{"id":575,"date":"2008-05-22T19:15:15","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T19:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2008\/ati-catalyst-85-drivers-out\/"},"modified":"2013-08-26T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:18:22","slug":"ati-catalyst-85-drivers-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/ati-catalyst-85-drivers-out\/","title":{"rendered":"ATi Catalyst 8.5 Drivers Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATi has just released the Catalyst 8.5 drivers for Windows XP and Vista, you can download a copy <a href=\"http:\/\/support.amd.com\/us\/gpudownload\/Pages\/index.aspx\" rel=\"follow\">here<\/a> (hotlinking to the actual driver page is disabled).<\/p>\n<p>The entire 8.x line has been of sub-par quality to date (8.3 and 8.4 in particular, which seem to crash randomly on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;hs=XFv&amp;q=atikmdag+8.4+OR+8.3&amp;btnG=Search\" rel=\"follow\">a large percentage<\/a> of Vista machines), hopefully the 8.5 release can provide a much-needed boost in terms of quality and stability.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obviously too early to tell if the 8.5 releases addresses these issues, which are <em>not<\/em> listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/3054117\/ATi-Catalyst-8-5-Release-Notes\" rel=\"follow\">the release notes<\/a>, but it&#8217;s possible that some of the causes of the problem have been resolved as a result of one or more of the bugfixes in this version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATi has just released the Catalyst 8.5 drivers for Windows XP and Vista, you can download a copy here (hotlinking to the actual driver page is disabled). 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