ATI to Deliver Superior Support for Microsoft's Next OS

ATI Technologies announced broad Catalyst graphics driver support for the beta 1 release of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. With its latest Catalyst driver releases, ATI is one of the first graphics providers to make a 64-bit driver that supports the Longhorn Driver Display Model (LDDM)-the Microsoft Vista revolutionary graphics driver standard-as well as the first to provide LDDM drivers for integrated graphics processors.

Microsoft Windows Vista will make extensive use of 3D graphics for the desktop. ATI's support of beta 1 enables the developer community to write a new class of visually stunning applications for the new operating system. By making LDDM drivers available more than a full year prior to Windows Vista release, ATI provides developers with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized platform for application development.

Included with Microsoft's Windows Vista beta 1 release are ATI's Catalyst drivers for its desktop and mobile DirectX 9 class discrete graphics processors as well as support for the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista. Additionally, ATI also is making available today on its website a further Catalyst LDDM driver which includes all of the functionality mentioned above plus support for integrated graphics processors in Windows Vista.


ATI's latest beta 1 driver release for Microsoft Windows Vista is available for download at www.ati.com.