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• Catalyst 9.3 je vůbec prvním driverem, který plně podporuje WDDM1.1 ve Windows 7

  ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 driver - the industries first Unified graphics driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
  
  I like it when it’s easy and for you gamers that means you now have a single ATI Catalyst driver for both Microsoft Vista and Windows 7. This driver allows you to swap back and forth between OSs with the same driver set; it makes for an easy, clean Windows 7 experience - without the hassle of multiple drivers, versions, etc.
  
  Another exciting part about a unified driver is that moving forward our ATI software gurus plan to continue to deliver a single unified driver for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Great news for all!
  
  Also, ATI Catalyst delivers full WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) 1.1 support under Windows 7 for all ATI RadeonTM HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series of graphics cards. So, in benefit speak, this new WDDM 1.1 support utilizes DirectX 10 rather than DirectX 9 and can cut down your GPU memory usage by half when opening up multiple windows thereby enabling increased performance.

• Catalyst 9.3: Poslední balík s pravidelnou měsíční podporou karet založených na R3xx-R5xx. Dále už jen čtvrtletně

  no-X píše:Ovladače Catalyst 9.3 jsou poslední, které budou obsahovat pravidelnou měsíční podporu pro karty založené na čipech R3xx-R5xx (tz. DX9 Radeony R9500 - X1950XTX). Ty už dále budou podporovány pouze čtvrtletně. Teoreticky lze očekávat, že bude více prostředků zaměřeno na moderní (DX10) čipy s unifikovanou architekturou a zřejmě i WHQL certifikace by mohly být o něco rychlejší.

  Více na ExtremeTech
• Vylepšení výkonu ve Folding@Home (vylepšení ATi Stream)

  ATI Catalyst 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements
  
  Here is a very noble cause improvement, Folding@Home. You’ll experience outstanding Folding@Home scores when running ATI Catalyst 9.3 and the most recent F@H client. We utilize ATI Stream technology which means you must have an ATI RadeonTM HD 4000, HD 3000 or HD 2000 series GPU to take full advantage of these enhancements.

• Rozšířená podpora pro Linuxové systémy

  Linux ATI Catalyst 9.3
  
  We have support for new operating systems:

  • RedFlag DT 6.0 sp2 production support
  • RedFlag DT 7.0 support (early look)
  • SLED and SLES 11 support (early look)

  So, what does this all really mean, to you, the gamer? It is a continued commitment from us to deliver monthly updates for your ATI Radeon based GPUs. It means that you will have ease of driver management during the introduction of Windows 7 and it means an improved experience with Windows 7 and of course, if you are a Linux user, a broader set of platform support.

• PC Games Hardware - Catalyst 9.3 display driver reviewed
• ExtremeTech - Windows 7 vs. Vista Graphics Performance (Catalyst 9.3)

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:

• ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
• ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements
• ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 – Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages
• New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK

ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

• AMD has delivered a single unified graphics driver for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista – demonstrating AMD’s Windows 7 graphics driver leadership and focus on delivering a stable and robust Windows 7 experience on AMD hardware
• Delivers full WDDM 1.1 support under Windows 7 on the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products
• Delivers improved gaming performance under Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista
• All future ATI Catalyst postings will deliver one single unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements

• Using ATI Stream™ technology, owners of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of graphics accelerators will see a performance boost in their Folding@Home scores when running the latest Folding@Home client and upcoming cores in conjunction with ATI Catalyst™ 9.3

ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 – Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages

• As of ATI Catalyst 9.3 the Windows Vista HDMI audio driver is automatically
  included in the ATI Catalyst 9.3 package
• The HDMI audio driver will only be installed if the AMD graphics accelerator has an HDMI display connector and there is no 3rd party HDMI audio driver installed

New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK

• AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK is designed to access display driver functionality for all ATI Radeon graphics accelerators and FirePro graphics accelerators
• The SDK supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux - 32 and 64 bit variants
• The SDK can be used from both unmanaged (C/C++) and managed (C#) applications - samples are provided within the SDK
• The ADL SDK is available to the public via the Developer relations site

Performance Improvements
Catalyst™ 9.3 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPUlimited. Some measured examples are:

• Lost Planet: Colonies gains up to 20% on 4800 series products, and up to 50% on
  4600, 4500 and 4300 series products

Novější Catalyst drivery mi nejdou nainstalovat do notebooku
Catalyst 7.1 a 7.2 nabízely podporu pro mobilní grafické produkty, ve kterých byly použity grafické čipy ATi. OEMs bohužel oslovili ATi s tím, že si nepřejí, aby byly jejich notebooky podporované v ovladačích ATi Catalyst, takže od Catalyst 7.3 (včetně) je tato podpora uměle blokována.

Lister88 píše:ovladace uspesne nainstalovany na HD 3870 i na notebook s HD 3650.

steve.puma píše:Prosím vás,čeho se týká ten powerplay bug?Jak se to na té X2 projevuje?

Stratos píše:

steve.puma píše:Prosím vás,čeho se týká ten powerplay bug?Jak se to na té X2 projevuje?

jedno jadro se nepodtaktovava a ma to za nasledek vetsi spotrebu a vice se to hreje. Podobnym problemem tedka trpi i GTX295 zrejme se u 2 jadrovych grafik spatne toto prepinani resi jinak si nemuzu vysveltit proc tento problem postihuje jak ATI tak Nvidii v segmetnu dvoucipovych grafik.