Download
Release Notes:
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32600
Crysis: Setting the Catalyst™ Control Center->Advanced View->3D->Standard Settings to Optimal Quality and having certain in game option settings no longer results in the game failing to render properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33395
Doom 3: Setting the in game options to Ultra Quality and the screen size to 1600x1200 no longer results in the image next to the text failing to be rendered. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32603
Hellgate: London: Flickering is no longer noticed when quitting and then relaunching the game when the in-game setting are set to their maximum levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32604
Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
Tabula Rasa: Setting the graphics option to enable Deferred Lighting and Dynamic Shadows no longer results in corruption being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32597
Tomb Raider Anniversary: Performance improvements are now noticed when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32598
Playing a game that uses the Unreal Engine 3.0 no longer results in AA setting not having any effect on the game when CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384
The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to respond when running the Auto-tune utility found in the Catalyst™ Control Center OverDrive™ option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30584
Using the pound key (#) as the first character in the user name no longer results in an error when installing the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31578
The color depth no longer changes to 8 bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire™ for the first time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31580
Display corruption is no longer noticed when enabling CrossFire™ on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X1900/1950 series of product when the display resolution is set to 1600x1200 70Hz and running a 3D application in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31582
Connecting a TV as a secondary display device no longer results in extended desktop mode failing to become active. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32659
Flashes of white lines are no longer noticed when quickly moving windows around the Vista desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32660
Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32661
Hot plugging an HDMI display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit version) no longer results in the HDMI display device being detected as a DTV (DVI) device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32593
The signal on HDTV TV is no longer displayed as 480p60 after setting the format to 576i25/576p50 in clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32662
A warning message no longer fails to appear when using an inappropriate DVI-HDMI adapter. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32596
Attempting to perform a silent install of the display driver on a system running Traditional Chinese version of Windows Vista no longer results in an error message being displayed and the display drivers failing to be installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32601
Catalyst™ Control Center->Display Properties->Settings tab->Advanced: The adapter information is no longer displayed as ATI Display Adapter instead of the actual product name. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32602
Enabling extended desktop mode followed by swapping the primary and secondary display devices no longer results in all running applications to be displayed on the primary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32607
Enabling or disabling CrossFire no longer results in the HydraGrid settings failing to be retained. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32609
Exiting a full screen D3D application no longer results in some of the other running applications failing to retain their current HydarGrid location. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32612
An incorrect message is no longer displayed when resuming from an S3 state when extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33374
Enabling Overlay Theatre Mode while a movie is playing no longer results in the secondary display device displaying a black screen when extended desk mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33375
Connecting a secondary display device and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or greater no longer results in corruption being noticed when attempting to enable extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33376
Playing a Blu-ray or HD DVD title using the Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 no longer results in an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33377
Using MCE to view TV no longer results in the Vista operating system (32 bit version) failing to respond when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33378
Intermittent corruption when switching between an LCD display device and an HDMI TV no longer occurs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33379
Connecting an HDMI display device no longer results in an extra longer time being noticed when attempting to switch between the LCD display device and the HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33382
Corruption is no longer noticed on the Windows Vista desktop when playing a DVD title when using the Windows Media Player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33383
Connecting an HDTV using the HDMI port on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results the LCD display device failing when hot-unplugging the HDTV. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
3DMark05/06: A performance drop is no longer noticed when running the benchmark under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33497
Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
Setting the language option to any supported language other than English no longer results in the Help file for Configure and Diagnostics failing to appear. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32605
Setting the language option to Russian for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in some text being cropped for the secondary display device in the display properties. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32663
Setting the language option to German for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32664
Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32665
Connecting a CRT and TV and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop no longer results in Overlay Theater Mode failing on the secondary display device when attempting to change the TV format to D/PAL. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32606
Catalyst™ Control Center->3D: AA options are no longer missing on certain system configurations. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33400
The Apply button no longer fails to become disabled when changing the display resolution on a system with extended desktop mode enabled and the secondary display device having a different color scheme. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33401
Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst™ Control Center. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33402
The display device no longer displays a green image when launching the Catalyst™ Control Center when PowerDVD is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33405
The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond when switching between user profiles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33414
Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
Crysis: Momentary corruption may be noticed in the body of water when a soldier pierces through the clouds. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32599
Unreal Tournament 3: The game may intermittently fail to launch when a map has texture detail set to maximum. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31189
Rebooting the operating system after changing the skin to any available option other than system skin may result in the Catalyst™ Control Center menu options no longer being visible. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30569
The Catalyst™ Control Center menu option may fail to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30570
Connecting a secondary display device using the HDMI connector and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode may result in the WinDVD 7 player playing in a windowed mode on both display devices when Overlay Theater Mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30579
Using the hot-key function to switch between various display scenarios may result in the HDMI display device displaying a blank screen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31145
The secondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1 hibernation with an HDMI display connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31146
Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 or greater may result in green pixel corruption being noticed when playing certain games. This issue maybe noticed when using a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31150
Attempting to play the HD-DVD title Harsh Times, School for Scoundrels using the Cyberlink player may result in block corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31155
Enabling CrossFire™ on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X1900 CrossFire™ Edition product may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31163
An error message may appear when installing the display driver package through setup.exe. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31577
The OverDrive™ page may be missing in the Catalyst™ Control Center after disabling CrossFire™ support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31579
Inconsistent behavior may be noticed in the Catalyst™ Control Center when clearing the Shared application from one virtual desktop to another. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32610
Shared applications may be removed after selecting Restore desktop when virtual desktop mode is enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32611
Installing an ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product into a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product with the display driver already installed may result in the operating system entering a continuous reboot. This issue may be averted by removing the ATI graphics driver prior to the installation of the ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product. This issue may also be experienced with the ATI Radeon™ X1300 and 1550 series of products. Further information may be found in topic number 737-33471
Certain benchmark applications may report lower benchmark scores with CrossFire enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33464
Watching live TV on a system running Windows Vista may result in corruption being noticed after a short time period. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33465
Connecting a TV as the secondary display device and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode may result in the TV failing to display an image when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33466
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have corruption on the water and sky after increasing the game resolution. Restarting the game at that higher resolution or issuing reloadImages command in the game console corrects the corruption. This issue only impacts graphics cards up to the ATI Radeon™ X850. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29947
Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30587
Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31166
The Catalyst™ Control Center menu option may fail to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30570
Setting the display resolution to 1440x900 or lower may result in corruption being noticed when playing a DVD title. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31168
Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30587
The floppy drive may fail to read or write under Vista on a Dell XPS410 system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31148
Intermittent flashing may be noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666
The ATI OpenGL driver may fail to be applied on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ 3600/3650 AGP series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33467
A warning message may fail to be displayed when reaching the maximum number of modes in the Predefined and Custom HDTV modes section of the Catalyst™ Control Center. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33468
Underscan may fail when setting the display device to either 1080i 25Hz or 1080i 50Hz. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33469
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
Unreal Tournament 3: Changing the in-game display resolution may result in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33470
Running an OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the desktop may result in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29556
