New Features

This release of Catalyst™ introduces an enhanced version of ATI Overdrive for the ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series and ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series. Users can now Over-clock both GPU engine and graphics memory clock speeds in Crossfire™ mode (and over-clock single ATI Radeon™ graphics accelerators as well). This version of ATI Overdrive also includes a new stress test application to verify any over-clocking speeds users may have configured (either manually or through the auto-tuning tool) on their ATI Radeon™ graphics accelerators.
Note: In CrossFire™ configuration, the OverDrive 5.0 test application will run only on first GPU and any unlinked GPUs. As a consequence auto-tuning of linked adapters will not be available in the Radeon™ 8.40 software driver release. Also, the Manual Test button will be grayed out if the selected GPU is Slave. Missing support is due to a limitation in current driver implementation and will be resolved in upcoming driver release.

Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst™ 7.8:

* Lost Planet DX10 with anti-aliasing improves 11% or greater on Radeon™ HD2900XT products
* Radeon™ HD2600 and Radeon™ HD2400 (single and CrossFire™) show improvements of as much as 6% in 3DMark 2006 and 3DMark 2005
* Serious Sam 2 with HDR enabled improves as much as 14.5% on Radeon™ HD2900, Radeon™ HD2600 and Radeon™ HD2400 products

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Release Notes

Release Notes:

- Fixed potential exploit:
Fleets could be made to sail through land masses if sent to certain
hotspots around the world. (Eg subs could sail through America).
Only the Server needs to run this fix to prevent the exploit.

- Improved the way local IP is determined. Should help people who have
problems creating games on their local system.

1.43 Patch

A major 1.03 Patch has been released for GRAW 2, bringing a range of fixes for both singleplayer and multiplayer, as well as adding modding tools and support.

1.03 Patch

GRAW 2 Tweak Guide

The NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver is a modified version of the NVIDIA ForceWare driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance, image quality and compatibility. The NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver can enhance your experience in games, multimedia and general usage.

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Release Notes:

# WHQL Certified driver
# Improved performance on workstation applications.
# Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support.
# This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL.
# New version 1.5 of the NVIDIA Control Panel
# V-Sync Control through the NVIDIA Control Panel is now supported for DirectX application
# Numerous workstation application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

Download ForceWare Release 162.50 Vista x32 | x64

The TF Xtreme-G 162.50 Graphics Drivers for XP/Vista 32/64bit are now available.

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OCZ has released a new memory flash tool called SPD-Z. This utility allows owners of OCZ RAM to change the default Serial Presence Detect (SPD) information on their memory chips.

SPD-Z