ATI released the Catalyst 7.2 drivers for Windows XP, Vista and Linux. In terms of performances, ATI insisted on the following combination: Vista / OpenGL / X1x00. According to ATI, performance improvements with Doom3, Quake 4 and Prey will reach respectively up to 25%, 48% and 21%.
The improvements brought to the Control Center integrated to the 7.1 version for Vista are now available for XP. Load and response time are reduced and it requires less resources. The manufacturer has also improved the preview of several 3D options and, of course, corrected several issues for both OS.
To download the drivers, go to this page!
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
HD video quality for PC
Anandtech has tested the videos quality of NVIDIA and ATI's graphic cards with a beta version of PowerDVD HD 6.5 and the HD HQV benchmark of Silicon Optix (manufacturer of high end video chips). This program mainly assesses the quality of deinterlacing and noise reduction in HD video with 5 tests.
The least we can say is that results aren't brilliant since the two manufacturers scored 0 out of 105 with current drivers. It might sound extreme, but the arguments exposed in the article are credible and we don't see why a serious colleague would shoot GPU manufacturers in flames unless if there is a serious motive.
Results for 1080p videos are much better, but stand alone players provide higher quality deinterlacing and noise reduction than computers for 1080i.
The least we can say is that results aren't brilliant since the two manufacturers scored 0 out of 105 with current drivers. It might sound extreme, but the arguments exposed in the article are credible and we don't see why a serious colleague would shoot GPU manufacturers in flames unless if there is a serious motive.
Results for 1080p videos are much better, but stand alone players provide higher quality deinterlacing and noise reduction than computers for 1080i.
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