ATI has released a new ATI Catalyst drivers bringing them up to version 6.5. The package contains: RADEON display driver 8.252, Multimedia Center 9.14 Catalyst Control Center 6.5 , HydraVision Basic Edition 3.25.9006, Remote Wonder 3.03, WDM Driver Install Bundle, Southbridge/IXP Driver and AVIVO Video Converter Engine. The new drivers claim to offer performance gains of up to 23% in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Splinter Cell with Radeon X1300 and X1600 CrossFire configurations. In addition, ATI has also back-ported Adaptive Anti-Aliasing functionality to all cards from the Radeon 9500 up.

Issues Resolved in Catalyst Software Suite 6.5:

• 3DMark05: Running the application with CrossFire enabled and then attempting to hot un-plug and then hot-plug the CRT no longer results in 3DMark05 failing to respond. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22347
• Aquamark 3: Exiting the Start Measurement benchmark test once it is complete no longer results in the display device displaying a black desktop image with only the mouse cursor being available. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22344
• Doom 3: Beginning a new game and selecting the shotgun in the give all console no longer results in corruption being noticed when Ultra Quality is disabled in the in game video quality settings. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22350
• Far Cry: Installing the v1.33 patch and selecting D3D along with setting the display to 1024x768 English no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when running the benchmark. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22314

ATI has also reworked the "Chuck patch" for the new Catalyst 6.5 drivers. The Chuck patch allows users to enable both high dynamic range lighting and antialiasing with Radeon X1000-series graphics cards in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion