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ATI Video Processing Upgrade

Posted by Zonk on from the shinier-all-around dept.

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. good work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For linking to the print version of the article, you are the winner of teh Intarnet!

  2. Re:V 5.13 by The+Ancients · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Want to play poker on your Mac?

    No - but I do want to know if the ATI update will run on my Mac.

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    The Mothership
  3. What video card is good? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ive had an ati 9600 all in wonder pro for a while now and one day in the middle of nowhere the tv tuner stopped working. I got it working for a few day s after a system restore but then never again.

    ati's drivers are a nightmare. i hope i never use them again.

    What is a good non-ati video card for cool game graphics and pornography?

  4. Re:V 5.13 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    5kr00 dat, does it run Linux, err, the Sony rootkit (tm) ?!!