Nuovi driver Catalyst 4.12 da ATI

ATI ha rilasciato la versione 4.12 dei propri driver Catalyst, per schede video basate su chip Radeon e sistemi operativi Windows 2000 e Windows XP. I driver sono disponibili o nella classica versione con Control Panel, oppure in quella più recente con Catalyst Control Center.

I files sono disponibili in locale dalla sezione software di Hardware Upgrade, ai seguenti indirizzi:

Driver ATI Catalyst 4.12 Windows 2K-XP + Catalyst Control Center

Driver ATI Catalyst 4.12 Windows 2K-XP + control panel

Di seguito, le note fornite da ATI assieme ai nuovi driver:

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

• Half-Life 2: Playing the game on a system containing an Athlon XP CPU no longer results in missing textures occationally being noticed
• Half-Life 2: Intermittent psychedelic patterns are no longer seen when playing the game under Windows XP
• CounterStrike: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in display corruption being seen in the floor in de_chateau map
• Doom 3: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition no longer results in display corruption being seen when pressing CTRL+Alt+Delete followed by clicking Cancel
• Everquest: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition installed results in the game displaying a black screen when setting the texture quality to high and having all radio buttons selected
• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: Setting the model detail to high and change the game resolution to high no longer results in the game failing to respond under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed
• Tron2.0: Setting the display device resolution to 1280x1024 32bpp and setting the display option for the game to 800x600 32bpp no longer results in display corruption being seen in the game cinematics
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in triple buffering failing when enabling the option in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
• Attempting to rotate the display 90 degrees and play an OpenGL game under Windows XP may result in the game failing to launch
• Enabling clone mode along with theatre mode option under overlay no longer results in WinDVD and the operating system failing to respond when dragging the WinDVD window around the desktop
• Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing a DVD using WinDVD and having subtitles enabled under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed
• Attempting to make a change to a saved profile within the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the Save button being greyed out
• Connecting a secondary CRT and clicking the X button to close the Enable this display window found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Advanced view, no longer results in the window not closing
• Muting the audio during the playback of full screen HDTV video under Windows Media Center Edition no longer results in the video being paused
• Angle information in the rotation modes is now correct for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
• Enabling Overscan under Windows XP with an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER™ 9600 installed no longer results in the image not being centered properly on the display device
• Connecting a secondary CRT display device and extending the desktop, followed by unplugging the secondary device and hot-plugging a DFP device no longer results in the DFP remaining in the Additional display area when attempting to swap devices
• The Windows desktop brightness no longer dims when playing a DVD and having an HDTV connected as the primary display device
• Playing a DVD under Windows XP MCE with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT installed no longer results in VPU Recover being activated when attempting to drag or resize the Media Center window
• An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to switch a secondary display device back to the primary display device when using the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER

Known Issues for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYST™. These include the following:

• Call of Duty: Corruption is noticed when playing a saved game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9100 PRO IGP series installed and having a variety of graphic options provided by the game set high. Further information on this issue can be found at:http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4656.html
• Counter Strike Condition Zero: Launching the game in dual screen mode results in rapid flashing corruption on the secondary display device. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4729.html
• Myst URU Ages Beyond Myst: Attempting to turn 180 degrees and head towards the barb wire fence displayed within the game results in the system failing to respond. This issue is known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition installed. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4685.html
• Pacific Fighters: Playing the game after playing any track for a short period of time and having the landscape detail set to perfect results in the clouds becoming blocky when flying. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4732.html
• Rainbow six3: Athena Sword: Playing the game under Windows 2000 with an ATI RADEON™ X700 installed results in the game failing to retain its resolution option of 1600x1200, if you Alt-tab out of the game and then Alt-tab back to the game. Further information on this issue can be found at:www.ati.com/support/infobase/4633.html
• Playing an mpeg using the media player found in Windows XP MCE results in the ATI VPU Recovery failing if it is disabled and then re-enabled. Further information on this issue can be found at:www.ati.com/support/infobase/4743.html
• Sid Meier's Pirates: Enabling Anti-aliasing results in video flicker being noticed when starting the game. Further information on this issue can be found at:www.ati.com/support/infobase/4731.html
• Sudeki: The game fails to respond when ending the conversation with the duck and exiting the shop by running up to the door and pressing enter. Further information on this issue can be found at:www.ati.com/support/infobase/4727.html
• World Fables: The battlefield fog-of-war currently does not render properly. Further information on this issue can be found at:www.ati.com/support/infobase/4728.html

For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.

Known Issues for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER

The following section provides a summary of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER. These include:

• Moving the media player from the primary desktop to the secondary desktop results in the Overlay Aspect sliders becoming disabled when moving the media player back to the primary display adapter. Further information on this issue can be found at:http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4601.html
• Playing a DVD with Theater mode enabled and a secondary display device connected and clone mode enabled results in Aspect Ratio option for full screen not working. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4602.html
• Setting the Theater mode option to Same as All and playing a media file results in all the buttons for the overlay or standard setting option being greyed out. Further information on this issue can be found at:http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4603.html
• Assigning a hotkey to increase the overlay gamma results in the hotkey not functioning properly when playing an MPEG using the Windows Media Player. Further information on this issue can be found at:http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/460l
• Playing a media file under Windows 2000 using the MS Media Player with Theater mode option set to Theater mode results in clone mode failing to be applied. Further information on this issue can be found at:http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4605.html
• 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 information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4606.html
• Attempting to set the default colour settings may occasionally result in the default colour setting not being applied. This issue is known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9500 or 9800 installed. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4607.html
• Attempting to add a custom timing specification such as; 960x724 for the HDTV device properties page, results in the custom timing not being added to the HDTV resolution menu list. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4608.html
• Logging on to the system using a Guest Account results in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER failing to launch. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/473l
• CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: Setting SMARTGART™ to 4X results in display corruption being seen when the Windows logo is being displayed during the reboot of the system. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4735.html
• Entering the Color aspect page of the Advanced View found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER results in the arrows in the three spin buttons being cut off. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4736.html
• Attempting to launch the ATI DVD Player under Windows 2000 with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT installed with two display devices connected to the card results in a fatal error message being displayed. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4737.html
• Applying any skin option available in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER results in certain Unicode characters to be overridden by DirectSkin. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4733.html