Channel Register: ATI Posts Driver Update for Linux, Windows

“ATI has released its Catalyst 6.8 driver package for both
Windows and Linux. The Windows release targets performance
improvements, while the version for the open source operating
system–the driver itself isn’t open–is more about adding features
and broadening hardware support.

“ATI said Catalyst 6.8 yields OpenGL application-specific
framerate gains of 6.5-16 per cent, largely thanks to shader
compiler and transform engine optimisations. Speed-ups of 22-30 per
cent under Direct3D arise from tweaks to the code’s memory
management routines that benefit cards with 256MB of video
RAM…”

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