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ATI Video Processing Upgrade

An anonymous reader writes "FiringSquad has a hands-on look at ATI Catalyst 5.13 drivers for the Radeon X1800XL, with a focus on video quality. They say it's the greatest leap in video quality technology for ATI since the original Mach64-VT. They triple their HQV Benchmark DVD scores by adding diagonal filtering, unusual cadence detection, and even noise reduction. On top of the video quality improvements, the new drivers enable ATI's hardware H.264 support as well as hardware transcoding. Best of all, Catalyst 5.13 will be a free upgrade scheduled to be released to the public next week."

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  1. Re:Good Thing by Chowser · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am offended that you are saying my two-year old cannot hold her liquor.

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  2. Re:Best of all... by ivan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Welcome to 2005, I realize things must be strange for you considering you've been frozen since 1930...

    More likely the submitter owns Sony PCs.

    If you own a Sony computer (or a Mavica with an optical drive), don't lose your CDs!.

  3. Not Best of All by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny
    Best of all, Catalyst 5.13 will be a free upgrade scheduled to be released to the public next week.

    Not best of all at all. Best of all is sending me the card free, sending out a technican to install it along with the drivers for free, and then paying me to use it all afterwards. A couple games, btw, would also be nice.

    This is just the next best thing.

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  4. Re:Best of all... by GoodbyeBlueSky1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The replacement driver CDs probably come with rootkits anyway

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