AMD updates Catalyst drivers for Windows 7

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Geoff Spick18 March 2009, 10:00 PM

Been holding off trying out Windows 7 because you're worried about games performance from your ATI/AMD GPU? You can now breathe easy.


The Catalyst 9.3 drivers are now ready for Windows 7, enabling gamers to enjoy their games at full speed under Windows 7 beta. Doubtless there will be lots of unofficial benchmarking to find out if Windows 7 gaming performance is improved on XP and Vista and we await the results with interest.

The drivers will go live some time today and you will be able to download them from the AMD site, here. With support for the Aero interface and new features like the Window Shake, the desktop will be fully accelerated, so even non-gamers might want to take a look at the new OS. With the Release Candidate now due in April/May, and lots of positive feedback coming from users, the Windows 7 ball seems to be picking up pace.

AMD Radeon video cards will now run at full speed under Windows 7

With Nvidia having released its drivers for Windows 7 last month, Creative having a series of beta drivers available for its audio cards, the major entertainment and gaming players are all in position to make full use of the OS, which, from memory, seems a huge improvement on the Windows Vista launch.

There are still some complaints about some models of printer and networking issues not working with Windows 7, but there is still plenty of time for these issues to be fixed before the final launch. Are you having any hardware issues, let us know?

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RonS [WINDOWS-TEAM] (New user):

Hi Geoff,

Good piece. I heard AMD had this in the works, but wasn’t aware they’d have it out so soon. It looks like drivers for Windows 7 are rolling out pretty quickly. What do you think?

Just thought I’d also drop the link off to those Nvidia drivers you mentioned (http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_7.html), since I know lots of people have been asking about them.

Cheers,
Ron
Windows Outreach Team

19 March 2009, 4:26 AM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Tin (Senior Forumologist):

Quoting RonS [WINDOWS-TEAM]:
It looks like drivers for Windows 7 are rolling out pretty quickly.


For the most part Vista drivers will work. In fact most people have been using Vista drivers for their random hardware anyway.

It's definately a much better start than with Vista though... Drivers are actually coming out before the RC, while Vista retail customers had to wait months.

19 March 2009, 9:00 AM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Your Average Joe (Regular user):

Quoting Tin:
while Vista retail customers had to wait months.

And are still waiting for stable drivers for Crossfire setups for the 4800 and 3800 series cards ! (Damn you AMD)





19 March 2009, 5:30 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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