AMD's relentless monthly release cycle continues today with the launch of its ATI Catalyst 9.6 driver suite.
The latest version, available to download now from game.amd.com, introduces a number of performance improvements - including better scaling for multiple GPUs in Crysis - in addition to support for a couple of new Linux operating systems. Interested? You'll find AMD's complete list of changes below, along with the all-important download link.
Performance improvements
- Company of Heroes – performance gains of up to 25% for the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, and performance gains of up to 10% for the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series.
- Crysis Warhead – performance gains of up to 11% for ATI CrossFireX configurations.
- Crysis – performance gains of up to 13% for ATI CrossFireX configurations.
- World in Conflict – performance gains of up to 30% for settings are were previously CPU limited.
New Features
Support for new Linux operating systems
- This release of ATI Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:
- SLED and SLED 11 production support
- RHEL 4.8 early look support
MultiView for Consumer users
- Allows users to render applications using a multiple GPU configuration with a unified workspace
- Enables Xinerama in single or multiple GPU configurations
- Supported on any combination of the ATI Radeon HD 4000, ATI Radeon 3000 Series and ATI Radeon 2000 Series of graphics cards
Useful links
Download Catalyst 9.6
