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ATI Updates Catalyst Driver Suite to 10.8; Adds OpenGL ES 2.0 Support, Improves Performance in Several Games, and Fixes Over a Dozen Issues'); document.write('
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AMD has released version 10.8 of their ATI Radeon Video Card Drivers, adding support for OpenGL ES 2.0, changing the default video quality options, and fixing several issues - some specific to popular games.

Here are more details on some of the new features and fixes available in v10.8:
- Updates ATI Radeon display driver to v8.762
- Updates ATI Catalyst Control Center to v8.762
- Adds support for OpenGL ES 2.0 (3D accelerated graphics inside a browser)
- Changes default video quality options
- Improves performance for those running ATI Eyefinity on a Quad ATI CrossFireX setup
- Enables anti-aliasing for StarCraft II
- CrossFire profiles added/updated for Singularity, Mafia 2, Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark, Lord of the Rings Online, and Aliens Vs. Predator
- Improves performance in Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Stormrise
- Fixes many issues, some specific to certain Windows versions. Some fixes include Borderlands no longer crashing on Windows 7, AVI video no longer lags during PPT slide shows in Windows Vista, no more frame drops during interlaced HD content in Windows XP, and more.
You can see all the details on additional features, game performance improvements, and corrected issues in the Catalyst 10.8 Release Notes (PDF).

You can download the 32-bit driver version for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP at the respective links. Drivers compatible with 64-bit versions of Windows, and other ATI related drivers like ATI TV Wonder, ATI integrated video, etc., can be downloaded here.

Note: The Catalyst Driver Suite contains the actual ATI Radeon display driver, the Southbridge/IXP driver, HydraVision, and the ATI Catalyst Control Center.

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ATI Updates Catalyst Driver Suite to 10.8; Adds OpenGL ES 2.0 Support, Improves Performance in Several Games, and Fixes Over a Dozen Issues originally appeared on About.com Focus on PC Support on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 10:13:07.
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