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This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces the following new features:
- DirectX 10 driver support for the Radeonâ„¢ HD 2900 XT (single card and CrossFireâ„¢ configurations) for Windows Vista
- Second Generation ATI Theaterâ„¢ 650

DirectX 10 driver support for the Radeonâ„¢ HD 2900 XT (single card and CrossFireâ„¢ configurations) for Windows Vista
This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces the ATI DirectX 10 driver for the Radeonâ„¢ HD 2900 XT, for both single cards and CrossFireâ„¢ configurations. The ATI DirectX 10 driver used in combination with the Radeonâ„¢ HD 2900 XT (and an application designed to take advantage of the power of the DirectX 10 API) delivers incredible graphics effects never seen before on the PC.

Second Generation ATI Theaterâ„¢ 650
This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces the second generation ATI Theaterâ„¢ 650. This product will provide support for the new MCE 2006 requirements such as DRM support. Further, it will include features to support ATI All-In-Wonder products. It will also provide improved TV quality and Broadcast Flag support which enables full US terrestrial DTV support.

Performance Improvements
OpenGL performance is improved on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1950 XTX at high resolutions (1920x1200 or greater) with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled. Doom 3 and Quake 4 improves as much as 13-18%, and Prey improves at least 15.6%. The ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1950 Pro and X1650 XT also sees improvements in Doom 3 and Quake 4 of up to 14.1% at higher resolutions with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled.

ATI's Folding@Home
Folding@Home is a distributed computing project designed by the Stanford University. The application performs intensive simulations of protein folding. This simulation will help researchers uncover how certain diseases develop. Folding@Home uses distributed computing to simulate protein folding, the workload is broken up into small work units and distributed across hundreds of thousands of computers over the internet. You can help find the cure to many different diseases! To join Folding@Home, follow these steps:
- Download ATI's Catalystâ„¢ software suite
- Download the Folding@Home GPU client application

The Catalystâ„¢ software suite 7.5 contains the following:
- Radeonâ„¢ display driver 8.38
- Multimedia Centerâ„¢ 9.16
- HydraVisionâ„¢
- HydraVisionâ„¢ Basic Edition
- Remote Wonder 3.04
- WDM Driver Install Bundle
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- Catalystâ„¢ Control Center Version 7.5

The latest version of the Catalystâ„¢ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)

The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following AMD desktop products:
- Radeonâ„¢ HD 2900 XT
- Radeon® X1950 series
- Radeon® X1900 series
- Radeon® X1800 series
- Radeon® X1600 series
- Radeon® X1300 series
- Radeon® X850 series
- Radeon® X800 series
- Radeon® X700 series
- Radeon® X600 series
- Radeon® X550 series
- Radeon® X300 series
- Radeon® 9800 series
- Radeon® 9700 series
- Radeon® 9600 series
- Radeon® 9500 series