ATI rilascia i driver Catalyst 5.10

ATI ha rilasciato, come abitudine attorno alla metà di ogni mese, una versione aggiornata dei propri driver Catalyst per schede video Radeon. I driver sono disponibili per tutti i principali sistemi operativi Windows, con download dalla sezione software di Hardware Upgrade dai seguenti indirizzi:

Catalyst 5.10 Windows 2K-XP + Catalyst Control Center

Catalyst 5.10 Windows 2K-XP + control panel

Catalyst 5.10 XP x64 + Catalyst Control Center

Catalyst 5.10 XP x64 + Control Panel

Le versioni di driver per sistema operativo Linux, sia a 32 che a 64bit, sono disponibili sul sito ATI a questo indirizzo.

Di seguito una lista dei problmi risolti, e dei bug ancora presenti, nei driver Catalyst 5.10:

Issues Resolved in Catalyst Software Suite 5.10

The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• 3Dmark03: Setting the display resolution to 1024x768 32bbp and having Anti-Aliasing set to 6x no longer results in Windows crashing when running 3Dmark03 Mother Nature test
• Dungeon Siege 2: The cursor image is now displayed properly when playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® X800 series installed
• Graphedit: Watching and listening to audio/video using the composite input found on the ATI Radeon® X300/X600 no longer results in the left and right audio being swapped
• Max Payne 2: Erratic mouse pointer behavior is no longer noticed within the game's menu after a short time period of game play
• Pacific Fighters: Setting the display device to 1024x768 32bpp and enabling Anti-Aliasing to 6x no longer results in display corruption being noticed within the game
• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time: Attempting to launch the game under Windows with an ATI Radeon® X800 XL installed no longer results in an error message being displayed
• Silent Hunter 3: Enabling all video options within the game and setting the particle density to 100, along with setting Anti-Aliasing to 6X and Anisotropic Filtering to 16x, no longer results in display corruption on the left portion of the display
• Stronghold 2: Attempting to launch the game under Windows XP Professional x64 edition no longer results in the game failing to load and the operating system rebooting itself
• The German language control panel text no longer appears truncated when using 96 DPI
• Overlay Theater Mode no longer fails to be applied on the secondary display device when using extended desktop mode
• Catalyst™ Control Center: Entering the Adjustments page and deselecting the option to Let the Application Decide no longer results in the Hue value not changing when moving the slider bar
• Connecting two display devices to the ATI Radeon® X300/X600 no longer results in the Overlay Theater Mode failing to be applied to the primary display device
• Attempting to toggle between the CRT and TV using ALT+F5 shortcut no longer fails
• The red/blue components are no longer intermittently swapped when rendering images with OpenGL based Java 2D pipeline
• IBM DFP BN68-30012B-06: Connecting the display device to an ATI Radeon® X300/X600 no longer results in display corruption being noticed after the installation of the ATI display driver
• The ATI Radeon® X850 Pro is now properly identified in the Display Properties
• Attempting to enabling clone mode under Windows XP MCE while watching TV in a windowed mode no longer results in the operating system crashing
• Using a PAL version of the Microsoft operating system (XP, or XP MCE) no longer results in the region being switched from PAL to NTSC when clicking the video list found in the tuner tab of the TV function of the ATI MMC
• The FM seek function found in the ATI MMC no longer operates the same as the tune function when using an ATI All-in-Wonder X800 (PAL) under the Windows XP MCE operating system

Known Issues for Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.10

The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include

• City of Heroes: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition may results in display corruption being notice when attempting to task-switch between the game and the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19792
• Beyond Good or Evil: Flickering artifacts are noticed on the game characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20795
• Dark Age of Camelot: The game exits to the desktop immediately after launching, or may play for up to 15 minutes followed by a VPU Recover error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20794
• Medal of Honor Allied Assaults: The game does not launch with Spearhead or Breakthrough expansion packs installed under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20793
• Neverwinter Nights: Installing the 1.66 patch along with Shadows of Undertide and Hordes add-ons result in features of the game being missing when using an ATI Radeon® 9600 SE. Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20792
• Catalyst™ Control Center: The SmartShader™ effect is not removed from the 3D preview when attempting to restore the default values in the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20846
• The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode found under the Catalyst™ Control Center Video standard settings is grayed out when playing a media file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-497
• Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X700 series may result in the HDTV being detected as a CRT or TV under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20783
• Attempting to install the integrated WDM driver under Windows XP may result in an error message being displayed indicating that the hardware is not installed because the install Wizard cannot find the necessary software. Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20784
• Connecting a CRT and a TV may result in the TV not being automatically detected under Windows XP MCE when using an ATI Radeon® 9550/9600/9650 series. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20785
• Using the Custom option when installing the software driver results in the Theater 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20786
• Catalyst™ Control Center: The menu items in the Deinterlacing aspect page of the Catalyst™ Control Center maybe missing when selecting Simplified Chinese as the supported language. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20787
• Catalyst™ Control Center: Enabling East Asian language support may result in the Apply, Discard and Defaults buttons being invisible. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20788
• Vertical striping corruption maybe noticed when running the Windows XP MCE TV when using an ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 series. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20789
• Connecting a DVD player to the ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 may result in the left and right audio channels being reversed when using the Windows XP MCE operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20790
• Enabling CrossFire support on a system using three display device may result in corruption remaining on the secondary or third display devices when disabling the displays. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20791