ATi Catalyst 8.2

AMD heeft zojuist de tweede Catalyst-release van dit jaar voor zijn ATi Radeon-videokaarten uitgebracht en deze logischerwijs versienummer 8.2 meegegeven. De drivers zijn beschikbaar voor Windows XP en Vista, in zowel de 32bits-, de 64bits- en de Media Center-uitvoering en zijn geschikt voor alle Radeon-modellen vanaf de 9500-serie. Helemaal onderaan deze posting kunnen zoals gebruikelijk de directe links worden gevonden naar de pagina's waar de beschikbare downloads staan. Deze release bevat de eveneens gebruikelijke lange lijst met veranderingen en verbeteringen, gevolgd door een verzameling van problemen die reeds bekend zijn, maar waar nog geen oplossing beschikbaar is:

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Corruption is no longer noticed when editing levels.
• World of Warcraft: Flickering and missing objects are no longer noticed when playing the game in OpenGL mode.
• .NET Framework an Unhandled Exception error no longer occurs when upon booting or re-booting the system.
• A white dot no longer appears on the windows desktop when launching the Catalyst Control Center. However, this issue may still be experienced under the Windows XP operating system.
• Audio stutter is no longer noticed when using the HDMI connector.
• Running the Spanish version of the Windows operating system no longer results in the Catalyst Control Center option failing to be available when right-clicking the Windows desktop menu bar.
• The Catalyst Control Center options are no longer missing for the secondary extended display when hot unplugging and hot plugging the display device.
• Native CrossFire can now be enabled when the primary display device is connected to the master card using a CV or TV.
• Enabling clone mode on a system containing an ATi Radeon X1200/1250/1270 series of product no longer results in the resolution and color depth changing to 640x480 8bpp.
• Playing DVD content using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the playback being choppy.
• Hot plugging and hot-unplugging an HDMI display device multiple times during one windows session may result in the display device failing to be detected.
• Enabling CrossFire on a system containing an ATi Radeon X1950 series of product no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system intermittently failing to respond.
• The lower portion of the Catalyst Control Center is no longer cropped when changing the display resolution from 640x480 to 1920x1200.
• An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to set both the primary (HDMI) display device and secondary (DVI) display device to a display resolution of 1280x1024.
• The Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system no longer reboots when installing the T200 driver.
• Setting the DPI to 120 in the Display Properties no longer results in the combo box being cut-off.
• The antenna signal strength is no longer reported by Vista Media Center as low.
• A black line is no longer noticed when using VIVO for capturing and using Radeon HD 2900.
• The PAL-N video captured from the ATi Radeon HD2900 no longer displays colors and with vertical bars.
• The T200 NTSC capture card no longer fails to capture the Closed Captioning signal.
• A Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays option no longer appears when an HDMI display device is connected using an HDMI-DVI cable.

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

• Doom3: Running an OpenGL application with CrossFire enabled and AA set to 16x no longer results in corruption being noticed when the display resolution is set to 2048x1536 or higher.
• TianXia2: Launching the game no longer results in the Windows XP operating system rebooting.
• Playing an H.264/VC1 title on a system with a display resolution higher than 1440x900 no longer results in the content failing to play in hardware mode.
• Changing the display resolution when CrossFire is enabled no longer results in the running 3D application failing to respond.

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

• Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x may result in the game failing to respond.
• Oblivion: Flickering is no longer noticed when first making a move if the in-game settings are set to maximum, CrossFire is enabled and AF is set to 16x.
• Unreal Tournament 3: The game may intermittently fail to launch when a map has texture detail set to maximum.
• Rebooting the operating system after changing the skin to any available option other than system skin may result in the Catalyst Control Center menu options no longer being visible.
• The Catalyst Control Center menu option may fail to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin.
• Installing the WDM driver on systems containing an ATi TV Tuner product and an ATi graphics adapter may result in the WDM driver failing to install.
• Connecting a secondary display device using the HDMI connector and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode may result in the WinDVD 7 player playing in a windowed mode on both display devices when Overlay Theater Mode is enabled.
• The Windows Vista operating system may fail to respond when running the Auto-tune utility found in the Catalyst Control Center OverDrive option.
• Using the hot-key function to switch between various display scenarios may result in the HDMI display device displaying a blank screen.
• The secondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1 hibernation with an HDMI display connected.
• Resuming from hibernation mode with HDMI display connected may result in a black screen with only a mouse cursor being displayed.
• Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 or greater may result in green pixel corruption being noticed when playing certain games. This issue maybe noticed when using a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATi Radeon HD 2600 or HD 2400 series of product.
• Attempting to play the HD-DVD title Harsh times, School for Scoundrels using the Cyberlink player may result in block corruption being noticed.
• The OverDrive page may be grayed out and the GPU and memory clocks as may be displayed as 000 after enabling CrossFire on systems containing and ATi Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition and running Windows Vista (64 bit version).
• Enabling CrossFire on a system containing an ATi Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition product may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing.
• An error message may appear when installing the display driver package through setup.exe.
• Using the pound key (#) as the first character in the user name may result in an error when installing the Catalyst Control Center.
• The OverDrive page may be missing in the Catalyst Control Center after disabling CrossFire support.
• The color depth may change to 8 bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire for the first time.
• Display corruption may be noticed when enabling CrossFire on a system containing an ATi Radeon X1900/1950 series of product when the display resolution is set to 1600x1200 70Hz and running a 3D application in full screen mode.
• Hot-plugging an HDMI display device may result in the display device failing to be detected on systems containing an ATi Radeon HD 2400 series of product and running Windows Vista.
• Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or higher, followed by playing an HD-DVD using PowerDVD, may results in the HD-DVD title failing to play.
• Dragging player window to secondary display while playing back HD content and moving it back to primary may result in blank player window.
• The OverDrive page may be grayed out and the GPU and memory clocks as may be displayed as 000 after enabling CrossFire on systems containing and ATi Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition and running Windows Vista (64 bit version).

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

• After installing the graphics driver an error message may be displayed when attempting to launch DirectX based games when using an ATi AGP product.
• Call of Juarez: Setting the game level with Optimal Quality and high in-game settings may result in the game level being blank.
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have corruption on the water and sky after increasing the game resolution. Restarting the game at that higher resolution or issuing reloadImages command in the game console corrects the corruption. This issue only impacts graphics cards up to the ATi Radeon X850.
• Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x may intermittently result in the game failing to respond.
• STALKER: Shadows may not be rendered properly when CrossFire is enabled along with AA being enabled at 4x and Full Dynamic Lighting also being enabled.
• Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled.
• Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank.
• The Catalyst Control Center menu option may fail to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin.
• Setting the display resolution to 1440x900 or lower may result in corruption being noticed when playing a DVD title.
• Setting the desktop resolution to 1280x1024 and using PowerDVD to play an HD-DVD or Blu-ray title may result in corruption being noticed when using an ATi Radeon HD 2400 series of product.
• On certain products, changing display resolution while playing back High Definition content may results in instability. It is recommended to set appropriate resolution while playback is stopped.
• Cyberlink: Playing a DVD title on a system containing an ATi Radeon HD 2400 series may result in corruption being noticed.
• Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled.
• The floppy drive may fail to read or write under Vista on a Dell XPS410 system.

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

• World in Conflict: Text corruption may be noticed when playing the game on a system running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and containing an ATi Radeon HD 30 series of product.
• Running an OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the desktop may result in corruption being noticed.
• Hot plugging a display device to a system running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and containing an ATi Radeon X1250/1270 series of product may result in the display device failing to be detected.
• Standard PAL mode may fail to be available in the Catalyst Control Center.

De volgende downloads zijn beschikbaar:
ATi Catalyst 8.2 voor Windows XP (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 8.2 voor Windows XP (mobility)
ATi Catalyst 8.2 voor Windows XP (64bit)
ATi Catalyst 8.2 voor Windows XP (Media Center Edition)
ATi Catalyst 8.2 voor Windows Vista (32bit)
ATi Catalyst 8.2 voor Windows Vista (64bit)