ATI Catalyst 9.3 drivers arrive for XP/Vista/7

Windows 7 Beta users with ATI cards have been riding on a beta driver since late last year, but as of today that's no longer necessary, as the standard 9.3 Catalyst drivers have arrived.

This version supports Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit editions) in one unified driver, another example of how much the two OS' have in common. Beyond that, folding@home improvements are cited, as is performance in Lost Planet: Colonies and in general over Vista; the HDMI audio driver is included, as is the beloved Catalyst Control Center, and a range of issues are fixed.

See below for details and check the release notes for known issues if you prefer to be on the cautious side.

 
Performance Improvements
 
Catalyst™ 9.3 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPU-
limited. Some measured examples are:
 

• Lost Planet: Colonies gains up to 20% on 4800 series products, and up to 50% on 4600, 4500 and 4300 series products

 
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
 
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• Video combing effects no longer visible during movie playback while fast forwarding or rewinding
• Avivo Video Color Settings are now retained after resume from Sleep/Hibernate
  
• Overlay Theater Mode is now enabled with component video or composite video in extended modes
• Catalyst Control Center: Avivo Video Advanced Color page is no longer grayed out and preview is now functional
• OGL games now play properly with "Show Crossfire logo…" option enabled
• Rotation now works if Aero mode is turned off

 
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
 
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

• Avivo Video Color Settings will now be applied in the video when played using PowerDVD
• FJ online game no longer changes resolution slowly in full screen mode with some ASICs 
• Quake 4: Screen corruption no longer appears in CrossFire using two bridge cables with some ASICs
• Composite video no longer goes black when disabling Overlay Theater Mode using Catalyst Control Center
• Resolved issues for Open GL 3.0 "CreateContext" function
• Toggling between 3D games in full screen mode to the desktop is no longer slow when using the Alt-Tab key