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Valve® and AMD Team Up to Provide Gamers with Easy ATI Catalyst™ Driver Updates on Steam
Helps ensure gamers always have the most up-to-date drivers with the AMD auto-notification feature directly on the Steam platform....Seems kind of a good idea to me,But lots of people choose drivers suited to their needs, forcing updates would not go down well imo,Especially if newly released drivers are problematic or something like they can be sometimes.
Source:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100914007367/en/Valve®-AMD-Team-Provide-Gamers-Easy-ATI
Valve® and AMD Team Up to Provide Gamers with Easy ATI Catalyst™ Driver Updates on Steam
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its collaboration with Valve to deliver ATI Catalyst™ graphics driver updates via its Steam platform, a leading platform for PC games and digital entertainment. Steam users can now detect and install the latest ATI Catalyst driver for their ATI Radeon™ graphics card directly from within Steam. Valve’s most recent Steam Hardware Survey shows that fully 87 percent of DirectX® 11 gamers are enjoying ATI Radeon or ATI Mobility Radeon™ hardware.
“Valve is extremely pleased to be working with AMD to provide automatic driver updates for AMD's leading edge products on Steam”
“Steam represents an evolution for PC and online gaming, and the availability of ATI Catalyst graphics driver updates directly on the Steam platform can help further enhance the PC gaming experience for users of ATI Radeon products,” said Ben Bar-Haim, corporate vice president of software for AMD. “AMD Gaming Evolved and Valve share the belief that ‘Gamers Come First’ – we now have the opportunity to work together to help ensure the best possible experience for PC gamers.”
Helps ensure gamers always have the most up-to-date drivers with the AMD auto-notification feature directly on the Steam platform....Seems kind of a good idea to me,But lots of people choose drivers suited to their needs, forcing updates would not go down well imo,Especially if newly released drivers are problematic or something like they can be sometimes.
Source:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100914007367/en/Valve®-AMD-Team-Provide-Gamers-Easy-ATI
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