Windows XP Pro x64.
According to AMD, these
drivers significantly improve
OpenGL performance in Windows
Vista:
OpenGL
performance in Windows Vista
improves on the Radeon X1950
XTX at high resolutions
(1920x1200 or greater) with
anti-aliasing and anisotropic
filtering enabled. Doom 3 and
Quake 4 improves as much as
13-18% .and Prey improves at
least 15.6%. The Radeon X1950
Pro and Radeon X1650 XT also
see improvements in Doom 3 and
Quake 4 up to 14.1% at higher
resolutions with anti-aliasing
and anisotropic filtering
enabled.
The
Catalyst 7.5 release also
brings DirectX 10 support to
users of Radeon HD 2900 XT
graphics cards (in either
single-GPU or CrossFire
configurations) running
Windows Vista x86...
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01.06.2007AMD releases Catalyst 7.6 graphics drivers
AMD has released a new set of
Catalyst drivers its ATI
Radeon graphics cards. This
latest release is numbered 7.6
and is available for
Windows Vista
x86,
Windows Vista
x64,
Windows XP, and a
handful of other operating
systems listed on
this
page.
As one
might expect, one of the chief
focuses of these drivers is
the newly released Radeon HD
2900 XT. AMD tells us Radeon
HD 2900 XT CrossFire setups
see performance gains of up to
42% in Half-Life 2: Episode
One with high dynamic range
lighting and antialiasing
enabled. Dark Messiah of Might
& Magic, which is based on the
same engine, also sees gains
of 16% with HDR lighting
enabled.
On the bug
fixes front, AMD says problems
pertaining to Quake 4, IL2
Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles,
Armed Assault, and
multi-monitor setups have been
resolved, among others. A full
list of bug fixes, tweaks, and
known issues is available in
AMD's
release notes for
these drivers.
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26.06.2007ATI Catalyst 8.10 drivers released
If you're a Radeon user, you may want to check out the newly released Catalyst drivers that AMD has made available today. AMD released the
Catalyst series 8.10 drivers for all major platforms, including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Linux and the 64-bit iterations thereof.
That's a significant amount of driver releases, many of which have platform-specific fixes.
Some of the changes include the Catalyst
Control Center having the ability to control the GPU fan. They also fixed some minor display detection bugs. The operating system that got the most
attention in this release was Windows Vista with at least seven specific fixes. You can download the drivers immediately from AMD's site.
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18.10.2008Catalyst 7.9 Drivers Available
AMD/ATi has posted brand new
Catalyst 7.9 drivers for all of you Radeon
owners. Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows XP versions are available now. Linux drivers are ścoming soon.ť Grab them if you need
them.
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11.09.2007Catalyst 7.8 drivers available for Windows, Linux
AMD's graphics group has just
uncorked yet another monthly
video driver rev for Radeon
cards, Catalyst 7.8. The
Windows versions of Cat 7.8
promise several performance
improvements, including a
claimed "11% or greater"
performance boost with
antialiasing in Lost Planet
DX10 on the Radeon HD 2900 XT.
Such performance improvements
with antialiasing on the
Radeon HD are both needed and
possible for reasons we
explained
here. 3DMark scores on
the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600
are purportedly up by "as
much as 6%," as well.
The Linux
release brings a native 64-bit
version of Catalyst Control
Center and support for TV-out
connectors, along with a range
of stability fixes.
Catalyst 7.8 can
be had for
Windows XP 32-bit,
Windows XP x64,
Windows Vista
x86,
Windows Vista
x64,
Linux x86, and
Linux x64.
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14.08.2007AMD opens door to ATI Linux drivers
AMD's ATI division is reversing its open source strategy by offering better open source drivers. The graphics chips maker has traditionally
demonstrated a poor performance in allowing open source drivers. Dell, for instance, made a conscious decision to use Nvidia graphics cards in its
Linux PCs because of ATI's lacking open source support and the poor performance of the drivers that were available.
ATI will now develop
fully functional 2D and 3D drivers for Linux. Although the drivers are still closed source, the firm will release documentation that allows
third-party developers to build and support their own drivers. The drivers and documentation will be released for ATI's Radeon HT2000 chipset and
Radeon X1000 graphics processors and newer lines. AMD revealed its plans to create the open source drivers on Wednesday. The release of the
documentation was discussed at the Kernel Summit that took place in Cambridge this week.
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07.09.2007Windows 7 Driver Compatibility Evidence Seen
A day after someone noticed a "Windows 7 Client" category popping up on Windows Server Update Services, another curious enthusiast on the Neowin
forums has also noticed a sudden prevalence of "Windows 7 Client" drivers on Microsoft's Update Catalog - the online library of drivers which
Windows uses to automatically install.
A
simple search for "Windows 7 Client" reveals more than 1000 drivers already available. These drivers range from the big brands
from Nvidia, ATI, Intel and Broadcom to even miscellaneous display drivers. Whilst it is true all drivers approved after June 1 should have been
tested on Windows 7, most of these drivers date back to early 2007 suggesting most drivers have just been carried over from the latest WHQL release.
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23.08.2008Catalyst 8.12 display driver
AMD has released the new Catalyst 8.12 display driver for Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Media Center Edition, Windows Vista 32-bit and
Windows Vista 64-bit. The new Catalyst 8.12 drivers, aside from performance improvements, enable ATI Stream technology. View: ATI website
Download: ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver
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11.12.2008ATI Catalyst Drivers for Vista RTM
ATI has posted their Catalyst
Beta drivers for Windows Vista
RTM. (even though Vista
hasn't technically been
released to RTM yet) The
driver team notes that this
version of the Catalyst Beta
driver will work under Windows
Vista RC2.
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03.11.2006Rockstar to Release GTA IV Patch Soon
Flustered Grand Theft Auto IV players can take a deep sigh of relief today as Rockstar Toronto announced that a patch for the buggy title will be out
"in the next few days".
The statement explained that the patch contains the following fixes:
- Fixed crash after
the legal notice screen
- Improvements to the video editor
- Fix to bowling while using certain mice
- Fix for ATI 1900 shadows
- Overall savings to memory
- Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors
- Multiplayer character settings are preserved
- Support for DirectInput controllers
Rockstar says that the patch is complete, but as GTA IV is a Games for Windows Live title, it
must first undergo quality assurance testing by Microsoft before it is released to the public. This begs the question: why was this not done with the
initial release?
In the meanwhile, in collaboration with Rockstar, Nvidia has released new Beta drivers for it's cards which fixes
several performance issues with the game (including the missing textures issue, so it seems). The drivers, version 180.84, can be downloaded from the
link below. It should be noted that these drivers do not yet introduce SLI support in the game. ATI is also expected to release new drivers, Catalyst
8.12, on December 10th.
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06.12.2008Windows XP SP3 moves closer to completion
Beta testers have received access to a release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3, but general consumers still have a long wait until they'll see
SP3 available for download...
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20.11.2007AMD's First Catalyst Drivers for Vista Will Support HD DVD, Blu-ray
Today, one day ahead of
Microsoft's consumer edition
Windows Vista rollout, the
first ATI Catalyst drivers for
Vista are being released.
They're officially numbered
7.1 (version 8.31 for XP is
already in the field). But for
the first time, they're being
released by AMD, and this
afternoon, AMD is accepting a
great deal of the credit...
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30.01.2007Windows XP SP3 available for Windows Embedded for Point of Service and WinFLP
This download is a Service Pack 3 (SP3) update for Windows Embedded for Point of Service (WEPOS) and Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP).
This SP3 update includes all previously released Windows XP security updates, hotfixes, and select out-of-band releases that are applicable to systems
running the WEPOS and WinFLP operating systems.
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08.10.2008NVIDIA Makes Laptop Graphics Drivers Available Online ... Finally
NVIDIA decided to give notebook users an early Christmas present today. It's a present notebook owners have kept on their wish lists since NVIDIA
first started making graphics processing units (GPUs) for notebooks ... downloadable drivers on the
NVIDIA website.
For years now the only way laptop owners could
find notebook graphics drivers for NVIDIA GPUs was if the notebook manufacturer was kind enough to make the drivers available or to download
unofficial "hacked" drivers from various websites (drivers that were often hacked together based on desktop GPU drivers). Consumers need these
drivers in order to be able to take full advantage of the latest visual computing applications and games as well as to be able to restore GPU
functions after a fresh install of Windows.
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18.12.2008Windows XP SP3 RC1 Public Download Available
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
File Size: 336,070 KB
See
here for more info.
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