每个月AMD-ATI的用户都会期待催化剂的发布，因为催化剂每次发布都会或多或少的带来AMD-ATI显卡的有性能和Benchmark性能的提升。
这个月的催化剂正式版更新终于到来，相对于以往的更新似乎晚了一些。更新内容如下：
The Catalyst™ software suite 8.7 contains the following:
- Radeon™ display driver 8.512
- Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
- HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista
- HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
- Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
- WDM Driver Install Bundle
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.7
其实最重要的是我们希望此次更新能够带来更好的性能和游戏兼容性，事实上此次兼容性改进列表也是长长的一大串。但是最为让人期待的HD4XX0和HD3XX0的隔代交火，更新中似乎并没有及。
性能提升方面明确指出提升的只有4项。
3DMark Vantage: Performance increases of up to 20% is noticed in the Performance Preset on single card configured systems when using ATI Radeon™ HD 36xx or ATI Radeon™ HD 34xx products Company of Heroes DX10: Performance increases of 3% to 12% is noticed in specific maps on single card configured systems when using either an ATI Radeon™ HD 48xx, ATI Radeon ™ HD 38xx, or an ATI Radeon™ HD 36xx product Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases of 4% to 15% is noticed in specific maps on single card configured systems when using either an ATI Radeon™ HD 48xx, ATI Radeon™ HD 38xx, or an ATI Radeon™ HD 36xx product Call Of Duty 4 DX9: Performance increases of up to 4% in specific maps is noticed on single card configured systems when using an ATI Radeon™ HD 48xx product Lost Planet DX9: CrossFire™ scaling improves up to 1.7x and performance increases up to 80% across all Radeon™ products when AA and AF is enabled 催化剂8.7驱动下载
另外此次催化剂8.7完整版附带了魔兽世界的10天试玩（足够宅男们冲到60级了）——但是不包括亚洲玩家。
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