Version 5.6 with CATALYST™ Control Center - D O W N L O A D
Version 5.6 with ATI Control Panels - D O W N L O A D
Version 5.6 Release Note - L I N K
Performance Improvements
As with most Catalyst™ releases, performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed with Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.6.
* Doom3: A performance gain of up to 7% is noticed at lower resolutions as a result of more efficient memory use
* Chronicles of Riddick: A performance gain of up to 10% is noticed as a result of more efficient storage of vertex data
* Halo: A performance gain of up to 20% is noticed as a result of generic driver Z-optimizations
* 3DMark05: A performance gain of up to 5% is noticed as a result of generic driver Z-optimizations
Fixed in this driver:
* MS Works 8.0: Running the application under a German edition of Windows XP no longer results in an error message being displayed when clicking on the calendar
* MVP Baseball 2004: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI PCIe product installed no longer results in brief display corruption being noticed when there is a transition between certain frames
* Shadow Vault: Setting the desktop resolution to 1280x1024 and the D3D slider to Optimal Quality in the ATI 3D tab no longer results in corruption being displayed in the opening cinematic and no longer results in the game failing to respond along with a VPU recover message
* VirtualSkipper3: Launching a challenge in the game no longer results in the game failing to respond while the challenge is loading
* Assigning a hotkey to increase the overlay gamma no longer results in the hotkey not functioning properly when playing an MPEG using the Windows Media Player
* Installing the display driver and the Catalyst™ Control Center, no longer results in a runtime error and the system tray failing to start when attempting to create multiple user accounts and enabling fast user switching
* The Catalyst™ Control Center installation now checks for the installation of the Microsoft .Net Framework before preceding with the install of the Catalyst™ Control Center. This resolves an error message that was displayed when attempting to launch the Catalyst™ Control Center
* The Scale to Full Screen option found in the Theater Mode settings of the Catalyst™ Control Center is now available when using multiple display devices and enabling clone mode
* The text that describes the preferred setting for the Plugged-in option found under the Powerplay™ settings of the Catalyst™ Control Center is no longer missing
* Catalyst™ Control Center: The Apply and Discard button are no longer disabled when disabling Overdrive™
* Moving the TV to desktop2 and selecting swap device or double up no longer results in the CRT being in panning mode and display corruption being seen on the TV
* The Optimal Performance text string is no longer missing in the Standard settings of the 3D options found in the Catalyst™ Control Center
* The Color option found under Smartshader is no longer missing when selecting the option No Preview for the Catalyst™ Control Center
* Changing the regional option found in the control panel to Japan followed by installing the display driver no longer results in the TV format failing to change in accordance with the regional option
* Selecting German as the language for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in the heading for the Digital Panel Attributes page being cut-off
* Creating a hotkey to adjust any video overlay option no longer results in the overlay option not changing when executing the hotkey
* Black text boxes are no longer displayed in the Overdrive™ option of the Catalyst™ Control Center when selecting the Windows XP Silver Color Scheme
* The language translation of Hide Toolbar Text in the Preferences tab of the Catalyst™ Control Center is now correct for the Korean language
* Paragraph truncation is no longer noticed in the confirmation dialog box when using the Korean language option and making a change to the Graphic Settings in the Display Options of the Catalyst™ Control Center
* Changes to the Overlay Display in Clone Mode option found in the Theater Mode settings of the Catalyst™ Control Center are now retained
* The Scale to full screen option found in the Theater Mode Settings of the Catalyst™ Control Center is now working properly
* The title for the ATI Setup Wizard failed dialog box is no longer missing when running the installation under Windows XP Korean version
* Display corruption is no longer noticed when resuming from a full screen DOS session and attempting to run a 3D application under Windows XP in a system containing an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series product
* Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series no longer results in the selection of D3 and D4 in the HDTV properties
* Connecting both a DVI display device and an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series no longer results in the DVI monitor failing to enter power save mode
* The back lighting is no longer disabled after the installing of the display driver in a system containing an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series
* Setting the Anti-Aliasing option to 4x and running an application that supports non-standard modes such as 1360x1024 no longer results in the application being displayed incorrectly
* LCD Response Time Composition is now enabled and automatically turns off if video playback is below a predefined threshold
* Adding a secondary ATI display adapter to a system contain an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series on board no longer results in hesitation being noticed when using the hot-key function to switch between display devices
* Having a TV connected as the only display device and clicking the OK button in the ATI displays tab found in the Advanced section of the Display Properties no longer results in a flash of the TV image being noticed
* Having a TV and CRT connected and clicking on Preview Automatic adjustment in the Optimize Media Center no longer results in both display devices displaying a black screen
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