Download Driver For ATi Catalyst 2.4

A new Catalyst driver suite has been released for the ATi Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9500 and 9700 video cards, namely version 2.4. The following changes are reported:

• CodeCreatures score is improved by 20% at 4X AA for 9700 series products
• NASCAR 2002 framerate is up as much as 18% across the entire RADEON products line NHL 2002 performance is up as much as 35% across the entire product line (largest gains on RADEON 7500/8500)
• Performance on legacy (dx6 and dx7) apps is improved by as much as 15% for RADEON 9700 Series products

• The Details page now reports the correct AGP data transfer rate and video memory type
• When extended desktop is enabled, the default display setting is no longer 640x480x8bpp
• End-users are now able to un-install the display driver without requiring an ATI graphics accelerator installed in their system
• The TV image is no longer over scanned on TV screens when Component Vide Output is connected to ATI a RADEON™ 8500 product
• Descent 3 no longer displays corruption in sky on a ATI RADEON™ 8500 under Windows 2000
• Myth 3 no longer suffers from speckling artifacts and missing triangles on the swords on a ATI RADEON™ 8500 under Windows 2000
• Tribes no longer suffers from corrupt textures and checkerboard effects on a ATI RADEON™ 9700 under Windows 2000
• The game Aquanox no longer displays corruption when run in the 640×480 mode on a ATI RADEON™ 7000 graphic card under Windows ME
• The right red energize bar and the left damage status squares are no longer missing in the game Ballistic on an ATI RADEON™ 7000 graphic card under Windows ME
• Enabling all options in No One Lives Forever 2 and restarting the game no longer results in characters missing triangles
• This driver also fixes a lock-up problem that was evident under certain circumstances for the following games:
  • Spring Break
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Medieval Total War
  • Icewind Dale II
  • Sponge Bob 2
  • Robin Hood

[break] Download the display driver for:

• Windows 2000 – XP
• Windows 9x

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