June 18, 2008
This releasenote provides information on the latest posting of AMD’s industryleading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suiteupdates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst™ Control Center.This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highestlevel of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
This release note provides information on the following:
- Web Content
- AMD Product Support
- Operating systems supported
- Performance Improvements
- ATI’s Folding@Home
- Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
- Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
- Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
- Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
- Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver
- AMD Customer Care
- Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback
Web Content
The Catalyst™ software suite 8.6 contains the following:
- Radeon™ display driver 8.501
- Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
- HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista
- HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
- Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
- WDM Driver Install Bundle
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.6
Caution: The Catalyst™ software driver and the Catalyst™ Control Center can bedownloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stabilityand performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from thesame Catalyst™ release
Caution: The Catalyst™ Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Frameworkversion 2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 2.0 installed, theCatalyst™ Control Center will not launch properly and the user will seean error message.
Note: These release notes provide information on the Radeon™ display driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™, HydraVision™, HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: https://support.ati.com/
AMD Product Support
TheCatalyst™ Vista driver for both the 32bit and 64bit versions of theMicrosoft Windows Vista operating system is supported on the followingATI Radeon™ products.
Note: ATI All-in-Wonder™boards operate with AMD’s Windows Vista ready display and capturedrivers under the Windows Vista operating system. However, the WindowsVista Media Center application does not support TV/Capturefunctionality provided by the ATI All-in-Wonder™. TV/Capturefunctionality is qualified to function with Snaptream’s BeyondTV 4.6for Windows Vista. Other third party solutions (such as Arcsoft’s TotalMedia 3) may support TV/Capture with the ATI All-in-Wonder™, but theseapplications have not been fully tested by AMD.
Operating systems supported
The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Note: When installing theCatalyst™ Vista driver for Windows Vista, the user must logged on as anAdministrator or have Administrator rights in order to successfullycomplete the installation of the Catalyst™ Vista driver.
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
Thisrelease of Catalyst™ introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filterssupport for OpenGL applications for the ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series, ATIRadeon™ HD 2000 Series of products. Using the Edge Detect CustomFilter, users can enable 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 4XAnti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter delivers theequivalent of 12X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 8X Anti-Aliasing plusselecting the Edge Detect filter delivers the equivalent of 24XAnti-Aliasing.
OpenGL CrossFireX™ (QUAD) support – 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFire™ mode
Thisrelease of Catalyst™ introduces CrossFireX™ QUAD support for OpenGLapplications. Users with any combination of a ATI Radeon™ HD 3870, ATIRadeon™ HD 3850, and ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 graphics acceleratorsrunning 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.
Note: This feature is supported under Windows Vista only
Catalyst Install enhancement – No reboot required after Catalyst upgrade install
Thisrelease of Catalyst™ introduces an enhancement to the Catalystinstaller. Users are no longer required to reboot their system afterCatalyst has finished installing (as long as the installation is anupgrade 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.
- Callof Duty 4: Performance increases across all Radeon™ HD 3xxx and HD 2xxxproducts, 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.
- LostPlanet (DX10 version): Performance increases by 1 or 2 fps across allHD 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.
- Shadermark2.1: Minor improvements across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, withthe largest gains appearing on HD 3650 (up to 9%)
- ViewPerf10: Substantial performance improvements across several of thesub-tests, with the largest gains in ugnx (up to 55%), catia (up to17%) and tcvis (up to 10%) across all of the HD 3xxx and HD 2xxxproducts.
ATI’s Folding@Home
Folding@Homeis a distributed computing project designed by the Stanford University.The application performs intensive simulations of protein folding. Thissimulation will help researchers uncover how certain diseases develop.Folding@Home uses distributed computing to simulate protein folding,the workload is broken up into small work units and distributed acrosshundreds of thousands of computers over the internet. You can help findthe cure to many different diseases! To join Folding@Home, follow thesesteps:
- Download ATI’s Catalyst™ software suite
- Download the Folding@Home GPU client application
Note: The latest GPU client supports the ATI Radeon™ HD 3xx0 series of products only.
- Enter the ATI team number 51394 and start folding!
For more information on Folding@Home visit: http://ati.amd.com/technology/streamcomputing/folding.html
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
Thissection provides information on resolved issues in this release of theATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
- Bioshock: Corruption is no longer noticed in the water’s reflection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35077
- Call of Duty 4:Enabling AA no longer results in intermittent corruption being noticedwhen playing the game on a system running Windows Vista with an ATIRadeon™ HD 38×0 series of product installed. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35072
- Crysis:Momentary corruption is no longer noticed in the body of water when asoldier pierces through the clouds. Further details can be found intopic number 737-32599
- Crysis:Playing a DX10 version of the game no longer results in flickeringbeing noticed within the bushes and on the trees when the in-gameadvanced setting are set to low. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35074
- Frontlines: Fuel of War:Flickering and corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game ona system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series of product whenCrossFire™ is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number737-35067
- Guitar Hero III:Shadows are no longer seen in the middle-bottom portion of the displaywhere the music score is located. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35071
- Lost Planet:Running the cave test on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0series of product no longer results in low FPS values. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-35073M
- Sins of a Solar Empire:Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on a systemrunning Windows Vista and containing either an ATI Radeon™ X1xx0 or9700 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number737-35068
- Stalker:Enabling CrossFire™ no longer results in the clear sky failing to scaleproperly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35070
- Unreal Tournament 3:Scaling is now functioning when using 24 or more bots when CrossFire™is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35069
- Rebootingthe operating system after changing the skin to any available optionother than system skin no longer results in the Catalyst™ ControlCenter menu options no longer being visible. Further details can befound in topic number 737-30569
- TheCatalyst™ Control Center menu option no longer fails to function whenchanging the skin from system skin to any other available skin. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-30570
- Usingthe hot-key function to switch between various display scenarios nolonger results in the HDMI display device displaying a blank screen.Further details can be found in topic number 737-31145
- EnablingCrossFire™ on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X1900 CrossFire™Edition product no longer results in the Windows Vista (64 bit version)failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31163
- Inconsistentbehavior is no longer noticed in the Catalyst™ Control Center whenclearing the Shared application from one virtual desktop to another.This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XPProfessional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can befound in topic number 737-32610
- Sharedapplications are no longer removed after selecting Restore desktop whenvirtual desktop mode is enabled. This issue may also be experiencedunder the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operatingsystems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32611
- Certainbenchmark applications no longer report lower benchmark scores withCrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic number737-33464
- Hot-pluggingan HDTV to an HDMI port no longer results in flickering being noticedaround the text of the Catalyst™ Control Center when setting thedisplay resolution to either 1776×1000 or 1920×1000. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-34323
- TheOverDrive™ option is no longer missing in the Catalyst™ Control Centerafter the installation of the graphics driver on systems containing anATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series of product and running the Windows Vistaoperating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34123
- Performinga custom install of the ATI graphics driver under the Windows Vistaoperating system no longer results in a message indicating that thecurrent version is not installed. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-34150
- Attemptingto hot plug an HDMI display device from one port to another no longerresults in the display failing to display an image. Further details canbe found in topic number 737-34151
- Connectingan HDMI display device no longer results in the Catalyst Control Centerreporting the connector type as component. Further details can be foundin topic number 737-35026
- Connectingan HDTV using the Component Video connector no longer results in theCatalyst Control Center (Basic View) failing to respond when switchingto HDTV only mode. Further details can be found in topic number737-35029
- CatalystControl Center: Selecting the User Windows Display Language setting nolonger results in the incorrect language being selected in the CatalystControl Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35030
- ACatalyst Control Center Host Application error message is no longerdisplayed when performing a fast user switch. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35031
- Changingthe saturation value found in the Catalyst Control Center->TV-Avivopage no longer results in the new values failing to take effect.Further details can be found in topic number 737-35036
- CatalystControl Center: Connecting a secondary display device and enablingextended desktop mode no longer results in the Catalyst Control Centerfailing to respond when disabling the primary display device andattempting to set the secondary display device as the primary. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-35039
- TheCatalyst Control Center no longer fails to respond when modifying orassigning any hotkey in Hotkeys Manager. Further details can be foundin topic number 737-34416
- Enablingand disabling GPU Scaling no longer results in some of the supporteddisplay resolutions no longer being available. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35047
- Hot-pluggingan HDTV using the HDMI port no longer results in flickering beingnoticed around the text of the Catalyst Control Center when setting thedisplay resolution to either 1776×1000 or 1920×1000. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-35048
- Usingthe hot-key function to switch between various display scenarios nolonger results in the HDMI display device displaying a blank screen.Further details can be found in topic number 737-31145
- Hot-pluggingan HDTV to the HDMI port no longer results in the LCD failing todisplay an image when hot-unplugging the HDTV. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35052
- Playinga Blu-Ray DVD title using WinDVD 8.1 no longer results in corruptionbeing noticed on the menu page. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35064
- Connectingan HDMI display device no longer results in the display device beingdetected as a DVI display device resolving the audio out issue. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-35065
- TheOverDrive™ option is no longer missing in the Catalyst Control Centerafter the installation of the graphics driver on systems containing anATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series of product and running the Windows Vistaoperating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35066
- EnablingCrossFire™ on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X1900 CrossFire™Edition product no longer results in the Windows Vista (64 bit version)intermittently failing. Further details can be found in topic number737-31163
- TheCatalyst Control Center version number no longer fails to be updatedafter the installation of a newer Catalyst Control Center 737-28493
- Performinga custom install of the ATI graphics driver under the Windows Vistaoperating system no longer results in a message indicating that thecurrent version is not installed. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35075
- Hot-pluggingand hot-unplugging an HDMI display device no longer results in theCatalyst Control Center failing to detect the correct setting of thedisplay device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35076
- TheWindows Vista operating system no longer fails to respond when runningthe Auto-tune utility found in the Catalyst Control Center OverDrive™option 737-30584
- Connectinga TV as the secondary display device and enabling either clone mode orextended desktop mode no longer results in the TV failing to display animage when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found intopic number 737-33466
- Hotswapping a display device to the second DVI connector no longer resultsin the display device failing to be detected. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35078
- Attemptingto hot plug an HDMI display device from one port to another no longerresults in the display failing to display an image. Further details canbe found in topic number 737-35079
- Corruptionmay be noticed when resuming a second time during the playback of a DVDtitle. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35080
- Seekingseveral times when playing an MPEG4 files using WinDVD no longerresults in the video become 4 small videos windows within the playbackscreen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35081
- EnablingClosed Captioning no longer results in a green line at left side andbottom of the text being noticed. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35082
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
Thissection provides information on resolved issues in this release of theATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
- Call of Duty 4:Intermittent flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game withCrossFire™ enabled on a systems running Windows XP and containing anATI Radeon™ HD 38×0 series of product. Further details can be found intopic number 737-35092
- Lost Planet:Switching from the game to the Windows XP desktop and then back to thegame no longer results in corruption being noticed within the game.Further details can be found in topic number 737-35091
- TheCatalyst™ Control Center menu option no longer fails to function whenchanging the skin from system skin to any other available skin. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-30570
- Intermittentflashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display whenplaying a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Playerv10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666
- TheATI OpenGL driver no longer fails to be applied on systems containingan ATI Radeon™ 3600/3650 AGP series of product. Further details can befound in topic number 737-33467
- Movingthe Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in theplayback windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-34116
- TheRotation option is now available for the primary display device whentwo or more display devices are connected to the system. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-34113
- Movingthe WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results inthe playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found intopic number 737-34120
- Connectingan HDMI display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD3100/3200 series of product no longer results in the display failing tobe detected as a DTV(HDMI) in the Catalyst Control Center. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-35083
- Thescaling option no longer changes from Full Screen to Centered aftersetting Extended desktop mode using the Quick Launch Buttons or FN+F4.Further details can be found in topic number 737-35084
- Intermittentflashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display whenplaying a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Playerv10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666
- Audiono longer fails when dragging the InterWinDVD or the Windows MediaPlayer window to the extended desktop display. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35085
- TheWindows XP operating system no longer fails to respond after completingthe installation of the display driver for a second ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0series of product inserted into the system. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35086
- CrossFire™can no longer be enabled/disabled when running full screen D3Dapplications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35087
- Awarning message no longer fails to be displayed when reaching themaximum number of modes in the Predefined and Custom HDTV modes sectionof the Catalyst Control Center. This issue may also be experiencedunder the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operatingsystems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33468
- Adjustingthe flicker removal in the TV properties of the Catalyst Control Centerno longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35088
- TheRotation option is now available for the primary display device whentwo or more display devices are connected to the system. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-35089
- Corruptionis no longer noticed when playing the Asian game WOW when using certainin game options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35090
- Installingtwo ATI Radeon™ HD 38×0 series of product into a system running WindowsXP no longer results in the operating system failing to respond whenattempting to enable CrossFire™ support. Further details can be foundin topic number 737-35093
- Installingthe Catalyst Control Center on a previously installed version no longerresults in a warning message that the setup is installing over anearlier version, and that the previous version needs to be uninstalledbefore installing a more current version, resulting in the CatalystControl Center failing to be installed 737-28513
- Anti-Aliasingno longer becomes disabled after minimizing and restoring any OpenGLwindow. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35094
- TheCrossFire™ tab is no longer missing when using two ATI Radeon™ X19x0series of products in a system running Windows XP. Further details canbe found in topic number 737-35095
- Thedisplay mode of 1776×1000 is now listed in both the Catalyst ControlCenter and the operating system’s display properties. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-35096
- Connectinga 1080p display device followed by playing h.264 interlaced content nolonger results in a slight jitter and frame drops being noticed.Further details can be found in topic number 737-35097
- Playingan interlaced MPEG2 file no longer results in a grey hue being noticedon the bottom of the playback window. Further details can be found intopic number 737-35098
- Movingthe WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results inthe playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found intopic number 737-35099
- Movingthe Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in theplayback windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35100
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Operating System
Thissection provides information on resolved issues in this release of theATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.These include:
- Unreal Tournament 3:Changing the in-game display resolution no longer results in corruptionbeing noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33470
- TheWindows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system no longer fails toresume from VPU Recover. Further details can be found in topic number737-35101
- TheCrossFire™ option is no longer greyed out after closing OpenGLapplications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35102
Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
Thissection provides information on known issues that may be experiencedunder the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version ofCatalyst™. These include:
- Call of Duty:Corruption may be noticed when having Quad CrossFire™ enable and anHDMI 1080p display device connected. Further details can be found intopic number 737-35112
- Call of Duty 4 or Crysis:Color corruption may be noticed when running the games in full screenmode with Quad CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found intopic number 737-35115
- Company of Heroes:Setting the in-game options to maximum levels may result in the gameexiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-32600
- Crysis:Playing the game at a display resolution lower than the native displayresolution of a connected 30″ display device may result in corruptionbeing noticed when CrossFire™ is enabled and having the CatalystControl Center scaling the image to full screen. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35111
- Linage II:Switching between the game and the Windows desktop may result in thedesktop appearing brighter than its original setting. Exiting the gameand restarting the operating system may also result in the desktopbrightness failing to be restored to its original setting. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-35108
- Unreal Tournament 3:The game may intermittently fail to launch when a map has texturedetail set to maximum. Further details can be found in topic number737-31189
- ZT:Attempting to play the Asian game in a windowed mode or at a displayresolution of 1280×1024 may result in the game failing to respond.Further details can be found in topic number 737-34152
- Thesecondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1hibernation with an HDMI display connected. Further details can befound in topic number 737-31146
- Settingthe desktop resolution to 1600×1200 or greater may result in greenpixel corruption being noticed when playing certain games. This issuemaybe noticed when using a system running Windows Vista and containingan ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or HD 2400 series of product. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-31150
- Attemptingto play the HD-DVD title Harsh Times, School for Scoundrels using theCyberlink player may result in block corruption being noticed. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-31155
- Anerror message may appear when installing the display driver packagethrough setup.exe. Further details can be found in topic number737-31577
- Installingan ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product into a system containing an ATIRadeon™ HD 2600 series of product with the display driver alreadyinstalled may result in the operating system entering a continuousreboot. This issue may be averted by removing the ATI graphics driverprior to the installation of the ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product.This issue may also be experienced with the ATI Radeon™ X1300 and 1550series of products. Further information may be found in topic number737-33471
- Enablingclone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result inthe Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-34125
- Ablack window may be displayed when attempting to play a DVD title usingWinDVD 7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-34133
- Thesecondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1hibernation with an HDMI display connected. Further details can befound in topic number 737-31146
- Connectingan HDMI display device to the DVI port using an HDMI to DVI dongle mayresult in the display mode of 720×480 failing to be in the display modelist after hot-unplugging the HDMI display device and hot-plugging aDVI display device. Further details can be found in topic number737-35105
- Enablingclone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result inthe Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further detailscan be found in topic number 737-34125
- Performingan express install of the Catalyst Control Center may result in anerror message being displayed when rebooting the system. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-29532
- Ablack window may be displayed when attempting to play a DVD title usingWinDVD 7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-34133
- Enablingextended desktop mode and setting the color depth below 16bpp mayresult in the secondary display device failing to redraw properly.Further details can be found in topic number 737-35114
- Agreen or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE to ATSCmode. Further information may be found in topic number 737-27622
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
Thefollowing section provides a summary of open issues that may beexperienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest versionof Catalyst™. These include:
- Age of Conan:The inventory icons may show corruption when playing the game withCrossFire™ enabled. This issue may also be experienced under theWindows Vista operating system as well. Further details can be found intopic number 737-34825
- Enemy Territory:Quake Wars may have corruption on the water and sky after increasingthe game resolution. Restarting the game at that higher resolution orissuing reloadImages command in the game console corrects thecorruption. This issue only impacts graphics cards up to the ATIRadeon™ X850. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29947
- Usingthe WinDVD player (versions 14.x, 11.10x, or 9.xx) to play VC1 videocontent may result in corruption being noticed when hardwareacceleration is enabled. This issue may also be experienced under theWindows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35293
- Connectinga CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVDusing a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extendeddesktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number737-30587
- Connectinga Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging aDVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone mode becomingdisabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display deviceremaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31166
- Settingthe display resolution to 1440×900 or lower may result in corruptionbeing noticed when playing a DVD title. Further details can be found intopic number 737-31168
- Connectinga CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVDusing a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extendeddesktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number737-30587
- Connectinga CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVDusing a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extendeddesktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number737-34121
- Thedisplay may be come corrupted with 4 bit color depth after hotunplugging the rotated primary HDMI/DFP display. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35116
- Connectinga Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging aDVI display to the add-on DVI card may result clone mode becomingdisabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display deviceremaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35117
- Companyof Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in thedisplays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics optionsto off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35118
- Installingthe HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver may results in acompatibility issue being noticed and a yellow exclamation mark showingup in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Further details can befound in topic number 737-35119
- Installingthe display driver from an installation CD may result in a warningmessage indicating that the Catalyst Control Center is not supported bythe driver version installed. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-35120
- CatalystControl Center: Configuring a system with multi-adapters may result inan error message being displayed when running the Test Custom Clocks737-29953
- Enablingpull down detection in the Catalyst Control Center may result inflickering being noticed when playing a video clip using the CyberlinkPowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35121
- Connectinga CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVDusing a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extendeddesktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number737-35122
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Thefollowing section provides a summary of open issues that may beexperienced under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operatingsystem in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
- Gears of War:Enabling CrossFire™ and AA may result in white flickering corruptionbeing noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Professional x64Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35123
- Runningan OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the desktop may resultin corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-29556
For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care.
Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver
Installation information can be found at: ati.amd.com
AMD Customer Care
TheAMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical supportand ease of navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurateand up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance.Technical issues are categorized and personalized to enhance userexperience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at: support.ati.com
To view a known issue or find troubleshooting information, do the following:
- Go to ati.amd.com. The AMD home page is displayed.
- Click on Support & Drivers. The AMD Support and Drivers web page is displayed.
- In the left hand pane, select Graphics Support.
- Inthe top right corner of the Graphics Support page, enter the topicnumber or a general description of the issue you are experiencingwithin the search field.
- In the Select Site field, select ATI.
- Click the SEARCH symbol.
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