AMD has released the latest ATI Catalyst 8.5 drivers and although there are some performance fixes, the most interesting part of these new drivers are all the new TV-out features which should appeal to the HTPC crowd.

It seems thatAMD has fixed just about everything possibly wrong with the TV connectivity of its cards and new features includes 1080p24 support, that is 24fps video support on high-end HDTV's, HDMI audio for non-standard resolutions, 480i and 480p via component video, custom HDMI 1080p settings and improved SECAM support.

Add to this support for Windows XP SP3, a better uninstaller, Adaptive AA on OpenGL and performance improvements for five games and it looks like a pretty solid driver. However, there doesn't seem to be any mention of any 3DMark Vantage fixes, which is a bit odd.

You can find the release notes here and you can download the drivers here