AMD.ATI has released
a new ATI Catalyst drivers bringing them up to version 7.2. There are new
drivers for
Windows XP Professional/Home Edition (30MB / 7.2MB display drivers alone),
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,
Windows XP Media Center Edition,
Windows Vista (32 bit), and
Windows Vista (64 bit). There are also new version 7.2 (8.34.8) drivers for
Linux x86 and
Linux x86_64.Word is: "OpenGL performance improves for all ATI Radeon X1000
series products under Windows Vista. Gains of up to 25% in Doom 3, 48% in Quake
4 and 21% in Prey can be seen on a variety of ATI Radeon X1000 cards." Onto bug fixes, AMD says it has fixed a display corruption problem in Doom 3 as well as a number of non-game related issues—some of them related to the Catalyst Control Center-in Windows Vista. Bug fixes in Windows XP also cover Battlefield 2, Desperados 2, and Splinter Cell Double Agent.
