Feels like an age since the last Catalyst drivers were released, but here we go - the first ATI drivers for 2005, cunningly fashioned under there cool naming convention... we have 5.1!Nothing really exciting in this release, but it gets us off the mark into the 5.x series. You can view what is fixed here
Release Notes
Download Cataylst 5.1 For WindowsXP

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Omega Catalyst Drivers will provide gamers with an alternate set of drivers, ones that have more options and features than the original sets. The drivers contain optimizations, extra features (like OC capabilities), more resolutions and internal tweaks that can give them the edge in a gaming enviroment over the normal drivers, which are often tailored for synthetic benchmarks. All Omega driver sets are tested to ensure maximum compatibility and reliability.Latest Changes:

Based on the Catalyst 4.12 Official drivers

Fixed the version typo from previous release
Forced some wide screen resolutions that didn't worked on previous set Fixed the Fi ... more

Installing the ATI Control Panel separately from the display driver results in the option to create a desktop shortcut not being presented.
Attempting to launch the ATI Problem Report Wizard results in an error message indicating: Cannot find or run the file or program.
Setting the display device to 1280x1024 and rotating the display by 90 degrees results in an error message being displayed when running 3DMark05.The Details button found in the ATI Options tab is currently unavailable.
Clicking on the Change/Remove button found in the Add/Remove programs currently displays the bus type information as N/A.

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ATI has released a new set of Catalysts for their Radeon based cards. As with previous releases, a beta version was released just after 4.11 was released. Perhaps 5.1 will be released in a day or two eh? Here is things that make me go woo!in this release:

NEW: Problem Report Wizard for the CATALYSTâ„¢ CONTROL CENTER

NEW: OVERDRIVEâ„¢ Version 3.0
- Driver efficiency has improved considerably for both Direct3D and OpenGL. - 3DMark05 show improvements as large as 15% on some products. In OpenGL, several game titles show improvements in the lower settings. Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, for instance, shows gains as large as 15% in ... more

Today Omega Release his new mod ATI Drivers (2k/XP 2.5.97) based on official version 4.12 beta
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From Omega:
Well, sorry for the delay, but here they are!
What's New? (2k/XP 2.5.97) * Based on the Catalyst 4.12 Beta drivers. * New Radlinker installation method, now it should install correctly every time. * Fixed gamma issues with color control panel. * WMV acceleration is now off by default, you can turn it on in the Options panel. * New quick shortcut for Radlinker, just right click your desktop and go directly to all the Advanced 3D settings. * Fixed Standby/Suspend/Hibernat ... more

This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. This download includes the Display Driver, Control Panel, CATALYST Control Center, and WDM Capture driver.

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This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. Download
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Random hanging has been observed with certain games on certain systems when using the PunkBuster server. To resolve this issue, please download CATALYST 4.12 Beta Release which resolves the majority of cases of this hang.
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These are modified/hacked ATI Catalyst drivers. The drivers have been optimized with two things in mind, better Image Quality and more/stable frames per second when compared to the official Catalyst drivers from ATI! * Based on the offical Catalyst 4.11beta (8.07b2)

* Two OpenGL drivers for your selection

* New OpenGL/DirectX tweaks
* Incredible performance under OpenGL games * ATI's new AI feature * New Installer with GUI * Doom III Bugfix (use Normal OGL for D3) * 16bit corruption has been fixed! * New tools [Important notes] * Old OpenGL driver is not supporting X80 ... more

These are modified/hacked ATI Catalyst drivers. The drivers have been optimized with two things in mind, better Image Quality and more/stable frames per second when compared to the official Catalyst drivers from ATI!
[ ATI Optimized Driver v1.6b - 25 / 10 / 2004 ] by REGENERATION

* Based on the offical Catalyst 4.11beta (8.07b2)

* Two OpenGL drivers for your selection * New OpenGL/DirectX tweaks * Incredible performance under OpenGL games * ATI's new AI feature * New Installer with GUI * Doom III Bugfix (use Normal OGL for D3) [ Known Issues ] * Old OGL (OpenGL) has corrupti ... more