New Features

This release of Catalyst® introduces software CrossFire™ support for any combination of Radeon® X1900 and X1950 installed in a system running either the Windows XP or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system.

Note: Software CrossFire™ is not supported on the Radeon® X1950 Pro product line.

Performance Improvement

A performance increase is noticed in Call of Duty 2. Performance improves as much as 12.5% at 19x12 settings and as much as 10.5% at 12x10 settings on X1900 Software Crossfire configurations. Largest gains seen with 4xAA enabled.

Die Download-Links führen zu den ATI-Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln oder aber komplett inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.11 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,4 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.11 [Windows XP x64] (37,8 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.11 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP SP2] (36,4 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.11 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP x64] (37,8 MB)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.31.5 (55,7 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.31.5 (55,7 MB)

Links zum Thema:

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

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Unterstützt werden folgende Produkte:

• Radeon® 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X550, X600, X700, X800, X850
• Radeon® X1300, X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950
• All-in-Wonder® 2006, 9600, 9800, X600, X800, X1800, X1900
• Theater™ 550 PRO/TV Wonder™ Elite
• Mobility™ Radeon® 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800
• Mobility™ Radeon® X1300, X1400, X1600, X1800
• CrossFire™ Xpress 1600, 3200
• Radeon® Xpress 200, 200M, 1100

Download: Catalyst Beta-Treiber Vista

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New Features

This release of Catalyst® introduces the following new features:

• New Product Software Driver Support
• HDR + Anti-Aliasing support for The Elder Scrolls Oblivion

New Product Software Driver Support

This release of Catalyst® will provide software support for the following new ATI products:

• ATI Radeon® X1650 Pro
• ATI Radeon® 1950 XTX
• ATI Radeon® X1300 XT

HDR + Anti-Aliasing support for The Elder Scrolls Oblivion

Users no longer need to download and install the Chuck patch - the Direct3D driver now includes native support for High Dynamic Range and Anti-Aliasing with The Elder Scrolls Oblivion.

Performance Improvement

As with most Catalyst® releases, performance has increased in various situations. In this release of Catalyst® Intel 965 Crossfire performance increases due to improvements of the Crossfire D3D driver in handling large vertex meshes. Gains of 6.7-15.8% can be seen in 3DMark2006, 9.7-10.5% in 3DMark2005 and 3DMark2003 performance improves as much as 7.1%.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.10 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,2 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.10 [Windows XP x64] (37,7 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.10 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,2 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.10 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,1 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.10 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,66 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.10 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP SP2] (37,1)
• ATI CATALYST 6.10 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP x64] (37,7)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.30.3 (55,4 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.30.3 (55,4 MB)

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

Download:

• Windows XP GPU Client 5.05 Beta (Konsole)
• Windows XP GPU Client 5.05 Beta (GUI)
• Windows XP GPU Client 5.05 Beta (spezielle GUI)

• Pressemitteilung ATI
• FAQ zum ATI-Client
• Stanford veröffentlicht Forschungsergebnisse über Krebs
• Hintergrundinfo zu untersuchten Krankheiten
• Planet 3DNow! Folding@Home Team-Forum
• FAQ zum Folding@Home (F@H) Projekt

Bei dem neuen Treiber handelt es sich um den Catalyst 6.10 Display Driver, wobei dieser sich momentan noch in der Beta-Phase befindet. Jedoch soll er für die Anwendung mit der Folding@Home Software schon zu 100% nutzbar sein.
Für weitere Informationen, bezüglich der neuen Folding@Home Software, verweist ATI an dieser Stelle auf F.A.Q. von Folding@Home. Hier sind aus dem Artikel "Folding@Home on ATI GPU's: a major step forward" noch weitere Informationen bezüglich des neuen Folding@Home Clients in Verwendung mit ATI Grafikkarten zu lesen. So schreibt man in Stanford, dass neben dem neuen 6.10 Catalyst, auch der 6.5 Catalyst mit der neuen Software kompatibel ist.

Weiterhin ist unter dem Titel "Streaming Processor cores" eine kleine Zusammenfassung, zur neuen Technik mit der die GPUs in den "Faltprozess" mit eingebunden werden, zu lesen. Hier spricht man davon, dass nachdem die Folding@Home Software vor drei Jahren mit dem Gromacs Core, der erstmalig für die SSE Anweisungen neuerer Prozessoren optimiert war, einen Leistungsschub vom 20- bis 30-fachen verzeichnen konnte nun ein weiterer Meilenstein bevor steht. So soll der neue "Streaming Processor core", der speziell für die ATI Radeon X1900 Serie optimiert wurde, bei den Fließkommaberechnungen einen erneuten Leistungschub vom 20- bis 30-fachen ermöglichen.

"By writing highly optimized, hand tuned code to run on ATI X1900 class GPU’s, the science of Folding@home will see another 20x to 30x speed increase over its previous software (Gromacs) for certain applications. "
Quelle: Folding@Home on ATI GPU's: a major step forward

• ATI CATALYST Beta 6.10 [Windows 2000/XP] (43,1 MB)

• Catalyst Beta 6.10 Display Driver for Folding@Home Client
• Folding@Home on ATI GPU's: a major step forward

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New Features

This release of Catalyst® introduces CrossFire™ support for the Intel 965 Chipset. This feature is available for D3D applications, and is supported on ATI Radeon® X1900 CrossFire™ edition products. This feature is supported under the Windows XP operating system.

Performance Improvement

As with most Catalyst® releases, performance has increased in various situations.

• 3DMark2006 overall performance improves 6.7-23.7% with anti-aliasing enabled due to improvements in HyperZ efficiency on the Radeon® X1300, X1600 and X1800 series of products. The largest gains can be seen on Crossfire™ configurations and/or 256MB card configurations at resolutions of 1280x1024 or greater
• Doom3 performances improves up to 9.3% due to further OpenGL shader complier and transform engine optimizations on the entire Radeon® X1000 Series of products. The largest gains can be seen on Radeon® X1900 configurations at resolutions of 1600x1200 or higher

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.9 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,7 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.9 [Windows XP x64] (37,1 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.9 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,7 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.9 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,6 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.9 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,66 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.9 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP SP2] (37,6)
• ATI CATALYST 6.9 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP x64] (37,1)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.29.6 (55,1 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.29.6 (51,5 MB)

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

Performance Improvement

As with most Catalyst® releases, performance has increased in various situations.

Improved shader compiler and transform engine optimizations have led to many significant performance gains in OpenGL applications across the entire Radeon® X1000 series of products. These include:

• Doom 3 performance improves as much as 6.5%
• Quake 4 (v1.2 or higher) performance improves as much as 18%
• Chronicles of Riddick performance improves as much as 20%. Average improvements of 5-10% are commonly seen
• Prey performance improves as much as 16%

Optimizations made to ATI's graphics memory manager have led to significant gains in DirectX applications that make heavy use of graphics memory on 256MB ATI graphics cards:

• 3DMark06 performance improves as much as 22% on single ATI Radeon® X1000 series cards with 256MB of graphics memory at 1280x1024 and higher when anti-aliasing is enabled. The largest gains are found on the ATI Radeon® X1800 series and ATI Radeon® X1900 series of products
• Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 30% on single ATI Radeon® X550 cards or higher with 256MB of video memory at 1280x1024 and higher when anti-aliasing enabled. The largest gains are found on the ATI Radeon® X1800 series and ATI Radeon® X1900 series of products

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.8 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,7 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.8 [Windows XP x64] (37,1 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.8 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,7 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.8 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,6 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.8 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,66 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.8 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP SP2] (36,6)
• ATI CATALYST 6.8 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP x64] (37,1)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.28.8 (52,5 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.28.8 (52,5 MB)

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

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

Download:

• Omega Treiber für ATI-Karten v3.8.273 [Windows 2000/XP] (22.95 MB)

• Release Notes

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New Features

Enhanced CrossFire™ Support

This release of Catalyst® introduces Enhanced CrossFire™ Support. The enhanced support allows for CrossFire™ Alternate Frame Rendering mode for Direct3D applications to be forced on by setting the Catalyst® AI slider to the Advanced position. This enhancement is available for all Direct3D applications except for Direct3D applications known not to work with Alternate Frame Rendering.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.7 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,6 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.7 [Windows XP x64] (37,1 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.7 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,6 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.7 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,5 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.7 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,66 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.7 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP SP2] (36,7)
• ATI CATALYST 6.7 Mainboard/IGP/Southbridge [Windows XP x64] (37,1)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.27.10 (24,0 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.27.10 (31,0 MB)

• ATI blockiert offenen Linux-Treiber (heise online)
• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

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Laut den Release Notes hat ATI mit dem CATALYST 6.6 den Support für folgende Produkte eingestellt

• Radeon® 9250 series
• Radeon® 9200 series
• Radeon® 9000 series
• Radeon® 8500 series
• Radeon® 7500 series
• Radeon® 7200 series
• Radeon® 7000 series

Die Download-Links führen zu den ATI-Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln oder aber komplett inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann. Im Moment steht die neue Version nur die Windows XP und 2000 zum Download bereit. Sobald der Treiber für weitere Betriebssysteme verfügbar ist, werden wir dies ergänzen.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.6 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,8 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.6 [Windows XP x64] (37,2 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,8 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.6 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,4 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.6 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,94 MB)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.26.18 (22,6 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.26.18 (29,1 MB)

Links zum Thema:

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

Update: Inzwischen sind auch Treiber für Windows XP x64 verfügbar, ebenso wie der CATALYST Mobility. Zudem hat ATI auch neue Linux Treiber in der Version 8.26.18 veröffentlicht.

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

Download:

• Omega Treiber für ATI-Karten v3.8.252 [Windows 2000/XP] (22.0 MB)

• Release Notes

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Zudem hat ATI neue Linux-Treiber in der Version 8.25.18 veröffentlicht.

Als neue Features nennen die Release Notes einen überarbeiteten Overlay Theater Mode und Adaptives Anti-Aliasing für ATI-Grafikkarten ab der Radeon 9500.

Overlay Theater Mode Update

Catalyst® 6.5 introduces a new option for Overlay Theater Mode. The new option, Standard Dual Mode is available for Radeon® X1x00 series of graphics cards. This new feature now allows users to playback video using hardware acceleration when it is played on both displays (clone mode). Hardware acceleration decreases CPU utilization, allowing the PC to run smoother and faster. When using two displays in clone mode, video playback will be identically displayed on both display devices. For Radeon® X1000 series products (Avivo Video) overlay is per-display and true overlay will be used for both displays. For pre-Radeon® X1x00 boards, there is only one hardware overlay, so video on the second clone display device is either software-rendered (i.e. "Same on all" selection) or the Windows desktop is displayed but the video will not show through the color key (i.e., "Standard mode" selection).

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing for ATI Radeon® 9500 and above

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing smoothes out the surfaces in an entire scene unlike Multi-Sample which works only on edge surfaces. Adaptive AA has the ability to work on transparent or opaque texels, like those that comprise a surface texture. Previously this feature was available on the ATI Radeon® X1000 family products. Starting with Catalyst® 6.5, Adaptive AA support is now available to ATI Radeon® 9500 products and above.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,5 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows XP x64] (53,5 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,5 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.5 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (33,0 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.5 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,94 MB)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFree86 / X. Org Version 8.25.18 (34,6 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.25.18 (29,1 MB)

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

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Zudem hat ATI neue Linux-Treiber in der Version 8.24.8 veröffentlicht.

Die Download-Links führen zu den ATI-Support-Seiten, wo man die Treiberpakete einzeln oder aber komplett inkl. CATALYST Control Center (CCC*) beziehen kann.

Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.4 [Windows 2000/XP] (34,3 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.4 [Windows XP x64] (53,3 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.4 [Windows XP Media Center Edition] (34,3 MB)


• ATI CATALYST 6.4 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP] (32,8 MB)
• ATI CATALYST 6.4 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung (0,94 MB)


• CATALYST Uninstaller

• ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFREE86 / X. Org Version 8.24.8 (34,6 MB)
• ATI Proprietary Linux x86-64 Display Driver for XFree86 / X.Org Version 8.24.8 (28,8 MB)

Links zum Thema:

• ATI Avivo H.264 Informationen
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools


• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x86
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 x64

Danke für den Hinweis an MDG.

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Der Hotfix soll den Umstand beseitigen, dass es bisher nicht möglich war, High Dynamic Lighting (HDR) und Anti-Aliasing (AA) gleichzeitig zu nutzen. Zudem wird der AFR-Modus (Alternate Frame Rendering) im Crossfire-Betrieb freigeschaltet. Der Hotfix ist an ATI-Grafikkarten der X1000-Serie adressiert.

Weder ATI selbst, noch 2K games oder Bethesda bieten für diesen Beta-Treiber Support.

737-21960: Beta 6.3 Catalyst for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - aka The Chuck Patch

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

• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - aka The Chuck Patch
• Radeon X1000 series CrossFire
• Windows XP Professional / Home Edition
• Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition
• Windows 2000

• Permit High Dynamic Lighting (HDR) concurrently with Anti-Aliasing (AA)
• AFR mode for CrossFire (2 GPU’s)

Known issues:

• SuperAA with CrossFire in HDR mode is not enabled. If you have SupperAA enabled you will get the quality and performance of one card as opposed to two.
• Rendering issues with grass shadows
• On an ATI Radeon X1600XT CrossFire configuration, the game may intermittently crash if they set resolution is higher than 1600x1200
• On an ATI Radeon X1900 series card, the game may crash while task-switching between the desktop and game (alt-tab).

Den Hotfix kann man bei ATI beziehen. Der Download beinhaltet ausschließlich den Treiber, nicht aber das Catalyst Control Center.

Download: Beta 6.3 Catalyst for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - aka The Chuck Patch

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

Download: Omega Treiber für ATI-Karten v3.8.231 Win2k/XP (21.6 MB)

Links zum Thema: Release Notes

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Download:

• ATI CATALYST 6.3 mit CCC*) [Windows XP/2000]
• AVIVO Video Converter Engine
• CATALYST Uninstaller
• CCC* Alternative : Ray Adams' ATI Tray Tools
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• ATI CATALYST 6.3 mit CCC* [Windows XP x64]
• ATI CATALYST 6.3 mit CCC* [Windows XP Media Center Edition]


• ATI CATALYST 6.3 Mobility mit CCC* [Windows XP]
• ATI CATALYST 6.3 Mobility Kompatibilitätsprüfung

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

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