Latest ATi driver update fixes long loading times in Battlefield Bad Company 2

[[MyIS]Tim]

This just in from the BF Blog:

ATi has released ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Hotfix for series 5 graphics cards (series 4 graphics cards are expected to get the drivers next week). You can read more about the driver hotfix at AMD.com.



ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Preview features:
The ATI Catalyst 10.4 Preview provides resolution for the following issue:

Long load times for new maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when using an ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series graphics card



You can get hold of the Hotfix from the following locations:



Catalyst 10.4 Hotfix for Windows® 7 / Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
Catalyst 10.4 Hotfix for Windows® 7 / Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
Catalyst 10.4 Hotfix for Windows® XP Professional and Home Edition
Catalyst 10.4 Hotfix for Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition



Note! This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above. This release is not supported by ATI Radeon™ HD5800 Eyefinity 6 series of products.

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[ShadowX8001]

Re: Latest ATi driver update fixes long loading times in Battlefield Bad Company 2

Thank god for the 8800GT!

[Dangerdog]

Re: Latest ATi driver update fixes long loading times in Battlefield Bad Company 2

ATi, experienced drivers wanted.

[Scinto]

Re: Latest ATi driver update fixes long loading times in Battlefield Bad Company 2

Dont like these drivers, yes you get the load time decrease but you also get a performance hit aswell, atleast with the leaked ones you get dont get the performance hit and they are newer.

[troybob]

Re: Latest ATi driver update fixes long loading times in Battlefield Bad Company 2

you linked directly to the files for the xp version which is on the akamai network. its coming back as stale/leech.