ATI Catalyst Beta 8.70 RC1/RC2 Leaked to the Web

A couple of days after the ATI Catalyst 10.1 WHQL (8.69) coming out, a new Catalyst driver has just been leaked to the web – Catalyst Beta 8.70 RC.
According to ATI-Forum, the fresh driver supports all Radeon HD graphics cards including HD2000 series to HD5000 series, even the unannounced HD5400 and HD5500 series.
It’s assumed that this driver is a beta version of Catalyst 10.2, and you may download via the following links.
Download:
- Catalyst Beta 8.70 RC1 For Windows XP & Windows 7
- Catalyst Beta 8.70 RC2 For Windows XP & Windows 7

February 4th, 2010 at 12:08 am
I think these are the drivers to resolve the grey line/screen issue in Windows 7, it would explain why they’re leaked so soon after 10.1, AMD said they’d fix it ASAP