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ATI Releases Driver Hotfix to Improve Performance in Far Cry 2 and Stalker Clear Sky
Created 10/29/2008 - 11:15am

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ATI Releases Driver Hotfix to Improve Performance in Far Cry 2 and Stalker Clear Sky

Posted 10/29/08 at 02:15:17 PM  by Paul Lilly

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ATI recently updated its Catalyst driver package, and now the company has released a hotfix to address problems gamers might have been having in Far Cry 2, Stalker Clear Sky, and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. Specific fixes include:

  • Performance boost in Far Cry 2 with DX9 and CrossFire
  • Performance boost in Far Cry 2 with DX10 on both single-card and CrossFire setups
  • Performance boost in Stalker Clear Sky with DX10 and DX10.1 on both single-card and CrossFire setups when running "higher resolutions"
  • Addresses a corrpution issue in Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway on the 'Black Friday' level

The hotfix applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista and XP starting with ATI's Radeon X1600 series and moving on up to the Radeon HD 4800 graphics cards.

Image Credit: Ubisoft

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[2] http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=38664
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