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AMD/ATI have released their latest set of video card drivers for both Windows XP and Windows Vista, Catalyst™ 7.5.

New Features:

• DirectX 10 driver support for the Radeon™ HD 2900 XT (single card and CrossFire™ configurations) for Windows Vista
  This release of Catalyst™ introduces the ATI DirectX 10 driver for the Radeon™ HD 2900 XT, for both single cards and CrossFire™ configurations. The ATI DirectX 10 driver used in combination with the Radeon™ 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 Theater™ 650
  This release of Catalyst™ introduces the second generation ATI Theater™ 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 Radeon™ X1950 XTX at high resolutions (1920×1200 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 Radeon™ 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.

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ConvertXtoDVD is a software to convert and burn your videos to DVD. In only a few clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player. It supports the most popular formats such as Xvid, MOV, VOB, Mpeg, Mpeg4, MP4, AVI, WMV, DV and stream formats. It converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on a DVD media. The aspect ratio can be automatically selected or forced to a specific format. The program works for NTSC and PAL video formats and creates chapters automatically. Multiple audio tracks are supported.

Latest Changes:

Download : ConvertXtoDVD 2.1.17.240

Directory Opus is a complete file manager and Explorer replacement solution. Directory Opus goes beyond the simple file manager metaphor, and offers you a complete Explorer replacement. It provides you with a user-friendly and fully-configurable environment within which you can access and manage your important data with a minimum of effort. Harness the power of your computer like never before.Latest Changes:

• Fix for anomaly when handling .dps files
• Fixed a number of issues related to Server 2003 with setting correct file dates after a copy
• Fixed issues with Copy Filter and copying empty folders
• Fixed issue with displaying large 1 bit TIFF files – also added anti-aliasing to 1 bit TIFFs
• Fixed issue with searching inside UTF-8 files
• Changed Copy Filenames as URL command to use RFC compliant URI formats instead of original Windows formats
• Improved conversion of TIFF files to BMP and other formats
• FTP- Fixed issues with Flat View and Synchronize
• FTP – Added support for VXWORKS (Passport FTP) server
• Fixed problem with FIND for wild card patterns in Unicode files
• Added registry setting to enable the automatic selection of the first file in a folder. If this behavior is desired, set the following registry value:
• HHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGPSoftwareDirectory OpusConfigUser (String) AutoSelectFirstFile = ""

Download:
Directory Opus 8.2.2.5

The NGO ATI Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the ATI Catalyst driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance and image quality. The Driver has support for all Radeon cards.Changes:
* Based on ATI Catalyst 6.3
* Updated ATI Tray Tools to v1.0.5.824
* Added support for X1900 GPUs
* Enabled Triple Buffering by default
* Disabled Adaptive Anti-Aliasing by default (Ultra Edition)
* Disabled High Quality Anisotropic Filtering by default (Ultra Edition)
* General bugfixes

PCI Latency Tool
We decided to include this handy tool so you could adjust the PCI latency in order to avoid PCI bus choking. It helps optimize performance and resolve stuttering and sound issues. It’s recommended to set latency values to 64 for all your PCI/AGP Devices. This tool doesnt support PCI Express cards.

Installation
Please, uninstall your previous driver before proceeding with this Installation. Please use the ATI Catalyst Uninstall Utility in order to Uninstall your current driver.

Ultra Edition
The Ultra Edition is optimized for cards with 256Mb or more. It uses the ram in a more effective way in order to produce higher performance. It also may be used with 128Mb cards but don’t expect the same level of performance gain.

Standard Edition
The Standard Edition is recommended for All Radeon cards. This edition is especially recommended for those users that can’t use the Ultra Edition.

Download:
NGO ATI Optimized Driver v1.6.3

The NGO ATI Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the ATI Catalyst driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance and image quality. The Driver has support for all Radeon cards.Changes:
* Based on ATI Catalyst 6.3
* Updated ATI Tray Tools to v1.0.5.824
* Added support for X1900 GPUs
* Enabled Triple Buffering by default
* Disabled Adaptive Anti-Aliasing by default (Ultra Edition)
* Disabled High Quality Anisotropic Filtering by default (Ultra Edition)
* General bugfixes

PCI Latency Tool
We decided to include this handy tool so you could adjust the PCI latency in order to avoid PCI bus choking. It helps optimize performance and resolve stuttering and sound issues. It’s recommended to set latency values to 64 for all your PCI/AGP Devices. This tool doesnt support PCI Express cards.

Installation
Please, uninstall your previous driver before proceeding with this Installation. Please use the ATI Catalyst Uninstall Utility in order to Uninstall your current driver.

Ultra Edition
The Ultra Edition is optimized for cards with 256Mb or more. It uses the ram in a more effective way in order to produce higher performance. It also may be used with 128Mb cards but don’t expect the same level of performance gain.

Standard Edition
The Standard Edition is recommended for All Radeon cards. This edition is especially recommended for those users that can’t use the Ultra Edition.

Download:
NGO ATI Optimized Driver v1.6.3

A-tuner is a small tool for changing the following 4 settings on your ATI and Nvidia cards and should work with Nvidia Detonators 23.11 - 66.93 and ATI Catalyst 3.0 - 4.11 (not with CCC) for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

Guru of 3D have put several ForceWare series 6 drivers to the test.

Armed with a 3.6 Ghz Pentium 4 rig with GeForce 6800 GT PCI-Express they tested nVIDIA’s ForceWare 61.77, 61.82, 62.20, 65.73, 66.29, 66.51 and of course the new 66.81 drivers with titles like SplinterCell, Far Cry, 3DMark05 Unreal Tournament 2004, Halo and of course Doom3.

The drivers are tested at default and additional image quality settings in the form of Anisotropic Filtering and Anti Aliasing.

ForceWare Driver Performance Comparison

Catalyst 3.0 Driver Suite dated January 10, 2003

Win2k/WinXp : Version: 6.14.01.6255 Packaging Version: 7-81-021218a-007192c

Win98/ME : Version: 4.14.01.9076 Packaging Version: 7-81-021218a-007192c

Fixed in this driver:

• RADEON™ 9700 / RADEON™ 9500 Series - OpenGL based games stutter after installing wxp-w2k-r9700-7-81-021213a-006924C.exe driver download package.
• Running the games Zanzarah or Star Trek-Amada II at 1024×767 32bpp with Anti Aliasing enabled at 6x no longer results in a black screen display
• Selecting single player mode in Heavy Gear 2 has no longer results in display corruption when using the RADEON™ 9700 under Windows XP
• Display corruption is no longer seen around the start button when using the RADEON™ 8500 under Windows XP
• Running the game Serious Sam Second Encounter when using the RADEON™ 7000 under Windows XP, no longer results in a system hang when the display is set to a resolution of 1024×768 or higher
• Playing Quake3 at high quality setting would result in display corruption when firing a weapon. This issue occurred when using the RADEON™ 7500 under Windows XP
• After installing the display driver, the system no longer detects a standard TV instead of an HDTV

  Running the CyberLink PowerDVD application and moving the display window around either the Windows XP or 2000 desktop no longer results in a system hang

• Playing a DVD under the ATI MultiMedia centre in a Windows XP operating system with the All-in-Wonder™ 9700 PRO no longer results in low audio output
• Running ShadowBane under a Windows XP system with a RADEON™ 9700 card installed no longer results in the log-in screen appearing as white blocks

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