AMD recently launched the ATI Radeon HD 4770 graphics card amidst much fan fare. The microprocessor maker has now unveiled the company’s first WHQL-certified ATI Catalyst graphics drivers for the Windows 7 Release to Manufacturing (RTM). The drivers provide a streamlined driver installation for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
AMD Products Group, corporate vice president of software, Ben Bar-Haim explained, “As we approach the final release of Windows 7, possibly Microsoft’s most visually impressive operating system to date, we continue to improve upon the industry leading stability and reliability of ATI Catalyst drivers in order to consistently deliver an incredibly immersive, high performance graphics experience to our customers. Today’s release of ATI Catalyst 9.7 and ATI Catalyst 8.632 drivers does exactly that, delivering incredibly stable and reliable graphics drivers.”
The ATI Catalyst drivers are compatible with AMD platforms running Windows 7. Not only do they make the overall system more stable, but they also provide a high quality desktop environment for the operating system. Its ATI Stream technology will support Windows 7 during the accelerated video transcoding tasks which use up the system GPU and CPU. The drivers fully support ATI FirePro professional graphics for Windows 7 and greatly enhance game performance levels, compared with a single card and multi-GPU configurations of Windows Vista running ATI CrossFireX.
“AMD continues to be an important Microsoft technology partner. We’ve worked closely with AMD through all of the Windows 7 milestones to ensure that Windows 7 supports the latest high-performance graphics features such as tessellation and shader model 5.0, which will deliver a stunning visual experience when running Windows 7 with AMD graphics,” commented Jon DeVaan, senior vice president, Windows Core OS Division, Microsoft.
ATI Radeon users can now download the ATI Catalyst 9.7 driver from the official AMD website while ATI FirePro professional graphics users can avail of the ATI Catalyst 8.632 driver. So far, no details about the prices have been mentioned by the company.