Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
Enermax Aquafusion 360 review LCS
Intel Core i5 11400F processor review
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 3600 MHz 32GB review
ASRock Z590 Extreme review
Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC review
Corsair K70 RGB TKL keyboard review
Corsair RM650x (2021) power supply review
be quiet! Silent Loop 2 280mm review
Corsair K55 RGB PRO XT keyboard review
Guru3D Rig of the Month - March 2021

New Downloads
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.4.1 driver download
3DMark Download v2.17.7166 + Time Spy
NVIDIA Unreal Engine 4 RTX & DLSS Demo
Intel HD graphics Driver Download Version: DCH 27.20.100.9466
CPU-Z download v1.96
GeForce 466.11 WHQL driver download
Guru3D RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server Download 7.3.2 Beta 2
MSI Afterburner 4.6.4 Beta 2 Download
HWiNFO Download v7.02
Corsair Utility Engine Download (iCUE) Download v4.9.350


New Forum Topics
AMD Radeon Software - UWP - v27.20.21001.7005 Cant find Spec for Intel DC D4502 Series WDDM 3.0 / 470.25 Apple Also Announces Next gen iPad Pro with M1 Chip, 5G, Thunderbolt 4 and mini-LED Display Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.508) World Record for the fastest Graphics card ever recorded done on a Red Devil Ultimate , 3225Mhz ! Download: Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 Download & Discussion [Mod Driver] NimeZ Radeon Software 21.4.1 - Signature Edition RDNA2 RX6000 Series Owners Thread, Tests, Mods, BIOS & Tweaks ! Arctic Bumps Up Warranty Period From Two to Six Years For Liquid Freezer II Coolers




Guru3D.com » Downloads » ATI Catalyst 8.3 XP (32-bit)

ATI Catalyst 8.3 XP (32-bit)

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/08/2008 01:13 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Advertisement


Windows XP 32-bit

AMD released it's Catalyst 8.3 drivers for Windows Vista x86, Windows Vista x64, Windows XP. this is a major Catalyst update with support for the new CrossFireX features (allowing any RV670 or R680-based graphics card to work together on one PC and in two, three or even four GPU combos) and for Hybrid Graphics (boosting PC gaming performance via AMD 780G motherboard and ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series graphics product in Windows Vista as well as support for up to four PC displays). In addition to those features as well as others, the new 8.3 drivers include performance improvements for games like Company of Heroes and Crysis in DirectX10 along with improvements for Call of Juarez, Lost Planet and Unreal Tournament 2004. This new release comes with support for the Radeon 9500 series cards and up (up to the HD 3000 family) and boasts quite a few big features like:

CrossFireX Quad support - up to 3 or 4 GPUs through combinations of Radeon HD 3850, 3870 and HD 3870 X2 cards)

Hybrid Graphics support - Hybrid Graphics delivers a significant 3D performance boost for systems featuring an AMD 780G integrated graphics motherboard and an ATI Radeon HD 3400 series graphics accelerator.

DirectX 10.1 Support - Catalyst 8.3 introduces WHQL certified support for the DirectX 10.1 API found in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 update for all ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series products.

Anti-Aliasing Enhancements - Introduces anti-aliasing support for all Unreal Engine 3.0 based games (running in DirectX 9 mode). Users can enable Anti-Aliasing for titles such as Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3 by simply enabling Anti-Aliasing within the ATI Catalyst Control Center.

HydraVision support for Windows Vista

Tessellation support in the Catalyst driver for the ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series of products. Tessellation has the potential to simplify development efforts and improve application performance by creating high polygon models from low polygon models all within the GPU.

Performance Improvements:

  • Call of Juarez: Up to 20% improvement is noticed on ATI CrossFireX configured systems containing an ATI Radeon HD38x0 cards
  • Company of Heroes DX10: Up to 17% improvement is noticed, especially at lower resolutions, on ATI Radeon HD38x0 cards
  • Crysis DX10: Up to 15% improvement is noticed on all supported ATI Radeon cards
  • Lost Planet DX9: Up to 36% improvement is noticed across all supported ATI Radeon cards and in ATI CrossFireX configured systems
  • Shadermark 2.1: Performance scores increased up to 35% across all supported Radeon cards and in ATI CrossFireX configured systems
  • Unreal Tournament 2004: Up to 10% increase in performance is noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD2400, HD2600, or HD3400 cards on ATI CrossFireX configured systems



Tagged as: Catalyst


Download Locations

  • Mirror 8 [ 1811 downloads ]
  • Mirror 4 [ 1586 downloads ]
  • Rate this file
    Rating:

    « ForceWare 169.44 XP (32-bit) · ATI Catalyst 8.3 XP (32-bit) · ATI Catalyst 8.3 Vista (32-bit) »


    Guru3D.com © 2021