Driver-update: ATi Catalyst 7.9 final

ATi heeft zojuist een nieuwe reeks van Catalyst-drivers beschikbaar gesteld. Het gaat deze keer om versie 7.9, die vanaf deze pagina gedownload kan worden voor Windows XP (35,4MB), Windows XP x64 (51,5MB), Windows XP Media Center Edition (35,4MB), Windows Vista (37,5MB) en Windows Vista x64 (48,2MB). In versie 7.9 hebben de ontwikkelaars naast de gebruikelijke bugfixes voor applicaties ook ondersteuning toegevoegd voor de demo van Enemy Territory: Quake Wars en verbeteringen doorgevoerd voor BioShock en World Of Warcraft. Hieronder zijn de belangrijkste wijzigingen te vinden van Catalyst 7.9. Voor een gedetailleerd overzicht kan je terecht in dit document:

Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit)

This release of Catalyst™ introduces the Avivo Video Converter for the Windows Vista (64 bit) operating system. The Avivo Video Converter is a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting videos from one format to another. The Avivo Video Converter found within the Catalyst™ Control Center, allows the user to select the input file, and output format, along with the quality level and file location. The Avivo. Video Converter accepts a wide variety of file formats as a source, and outputs to file formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA, H.264/AVC and more.

Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control

This release of Catalyst™ introduces Color Temperature Control within the Catalyst Control Center, allowing users to adjust the chromatic level shown on their display. Supported on the ATI Radeon™ X1000 Series and Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of products. Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst™ 7.9:

• Far Cry performance improves up to 14 % on the ATI Radeon™ HD2900XT CrossFire™, ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card, and ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations
• Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 12% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and single card configurations
• Half-Life 2: Episode 1 performance improves at most 9% on ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and as much as 6% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations.
• Serious Sam 2 performance improves up to 46% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ and up to 27% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card and CrossFire™ configurations with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
• Quake 4 performance with Anti-Aliasing improves 9% or more on the ATI Radeon™ X1600/X1650Pro and ATI Radeon™ X1300/X1550 products in both single and CrossFire™ configurations

Versienummer	7.9 final
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Windows XP, Windows XP x64, Windows XP Media Center 2005, Windows Vista, Windows Vista x64
Website	ATi
Download	http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
Bestandsgrootte	48,42MB
Licentietype	Freeware

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Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• Bioshock: Missing, blackout, and flashing surfaces are no longer noticed in the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29549
• Bioshock: Random polygons shooting up in the sky are no longer noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29551
• Gods: Land of Infinity (demo): Having the in-game options set to 1920x1200 32bpp, Shadows on High, and Texture Quality set to High no longer results in only the mouse pointer being visible. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28810
• LostPlanet: Display flicker is no longer noticed when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29560
• Monsters.Inc: Enabling DXVA no longer results in certain game scenes appearing choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29546
• Prey: Texture tearing is no longer noticed in certain areas of the game. This issue was known to occur on ATI Radeon™ HD 2x00 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29563
• Quake3: Moving the mouse pointer over the options listed in the System Setup no longer results in the option being highlighted and the option being overdrawn by the highlight. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29531
• World of Warcraft: Playing the game with wide or narrow tent Anti-Aliasing filters no longer results in wireframe flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28807
• Attempting to enable CrossFire™ on a secondary display device no longer results in CrossFire™ failing to be enabled. Further information on this issue may be found in topic number. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28844
• Windows Dream Scene Content: Corruption is no longer noticed when attempting to run the preview for the chosen clips. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28856
• The ATI resolution and color text "mouse over" dialog box no longer contains a mix of English and Arabic. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28811
• Playing an HD-DVD title using the Cyberlink player no longer results in corruption or the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond after a short period of playback time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28827
• Using WinDVD or WMP11 to playback a DVD title with subtitles enabled no longer results in the edge of subtitle appearing transparent. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29533
• Hot-plugging an HDMI display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon™ Xpress 12x0 series of product no longer results in the HDMI display device failing to be detected under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29535
• MediaDirect no longer displays corruption prior to Blu-ray movies starting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29544
• Enabling Overlay Theater Mode no longer results in tearing and choppy playback being noticed when clone mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29557
• Playing an HD-DVD title using the Cyberlink player no longer results in corruption or the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond after a short period of playback time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28827
• Attempting to playing a DVD title using WinDVD 7 and enabling hardware acceleration no longer results in the DVD failing to play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29558
• Setting the secondary display device to primary and the primary to secondary no longer results in the display swapping failing after enabling extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29559
• Tearing artifact is no longer visible on OTM display when playing back any video using Overlay with OTM enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29561
• Google Sketchup no longer has an incorrect cyan colored X-axis. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29562
• Cyberlink HD playback: Performing a mode change when playing a video no longer results in the video playing at various speeds. 737-29564
• Overlay Theater Mode settings are no longer grayed out when the desktop is set to display resolutions of less than 1024x768. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29571
• A Tuner Not Available error message is no longer displayed when starting MCE after installing the ATI driver and video decoder. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29572

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

• Adobe After Effects 8.0: The Fragment Shader no longer fails when rendering shadows. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29565
• Bioshock: Frame stutter associated with time spikes in random components of the render stats is no longer noticed as the character walks around. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29041
• City of Heroes: Attempting to play the game on a system running Windows XP no longer results in the game failing to launch when using an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 XT. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29567
• City of Heroes: Enabling CrossFire™ followed by attempting to launch the game no longer results in the game failing to launch and the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29568
• PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product no longer results in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511
• PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product no longer results in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511
• World of Warcraft: Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed when enabling AA. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29569
• Setting the display device to 1280x1024 and attempting to playback a VC1/h.264 title using the Cyberlink player no longer results in choppy playback. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28832
• Corruption is no longer noticed when playing wmv files with WinDVD when CrossFire™ is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29566
• {/list] [b]Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System[/b] This section provides information on known issues associated with the ATI Catalyst™. These include:[list]
• Call of Juarez: Enabling CrossFire™ and setting the in-game graphics options to higher settings may result in the game failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29541
• Call of Juarez: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in flickering being noticed when playing the DX10 version of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29540
• City of Heroes: Attempting to play the game on a system with a dual link panel connected to it may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28495
• Day Watch: Playing the game on a system running Windows Vista may result in the flickering being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28825
• EarthSim2: Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 32bpp may result in display corruption and the operating system failing to respond after a short period of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29545[/li]
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter: Pressing the Alt+Tab keys when playing the game may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28491
• GTA San Andreas: Enabling AFR mode and CrossFire™ may results in corruption being noticed in the opening cinematic of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29543
• Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x may result in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
• Rainbow Six Vegas: Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 and applying the in-game settings to high may result in corruption being noticed when using an HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28826
• Resuming from an S3 state may result in a longer than expected time for the Windows Vista operating system to resume. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25798
• Catalyst™ Control Center->OverDrive™: The OverDrive™ setting are not retained for individual accounts. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25805
• The Record function currently fails to work when using an ATI All-In-Wonder X1300 and time shifting is enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-22014
• A blank screen may be displayed after unchecking all the Component Video formats except when the 480i30 custom mode is applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27620
• A green or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE to ATSC mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27622
• The 3D aspect may appear blank when launching a second instance of the Catalyst™ Control Center™. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28482
• The Catalyst™ Control Center version number may fail to be updated after the installation of a newer Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28493
• Dragging player window to secondary display while playing back HD content and moving it back to primary may result in blank player window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28496
• Creating a secondary user account and switching from the secondary user account to the primary user account may results in CrossFire™ failing to be enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28786
• Connecting a secondary display device and enabling CrossFire™, followed by disabling CrossFire™ no longer results in CrossFire™ pages in the Catalyst™ Control Center showing that it is enabled. Further information on this issue may be found in topic number 737-28845
• The composite video slider values may be automatically applied without clicking on the Apply button. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28812
• Setting the language option to any of the supported languages other than English may result in the help page for Advanced Color failing to be displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28822
• Using live TV on a system containing an ATI HD 2900 XT product and running the Windows Vista operating system may result in the application failing if the Catalyst™ 7.6 driver is installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28823
• When running certain OpenGL samples, the ATI Radeon™ graphics adapter may not be running at the requested clock values on a CrossFire™ configured system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28824
• The Catalyst™ Control Center version number may fail to be updated after the installation of a newer Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28493
• Setting the display resolution to 1680x1050 and playing either an MPEG 2HDi/p, VC1, or H.264 interlaced content may result in the content not being accelerated and resolution restrictions being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28828
• A Windows error message may occur when game settings are set to their highest levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28830
• Performing an express install of the Catalyst Control Center may result in an error message being displayed when rebooting the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29532
• [i]Hot-plugging an HDMI display device may result in the display device failing to be detected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29534[/li]
• Hot-plugging an HDMI display device to a system that has a CRT connected to it, followed by swapping the display devices may result in invalid refresh rates being listed in the Display manager. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29536
• Using PowerDVD to playback a Blu-ray title may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing with a 0x000000EA error. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29537
• A black window may be displayed when attempting to play a DVD title using WinDVD 7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29539
• Windows Dream Scene Content: Corruption may be noticed when attempting to run the preview for the chosen clips. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28856
• 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29547
• Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 or less may results in corruption being noticed when attempting to play an HD-DVD using the Cyberlink player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29550
• Setting the display resolution to 1680x1050 and playing either an MPEG 2HDi/p, VC1, or H.264 interlaced content may result in the content not being accelerated and resolution restrictions being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28828
• Frame flipping may occur while playing certain VC-1 content titles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27804
• Playing a HD-DVD or Blu-ray title using PowerDVD followed by rotating the display device by 90 degrees may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29552

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• City of Heroes: A fatal error message may be displayed when exiting the game and attempting to launch the Catalyst™ Control Center™ in Advanced mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28514
• DIRT: Launching DIRT with CrossFire™ enabled may result in the game failing to launch and an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29554
• Enabling CrossFire™ may result in display corruption being noticed when playing a DVD or media clip using either WinDVD 7, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD 6. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22806
• Catalyst™ Control Center->OverDrive™: The OverDrive™ setting are not retained for individual accounts. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25805
• Connecting two display devices to an ATI Radeon™ X1600 series product may result in the device manager failing to detect the secondary display device. Further information may be found in topic number 737-21266
• On certain products playing back VC-1 and H.264 content with display resolution set at 1360x768 or higher may result in screen flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28515
• On certain products, dragging player window from primary to secondary display no longer results in hardware acceleration being disabled which resulted in the CPU usage increasing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28516
• With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 introductions; playback may switch from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517
• Playing an HD Blu-ray title using Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra for Blu-ray and HD-DVD followed by open multiple windows and moving them around the desktop may result in the windows background not being re-drawn properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28831
• Installing the HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver may results in a compatibility issue being noticed and a yellow exclamation mark showing up in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28833
• On certain products playing back VC-1 and H.264 content with display resolution set at 1360x768 or higher may result in screen flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28515
• With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 intros, playback may switch from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517
• Enabling extended desktop mode following by launching the Windows Media Player may result in the player failing to appear on the secondary display device in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29555

For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care.

[Reactie gewijzigd door Godjira op 13 september 2007 10:33]

Bioshock werkt niet met 7.9 op XP, mijn driver was eerst 7.7, want 7.8 liep ook niet geheel vlekkeloos met mijn X1950GT (zacht uitgedrukt). Bioshock werkte dus prima met 7.7, maar toen ik 7.9 had geinstalleerd, gaf hij zo'n gebruikelijke Windows-error (send, don't send etc.). Ik heb een herinstallatie van Bioshock geprobeerd, maar dat leverde niks op
Iemand (nu al) ervaring met dit probleem?
Update: Driver rollback gedaan (naar 7.7) en Bioshock werkt weer! Het ligt dus wel degelijk aan de nieuwe drivers van Ati.

[Reactie gewijzigd door huorpalantir op 11 september 2007 16:27]

Ati adviseert om driver 7.7 te gebruiken voor AGP kaarten. 7.8 en 7.9 zijn niet stabiel met AGP kaarten. Kan de link niet direct vinden.

Ah, vandaar dat ik een BSOD kreeg na installatie van 7.9... Een 'inifinite loop' in ati2dvag.dll.

Snel maar weer 7.7 geinstalleerd.

[Reactie gewijzigd door edie op 11 september 2007 20:30]

Heb ook problemen met de 7.8 versie en terug gegaan naar 7.7. Had toch gehoopt dat ze in 7.9 de problemen opgelost hadden, maar is blijkbaar alleen maar erger geworden. Zal ze vanavond eens proberen en kijken of bioshock nog werkt.

Oh ja ik heb een X1950Pro AGP.

Ik heb de 7.9 drivers toch maar geinstalleerd en ze werken uitstekend. Tot nu toe geen problemen. Bioshock draait ook perfect. Allemaal heel erg gek.

[Reactie gewijzigd door zwarteraaf op 12 september 2007 18:37]

is goed om te weten ik ben ook al 4 dagen bezig bioshock werkend te krijgen op mijn AGP X1950Pro

zal eens me drivers down graden

En hier ook de link voor de mobile versies die er tot op heden nog steeds niet genoemd worden:
http://ati.amd.com/online/mobilecatalyst/

Deze driver is btw alleen voor Windows XP, Vista users moeten de Mobility Modder (http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/) gebruiken

Of even wachten tot hun laptopfabrikant zijn nieuwe drivers online heeft gezet.

Vaak lopen de OEM drivers altijd enorme stukken achter op de huidige versies, daarom raad ik iedereen ook aan altijd die modtool te gebruiken

hey, interessant! ik kan sinds mobiele versie eh.. 8.231.0.0 (waarom ziet het versienr. er anders uit in mijn hardware properties?) van februari (!) 2006 al niet meer updaten op mijn notebook... en asus heeft nog drivers van ergens 2005... eens proberen!

Wat is zo vreemd vind is dat de XP drivers apart gedownload kan worden (dus display en Control panel afzonderlijk). Bij de XP x64 drivers moet je altijd het volledige pakket nemen, terwijl je simpel bij de installatie de control panel weg kunt laten.

Iemand hier een verklaring voor? Of is dit gewoon omdat ze te lui zijn om ze te splitsen

Ik zelf download de 32-bit versie in losse delen zodat ik een Nederlandse Control Center kan mee pikken. Dit vinden sommige mensen hier fijn.
Ik denk dat het daarom gedaan is. Weet niet of er bij de x64 versie wel of geen Nederlandse versie is. Als er geen andere talen zijn bij x64 zou dit een verklaring kunnen zijn.

[Reactie gewijzigd door Plato112 op 11 september 2007 14:59]

Win XP x64 is enkel in het Engels te krijgen...

Zijn de Vista drivers al uitontwikkeld voor de X1xxx kaarten ofzo, want opnieuw alleen maar improvements voor HDxxxx kaarten (de Quake4 improvement daargelaten). Ik mag hopen van niet, want nog steeds zet XP een aanzienlijk hogere prestatie neer in bijvoorbeeld Bf2 op mijn X1950XT dan dat het met dezelfde hardware en instellingen in Vista doet.

Ik ben bang van niet... Misschien dat SP1 voor vista daar wat aan kan doen? Het is algemeen bekend dat je met XP meer uit je hardware haalt dan bij vista nog... Leuk kaartje btw Deed het perfect op bf2 bij mij altijd.

Ik werk nu met de omega drivers maar die zitten nog altijd op versie 7.4 Zou de demo van enemy territory: quake wars hier ook mee werken of moet ik echt updaten naar 7.9?
Ik zal het wel eens testen maar duurt nog een uurtje tegen dat de demo binnen is.

De demo draait wel op de omega drivers 3.8 (CAT 7.4), maar ik heb wel win XP pro.
X1950 pro AGP

[Reactie gewijzigd door XTREEMRaGE op 12 september 2007 10:44]

Ik heb de nieuwe drivers geinstalleerd, maar start na het laadscherm met zwart beeld op.. Gaat lekker.. Lees dat voor xp je ook met 7.8 uit de voeten kan?

Klopt, dat gebeurt altijd Daarna gaat het het toch weer over?

de x1950 agp wordt niet hoger gesupport als versie 7.7. Staat direct voorin het changelog.

wel krijg ik sinds dat ik 7.9 heb opgestart soms ook de melding inifinnite loop in ati2dvag.dll. Heb een x1950xt pci-e. Met 7.7 kreeg ik deze ook heel af en toe. Gebeurt alleen als ik windows boot en voordat hij volledig is uitgestart al programma's begin te opennen. Op het moment dat ik hem netjes laat uitratelen heb ik nergens last van. vindt het maar vreemd

Vind ik best jammer. Heb laatst de X1950GT agp aangeschaft, inderdaad ook problemen met 7.8 dus weer 7.7 erop.
Hoop dat er nog wel wat voor uitkomt eigenlijk.
Naja, met de kaart hiervoor (9800 non-pro) heb ik ook lang met stokoude drivers gezeten. Of ik moet eens kijken naar alternatieve drivers van Omega.

Wel jammer dat ik nu de demo van Quake wars niet kan spelen. Of is het zo dat ik het wel kan spelen maar dan wat grafische dingetjes mis?

[Reactie gewijzigd door Vrijdag op 12 september 2007 07:57]

Ik kan met de 7.7 drivers Quake Wars spelen zonder foutmeldingen. En ik heb een X1950 Pro AGP.

Oh, in dat geval ga ik het vanavond eens proberen! Dankjewel!

Waar ik mij trouwens wel afvraag waarom ze dat zo vaak zeggen. Ook al met R6 Vegas, dat je "die en die kaart nodig had anders kon je het hele spel niet spelen" terwijl dan achteraf blijkt dat je alleen wat grafische opties mist.

De 7.9 Beta doet et hier wel op mijn X1950 Pro 512mb AGP van Sapphire.

Heb geen zin om de final te installeren. Zal nauwelijks tot niet anders zijn dan de beta neem ik aan.

De drivers geven hier een enorme performance boost op Splinter Cell Double Agent.
Ik denk dat de drivers steeds beter geoptimaliseerd raken voor Vista (x64).
Mag ook wel na zo een tijdje, maar het is zeker mooi meegenomen.

X1650 512MB op Vista x64 btw.