Catalyst 5.6 available

[Rakido]

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894

Here are the release notes

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_56_release_notes.html

[ZokesPro]

I just updated to 5.5 yesterday evening, sheesh!

[isochar]

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/5-6_xp-2k_dd_cp_wdm_23864.exe

Direct Link to the file without CCC.

[3dfx]

I just updated to 5.5 yesterday evening, sheesh!

lol .. yeah same dude, apparently these are great though.

[Fluff]

I guess you guys read adound on the web a little here is an article giving ideas about what is happening in future versions.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2441

[Chrono_Wanderer]

yes, 5.6 CCC is MUCH smoother than pervious CCC. No doubt an improvement there. Noticably quicker load time, but can still use more improvements.

Personally, I love the NV drivers a lot more, its quite visual appeling, easy to use, and best of all... very fast and stable!

But ATI is finally catching up, which is nice to see.

[Jammrock]

For laptop users, remeber that you can mod the drivers to support your Mobility by downloading the mod tool here:

https://www.driverheaven.net/patje

Jammrock

[The PIT]

CCC is still bloated and slow only a slight improvement here to be honest.

[isochar]

ccc = crap, even if it does give catalyst ai

[The PIT]

Interesting Anandtech found no speed improvements in these drivers. I do find them smoother in HL2 although there are some artifacts with bad guys being able to through the walls slightly.

[Kurt]

AFAIK they just measured max. frame rate. Maybe the min. frame rate is higher?

[3dfx]

CCC < I'm still thinking this is pretty crappy in all honesty, why use this bloated program when you can do everything from the original console and save 100 MB of ram usage. It has improved. Although not to a level that I would have it on my system.