ATI Stream Computing for Consumer Applications
Stream computing enables ATI Radeon™ GPUs to accelerate many graphically rich consumer applications, such as operating systems, office applications, and graphics applications that require intensive graphics processing.
 ATI Radeon graphics products accelerate Adobe® Acrobat® 8
The latest version of Adobe Acrobat software uses the power of ATI Radeon X1000 Series graphics processors to accelerate the intensive process of drawing and viewing graphically rich PDF files. This enables users to view their PDF files much quicker than before. The largest benefit will be seen in PDF files that contain a significant number of images with complex shading.
- Requirements for Adobe Acrobat 8 acceleration by ATI Radeon products:
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Your PC must have an ATI Radeon X1000 Series graphics product installed:
- Your PC must have ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite version 6.9 or higher installed.
 Download ATIs Catalyst software suite.
ATI Radeon graphics products and CrossFire™ accelerate game Physics
In video games, an area where ATI Radeon processors are already heavily used for graphics purposes, stream computing is used in realistic physics, resulting in life-like modeling of hair, cloth, smoke, liquid, and giving gamers the most immersive experience possible.
Learn more about game physics processing thru ATI Radeon graphics products.
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