Driver Catalyst 7.6 disponibili per il download

AMD ha rilasciato la versione 7.6 dei driver Catalyst per schede video della famiglia Radeon, nelle versioni per sistemi operativi Windows XP e Windows Vista sia a 32 che a 64bit. Vengono segnalati incrementi delle prestazioni velocistiche, in configurazioni Radeon HD 2900 XT Crossfire con sistema operativo Windows Vista, sino al 42% in Half-Life 2: Episode 1 con HDR+AA abilitato e sino al 16% con Dark Messiah: Might and Magic abilitando l'HDR.

Di seguito i link per i download, dalla sezione software di Hardware Upgrade:

Catalyst 7.6 Windows Vista 32bit

Catalyst 7.6 Windows Vista 64bit

Catalyst 7.6 Windows XP

Catalyst 7.6 Windows XP Prof x64 edition

ATI AVIVO Video Converter

Rilasciati driver aggiornati anche per sistemi operativi Linux, sprovvisti tuttavia del supporto alle nuove schede della famiglia Radeon HD 2000; di seguito i link per il download:

ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.38.6

ATI Proprietary Linux x86_64 Display Driver 8.38.6

AMD ha fornito la seguente lista di bug ed errori corretti dai nuovi driver per sistemi operativi Windows Vista:

• Installing the display driver under the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in the display resolutions of 1680x1050, 1800x1440, 1920x1080 and 1920x1200 not being available when using an analog CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27464
• IL2 Sturmovik->Forgotten Battles: Setting the in-game hardware options to custom and landscape detail to perfect no longer results in the water textures appearing corrupt when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26687
• Quake 4: Playing the game with CrossFire enabled no longer result in corruption being noticed after a short time of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28172
• The Overdrive™ clocks no longer fails to revert back to the default settings and the Apply and Discard buttons no longer become enabled when changing the clock settings for both the primary and secondary display devices. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27619
• Playing a DVD using either WinDVD or PowerDVD no longer results in corruption being noticed if the players is rotated to any position other than landscape. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27463
• Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in changes being made to the secondary display device being reflected on the primary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27460
• Setting UMA to 512MB and enabling AERO no longer results in screen corruption being noticed when booting up Windows Vista on systems containing an ATI Radeon X1200/1250 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28173
• Enabling DXVA no longer results in a slow response time being noticed when playing a DVD on a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon Xpress 1200/1250 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28175
• An error message is no longer reported when attempting to enable CrossFire on a system containing the Intel Gen2 chipset. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28177
• Playing an HD DVD and attempting to do a random seek or change to a different chapter of the movie no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28179

Di seguito, invece, la lista di problemii risolti nei driver Catalyst 7.6 per sistemi operativi Windows XP:

• Armed Assault: A handle count leak is no longer noticed during game play in Task Manager. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27467
• The system no longer become unresponsive and require a reboot while randomly moving Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations where the second adapter is an ATI Radeon X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092.
• Connecting a secondary display device followed by enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in a VPU Recover occurring when playing a DVD on the secondary display device using WinDVD. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28184
• The PAL-M and NTSC-J are no longer missing from TV-format list found in the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28185