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    AMD will once again be releasing Catalyst drivers for most Mobility GPUs - No More Modding (From 10.3 According To AnandTech)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by bigspin, Feb 17, 2010.

  1. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    What's New: AMD's Catalyst 10.3

    1. Catalyst Mobility – AMD will once again be releasing Catalyst drivers for most Mobility GPUs.
    2. Eyefinity Bezel Correction – Eyefinity setups can finally be adjusted to compensate for the space occupied by monitor bezels.
    3. Eyefinity Per Display Controls – Per display color correction, particularly useful for mismatched monitors.
    4. Eyefinity Multiple Groups
    5. Eyefinity Display Configuration Switching
    6. 3D Stereo driver hooks – AMD is implementing some low-level hooks to help 3rd-party 3D displays work with Radeon cards.


    Read More Here
     
    bigspin, Feb 17, 2010
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  2. Bullit

    Bullit Notebook Deity

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    Read my topic for already 3 exceptions.
     
    Bullit, Feb 17, 2010
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  3. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Great news. :)
    Finally ATI HD 5000 series owners can get decent gpu drivers.
    (Along with all the other ATI DirectX 10 cards.)
     
    DEagleson, Feb 17, 2010
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Woohoo!! Let's just hope they keep up with it. This is truly the Achilles Heal of ATI.
     
    rschauby, Feb 17, 2010
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  5. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    heel. 10 char
     
    tianxia, Feb 17, 2010
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    MrSpock2002 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm hoping this comes out sooner rather than later..
     
    MrSpock2002, Feb 19, 2010
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    They're saying March, so maybe a month or so from now.
     
    Pitabred, Feb 19, 2010
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    Speaking of drivers, does anyone have any tips what needs to be modded for 10.2? I tried modding just two .inf files (ATI 4650) to no result.
     
    oblomschik, Feb 19, 2010
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    Click here to download 10.3 beta Driver
     
    bigspin, Feb 19, 2010
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    Saw that thread after I posted. Going to try the 10.3 driver when I get home.
     
    oblomschik, Feb 19, 2010
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