Revision History 0.2.8

• Added logging of sensor data to file
• Added option to disable polling for individual sensors
• Added support for AMD RV730
• Added clock reading support for Catalyst 8.9 on RV770 and RV730
• Added support for NVIDIA 9400 GT, 9500 GT, 9600 GS, 9800M GS, 9600M GS, 9300M GS, 9200M GE
• Added support for AMD R580 Stream Processor, RV730 and one M88 variant
• Fixed PCI subvendor ID 1787 to be ATI AIB
• Fixed readings and added monitoring support for ATI M88
• Fixed fan speed readings on ADT7473 sensor
• Added support for ADT7473 sensor chip on ATI
• Added release dates for several NVIDIA mobile GPUs

Download:

• GPU-Z Version 0.2.8

• Was ist eine Beta-Version

• Changelog

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New Features

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces product support for the following new operating systems:

* Red Flag DT6SP1 production support
* OpenSUSE 11 production support
Red Flag DT6SP1 support

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

· Red Flag Desktop 6 service pack 1
OpenSUSE 11 support

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

· OpenSUSE 11

• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

• Release Notes
• ATI CATALYST 8.9 Grafiktreiber für Windows

New Features

Catalyst™ 8.9 introduces the following new features:

• Catalyst™ Control Center: New Display mode support
• OverDrive™ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations
· OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support
Catalyst™ Control Center: New Display mode support
This release of Catalyst™ introduces 1080p @ 50Hz custom mode support for HDTVs for the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products. Users can configure their own custom 1080p @ 50Hz modes to best fit their display.

OverDrive™ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations
This release of Catalyst™ introduces Overdrive support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations. Users can now over-clock each graphics accelerator’s engine or memory speed when running in QUAD CrossFire configurations using manual controls or the automated auto-tuning utility.

OpenGL™ 3.0 support - Phase 1
This release of Catalyst™ introduces OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support. In upcoming Catalyst™ releases AMD will continue to expand its support for OpenGL 3.0 extensions. The following is a list of supported extensions in Catalyst 8.9:

· ARB_half_float_pixel
· ARB_draw_instanced
· ARB_instanced_arrays
· EXT_texture_compression_3dc
· EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
· EXT_texture_compression_latc
· EXT_texture_shared_exponent
· EXT_depth_buffer_float
· EXT_gpu_shader4
· ARB_map_buffer_range

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.9 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• Release Notes


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

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New Features

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

* CrossFireX support
* Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support
* Support for new Linux operating systems
* ATI OverDrive™ Support for Linux
* ATI MultiView™
* Auto Detection and installation of distribution packaging

CrossFireX support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for CrossFireX configurations using the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series on systems running the Linux operating system.

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon HD 4800, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products installed on systems running the Linux operating system. Adaptive Anti-Aliasing substantially improves image quality by anti-aliasing transparent textures. This option is available in the Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition.
Support for new Linux operating systems

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

* RHEL 5.2 production support
* RHEL 4.7 early look

ATI OverDrive™ Support for Linux

ATI OverDrive™ maximizes the performance of the graphic processing unit (GPU) on your graphics card. This provides the ability to improve the performance of your GPU, especially if you are using a custom cooling solution.

Caution: Using ATI Overdrive™ to increase the graphics processor or memory clocks above normal limits may result in graphics corruption, data loss or system hangs. If ATI Overdrive™ detects unsafe conditions, it will automatically reduce the clocks. However, ATI cannot guarantee results, and will not be responsible for data loss or other problems that may occur as a result of using ATI Overdrive™.

ATI OverDrive™ on AMD Linux driver is a command line GPU overclocking tool for supported graphics adapters. It allows the users to:

* Enable or disable ATI OverDrive™
* Get GPU and memory clock range
* Manually set clocks within the available range. Note that there
* Test clocks with a stress utility
* Obtain GPU temperature

Graphics cards supported include:

* ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4800
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4670
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4850
* ATI Radeon™ HD 4550
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3870
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3850
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3830
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3690
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3600
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3470
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3450
* ATI Radeon™ HD 3430
* ATI Radeon™ HD 2600

Note: The ATI Radeon™ HD 2900, ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 X2, and ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 X2 series of products, along with Workstation, and FireStream™ products are currently not supported.

Note: Mobile GPU OverDrive™ support is individual for each vendor, i.e. the same mobile GPU may have or may have not Overdrive 5 support. Please contact your vendor for more information.

More details on how to use ATI OverDrive™ can be found in the aticonfig help file.

ATI MultiView™

ATI MultiView™ provides the ability to utilize GPUs from multiple adapters on an independent multi-display desktop. It allows a user to configure, manage and use a Multiview configuration under Linux and allows OpenGL applications run on any displays driven by multiple GPUs. ATI MultiView™ provides:

* Multi-GPU configuration support
* Up to 4 displays support
* Enhanced display configuration and selection through the Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition
* Administrator shortcut which provides access to configuration options that require root privileges. Root privileges are required for multi-screen configurations, including enabling and disabling certain multi-screen configurations and screen placement.
* ATI MultiView™ only works on systems with two identical FireGL™ products which include:

o ATI FireGL™ V7700
o ATI FireGL™ V7400
o ATI FireGL™ V5600
o ATI FireGL™ V5200
o ATI FireGL™ V3700
o ATI FireGL™ V3600
o ATI FireGL™ V3400
o ATI FireGL™ V3350
o ATI FireGL™ V3300

* ATI MultiView™ does not operate with Compiz environments
* ATI MultiView™ (released in 8.52/8.53) does not operate with Xinerama enabled

Auto Detection and installation of distribution packaging

With version 2.0 of the AMD Graphics Driver distribution packaging Application Programming Interface (API), each Linux distribution will have the option of updating their packaging scripts to provide auto detection and installation of the AMD graphics driver.

Version 2.0 of the API installation option will automatically generate and install a distribution-specific package using the distribution's package management system, it automatically check for build and install dependencies when generating and installing distribution-specific packages.

Note: This is achieved in supported distributions by using the following command: aticonfig --buildandinstallpkg

Version 2.0 enhancements include the following:

* Automatic OS detection. Users will be able to generate and install distribution-specific packages without having to provide system-specific information
* Dryrun option. Users will have the ability to request a test run of the installer to ensure that all dependencies are met

Tip: Dryrun can be added after either --buildpkg or --buildandinstallpkg to simulate those actions.

Currently only RedHat, Slackware and Ubuntu support these enhanced options. As more distribution packaging scripts implement the AMD Graphics Driver distribution packaging API version 2.0 this list will grow.

Bei Phoronix gibt es bereits Artikel zu einigen dieser neuen Features:

• ATI Radeon CrossFire On Linux
• AMD OverDrive On Linux
• AMD Catalyst 8.8 Linux Driver

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

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New Features

Catalyst™ 8.8 introduces the following new features:

* Catalyst™ Control Center: New Avivo video features
* Hybrid Graphics Support for Windows XP

Catalyst™ Control Center: New Avivo video features

This release of Catalyst™ introduces new Avivo video features:

* Dynamic Gamma/Contrast correction, available on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series, improves video image quality by delivering more vivid color in content with sharp contrasts and scenes with low and bright images.
* Improved video presets, available for the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 and ATI Radeon™ 4800 Series, delivers a newly optimized video presets that users can select depending on what kind of video content they are viewing.
* Windows XP support: Edge enhancement, which adjusts the level of sharpness of video content and Noise Reduction, which removes ghosting artifacts while preserving details of the original video. The new slider controls can be found in the All Settings page of the Avivo Video tab found in the Catalyst™ Control Center

Hybrid Graphics Support for Windows XP

This release of Catalyst™ introduces Hybrid Graphics support. Hybrid Graphics delivers a significant 3D performance boost for systems featuring an AMD 780G/780D integrated graphics motherboard and an ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series or ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series graphics accelerator. It also provides support for up to four independent displays

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 8.8 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.8 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• 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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Version 1.5.0 - July 24, 2008:

* New: added new demo: HW Geometry Instancing. Works with GeForce 8 (and higher), S3 Graphics Chrome 400 series (430 GT, 440 GTX). This demo requires the support of Shader Model 4.0
* New : added command line parameters to set the default size of demos's window. Example: c:\>gpucapsviewer /width=1920 /height=1200
* Change: improved HDR demo with radial blur.
* Change: density of mesh plane (500k triangles) in the Vertex Texture Fetching demo. This demo works fine with NVIDIA GeForce 6+, S3 Graphics Chrome 400 (430 GT and 440 GTX) and should work one day with Radeon 2k/3k (bug in Catalyst?).
* Bugfix: render target init for ATI and S3 Graphics (HDR demo).
* New: added a simple splashscreen to give some startup information.
* New: added NVIDIA PhysX driver detection.
* Bugfix: msaa was set to 2X at initialization and this value prevents a correct init of S3 Graphics Chrome 430 GT.
* Bugfix: small bug in the detection of GPU Caps Viewer version.
* Bugfix: in opengl extensions list box, driver information was not correct.
* Bugfix: small bug in drivers detection (XP and Vista).
* Bugfix: small bug in GPU Caps Viewer installer (new version tries to install into old folder).
* Change: added ForceWare 177.66 and Catalyst 8.7 to database.
* Change: added detection of GeForce GTX 260/280 and Radeon 4850/4870/4870 X2.
* Change: version 1.5.0
* Known issue: under Vista the temperature for GeForce based graphics cards is not displayed.

Links zum Thema:

• Homepage von GPU Caps Viewer

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New Features

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

• Ubuntu 8.04 production support
• SLED 10 sp2 production support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux also introduces early look support for the following new operating systems:

• Open Suse 11
• Redflag DT 7.0

Resolved Issues

The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:

• The display no longer fails to display an image after the installation of the Linux graphics driver. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35929
• Corruption is no longer noticed when switching from the laptop's display to the external CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35953
• SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center and now gets applied to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297
• An X segmentation fault no longer occurs when launching SUZI/textured video. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35214
• Ubuntu 7.04: aticonfig --enable-monitor no longer results in X restarting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35957
• Creating two successive connections no longer results in direct GL context to fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35215

Known Issues

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:

• DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35219
• Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults may occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34302
• Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29578
• Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
• Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1600 product may result in the display device flashing multiple Verdana or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34300
• Setting the Overscan to an invalid value may result in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211
• An incorrect error message may be returned when applying an unsupported TV geometry in a console terminal. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35212
• An X segmentation fault may occur when launching SUZI/textured video. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35214
• The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35217
• XServer may fail when playing media files with XVideo enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35968
• Setting the Overscan to an invalid value may result in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211
• Running Xtest may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35927
• Softimage XSI Ariane x64: A segmentation fault may occur when loading the application. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35963

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.7 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.7 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

-> Kommentare

Dieser bietet Support für die neuen Karten der ATI Radeon 4800er Serie:

"ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series" = ati2mtag_R7X, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9440
"ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series " = ati2mtag_R7X, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9442

Die interne Versionsnummer 8.520 ist deutlich höher als die 8.501 des offiziellen ATI Catalyst 8.6, allerdings warnen wir vor dem Einsatz der Beta/Alpha auch auf Grund der nicht nachweisbaren Echtheit dieses Treibers.

Download:

• Catalyst 8.7 beta - Windows XP (Too Many Downloads!)
• Catalyst 8.7 beta - Windows Vista (Too Many Downloads!)

-> Kommentare

Revision History 0.2.5

• Fixed BIOS Reading on HD 4870. Please do not flash non-128K BIOSes to GDDR5 cards
• Fixed GDDR5 bandwidth calculation
• Fixed texture fillrate on RV770 and RV730
• Added three extra on-die temperature sensors to RV770 monitoring
• Removed states.dmp file creation
• Fixed GPU activity readings on RV770
• Changed devices list order to be more intuitive (by bus number now)
• Added Shared Memory support, see the forum for more info
• Fixed more 190°C PCB readings on NVIDIA
• Catalyst Beta versions no longer displayed as version 2.2
• Fixed sensor graph overflow
• Sensor graphs will try to autoscale now
• Fixed RV505 process size
• Fixed memory bus width reading on some ATI RS300
• Fixed rare crash when reading NVIDIA sensors
• Fixed GDDR3 detection for G71

Download:

• GPU-Z Version 0.2.5

• Was ist eine Beta-Version

• Changelog

-> Kommentare

New Features

This release of the Catalyst™ Linux software driver introduces UYVY and YUY2 pixel format support. This support provides interleaved stream support for video playback applications such as TVTime and MythTV.

Resolved Issues

The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:

• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Playing the demo on a system running X no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35208
• Maya 2008: An incorrect colormap is no longer displayed for texture selector on systems running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35207
• Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults no longer occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35206
• Quake3: Corruption is no longer noticed when changing the display resolution when the game is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35209
• SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center and now gets applied to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297
• Running X server without a window manager no longer results in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34299
• Corruption is no longer noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34301
• Clock Gating is now supported and enable under the Linux operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35191
• The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using xcommgr. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35192
• Using the wrong delimiter in aticonfig --set-dispattrib=<disp>,<attr>, <value> no longer results in a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35194
• Audio out is now functioning after the installation of the ATI graphics drivers for Ubuntu 7.10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35196
• Bandwidth corruption is no longer noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
• Playing a video clip using mplayer with the Xv extension enabled no longer results in an error indicating that Xv could not find a free Xv port. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35198
• Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling Big Desktop on systems containing an ATI FireGL X1 series of product and running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35199
• Running the X server generations test no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or a Kernel panic to occur after first server generation on SuSE 10.3 64 bit. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35200
• Attempting to resize a 2D application window no longer results in poor performance being noticed when composing is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35201
• Screen flicker is no longer noticed after running amdcccle in X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35202
• Corruption is no longer noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35203
• Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35204
• Starting glxgears and/or fgl_glxgears no longer results in the gears failing to render on SuSE 10.2 x86_64. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35205
• FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X no longer fails to respond when launching either of the applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35210

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver

Danke an NemesisTN für den Hinweis!

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New Features

Catalyst™ 8.6 introduces the following new features:

• OpenGL Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support
• OpenGL CrossFireX™ (QUAD) support – 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFire™ mode
• Catalyst Install enhancement – No reboot required after Catalyst upgrade install

OpenGL Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support

This release of Catalyst™ introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support for OpenGL applications for the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of products. Using the Edge Detect Custom Filter, users can enable 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 4X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter delivers the equivalent of 12X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 8X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter delivers the equivalent of 24X Anti-Aliasing.

OpenGL CrossFireX™ (QUAD) support – 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFire™ mode

This release of Catalyst™ introduces CrossFireX™ QUAD support for OpenGL applications. Users with any combination of a ATI Radeon™ HD 3870, ATI Radeon™ HD 3850, and ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 graphics accelerators running with 3 or 4 GPUs will be able to run in CrossFireX™ QUAD mode (when used in a CrossFireX™ compatible PC). Users are also able to run in CrossFireX™ QUAD mode while running in extended desktop mode on the Windows Vista desktop.

Catalyst Install enhancement – No reboot required after Catalyst upgrade install

This release of Catalyst™ introduces an enhancement to the Catalyst installer. Users are no longer required to reboot their system after Catalyst has finished installing (as long as the installation is an upgrade from a previous Catalyst install).

Performance Improvements

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

• 3DMark Vantage:10 to 15% gains across all Radeon™ HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with larger gains in specific cases.
• Call of Duty 4: Performance increases across all Radeon™ HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with gains as large as 35% in specific maps.
• Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases between 2 and 9% across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products
• Company of Heroes (DX10 version): Performance increases between 4 and 10% across HD 36xx and HD 34xx products.
• Lost Planet (DX10 version): Performance increases by 1 or 2 fps across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, creating in some cases up to 20% increase.
• Lost Planet (DX9 version): Performance increases between 2 and 20% across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products
• Prey OpenGL: 3-5% gains across HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.
• Quake 4 OpenGL: Up to 8% increase across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.
• Shadermark 2.1: Minor improvements across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with the largest gains appearing on HD 3650 (up to 9%)
• ViewPerf 10: Substantial performance improvements across several of the sub-tests, with the largest gains in ugnx (up to 55%), catia (up to 17%) and tcvis (up to 10%) across all of the HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx 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 8.6 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.6 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• 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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737-31542: DirectX not functioning with Radeon AGP graphics cards

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Display Driver 7.9 and higher
• Radeon™ HD3850 AGP series
• Radeon™ HD2600 AGP series
• Radeon™ HD2400 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1950 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1900 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1800 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1650 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1600 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1550 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1300 AGP series
• Radeon™ X1050 AGP series
• Radeon™ X850 AGP series
• Radeon™ X800 AGP series
• Radeon™ X700 AGP series
• Radeon™ X600 AGP series
• Radeon™ X550 AGP series
• Radeon™ X300 AGP series
• Radeon™ 9800 AGP series
• Radeon™ 9700 AGP series
• Radeon™ 9600 AGP series
• Radeon™ 9550 AGP series
• Radeon™ 9500 AGP series
• 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

Symptoms:

After installing Catalyst 7.9 or higher an error is received launching DirectX based games. The error indicates that Direct3D Failed to Initialize or similar.

In Vista your Experience score will drop to 1.0.

The DirectX Diagnostic tests will fail in both XP and Vista.

Download:

• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Hotfix für AGP-Grafikkarten

Vielen Dank an Parador für den Hinweis!

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New Features

Catalyst™ 8.5 introduces the following new features:

• Catalyst™ Control Center Component Video
• ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement
• SECAM TV Out Support
• 1080p HDTV custom mode
• HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes
• Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalyst™ Control Center
• 1080p24 Mode Support
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 support

Catalyst™ Control Center Component Video
This release of Catalyst™ introduces 480i and 480p support. These formats will be found in the pre-defined component video format list found in the Catalyst™ Control Center->Component Video->Advanced page.

ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement
This release of Catalyst™ introduces an update to the ATI un-install utility. The utility now pop up dialogue box to show two options to the end user,

• Remove ATI Radeon™ graphics software, leave chipset software (RECOMMENDED).
• Completely remove all ATI/AMD (Graphics/Chipset) software.

SECAM TV Out Support
This release of Catalyst™ introduces support within the graphics driver to enable TV output adhering to the SECAM standard.

1080p HDTV custom mode
This release of Catalyst™ 1080p HDTV display mode. This feature will be available for display devices that use an HDMI connector and is available under the Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes
This release of Catalyst™ introduces HDMI audio support for all TV timing modes and non-standard (CEA 861b) TV modes. If a non-standard mode is used, on initial connection to the TV, a pop-up notification should let the user know that the audio may be out of sync. A UI allows for the audio to be disabled by the user if desired. The UI in Catalyst™ Control Center would show the list of TV timing modes (both standard and non-standard) and the capability to enable audio for a given mode.

Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalyst™ Control Center
This release of Catalyst™ introduces Adaptive AA for Orca Driver, geometry for alpha tested objects are now submitted multiple times to the hardware using the multi-sample mask feature to update one sample at a time in the frame buffer using centroid sampling. With each pass of the sampling position for textures is shifted to be at the location of the sample that is being updated in that pass.

1080p24 Mode Support
This release of Catalyst™ introduces 1080p24 mode support This feature will be available for display devices that use an HDMI connector and is available under the Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 support
This release of Catalyst™ introduces WHQL certified support for Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 3 update for all ATI Radeon™ Series products.

Performance Improvements

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

• Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases up to 12% on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3xx0 series of product
• Halo: Performance increases by 10-30% across all of the supported ATI Radeon™ series of products
• Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases from 5 to 35% on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3xx0 series of product
• Stalker DX9: Performance increases by 20-50% when HDR is enabled in the game; across all ATI Radeon™ HD38x0 series of products
• World in Conflict DX10: Performance increases up to 25% on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD36x0 and/or an ATI Radeon™ 38x0 series of product. Higher performance gains are noticed on systems contianing an ATI Radeon™ 3870x2 series of product

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 8.5 Display Driver [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Display Driver [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Display Driver [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Display Driver [Windows XP 64-Bit]

• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Mobility [Windows XP 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 32-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows Vista 64-Bit]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 32-Bit / MCE]
• ATI Catalyst 8.5 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

• 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.}

  
  Danke an die zahlreichen Einsender dieser News!

  
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Das Programm bietet Zugriff auf zahlreiche nicht über den ForceWare- bzw. Catalyst-Treiber erreichbare Einstellungsmöglichkeiten.

Die aktuelle Version bietet unter anderem Support von GeForce 9x00, ForceWare 175.xx und Catalyst 8.4. Das komplette Changelog findet Ihr auf der RivaTuner Homepage

Download: RivaTuner v2.09

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737-33840: 3DMark Vantage Hotfix

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• 3DMark Vantage
• Radeon™ HD3870 series
• Radeon™ HD3850 series
• Radeon™ HD3600 series
• Radeon™ HD3400 series
• Radeon™ HD2900 series
• Radeon™ HD2600 series
• Radeon™ HD2400 series
• Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

The 3DMark Vantage Catalyst hotfix driver includes bug fixes and performance enhancements.
Please be sure to use this hotfix driver when running 3DMark Vantage

A few notes regarding the ATI Catalyst 3DMark Vantage hotfix driver:

1. Please ensure that you un-install any previous Catalyst driver before installing the Catalyst 3DMark Vantage driver (especially if your current driver is Catalyst 8.4)
2. When enabling/disabling CrossFire, please reboot your system before running 3DMark Vantage
3. Corruption may be seen in GPU Game Test 1 when running 3DMark Vantage on “High Settings” on certain ATI Radeon HD 3870 CrossFire configurations under Windows Vista 32-bit edition
4. Note if any TDR’s are encountered when running 3DMark Vantage, please see the following link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/GPUHang_Det-Rec.doc

Download:

• ATI Catalyst Hotfix für 3DMark Vantage [Windows Vista]

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Die Reglementierung, die von Seiten der Hersteller ausgeht und von AMD bzw. ATI in die Originaltreiber eingebaut worden ist, macht es dem Support bei Fehlern leichter, diese einzugrenzen, da nur eine begrenzte Treiberbasis zur Verfügung steht. Für den Kunden ist dies mitunter jedoch sehr ärgerlich, da gerade bei neuen Spielen der Catalyst-Treiber sehr schnell auf diese angepasst wird, die eventuell schon mehrere Monate alte Version des Geräteherstellers jedoch erhebliche Leistungseinbußen mit sich bringen kann.

Genau an diesem Punkt setzt der DH Mobility Modder an und bietet die Möglichkeit einen beliebigen Catalyst-Treiber Mobility Radeon-kompatibel zu machen. Dazu wird lediglich ein Catalyst Treiber, z.B. der derzeit aktuelle Catalyst 8.4, MSXML 6.0 und das nicht einmal 2MB große Programm benötigt. Eine detaillierte Beschreibung wie genau die Modifikation am Treiber durchzuführen ist, kann bei DriverHeaven gefunden werden.

Danke an Cimex für den Hinweis!

Download: DH Mobility Modder

Links zum Thema:

• Installationsanleitung bei Driverheaven
• ATI Catalyst 8.4