AMD Catalyst 11.5

AMD is maandag, vroeger dan we gewend zijn, met nieuwe Catalyst-drivers gekomen. De drivers zijn zoals gebruikelijk beschikbaar voor Windows XP, Vista en 7, met aparte downloads voor 32- en 64bit-omgevingen. De nieuwe drivers zijn geschikt voor alle Radeon-modellen vanaf de HD 2400-serie. Oudere kaarten zijn aangewezen op de 10.2-release voor XP of Vista en 7. Is de kaart nog uitgerust met een AGP-aansluiting, dan kun je hier terecht. Onderaan deze posting staan zoals gebruikelijk de directe links naar de pagina's met de beschikbare downloads. Aangezien deze drivers niet lang na de vorige uitgave beschikbaar zijn gekomen zijn de release notes korter dan normaal.

New Features:

Hydravision enhancements for Eyefinity configurations.

• The HydraGrid feature found in HydraVision is now aware of user created Bezels.
• The HydraGrid feature found in HydraVision now also includes as “Automatic Grid” option that aligns to the user defined Eyefinity display layout.

Resolved Issues

for the Windows 7 Operating System

• PowerDVD no longer randomly crashes when HDMI 8 Channel Audio is enabled.
• Avivo settings are now correctly displayed in the AMD Vision Engine Control Center after connecting a secondary display.
• Windows Media Player no longer randomly hangs or displays a black screen after playing VC1 (WMV) video files for over 4 hours.
• PowerDVD no longer crashes intermittently after enabling / disabling Crossfire during BD playback.
• Bioshock no longer displays visual corruption with Vsynch and MLAA enabled.
• Transcoding MPEG-2 video to H.264 no longer causes an application crash.
• Transcoding H.264 to AVCHD no longer generates lagging video.

for the Windows XP Operating System

• Civilization V no longer stops responding during game launch when Crossfire is enabled.

Known issues

under the Windows 7 operating system

• Some BD content may experience jittery playback using WinDVD.
• Quake 4 may display random horizontal corruption during gameplay.
• Random tearing might be observed while playing Riddick 2 with high game settings and Crossfire enabled. (This issue has been resolved with the Catalyst 11.5a hotfix)
• Random video jitter may be observed while playing 1080i BD video with Aero mode disabled.
• Kings Bounty may display rendering issues.
• The mouse cursor may lag in some situations. (This issue has been resolved with the Catalyst 11.5a hotfix)

under the Windows Vista Operating System

• Windows Aero may be disabled after installing the driver.
• Doom 3 and Quake 4 may display random corruption with HD 4770 series products.
• Performing bezel compensation with a 3 x 2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group to disappear.
• Video settings may be turned off in the AMD Vision Control Center after extending the desktop to a second display.
• Cyberlink software bay cause the screen to flash green after desktop resolution is changed.

under the Windows XP Operating System

• OpenGL games may cause the system to hang when launched with Super AA enabled.
• The system may randomly reboot while playing Star Wars – The Force Unleashed II.

De volgende downloads zijn beschikbaar:
AMD Catalyst 11.5 voor Windows XP (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.5 voor Windows XP (64bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.5 voor Windows Vista en 7 (32bit)
AMD Catalyst 11.5 voor Windows Vista en 7 (64bit)
AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.5 voor Windows Vista en 7 (32bit)
AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.5 voor Windows Vista en 7 (64bit)
AMD CrossFireX Application Profiles