Download: Catalyst 8.6 accelerates Call of Duty 4 up to 35%

Catalyst 8.6 is WHQL certified and is offered for Windows XP and Windows Vista in a 32 and 64 Bit version. You will also find Media Center Editions and mainboard drivers.

The release notes
Performance improvements

* 3DMark Vantage: Performance increases between 10% to 15% across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and the ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products, with larger performance gains in specific cases.
* Call of Duty 4: Performance increases across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of products, with performance gains as large as 35% in specific maps.
* Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases between 2% and 9% across all ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of products
* Company of Heroes (DX10 version): Performance increases between 4% and 10% across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series and the ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series of products.
* Lost Planet (DX10 version): Performance increases of 1 or 2 frames per second across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series products and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of products, resulting in as much as a 20% performance increase.
* Lost Planet (DX9 version): Performance increases between 2% and 20% across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series or products
* Prey (OpenGL): Performance increases between 3% and 5% s across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series or products
* Quake 4 (OpenGL): Performance increases up to 8% across the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series or products