Performance Improvements

Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are
CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:

• Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
• Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20%
• World in Conflict gains up to 5%

Die Download-Links führen zu den Game.AMD.com Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln (Windows XP) oder aber komplett (Windows XP & Vista) inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 9.2 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes


• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

-> Kommentare

Revision History 0.3.2

• Clock reading on ATI cards fixed
• GT200b is now detected as 55 nm
• Added detection for GeForce GT 120, GT 130, GT 130M, FX 5200, 9400 GT, 9600 GSO 512, FX 2700M, 9500 GS, Quadro FX 540M, Quadro FX 3700M, 9650M GT, Quadro FX 370M, 9400 IGP, 9300 IGP, 8200M G
• Added support for S3 Chrome 500 Series
• Added new ATI logo
• Fixed screen corruption during screenshot of sensors tab
• Added support to show lowest, highest and average reading on sensors tab (click on sensor value to switch)
• Fixed number of texture units on RV730
• Fixed Catalyst version reading

Download:

• GPU-Z Version 0.3.2

• Was ist eine Beta-Version

Links zum Thema:

• Changelog

-> Kommentare

* This hotfix resolves the following issues:
Fix for problems with DirectX and Radeon HD 3000 and HD 2000 Series AGP Graphics cards.

* Graphics Cards:
Radeon™ HD3000 series
Radeon™ HD2000 serie

* Operating System:
Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

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New Features

This section provides information on new features found in this release of the
Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:

• Full OpenGL™ 3.0 support

Full OpenGL™ 3.0 support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides full OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support.
The following is a list of OpenGL™ 3.0 extensions added in Catalyst 9.1:

• ARB_framebuffer_object
• ARB_half_float_vertex
• ARB_texture_rg
• EXT_texture_array
• EXT_texture_integer
• EXT_transform_feedback
• NV_conditional_render
• WGL/GLX_create_context (for new 3.0 contexts)
• GLSL 1.3
• ARB_color_buffer_float
• ARB_vertex_array_object
• EXT_draw_buffers2

Die Download-Links führen zu den Game.AMD.com Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln (Windows XP) oder aber komplett (Windows XP & Vista) inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Nachdem bereits etwas Verwirrung herrschte, da AMD zuerst nur die Treibernamen, nicht aber die Downloadlinks, geändert hatte, scheinen nun alle Downloads verfügbar zu sein. Lediglich die Datumsangaben stimmten zur Zeit noch nicht.

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 9.1 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes


• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

-> Kommentare

Zu diesem Zweck kann das Tool, das mindestens einen AMD Prozessor voraussetzt, mit auswählbaren und konfigurierbaren Profilen die Einstellungen des PCs beeinflussen. Innerhalb dieser Profile können auch Einstellungen für AMD OverDrive (Voraussetzung ist ein AMD 700er Chipsatz) und den ATI Catalyst vorgegeben werden, solange man über die entsprechende Hardware verfügt und die entsprechende Software installiert hat.

Des Weiteren kann man eine ganze Reihe von Windows-Diensten durch das Tool deaktivieren, was soweit getrieben werden kann, dass alle anderen laufenden Anwendungen beendet werden.

Download: AMD Fusion for Gaming 1.0

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes
• AMD Fusion for Gaming - neues Tool in Beta-Version

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* Improves DirectX10 performance in various applications in multi-core CPU systems
* Resolves BSOD issues using dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 in CrossFireX configurations.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 8.12 Hotfix [Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI CATALYST 8.12 Hotfix [Vista 64-Bit]

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Die aktuelle Version unterstützt die aktuellen Treiber der beiden Hersteller bis zum ForceWare GeForce 181.xx und AMD ATI Catalyst 8.12.

Version 2.22

Minor bugfixes:

° Fixed bug in LM63.dll plugin, causing empty graphs with no data to be displayed in hardware monitoring module and introduced during porting the plugin to multi-GPU architecture in version 2.20.
° Multifunction PCI devices are no longer scanned and no longer detected as multi-GPU devices.
° Fixed pipeline count detection code for NVIDIA G98 GPU family.

What's new:

° Added ForceWare 181.xx drivers family support.
° Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare drivers. Added databases for ForceWare 180.87, 180.88 and 181.00.
° Updated bundled RivaTunerStatisticsServer v3.0.0 utility:

°° Fully redesigned user interface:

°°° Now the server supports user interface skins to conform requirements of AIB/AIC partners bundling the server with their products. User interface skinning is based upon proprietary engine, which was previously used only in commercical RivaTuner technology based products. User interface skinning usage approach allows RivaTuner fans community to change the server's appearance completely and to express themselves in new skins design. Skin format is completely open, skin compiler and decompiler are integrated in the server, so please visit techsupport forums to get more detailed information and help on the skin creation.
°°° Simplified beginner oriented profile settings. Many previously available power user oriented options, such as per-3D API hooking options, are now merged into more simple multi-buttons, e.g. "Application detection level" multi-button.
°°° Improved help system. Now context sensitive help system is activated by hovering mouse over the control, instead of traditional right-click and "What's this?" based access in the previous versions.
°°° On-Screen Display preview window greatly simplifies realtime On-Screen Display position, color and zoom adjustment.

°° Fully redesigned profiles architecture:

°°° Now pre-created and user profiles are no longer stored into single file, so user profiles are no longer lost after the server reinstallation. Please take a note, that the user profiles are preserved only when the server is reinstalled in the same folder.
°°° Now it is no longer possible to remove critically important pre-created profiles and pre-created profile settings can be easily restored due to template based profiles architecture.
°°° Improved screen capture safety. The server no longer crashes on attempt to capture screenshot in DirectX9 applications without October 2006 or newer DirectX runtime libraries installed.
°°° Improved product customization features:

In addition to skins and previously available product name customization feature, bundling partners can also customize product icon (including system tray icon) and define a link to own online product help page.
°°°° Product customization information is no longer stored in editable text OEM file, now this information is encoded to protect the product from illegal modification and distribution by third parties.

° Improved installer and uninstaller:

Improved installation and uninstallation routines for statistics server's hook libraries.
°° Now the uninstaller also removes the files installed by 64-bit signed driver update

Download: RivaTuner 2.22

Link zum Thema:

• RivaTuner Homepage

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New Features

This section provides information on new features found in this release of the
Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:

• Support for New Linux Operating Systems
• Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition: Information Center Enhancement
• ATI Stream Computing Support
• SurroundView™ support

Support for New Linux Operating Systems

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new
operating system:

• Ubuntu 8.10 support – early look

Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition: Information
Center Enhacement

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces enhancements to the ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition – Bus bandwidth and memory bandwidth informa-
tion is now included in the Information Center.

ATI Stream Computing Support

With the release of ATI Catalyst 8.12 users can unlock the potential of accelerated
applications enabling ATI Stream technology for millions of ATI Radeon™
graphics processors worldwide

• ATI Stream computing harnesses the tremendous processing power of the
graphics processing unit (GPU) for high-performance, data-intensive compu-
tations over a wide range of scientific, business and consumer applications.
• ATI Stream technology enables the hundreds of parallel Stream cores inside
AMD graphics processors to accelerate general purpose applications. These
capabilities will allow ATI Stream-enabled programs, for a variety of different
tasks and from a growing number of software vendors, to operate with opti-
mized performance or with new functionality.

SurroundView™ support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux enables users to render multiple OpenGL applications across single/multiple displays.

• SurroundView™ can be enabled across a single discrete ATI Radeon™
graphics accelerator (ATI Radeon™ X1300 and higher product) and an AMD
Integrated graphics product ( ATI Radeon 1200 Series, ATI Radeon 3100
Series, ATI Radeon 3200 Series and, Radeon 3300 Series Integrated graphics)

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Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

• Release Notes
• ATI CATALYST 8.12 Grafiktreiber für Windows

-> Kommentare

Die aktuelle Version unterstützt die aktuellen Treiber der beiden Hersteller bis zum ForceWare GeForce 180.84 und AMD ATI Catalyst 8.12.

Version 2.21

Minor bugfixes:

* FOURCC INTZ and RAWZ formats are no longer forcibly disabled on GeForce 6 and newer display adapters when closing the 'Textures' tab in Direct3D tweaks dialog. Please take a note that these formats are required for proper GTA IV functionality, so if you experience problems with missing textures in this game on NVIDIA GeForce 6 and newer display adapters then please try to open the 'Textures' tab and press the 'Defaults' button.

* Fixed 'Restore after suspended mode' option in low-level fan control tab, corrupted in the previous release due to multi-GPU related core changes.

What's new:

* Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare drivers. Added databases for ForceWare 180.60, 180.70 and 180.84.

* Added Catalyst 8.12 driver family detection.

* Added 'Enable FOURCC INTZ surfaces' and 'Enable FOURCC RAWZ surfaces' options to the 'Textures' tab of the Direct3D tweaks dialog.

* 'Restore after suspended mode' option in low-level fan control tab is multi-GPU oriented now. Now the option affects all display adapters in the system instead of currently selected display adapter only.

* 'Allow separate 2D/3D clock frequency adjustment' option is no longer provided when enabling driver-level hardware overclocking. The option is now hidden to reduce the amount of false bugreports posted by the beginners trying to disable 2D/3D clock frequncy then claiming that the hardware stays at extremely low boot clocks. Power users can still control this option via AllowMaxPerf registry entry.

* Extended list of detectable supported FOURCC formats in 'IDirect3D9 HAL adapter formats' diagnostic report category.

Download: RivaTuner 2.21

Link zum Thema:

• RivaTuner Homepage

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New Features

This section provides information on new features found in this release of the
Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:

• ATI Stream Computing Support
• ATI Stream Application: ATI AVIVO Video Converter
• ATI Catalyst Control Center: Noise Reduction for Progressive Video Content
• Performance Improvements

ATI Stream Computing Support
With the release of ATI Catalyst 8.12 users can unlock the potential of accelerated
applications enabling ATI Stream technology for millions of ATI Radeon™
graphics processors worldwide

• ATI Stream computing harnesses the tremendous processing power of the
graphics processing unit (GPU) for high-performance, data-intensive compu-
tations over a wide range of scientific, business and consumer applications.
• ATI Stream technology enables the hundreds of parallel Stream cores inside
AMD graphics processors to accelerate general purpose applications. These
capabilities will allow ATI Stream-enabled programs, for a variety of different
tasks and from a growing number of software vendors, to operate with opti-
mized performance or with new functionality.

ATI Stream Application: ATI AVIVO Video Converter

• Using ATI Stream technology, owners of ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series and
ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series of graphics cards can help accelerate the con-
version of standard and HD video into multiple formats for use on differing
consumer electronics devices

ATI Catalyst Control Center: Noise Reduction for
Progressive Video Content

• This release of Catalyst™ introduces a new advanced video quality control:
Noise Reduction for progressive video content, which removes ghosting arti-
facts while preserving details of the original video. The slider control can be
found in the All Settings page of the Avivo Video tab found in the Catalyst
Control Center

Performance Improvements
The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™

3DMark Vantage DX10 – performance gains of up to 5% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on HD46xx, HD4550 and HD4350.

Call of Duty: World at War DX9 – performance gains of up to 21% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD48xx.

Crysis DX10 – performance gains of up to 25% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx.

Crysis Warhead DX10 – performance gains of up to 13% for Single card mode and up to 16% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx.

Devil May Cry 4 DX10– performance gains of up to 6% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.

Fallout 3 – performance gains of up to 15% for Single card mode.

Far Cry 2 DX10 – performance gains of up to 10% for Single card mode and up to 57% in Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.

FEAR DX9 – performance gains of up to 6% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on Radeon HD4870X2 and HD4870.

Hellgate: London DX10 – performance gains of up to 6% for Single card mode and up to 10% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx.

Left 4 Dead DX9– performance gains of up to 10% for Single card mode and up to 5% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4870 series.

Lost Planet Colonies DX10 – performance gains of up to 10% for Single and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.

Prey OGL – performance gains of up to 15% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on Radeon HD4870 1GB products, HD46xx, HD45xx.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – performance gains of up to 10% for Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.

Unreal Tournament 3 DX9 – performance gains of up to 18% for Single card mode and up to 15% in Crossfire mode, especially in cases where AA is enabled. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and HD38xx.

Die Download-Links führen zu den Game.AMD.com Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln (Windows XP) oder aber komplett (Windows XP & Vista) inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.12 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes


• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

-> Kommentare

RivaTuner bietet Zugriff auf zahlreiche nicht über den GeForce- bzw. Catalyst-Treiber erreichbare Einstellungsmöglichkeiten.

Die aktuelle Version unterstützt die aktuellen Treiber der beiden Hersteller bis zum ForceWare GeForce 180.48 WHQL und AMD ATI Catalyst 8.11.

Revision update - Version 2.20

Minor bugfixes:

* Fixed incorrect 2x effective memory clock multiplier for RADEON HD 4870 / 4870 X2 series equipped with QDR DDR5 memory.

What's new:

* Added ForceWare 178.xx and 180.xx drivers families support.
* Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare drivers. Added databases for ForceWare 178.13, 178.15, 178.24, 180.10, 180.20, 180.42, 180.43, 180.44, 180.47 and 180.48.
* Added Catalyst 8.9, 8.10 and 8.11 driver families detection.
* Added workaround for broken error reporting system of PowerPlay clock control interfaces in Catalyst 8.10 hotfix 2 and Catalyst 8.11 driver families. Due to internal bug these drivers report incorrect error codes in PowerPlay clock control calls, causing overclocking tools like RivaTuner, ATITool or AMDGPUClockTool to stop working properly. Until the problem is fixed in the Catalyst driver RivaTuner provides temporary workaround by disabling error control for PowerPlay clock control calls on the Catalyst 8.10 hotfix 2 and newer drivers. Please take a note that the workaround can be forcibly disabled via ATIPowerPlayErrorReportingWorkaround registry entry.
* Added driver-level fan control support for ForceWare 180.xx drivers family.
* Updated PCI DeviceID database for both AMD and NVIDIA display adapters.
* Added NVIDIA G98 graphics processors support.
* Added AMD RADEON HD 4830 display adapters family support.
* Added support for direct assess to flashrom chips of AMD RV7xx graphics processors family.
* Updated exceptions list for bundled D3DOverrider utility.
* Seriously redesigned hardware access layer provides drastically improved multi-GPU support. Now RivaTuner no longer uses single device selection ideology and supports simultaneous access to multiple physical display devices or GPUs in the most popular and frequently used modules, such as hardware monitoring module, profile launcher and task scheduler.
* Drastically increased performance of routines applying clock frequencies and fan speed when experimental cloning modes are enabled. Due to new multi-GPU oriented hardware access layer all display devices can be accessed simultaneously, it saves CPU time required on switching current display device and reinitializing hardware access layer in ther previous version.
* Now RivaTuner displays physical GPU index in the main tab on multi-GPU systems to simplify identifying independent physical devices and logical devices of the same physical GPU (e.g. two independent RAMDACs located on the same physical GPU).
* Improved hardware monitoring module:

o New multi-GPU oriented hardware access layer allows simultaneous monitoring of all supported physical display adapters and GPUs installed in the system. Simultaneous monitoring is available for both multi-monitor configurations and SLI/Crossfire modes.
o Improved API for hardware monitoring plugins:

+ Added new GetSourceCaps function allowing the plugins to report different capabilities specific for exported data sources. This function helps hardware monitoring core to identify system wide and multi-GPU support capable data sources.
+ Added set of new hardware access functions allowing the plugins to access multiple physical display devices simultaneously and provide multi-GPU monitoring.
+ All GPU sensor specific plugins (e.g. ADT7473.dll) have been updated to support new API functions and provide multi-GPU monitoring support.
+ All system wide plugins (e.g. CPU.dll) have been updated to support reporting system wide data source capability.
+ Improved ADT7473.dll plugin.

# Now the plugin's database may include hardcoded pulses per revolution counters for some display adapter models to provide correct fan speed monitoring on the systems with counters improperly calibrated in VGA BIOS (e.g. some GeForce 8800GT models).

o Improved software TSS calibration algorithm for RV7xx graphics processors family.

* Improved launcher module:

o New multi-GPU oriented hardware access layer allows associating launch items with any desired physical or logical display device and launching the profiles specific for this device without changing current display device selection.
o Now RivaTuner no longer records launcher events into hardware monitoring event history panel by default. Now you may enable launcher event history logging into event history panel properties if necessary.

* Improved scheduler module:

o New multi-GPU oriented monitoring module and launcher allow using the scheduler to program independent dynamic gamma, fan and clock control algorithms for each physical display device installed in the system.
o New 'Pause scheduler' module allows you to suspend the scheduler's activity if necessary.
o New 'Sampling period' setting allows you to override default sampling period for scheduled tasks associated with hardware monitoring module. Custom sampling period setting can be useful if hardware monitoring module polls hardware frequently but too frequent scheduled tasks execution is not desired. Please take a note that in case of defining multiple scheduled tasks with different sampling periods the maximum sampling period defined for a data source is being used.
o New 'Task freezing period' setting allows you to define so called task freezing period for scheduled tasks associated with hardware monitoring module. Task freezing period setting is useful when it is necessary to program a few tasks with different execution priorities. Executing a task with non-zero task freezing period causes the scheduler module to suspend execution of all tasks associated with the same data source until task freezing period is over and to put such tasks into the queue. The last queued task will be executed in the end of task freezing period.
o Now RivaTuner restarts hardware monitoring range based tasks on hardware monitoring module startup, on hardware monitoring history clearing and on resuming the scheduler module from pause.
o Now RivaTuner no longer records scheduler events into hardware monitoring event history panel by default. Now you may enable scheduler event history logging into event history panel properties if necessary.

* Improved low-level hardware overclocking module for ATI display adapters:

o Now RivaTuner hides low-level overclocking tab on PowerPlay support capable display adapters (RV630 and newer series) when overclocking functionality is not available (e.g. on the secondary GPUs in Crossfire mode under Windows XP).
o Now RivaTuner locks obsolete options in additional overclocking properties on PowerPlay support capable display adapters (RV630 and newer series).

* Now undocumented command line based hardware access interfaces also support queued current display device selection via /SD and /SELECTDEVICE command line switches.
* More tweaks improving target value generation accuracy have been done into floating point duty cycle calculation routines for all types of internal and external fan controllers.

Download: RivaTuner 2.20

Link zum Thema:

• RivaTuner Homepage

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New Features

Catalyst™ 8.11 introduces the following new features:

• ATI CrossFireX™ Enhancements
• HydraVision Support for Windows XP
• New Display Enhancements
• Performance Improvements

ATI CrossFireX™ Enhancements

This release of ATI Catalyst™ enables users to verify whether an application is running in ATI CrossFireX™ mode. The new option found in the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center system tray, will allow users to verify whether a Direct3D or OpenGL application is running in ATI CrossFireX™ mode. (The “ATI Cross-FireX” logo will be shown on screen when the application is running).

HydraVision Support for Windows XP

This release of ATI Catalyst™ introduces HydraVision support for the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center under Windows XP. HydraVision enables users to more efficiently organize multiple applications across single or multiple displays. High-lights include:

• HydraGrid – A new feature found in HydraVision that divides the Windows desktop into user definable areas. This helps users to more easily move and organize multiple applications.

• HydraVision Hotkeys – The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Hotkey Manager can assist users to quickly setup and define their HydraVision specific hotkey commands.

• HydraVision Virtual Desktops – Users can configure up to 9 different virtual desktops. This enables users to manage and group multiple applications across each user defined desktop. Application positions, desktop associations and display settings can be saved for every virtual desktop.

• HydraVision Wizard – Using the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Wizard, users can configure their HyrdaVision settings with ease.

New Display Enhancements

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for display scaling to resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces.

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™

FarCry 2 – performance gains of 3 to 10% for Single card mode and 8 to 14% in Crossfire mode, with some specific configurations showing even greater improvements. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD4xxx and Radeon HD3xxx products.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – performance gains of 6 to 18% in single card settings and 10 to 30% in CrossfireX mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD04xxx and Radeon HD3xxx products.

Die Download-Links führen zu den Game.AMD.com Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln (Windows XP) oder aber komplett (Windows XP & Vista) inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.11 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes


• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

^{*) CCC = CATALYST Control Center; Erläuterung siehe hier.}

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"Fix for problems with DirectX and Radeon HD 3000 and HD 2000 Series AGP Graphics cards. "

Download:

• Catalyst AGP Hotfix - Radeon HD 3000 and Radeon HD 2000 Series AGP products

-> Kommentare

"This hotfix adds support for the Radeon™ HD 4650, Radeon™ HD 4550 and Radeon™ 4350."

Download:

• Catalyst 8.10 Hotfix for HD 4650, HD 4550 and HD 4350

-> Kommentare

Fusion for Gaming wendet sich gezielt an Gamer, die die maximale Performance aus ihrem PC herausholen wollen.Zu diesem Zweck kann das Tool, das mindestens einen AMD Prozessor voraussetzt, mit auswählbaren und konfigurierbaren Profilen die Einstellungen des PCs beeinflussen.

Innerhalb dieser Profile können auch Einstellungen für AMD OverDrive (Voraussetzung ist ein AMD 700er Chipsatz) und den ATI Catalyst vorgegeben werden, solange man über die entsprechende Hardware verfügt und die entsprechende Software installiert hat.

Des Weiteren kann man eine ganze Reihe von Windows-Diensten durch das Tool deaktivieren, was soweit getrieben werden kann, dass alle anderen laufenden Anwendungen beendet werden.

Die Release Notes zur aktuellen Beta offenbaren allerdings eine sehr lange Liste von noch nicht gelösten Problemen, so dass diese Tool im Moment nur erfahrenen Usern empfohlen werden kann.

Download: AMD Fusion for Gaming Beta 2 (23,7 MB)

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New Features

Catalyst™ 8.10 introduces the following new features:

• Catalyst Control Center™ Fan speed control
• Force Component Video Detection

Catalyst Control Center™ Fan speed control

This release of the ATI software driver version 8.54 introduces the ability for users to control the speed of the GPU fan when running in accelerated graphics.

Force Component Video Detection

This release allows users the option in Catalyst Control Center to force Component Video detection in the Display Options aspect. By selecting this option user are able to adjust the Component Video property settings (without a device being physically attached) allowing user to change format and frequency to a desired value. The selected values will be applied to the display once a component video display device get connected. The feature is applicable for all AMD products supporting Component Video.

Die Download-Links führen zu den Game.AMD.com Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln (Windows XP) oder aber komplett (Windows XP & Vista) inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.10 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

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• Release Notes


• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 x64

^{*) CCC = CATALYST Control Center; Erläuterung siehe hier.}

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