Kurz nach Veröffentlichung der Version 7.0.1.4 (wir berichteten) des neuen Nero 7 Premium wurde nun ein weiteres Update zum Download bereit gestellt. Dabei lässt die Versions-Nr. 7.0.1.4b auf kleinere Korrekturen schließen. Das Updatepaket (ohne Yahoo-Toolbar) ist sage und schreibe rund 107 MB groß.
Eine Übersicht der Änderungen bzw. Fehlerkorrekturen ist derzeit nicht verfügbar. Dafür wurden inzwischen die Release Notes der Version 7.0.1.4 veröffentlicht.
NVIDIA hat mit dem ForceWare 82.12 eine neue offizielle Beta-Version ihres Grafikkarten-Treiberpaketes veröffentlicht. Einblick in Veränderungen und behobene Probleme geben die Release-Notes. Die Liste der Änderungen gegenüber dem gerade erst veröffentlichten offiziellen und WHQL-zertifizierten ForceWare 81.98 (wir berichteten) ist sehr kurz.
Issues Resolved in Version 82.12 The following are changes made and issues resolved since driver version 81.98:
Auf dem Weg zur finalen Version 1.5 hat Mozilla nun den Release Candidate 2 ihres OpenSource E-Mail Clients Thunderbird veröffentlicht.
Laut Ankündigung sollen Nutzer des Release Candidate 1 diesen über die integrierte Update-Funktion auf den neuesten Stand bringen können.
Here's what's new in Thunderbird 1.5 RC 2:
Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Thunderbird may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
Sort address autocomplete results by how often you send e-mail to each recipient.
Spell check as you type.
Saved Search Folders can now search across multiple accounts.
Built in phishing detector to help protect users against email scams.
Podcasting and other RSS Improvements.
Deleting attachments from messages.
Integration with server side spam filtering.
Reply and forward actions for message filters.
Kerberos Authentication.
Auto save as draft for mail composition.
Message aging.
Filters for Global Inbox.
Improvements to product usability including redesigned options interface, and SMTP server management.
ATI hat sein CATALYST Treiberpaket in der Version 5.13 zum Download freigegeben und damit wie vor kurzem angekündigt, ein Treiberpaket ausserhalb der normalen monatlichen Releases zur Verfügung gestellt.
Release Notes:
New Features
This section provides information on new features that are introduced in this release of Catalyst®. New features include:
H.264 Hardware Acceleration
ATI CrossFire™ Support for the ATI Radeon® X1800
HQV Video Benchmark Support
H.264 Hardware Acceleration
Catalyst® 5.13 software suite introduces H.264 hardware acceleration for the ATI Radeon® X1800, X1600, and X1300 product line. H.264 is advanced video coding that provides significant reduction in bit-rate compared to standards such as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. The ATI Radeon® X1800, X1600, and X1300 products provide hardware acceleration for the playback of high-definition content that is encoded using H.264. Using the Catalyst® software suite 5.13, along with the Cyberlink H.264 decoder available from [url]http://www.ati.com/technology/h264.html[/url] provides H.264 hardware acceleration.
ATI CrossFire™ Support for the ATI Radeon® X1800
ATI CrossFire™ allows for multiple Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to be placed within a single PC, to provide superior gaming performance. The Catalyst® 5.13 software suite is the first Catalyst® to provide ATI CrossFire™ support. CrossFire™ support is available when an ATI Radeon® X1800 CrossFire™ Edition product is installed with another Radeon® X1800 product. Further information on ATI CrossFire™ can be found at: http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/faq.html
HQV Video Benchmark Support
The Catalyst® software suite 5.13 introduces full support for the HQV DVD Benchmark. These driver tweaks provide a better DVD image quality, and higher benchmark scores.
Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 5.13 The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:
F.E.A.R: Slow game performance is no longer noticed when using CrossFire. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21270
The Video Preview no longer fails to change to its default settings when swapping the display mappings using the Catalyst® Control Center. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21174
Attempting to stretch the display horizontally using the Catalyst® Control Center, no longer results in the horizontal stretch mode failing to be applied unless the display is stretched vertically first. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21175
The PowerPlay™ option found in the Catalyst® Control Center no longer defaults to the enabled state after initial install of the display driver for systems containing an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series product. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21180
Auto-detect no longer fails to be applied as the default setting for the Deinterlacing option when first entering the Video aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center. Currently the option is set as Weave. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21185
Catalyst® Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982
Attempting to set the CRT as the primary display device after hot-plugging a DFP display device and enabling extended desktop mode, no longer results in the CRT failing to be set as the primary. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21269
Catalyst® Control Center: Entering the Overdrive™ aspect and changing the GPU setting to 509 and the memory setting to 505 no longer results in color corruption and the Windows XP operating system rebooting. Further information on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21229
Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 5.13 The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:
BattleField 2 Special Forces: A blooming or ghosting effect may be noticed when playing the game in night vision mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21263
Beyond Good and Evil: Flickering artifacts are noticed on the game characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20795
Dark Age of Camelot: The game exits to the desktop immediately after launching, or may play for up to 15 minutes followed by a VPU Recover error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20794
Dragonshard: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition with CrossFire™ enabled, may result screen becoming out of sync, and a scrolling display image occurring shortly there after. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20975
Fable: The Lost Chapters: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE may result in the shadows found within the game appearing jittery, when the desktop resolution is set to 1024x768 32bpp, and all the game options are set to default. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21184
Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in a performance drop being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20976
WARHAMMER: DAWN OF WAR: Starting a skirmish game on a 4 player map under Windows XP, may result in the game performance appearing choppy when using an ATI Radeon® X800 series, and having all of the game options set to high. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20974
World of Warcraft: A VPU Recover event may occur when launching the game with high level avatar and rotating or zooming within the Blackwing Lair or within Searing Gorge Further details can be found in topic number 737-21265
Catalyst® Control Center: The SmartShader™ effect is not removed from the 3D preview when attempting to restore the default values in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20846
The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode, within the Catalyst® Control Center Video standard settings, is grayed out when playing a media file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-497
Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X700 series may result in the HDTV being detected as a CRT or TV under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20783
Attempting to install the integrated WDM driver under Windows XP may result in an error message being displayed indicating that the hardware is not installed because the install Wizard cannot find the necessary software. Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20784
The PAL FM fine tuning algorithm is currently using 200 MHz bandwidth which may overlap FM channels resulting in the same FM channel being found several verdana during the scan function. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20979
Launching the Adobe Gamma calibration application and moving the gamma slider back and forth, results in the Task Manager being filled with cli.exe until the system becomes low on memory. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20980
Catalyst® Control Center: The preview for the Deinterlacing aspect found in the Catalyst® Control Center is currently unavailable when using the ATI Radeon® X1300. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20986
The Video Preview found in the Standard Settings of the Video option of the Catalyst® Control Center may fail to provide a preview after hotplugging an LCD panel to an ATI Radeon 9500 or 9800 and selecting to extend the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21173
Connecting two display devices to the ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFire™ Edition and one display device to the ATI Radeon® X850 XT may result in the display device connected to the Radeon® X850 XT still being active once CrossFire™ is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21177
The WDM Drivers may not be enumerated due to the Capture chip not being detected when using the ATI Radeon® X850 XT (ViVo) as a slave card on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFire™ Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21178
The secondary display device may fail to activate when attempting to enable clone mode when using an ATI Radeon® X800 GTO. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21179
Using the Custom option when installing the software driver results in the Theater™ 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21183
The apply button may remain inactive when attempting to change the Hue and Saturation settings found in the TV Properties\Avivo Color settings when enabling a TV as the primary display device and a CRT as the secondary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21264
Connecting two display devices to an ATI Radeon® X1600 series product may result in the device manager failing to detect the secondary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21266
Für den Mobility Catalyst findet Ihr die Release-Notes hierhier.
Download:
An dieser Stelle würden wir normalerweise die Downladlinks aufführen, da wir aber die Downloads momentan nicht selber hosten und ATI nun mittlerweile so restriktive Beschränkungen eingeführt hat, dass sogar noch nicht mal Links auf die einzelnen Treiberkategorien dauerhaft möglich sind, bleibt uns nur auf die ATI Webseite zu verweisen. Die nachfolgenden Links funktionieren weiterhin.
Skype Technologies hat eine weitere Beta-Version seines VoIP-Clients Skype 2.0 veröffentlicht.
Zentrale Neuerung gegenüber früheren 1.x Versionen ist eine nunmehr in die Skype-Software integrierte Möglichkeit zur Videokommunikation. Bisher war dies nur mit dem 3rd-Party Plugin Festoon (vormals vSkype) möglich.
NVIDIA hat mit der Version 81.98 einen neuen offiziellen WHQL-zertifizierten ForceWare Treiber veröffentlicht. Einblick in Veränderungen und behobene Probleme geben die Release-Notes.
Auf NVIDIAs Download-Servern befindet sich bereits ein Ordner für den ForceWare 82.12 Treiber, so dass eine weitere Treiberveröffentlichung in Kürze erwartet werden darf.
Nach der englischen Version gestern, ist heute nun auch die deutsche "stable" Version auf die Mirrorserver geladen worden. Von einem Release ist zum Zeitpunkt dieser Meldung auf der OpenOffice-Webseite zwar noch immer nichts zu sehen, aber zumindest die Fixliste konnten wir bereits in Erfahrung bringen, die es ausführlich hier zu lesen gibt.
Es handelt sich dabei jeweils um die Version ohne integriertes Java. Sollte jemand (z.B. bei einer OS-Neuinstallation) Java nicht sowieso schon installiert haben, bekommt Ihr hier die neueste Version:
Das beliebte Open-Source Office-Paket OpenOffice ist heute in einer neuen Version 2.0.1 erschienen - zumindest ist die Version bereits auf einige OpenOffice-Mirrors als "stable" geladen worden. Auf der OpenOffice-Website ist von der neuen Version noch nichts zu sehen. Aus diesem Grund können wir momentan auch noch nicht mit einer Fixliste dienen. Aber herunterladen könnt Ihr die neue (englische) Version bei uns bereits.
Es handelt sich dabei jeweils um die Version ohne integriertes Java. Sollte jemand (z.B. bei einen OS-Neuinstallation) Java nicht sowieso schon installiert haben, bekommt Ihr hier die neueste Version:
ULi (ehemals ALi; AcerLabs Inc.) hat für seine Chipsätze ein neues integriertes Treiberpaket mit der Versionsnummer 2.13 veröffentlicht. Für Linux gilt die Version 1.32 noch immer als aktuell. Folgende Änderungen wurden bei der Version 2.13 vorgenommen:
This integrated driver integrates 1. AGP driver V2.14 for Win2K/WinXP with M1563, V2.30 for WinXP/2003/x64 , V2.14Win98SE/WinME 2. IDE Cache Utility 1.06 for Win95 OSR2.1/Win98/Win98SE/WinME. 3. Mini-IDE driver 1.5.1.0 for Win2K/WinXP(WHQL). 4. FIR driver 1.150 for Win98(WHQL)/Win98SE(WHQL). FIR driver 1.141 for WinME(WHQL) FIR driver 2.01 for Win2K(WHQL)/WinXP(WHQL). 5. Audio M5451 WDM driver 5.12.01.5260 for Win98SE/WinME(WHQL)/Win2K(WHQL)/WinXP(WHQL). 6. Audio M5455 WDM driver 5.12.01.7006 for Win98SE/WinME/Win2K/WinXP(WHQL), 5.12.01.7005 for x64. 7. Memory Stick driver 1.32.1018 for Win98SE/WinME,and 1.32.1030 for Win2000/WinXP. 8. SD/MMC driver 1.10.1018 for Win98SE/WinME,and 1.10.1040 for Win2000/WinXP. 9. LAN driver 3.50 for Win98/Win98SE/WinME/Win2K(WHQL)/2003/WinXP(WHQL)/x64(WHQL). 10.USB 1.1 controller 1.03 for Win95 OSR2.1. 11.M7101 Patch 1.01 for Win95. 12.IRQ Miniport driver 0.1 for Windows95 13.USB 2.0 controller 1.76 for Win98SE/WinME/Win2K/2003/WinXP. 14.M5228 v 5.0.2.8 driver for NT4/98se/Me/2000/XP/2003/x64 15.M5281 v 5.0.2.8 driver for NT4/98se/Me v 5.0.2.9 for 2000/XP/2003/x64 16.M5287 v 6.2.0.9 driver for 2000(WHQL)/2003/XP(WHQL)/x64(WHQL) 17.M5288 v 6.2.1.3 driver for 2000/2003/XP/x64 18.M5289 v 5.0.3.0 driver for NT4/98se/Me/2000(WHQL)/XP(WHQL)/2003/x64(WHQL) 19.M5461 v 5.0.1.0 (MS Inbox/function) driver for 2000_sp4 /XP/2003
v2.13 1.Update ULi M5287 v6.2.0.9 driver logo'd for 2000/XP/x64 2.Update ULi M5288 support Raid 5 function driver v6.2.1.3 for 2000/XP/2003/x64
v2.12 1.Update ULi USB 2.0 Host Controller driver to 1.76
v2.11 1.Update ULi M5287 v6.2.0.8 driver for 2000/XP 2.Update ULi M5288 v6.2.0.8 driver for 2000/XP
Die Fima DivX Incorporated hat den Videocodec DivX auf Version 6.1 aktualisiert. Wessen System Multi-Core, SMP und/oder Hyperthreading unterstützt, soll von dramatischen Geschwindigkeitssteigerungen profitieren. Aber auch Besitzer herkömmlicher System mit nur einer CPU dürfen sich über deutliche Geschwindigkeitszuwächse freuen. Auch das Feedback-Fenster wurde überarbeitet und bietet nun neue Optionen an.
Momentan ist nur die Windows-Version des Pro-Codecs verfügbar, wie immer als kostenlose, sechsmonatige Trialversion. Wer anlässlich des fünften Geburtstages von DivX eine kostenlose Lizenz ergattern konnte ist fein raus, denn auch mit diesen Lizenzschlüsseln ist ein Update möglich. Allerdings sollte man bei der Installation etwas Vorsicht walten lassen. Die Standardinstallation möchte Google Desktop installieren, so man es nicht explizit abwählt.
New:
Full support for single CPU, HyperThreaded (HT), dual CPU (SMP) and dual core processors. Encoding performance is improved up to 180% for HT CPUs and up to 250% for Dual Core + HT.
Mutlithreading is enabled in the DivX decoder for DirectShow when the option to 'Reduce CPU spikes using one frame delay' is enabled and post-processing is applied.
Optimizations have been added for processors supporting SSE2 extensions.
A new "High Performance" encoding mode has been added.
A new "1-Pass Target Quantizer" mode has been added.
The codec now includes a Lanczos resize filter for very sharp resizing.
The Feedback Window now displays VBV level and has variable axis for PSNR plots.
The Feedback Window now contains controls for changing VBV bitrate, performance mode and psychovisual enhancement in real time during encoding.
DivX High Definition profile now permits average bitrates of up to 6 Mbps.
MPEG quantization has been improved.
Brightness, contrast, and saturation controls are now respected by the DivX decoder for DirectShow.
The DivX decoder for DirectShow now respects the option to "Output YUV 4:2:0 when supported."
It is now possible to exclude the Settings Manager by using RegEdit to add the process name to the list under: HKLM\Software\DivXNetworks\DivX\SMExclusions.
Changed:
The performance of "Extreme Quality" and "Insane Quality" modes has been improved.
"Fastest" mode now achieves better compression and produces video compliant with certified encoding profiles.
Quarter-pixel motion estimation has been enhanced for performance and is now available in all modes from "Balanced" through "Insane quality" when "Unconstrained profile" is selected.
Item descriptions in the encoder GUI have been improved for all languages.
Generic MPEG-4 playback support has been improved.
Microsoft hat sein für Entwickler gedachtes DirectX SDK in einer neuen Version "December 2005" veröffentlicht. Unterstützt werden praktisch alle Microsoft-Betriebssysteme mit NT-Kern sowie ME. Das Paket ist multilingual und unterstützt unter anderem auch Deutsch. Folgende Informationen stehen zur Verfügung:
This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. For full details please review the DirectX SDK EULA.txt and DirectX Redist.txt files located in the license directory.
Folgende Fixes wurden implementiert:
* Direct3D 10 Technology Preview * Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT Beta) * Managed DirectX for .NET Framework 2.0 (Beta) * Windows Vista Game Explorer (Beta) * Redist * D3DX9 * XInput * Tools * Samples * Technical Article Updates
Für das brandneue Nero 7 Premium von Ahead ist bereits ein erstes Update auf Versionsstufe 7.0.14 erschienen. Das Updatepaket (ohne Yahoo-Toolbar) ist sagenhafte 107 MB groß. Über Verbessungen ist - wie leider bei Ahead in letzter Zeit üblich - nichts zu erfahren. Man darf jedoch davon ausgehen, dass einige neue Brenner in der Liste der unterstützten Geräte dazu gekommen sind und einige kleinere Bugs gefixt wurden.
ATI hat sein CATALYST Treiberpaket in der Version 5.12 freigegeben. Voraussetzung für das CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) ist ein installiertes Microsoft .NET Framework. Eine aktuelle Version des .NET Framework kann man über die Microsoft Windows Update Seite beziehen.
Release Notes:
New Features The Catalyst® 5.12 software suite introduces dual core support for CPU bound cases. This feature provides improved graphics performance for DX 9 supported graphics adapters installed in systems running the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems.
Performance Improvements Catalyst 5.12 improves a variety of CPU-bound performance cases when an ATI product is installed in conjunction with a dual-core or hyperthreading CPU. Performance gains include:
3DMark05 gains as much as 5.7%
3DMark03 gains as much as 3.3%
3DMark2001 SE gains up to 10%
Aquamark 3 gains up to 16%
Comanche 4 improves as much as 20%
Far Cry gains as much as 25% on some product configurations
Half-Life 2 performance improves as much as 8%
Splinter Cell improves as much as 8% in certain parts of the game
Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness runs as much as 10% faster
Unreal Tournament 2004 framerates improve as much as 10%
Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 5.12 The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:
Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE with CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in ghosting effect being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21187
EverQuest II: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series, no longer results in the operating system failing to respond after approximately 5 minutes of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21189
FarCry: Launching the game on systems using an ATI Xpress 200 series product and running the Windows XP operating system no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20978
Quake4: Selecting the Ultra Quality option within the game no longer results in the game failing to load after the restart required by the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20981
Enabling clone mode, followed by playing a video clip, no longer results in the underscan/overscan option failing to work when using Theater mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20973
Connecting a display device using an interlink cable to the ATI Radeon® X800 CrossFire™ Edition, no longer results in CrossFire™ becoming disabled if the interlink cable is disconnected from the Radeon® X800 CrossFire™ and then reconnected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20977
Catalyst® Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982
Connecting a CRT and a TV to an ATI Radeon® X300/600 series and attempting to enable clone mode, intermittently no longer results in extended desktop mode being applied. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20983
Corruption is no longer noticed within the Catalyst® Control Center once a VPU Recover event is triggered. This issue is known to occur under the Windows XP MCE operating system when using an ATI Radeon® X1800 series product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20984
Connecting an HDTV as the only display device using the component video connector on an ATI Radeon® X1300 no longer results in the display image shrinking when making changes to either AA or AF found in the 3D aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737- 21186
Connecting a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display to an ATI Radeon® X1300 series that is installed in a system running Windows 2000, no longer results in the display image being off center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21188
Color corruption is no longer noticed when hot unplugging and hot plugging an LCD display from an ATI Radeon® X1800 series using the DVI connector. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21190
The TV Format now matches the TV Output when enabling TV after boot of the operating system. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21196
Enabling extended desktop mode followed by playing a DVD at 480i no longer results in corruption being noticed when moving the playback window to the secondary display device. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21191
Connecting an Apple Cinema display device to an ATI Radeon® X1800 series no longer results in the failure to playback a DVD when using the ATI DVD Player. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21192
Playing an HQV DVD using the WinDVD 5.0 player on systems containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series, and running the Windows XP operating system, no longer results in Poor video playback quality being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21193
Catalyst® Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982
Using WinDVD to playback a DVD title while having the Catalyst® Control Center running, no longer results in the playback of the DVD pausing momentarily. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21194
The 1080i optimum mode is now available in the Digital Panel properties when connecting both a DFP and a CRT to an ATI Radeon® X850 series. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21197
Catalyst® Control Center: Proceeding through the step by step process to enable the Component Video display, followed by applying a desktop resolution of either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 no longer results in the Custom Setting box failing to appear when clicking on the Add button. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21195
The Help page is now available for the Digital Panel Properties page found in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21198
Windows Movie Maker: Captured *.avi files no longer appear corrupt in color during playing back. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21199
Scheduling multiple TV recordings no longer results in the audio being distorted in some of the captured TV recordings. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21200
The Capture Video Preview image no longer appears off center when using a PAL version of the ATI Theater™ 550 Pro. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21201
The tool tip for the Contrast slider bar found in the Catalyst® Control Center is now translated properly for Traditional Chinese. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21202
The slider bars found in the Overdrive aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center are now the proper length when selecting Italian as the language of choice. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21203
Dashes are no longer displayed in the front of the ASIC name when selecting the Magyar language option for the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21204
The lower portion of the scroll bar found in the All Settings aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center is no longer missing. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21205
Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 5.12 The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:
Beyond Good and Evil: Flickering artifacts are noticed on the game characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20795
Dark Age of Camelot: The game exits to the desktop immediately after launching, or may play for up to 15 minutes followed by a VPU Recover error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20794
Dragonshard: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition with CrossFire™ enabled, may result screen becoming out of sync, and a scrolling display image occurring shortly there after. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20975
Fable: The Lost Chapters: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE may result in the shadows found within the game appearing jittery, when the desktop resolution is set to 1024x768 32bpp, and all the game options are set to default. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21184
Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in a performance drop being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20976
WARHAMMER: DAWN OF WAR: Starting a skirmish game on a 4 player map under Windows XP, may result in the game performance appearing choppy when using an ATI Radeon® X800 series, and having all of the game options set to high. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20974
Catalyst® Control Center: The SmartShader™ effect is not removed from the 3D preview when attempting to restore the default values in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20846
The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode, within the Catalyst® Control Center Video standard settings, is grayed out when playing a media file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-497
Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X700 series may result in the HDTV being detected as a CRT or TV under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20783
Attempting to install the integrated WDM driver under Windows XP may result in an error message being displayed indicating that the hardware is not installed because the install Wizard cannot find the necessary software. Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20784
Using the Custom option when installing the software driver results in the Theater™ 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20786
The PAL FM fine tuning algorithm is currently using 200 MHz bandwidth which may overlap FM channels resulting in the same FM channel being found several verdana during the scan function. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20979
Launching the Adobe Gamma calibration application and moving the gamma slider back and forth, results in the Task Manager being filled with cli.exe until the system becomes low on memory. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20980
Catalyst® Control Center: The preview for the Deinterlacing aspect found in the Catalyst® Control Center is currently unavailable when using the ATI Radeon® X1300. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20986
The Video Preview found in the Standard Settings of the Video option of the Catalyst® Control Center may fail to provide a preview after hotplugging an LCD panel to an ATI Radeon 9500 or 9800 and selecting to extend the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21173
The Video Preview may fail to change to its default settings when swapping the display mappings using the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21174
Attempting to stretch the display horizontally using the Catalyst® Control Center, may result in the horizontal stretch mode failing to be applied unless the display is stretched vertically first. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21175
Connecting two display devices to the ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFire™ Edition and one display device to the ATI Radeon® X850 XT may result in the display device connected to the Radeon® X850 XT still being active once CrossFire™ is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21177
The WDM Drivers may not be enumerated due to the Capture chip not being detected when using the ATI Radeon® X850 XT (ViVo) as a slave card on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFire™ Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21178
The secondary display device may fail to activate when attempting to enable clone mode when using an ATI Radeon® X800 GTO. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21179
The PowerPlay™ option found in the Catalyst® Control Center maybe in the enabled state after initial install of the display driver for systems containing an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21180
Using the Custom option when installing the software driver results in the Theater™ 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21183
Auto-detect fails to be applied as the default setting for the Deinterlacing option when first entering the Video aspect page of the Catalyst® Control Center. Currently the option is set as Weave. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21185
Update: Bisher bietet ATI den CATALYST 5.12 nur mit dem CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) an. Im Kommentar-Thread wurde nun auf einen Link hingewiesen, der zu einer Version des CATALYST 5.12 auf ATIs Download-Seite führt, die das normale Control Panel enthält. Im Gegensatz zum CCC benötigt das Control Panel kein .NET Framework. Es sei darauf hingewiesen, dass es sich dabei um keine offiziell von ATI veröffentlichte Version handelt.
Der Entwickler der populären OmegaDriver hat mit der Version 2.6.87 einen neuen Treiber für ATI-Grafikkarten veröffentlicht, der auf dem aktuellen offiziellen ATI CATALYST 5.12 Treiberpaket basiert (wir berichteten), aber auf das .NET basierte CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) verzichtet. Statt dessen gehört eine angepasste Version der ATI Tray Tools zum Lieferumfang der OmegaDriver.
*) CCC = CATALYST Control Center; Erläuterung siehe hier.
Changelog: What's New in Omega Drivers? v2.6.87
[*] Based on the Catalyst 5.12 Official drivers.
[+] Added support for 2560x1600 and 1600x1024 resolutions.
Known Issues: 1) Some of the settings for both D3D & OGL will not be synchronized between ATT and the normal ATI CP, you must only use one of them to make changes, the best option is to use ATT since the ATI CP does not support changes to AI and in order to use the advanced D3D/OGL features. Changes made in ATT will work on games and such but the changes will not be reflected in the normal ATI CP since ATI stores the registry values that the CP reads separate from the actual values in the registry.
2) If ATT refuses to run because your card is "Not Supported", edit the "atitray.ini" located in the Omega Drivers&ATT installation folder and change "opt_disable_ovr=0" to "opt_disable_ovr=1", this will disable Overclocking, but the rest of ATT can be used normally.
Important Info: Since these drivers include a non-standard version of ATT, I would recommend that if you have any previous version of ATT installed, please uninstall it before installing these drivers, not doing so may cause unknown problems.
Vor kurzem wurde uns exklusiv von SAPPHIRE Technology berichtet, dass der bekannte Grafikkartenhersteller in Zukunft einige Grafikkarten der X1800 XT Serie als Overclocked Version vertreiben will. Dazu bietet SAPPHIRE nun als bisher einziger Hersteller ein BIOS-Update an, mit dem es möglich ist, die X1800 XT übertaktet zu betreiben.
Ein genauer Name für das neue Modell steht im Moment noch nicht fest, wobei zur Zeit die Zusätze "OC-Edition" und "PE" im Gespräch sind.
Laut der SAPPHIRE ist das flashen der Grafikkarte kinderleicht und man kann eigentlich nichts falsch machen. Trotzdem hat SAPPHIRE aus Selbstschutz bekannt gegeben, dass die Garantie beim flashen von "alten" X1800 XT Karten erlischt.
Genaue Aussagen zu den neuen Taktraten für Speicher und Grafik-Prozessor können wir zur Zeit leider noch nicht machen, werden dies aber so schnell wie nur irgend möglich nachholen.
Laut den aktuellen Aussagen von Sapphire Technology uns gegenüber kann man im Moment davon ausgehen, dass das neue BIOS-Update für die X1800 XT vermutlich nicht auf der SAPPHIRE Seite zum Download gestellt.
Bei einem Distributed Computing Projekt wie SETI@Home ist natürlich neben der Hingabe für "die Sache" auch immer eine gehörige Portion Ehrgeiz mit dabei, den schnellsten Rechner zu haben, dem besten Team anzugehören und und und. So liegt es nahe - seit dank BOINC der Quellcode für die Clients offen liegt - hier Hand anzulegen und dem völlig unoptimierten offiziellen Client, der für alle x86-PCs seit dem 386er gleichermaßen funktionieren muss, mit gezielten CPU-Optimierungen Beine zu machen.
Bereits Mitte des Jahres haben wir des öfteren über diverse SETI-Clients berichtet, die von verschiedenen Programmierern optimiert wurde. So wurden - teils durch Compiler-Optimierungen, teils durch Optimierung der Algorithmen - schier erstaunliche Fortschritte in der Rechenzeit realisiert. Während der Original-Client aus Berkeley auf einem Athlon 64 3800+ ca. 2:15 Stunden für eine WU benötigt, hatten sich die Optimierer bei den letzten angebotenen Windows-Versionen schon bis auf 1:05 Stunden herunter gehangelt. Das entspricht immerhin schon einer Halbierung der Rechenzeit bei gleicher Hardware.
Was nun jedoch der Programmierer Crunch3r bewerkstelligt hat, grenzt schon beinahe an Hexerei. Eine neue Version hat die Rechenzeit noch einmal beinahe halbiert. Wir haben die Version hier selbst über eine Woche lang in Betrieb gehabt, um zu testen, ob sie auch stabil arbeitet und fehlerfreie Lösungen liefert. Dies ist aber offenbar der Fall. Bei 0:42 Stunden je WU steht nun die Uhr.
Um die optimierten Versionen einzubauen, muss wie folgt vorgegangen werden:
1. Stop the running Boinc Manager 2. make a backup of your Boinc folder !!! 3. The Download provides only the binary, the debug database and an app_info.xml. Make sure you know how to handle it (or simply rename the new binary to the name of setiathome executable in your projects folder. 4. extract the files in the archive into your boinc folder to "../projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu". 5. If you get a message containing something like "overwrite exiting files" select YES. 6. Restart the Boinc Manager
Neben dem CPU-optimierten SETI-Client, der die eigentliche Arbeit erledigt, ist es auch ratsam einen auf die gleiche Weise optimierten BOINC-Client einzusetzen. Warum? Weil auf Basis des BOINC-Benchmarks die vorläufigen Credits errechnet werden, die der User für seine gerechneten WUs bekommt (Credits = Rechenzeit x Benchmark). Aufgrund der stark verkürzten Rechendauer bekäme der User für eine WU aber deutlich zu wenig Punkte als von den Entwicklern vorgesehen. Daher ist es ratsam, auch den BOINC-Client zu optimieren, damit unter dem Strich die Credits wieder stimmen.
Weitere Informationen zu der neuen Client-Version findet Ihr in unserem Forum.
Für andere CPU-Konfigurationen empfiehlt es sich, auch mal einen Blick auf unsere älteren Meldungen zu werden. Dort findet sich mit Sicherheit auch ein passender Client für die CPU:
Von OmegaDrivers gibt es mal wieder einen neuen Treiber für ATI-Karten. Der v2.6.83 basiert auf dem Catalyst 5.11 und bringt folgende Änderungen mit:
v2.6.83
[*] Based on the Catalyst 5.11 Official drivers.
[+] New, more advanced installer! Hope you like it.
[+] Added support for a few more 3rd party ATI cards.
[+] Individual tweaks for Standard and FireGL cards, that should solve the FireGL problems with OGL.
Note: I did a lot of testing to make sure the new installer works as intended, but it still may have some bugs, so if you find ANY problems with the new installer/uninstaller, please mail me and let me know.
Known Issues: Some of the settings for both D3D & OGL will not be synchronized between ATT and the normal ATI CP, you must only use one of them to make changes, the best option is to use ATT since the ATI CP does not support changes to AI and in order to use the advanced D3D/OGL features. Changes made in ATT will work on games and such but the changes will not be reflected in the normal ATI CP since ATI stores the registry values that the CP reads separate from the actual values in the registry.
Important Info: Since these drivers include a non-standard version of ATT, I would recommend that if you have any previous version of ATT installed, please uninstall it before installing these drivers, not doing so may cause unknown problems.
Für die Realtek Audio-Codecs - unter anderem den ALC650, wie er auf vielen nForce2-Mainboards verbaut ist oder den ALC850 für viele aktuelle Athlon 64 Boards - ist ein neuer Treiber erschienen. Das Paket beinhaltet folgende Änderungen/Neuerungen:
A3.80 - 1.For special customize settings. 2.For modem remote wake up issue in ALI chipsets.
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