ATI Catalyst 9.3 Software Suite WinXP 32-bit ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista * AMD has delivered a single unified graphics driver for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista – demonstrating AMD’s Windows 7 graphics driver leadership and focus on delivering a stable and robust Windows 7 experience on AMD hardware * Delivers full WDDM 1.1 support under Windows 7 on the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products * Delivers improved gaming performance under Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista * All future ATI Catalyst postings will deliver one single unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements * Using ATI Stream™ technology, owners of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of graphics accelerators will see a performance boost in their Folding@Home scores when running the latest Folding@Home client and upcoming cores in conjunction with ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 – Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages * As of ATI Catalyst 9.3 the Windows Vista HDMI audio driver is automatically included in the ATI Catalyst 9.3 package * The HDMI audio driver will only be installed if the AMD graphics accelerator has an HDMI display connector and there is no 3rd party HDMI audio driver installed New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK * AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK is designed to access display driver functionality for all ATI Radeon graphics accelerators and FirePro graphics accelerators * The SDK supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux - 32 and 64 bit variants * The SDK can be used from both unmanaged (C/C++) and managed (C#) applications - samples are provided within the SDK * The ADL SDK is available to the public via the Developer relations site 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: * Video combing effects no longer visible during movie playback while fast forwarding or rewinding * Avivo Video Color Settings are now retained after resume from Sleep/Hibernate * Overlay Theater Mode is now enabled with component video or composite video in extended modes * Catalyst Control Center: Avivo Video Advanced Color page is no longer grayed out and preview is now functional * OGL games now play properly with "Show Crossfire logo…" option enabled * Rotation now works if Aero mode is turned off 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: * Avivo Video Color Settings will now be applied in the video when played using PowerDVD * FJ online game no longer changes resolution slowly in full screen mode with some ASICs * Quake 4: Screen corruption no longer appears in CrossFire using two bridge cables with some ASICs * Composite video no longer goes black when disabling Overlay Theater Mode using Catalyst Control Center * Resolved issues for Open GL 3.0 "CreateContext" function * Toggling between 3D games in full screen mode to the desktop is no longer slow when using the Alt-Tab key 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: * AVIVO converter may fail to convert h.264 avi video to another format * “Unsupported file formats” error message dialog may occur when selecting H.264, mp4 and VC1 file formats * “CCC Host application...” error message dialog may occur when cancelling a transcoding process * Output media file size differs after transcoding multiple times to the same format * The ATI AVIVO video transcoder does not currently use GPU acceleration under Windows Vista 64-bit edition * "World of Warcraft" and "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King": Flickering may occur when Shadow is set to medium/high using CrossFire * Google Sketchup may show blank screen * Certain resolutions above 10 x 7 might not full screen for specific HDMI displays * Both LCD and CRT may go blank when hotplugging the CRT to the system, and will not recover until it is switched to discrete GPU 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: * In this Catalyst 9.3 release, the Compute Abstraction Layer (CAL) driver will not function properly under Windows XP * OS Display Settings shows extra resolutions for Component Video * Transcoding a VOB DVD file (18min source file) results in 2.27min output file * Transcoding falls back to CPU after transcoding to DVD/MPEG2 multiple times in XP * Media files transcoded using CPU instead of GPU in XP MCE OS Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System * The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include: * Desktop may jitter and flicker during HD playback under WinDVD9 on some ASICs * Certain resolutions above 10 x 7 might not full screen for specific HDMI displays * Express driver uninstall may result in a device manager error * Avivo Video Converter option is not available for Windows 7 * Moving a video clip across an extended desktop may cause the desktop to flicker or the media player to stop functioning * Changes to display resolutions may fail to apply for composite video and S-Video * Restricting the maximum refresh rate and resolution via Catalyst Control Center may fail to apply * Catalyst Control Center page is missing under OS Display Properties * Confirmation dialog box might not appear when applying HDTV 720p and 1080i formats; the resolution will be applied automatically * Display configuration changes in extended desktop may take longer than normal to apply * Catalyst Control Center: Image Scaling settings might not be applied Mã: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1361k/9-3_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu.exe
ATI Catalyst 9.4 Released AMD have just released their ATI Catalyst 9.4 Driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Highlights of the ATI Catalyst 9.4 Windows release include: New Features ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdrive auto-tune application to estimate the over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive supported ATI Radeon Graphics accelerators Designed for the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series Resolved Issue Highlights "World of Warcraft" or "World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King": Flickering no longer occurs when Shadow is set to medium/high using ATI CrossFire configurations Google Sketchup no longer displays blank screen Resolutions above 1024 x 768 will now full screen properly for specific HDMI displays Artifacts no longer visible while playing Age of Conan DX10 VC-1 progressive disc playback no longer exhibits block corruption. The Compute Abstraction Layer (CAL) driver now functions properly under Windows XP
ATI Catalyst 9.4 Software Suite Vista/7 32-bit New Features ATI Catalyst™ 9.4 - New ATI OverDrive™ auto-tuning application ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdrive™ auto-tune application to accurately determine the best over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive supported ATI Radeon™ Graphics accelerators. 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: "World of Warcraft" or "World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King": Flickering no longer occurs when Shadow is set to medium/high using CrossFire Google Sketchup no longer displays blank screen Resolutions above 10 x 7 will now full screen properly for specific HDMI displays Artifacts no longer visible while playing Age of Conan DX10 VC-1 progressive disc playback no longer exhibits block corruption 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: The Compute Abstraction Layer (CAL) driver now functions properly under Windows XP Overlay Theatre Mode display no longer corrupt after enabling 3D screen saver OS Display Settings no longer shows extra resolutions for Component Video Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows 7. These include: City of Villains: Display now redraws correctly after changing graphics settings Catalyst Control Center: 1080i@30hz and 1080i@25hz Component Video modes can now be applied via Component Video - Advanced aspect Custom formats modes can now be applied properly and will be available under "List All Modes" Display profiles will now be restored when displays are swapped while the system sleeps WinDVD9 HD playback doesn't cause the desktop to jitter or flicker anymore Device Manager no longer displays error during express driver uninstall 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: AVIVO converter may fail to convert h.264 avi video to another format “Unsupported file formats” error message dialog may occur when selecting H.264, mp4 and VC1 file formats “CCC Host application...” error message dialog may occur when cancelling a transcoding process Output media file size differs after transcoding multiple times to the same format The ATI AVIVO video transcoder does not currently use GPU acceleration under Windows Vista 64-bit edition Both LCD and CRT may go blank when hotplugging the CRT to the system, and will not recover until it is switched to discrete GPU DVD playback may cause the system to stop responding after resume from S3/sleep Frames may be dropped when playing Blu-ray video with PowerDVD8 "Fan Speed Control" may change to default settings when Crossfire is enabled/disabled Audio Control Panel might show the HDTV entry even when unplugged Rotation may not work if Aero mode is turned off Call of Duty 5: Some corruption may be visible Audio Control Panel might not reflect configuration change from 7.1 Audio to Stereo Running OpenGL applications in windowed mode on extended desktop may cause the secondary display to go blank for some ASICs Catalyst Control Center: On "Available Display Devices" detection page, when selecting the secondary display, the radio button is not greyed out for the monitor already chosen as the main display Corruption might be observed in some OGL games with Super Anti-Alias and "Show CrossfireX" enabled on 3-4 display configurations Fallout 3 with QUAD Crossfire may flicker at specific resolutions Second adapter will run at custom GPU clock values instead of default mininum clock values until a 3D game is launched and exited in full screen mode 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: Transcoding a VOB DVD file (18min source file) results in 2.27min output file Transcoding falls back to CPU after transcoding to DVD/MPEG2 multiple times in XP Media files transcoded using CPU instead of GPU in XP MCE OS Garbled text may appears on resume splash screen after hibernation with some ASICs OS Display Settings shows extra resolutions for Component Video A performance drop may be observed on Enemy Territory Quake Wars, Doom3 and Quake4 Fan Speed Control is missing in OverDrive5 aspect Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include: Moving a video clip file across an extended desktop may causes Windows Media player to stop responding on ATI Radeon 31xx, 24xx devices Display configuration changes in extended desktop may take longer than normal to apply Catalyst Control Center: Advance Color page, when enabling the advanced color settings the preview window may blank out Opening Catalyst Control Center may result in an error message when using Dual Adapters with a non-ATI ASIC and ATI ASIC Switching amongst Virtual Desktops may cause certain applications on one virtual desktop to move to another virtual desktop Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays Catalyst Control Center page is missing under OS Display Properties Confirmation dialog box might not appear when applying HDTV 720p and 1080i formats; the resolution will be applied automatically Catalyst Control Center: At the end of the auto-tuning, it might not report that the process has completed successfully Power Cinema may have to be launched twice to start Blu-ray playback Moving a video clip across an extended desktop may cause the desktop to flicker or the media player to stop functioning Component Video may be missing modes by default Device manager mistakenly identifies the adapter as Standard VGA Adapter for some ASICs Interlaced modes might not be listed in the "List All Modes" window with HDTV supported DFP panels "Yes" and "No" buttons might disappear while moving confirmation windows on desktop during driver installation Interlaced modes might not be applied on HDTV supported DFP panels even when forced via Catalyst Control Center Restricting the maximum refresh rate and resolution via Catalyst Control Center may fail to apply Changes to display resolutions may fail to apply for Component Video and S-Video Catalyst Control Center: Image Scaling settings might not be applied Avivo Video Converter option is not available for Windows 7
