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Catalyst™ Drivers

ATI Catalyst Drivers 7.11

The Catalyst" software suite 7.11 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.432
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.11

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:

* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Corruption is no longer noticed with the use of rectangle textures. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29954
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: The game no longer fails to respond when triple buffering is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30544
* Unreal Tournament 2004: Enabling CrossFire" followed by attempting to change the in-game display resolution no longer results in a loss of vsync. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29950
* On certain products, dragging player window from the primary to the 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 no longer switches from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517
* With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 intros, playback no longer switches 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 no longer results 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
* The CrossFire" option found in the Catalyst" Control Center is now available on systems containing an ATI Radeon" X1800 series of product and running the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30010
* Users running Windows XP on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2600 no longer experience a drop in performance from single card mode to CrossFire" mode when software CrossFire" is enabled in certain applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29980
* Pressing the power button to resume from an S3 state no longer results in only the mouse cursor being visible and the screen remaining blank until the mouse is moved. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29948
* Dragging the WinDVD player from the primary display to the secondary display no longer results in the player failing to respond. Further, closing the WinDVD player using the Task Manager may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29955
* Enabling extended desktop mode and dragging the PowerDVD window to the secondary display device no longer results in the PowerDVD window becoming black with only the audio being heard. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29952
* Catalyst" Control Center: German character are no longer truncated in the Profile Manager Applications tab. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29930
* Connecting a Dell 30" LDC display device to an ATI Radeon" HD 2600 series of product no longer results in flashing or no display image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30545
* Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling Theater mode and enabling clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30546
* The Enable ATI OverDrive" clocks for 3D applications only checkbox is now checked and grayed out when the OverDrive" option in the Catalyst" Control Center is unlocked. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30600
* Ending playback of a Blu-ray title followed by toggling the CrossFire" settings (on or off) no longer results in the Windows XP operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30543
* Enabling CrossFire" and setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in HD DVD titles playing back as if in fast forward mode when using a Cyberlink player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30530
* Corruption is no longer noticed when dragging a window across the desktop edge in four monitor configuration under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30531
* Connecting a single display device to a secondary graphics adapter no longer results in extended desktop mode being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30538
* Playing the online game TianLongBaBu for an extended period of time (2 hours or more) on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD2400 or HD2600 no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30542

Catalyst™ Drivers

ATI Catalyst Drivers 7.12

The Catalyst" software suite 7.12 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.442
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.12

New Features
* Avivo" Update
* Enhanced ATI Overdrive support for the ATI Radeon"HD 2900 Series

Avivo" Update
Catalyst" 7.12 introduces an Avivo" update. The update allows the ATI Catalyst" Control Center to reflect what is supported by the driver taking into account the graphics card installed in the system, and will not expose any video features that is not supported by the driver. The DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) driver will perform a profiling mechanism to query the graphics capability and the Catalyst" Control Center queries the caps via the interface defined between the Catalyst" Control Center and the DXVA components. This feature will be supported on ATI Radeon" 9500 series products and above.
Enhanced ATI OverDrive" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2900 Series

This release of Catalyst" introduces an enhanced version of ATI OverDrive" for the ATI Radeon" HD 2900 Series. Users can now Overclock both GPU engine and graphics memory clock speeds in CrossFire" mode (and over-clock single ATI Radeon" graphics accelerators as well). This version of ATI Overdrive also
Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst" 7.12:
* 3DMark2005 performance improves 5% or more with largest gains noticed when Anti-aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering are disabled on systems containing either an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 or ATI Radeon" HD 2600 series of products
* Company of Heroes DX10 performance improves up to 5% on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD38x0 series of product

Catalyst™ Drivers

ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.4

The Catalyst" software suite 8.4 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.476
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.4

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:

* 3DMark05/06: A performance drop is no longer noticed when running the benchmark under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33497
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Setting the language option to any supported language other than English no longer results in the Help file for Configure and Diagnostics failing to appear. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32605
* Setting the language option to Russian for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in some text being cropped for the secondary display device in the display properties. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32663
* Setting the language option to German for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32664
* Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32665
* Connecting a CRT and TV and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop no longer results in Overlay Theater Mode failing on the secondary display device when attempting to change the TV format to D/PAL. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32606
* Catalyst" Control Center->3D: AA options are no longer missing on certain system configurations. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33400
* The Apply button no longer fails to become disabled when changing the display resolution on a system with extended desktop mode enabled and the secondary display device having a different color scheme. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33401
* Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst" Control Center. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33402
* The display device no longer displays a green image when launching the Catalyst" Control Center when PowerDVD is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33405
* The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond when switching between user profiles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33414

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.4 Vista

The Catalyst" software suite 8.4 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.476
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.4

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:

* Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32600
* Crysis: Setting the Catalyst" Control Center->Advanced View->3D->Standard Settings to Optimal Quality and having certain in game option settings no longer results in the game failing to render properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33395
* Doom 3: Setting the in game options to Ultra Quality and the screen size to 1600x1200 no longer results in the image next to the text failing to be rendered. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32603
* Hellgate: London: Flickering is no longer noticed when quitting and then relaunching the game when the in-game setting are set to their maximum levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32604
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Tabula Rasa: Setting the graphics option to enable Deferred Lighting and Dynamic Shadows no longer results in corruption being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32597
* Tomb Raider Anniversary: Performance improvements are now noticed when playing the game with CrossFire" enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32598
* Playing a game that uses the Unreal Engine 3.0 no longer results in AA setting not having any effect on the game when CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384
* The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to respond when running the Auto-tune utility found in the Catalyst" Control Center OverDrive" option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30584
* Using the pound key (#) as the first character in the user name no longer results in an error when installing the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31578
* The color depth no longer changes to 8 bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire" for the first time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31580
* Display corruption is no longer 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31582
* Connecting a TV as a secondary display device no longer results in extended desktop mode failing to become active. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32659
* Flashes of white lines are no longer noticed when quickly moving windows around the Vista desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32660
* Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32661
* Hot plugging an HDMI display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit version) no longer results in the HDMI display device being detected as a DTV (DVI) device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32593
* The signal on HDTV TV is no longer displayed as 480p60 after setting the format to 576i25/576p50 in clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32662
* A warning message no longer fails to appear when using an inappropriate DVI-HDMI adapter. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32596
* Attempting to perform a silent install of the display driver on a system running Traditional Chinese version of Windows Vista no longer results in an error message being displayed and the display drivers failing to be installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32601
* Catalyst" Control Center->Display Properties->Settings tab->Advanced: The adapter information is no longer displayed as ATI Display Adapter instead of the actual product name. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32602
* Enabling extended desktop mode followed by swapping the primary and secondary display devices no longer results in all running applications to be displayed on the primary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32607
* Enabling or disabling CrossFire no longer results in the HydraGrid settings failing to be retained. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32609
* Exiting a full screen D3D application no longer results in some of the other running applications failing to retain their current HydarGrid location. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32612
* An incorrect message is no longer displayed when resuming from an S3 state when extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33374
* Enabling Overlay Theatre Mode while a movie is playing no longer results in the secondary display device displaying a black screen when extended desk mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33375
* Connecting a secondary display device and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or greater no longer results in corruption being noticed when attempting to enable extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33376
* Playing a Blu-ray or HD DVD title using the Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 no longer results in an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33377
* Using MCE to view TV no longer results in the Vista operating system (32 bit version) failing to respond when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33378
* Intermittent corruption when switching between an LCD display device and an HDMI TV no longer occurs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33379
* Connecting an HDMI display device no longer results in an extra longer time being noticed when attempting to switch between the LCD display device and the HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33382
* Corruption is no longer noticed on the Windows Vista desktop when playing a DVD title when using the Windows Media Player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33383
* Connecting an HDTV using the HDMI port on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results the LCD display device failing when hot-unplugging the HDTV. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.8 XP

Change Log:

The Catalyst" software suite 8.8 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.522
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.8

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:

* 3 Kingdom OL: Playing the Asian game with CrossFire" enabled on a system running Windows XP no longer results in texture corruption being noticed during the fight preparation menu
* Assassin's Creed: Setting all in-game options to 3 and the display resolution to 1024x768 no longer results in flashing being noticed around the character
* City of Heroes: Character stretching and double character reflection is no longer noticed when the in-game resolution is set to 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35757
* Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire" no longer results in the displays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics options to off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35118
* Enemy Territory Quake Wars: Intermittent corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product
* Fear Perseus Mandate Demo: Launching the game on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2600 series of product no longer results in the system failing to respond
* Just Cause: Setting the in-game display resolution to 1280x1024 and all of the other game options to their maximum levels no longer results in corruption being noticed in the lower portion of the display
* Lost Planet: Task switching between the game and the Windows XP desktop no longer results in texture corruption being noticed when switching back to the game. This issue was known to occur on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 36x0 series of product
* Witcher: Enabling AA and setting the in-game options to their maximum levels no longer results in background colors being missing and the game play back being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35898
* Witcher: Game corruption is no longer noticed when setting all of the in-game options to their maximum values and having CrossFire" enabled along with AA set to 16x and AF set to 8x
* Witcher: Enabling CrossFire" on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product no longer results in game failing to respond
* Using the WinDVD player (versions 14.x, 11.10x, or 9.xx) to play VC1 video content no longer results in corruption being noticed when hardware acceleration is enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35293
* Installing the HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver no longer 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 737-35119
* Connecting a display device to the display port no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center->Advanced View detecting the display device as a Digital Panel (DVI)
* Hot-plugging an HDMI display device to a system that has a CRT connected to it no longer results in the CRT becoming disabled after the system reboots
* Choppy DVD playback is no longer noticed when enabling the option cinema enhancement and closed captioning within the WinDVD player
* Corruption is no longer noticed in the lower third of the WinDVD player window when cinema enhancement is enabled
* Hot-plugging a display device while the system is in standby state no longer results in the display device failing to be detected
* Hot-plugging a display device no longer results in the display device failing to display an image
* ATI icon corruption is no longer noticed on systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product
* Resuming from a standby state and right clicking on the Windows desktop no longer results in menu items appearing corrupt when moving the mouse pointer over the drop down menu
* Playing a Blu-ray DVD title using the WinDVD player no longer results in only audio being heard
* Playing a DVD title and selecting the option to use basic color setting to default in the Catalyst" Control Center now results in the option being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35803
* A green tint is no longer noticed around the closed captioning when playing a standard definition DVD using the Cyberlink player

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.8 Vista

Change Log:

The Catalyst" software suite 8.8 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.522
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.8

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:

* Setting the language option to Greek no longer results in cropped text being noticed in the Catalyst" Control Center->Component Video page
* Adobe After Effects: Exiting the application no longer results in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) operating system intermittently failing to respond
* Call of Duty 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when having Quad CrossFire" enable and an HDMI 1080p display device connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35112
* Devil May Cry 4: Anti-Aliasing no longer fails to function when playing the game with CrossFire" enabled
* Dirt: Playing the German Crossover track (Rally World Event) no longer results in the grand stands and chain link fences not being display correctly when CrossFire" is enabled and MSAA is disabled
* Hellgate London: Setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond
* Linage II: Switching between the game and the Windows desktop no longer results in the desktop appearing brighter than its original setting. Exiting the game and restarting the operating system may also result in the desktop brightness failing to be restored to its original setting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35108
* Lost Planet (DX9): Enabling CrossFire", AA to 4x, AF to 8x, and having all of the in-game options set to high no longer results in the game failing to respond when running the performance test
* Mahjongg Artifacts: Flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game on pre-configured name brand systems
* Mass Effect: Playing the game with CrossFire" enabled no longer results in corruption being noticed on the AA menu
* NASCAR demo: Setting all the in-game options to the highest levels no longer results in corruption being noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 series of product and running Windows Vista
* Quake 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when starting a new game on systems running either Windows XP or Vista and containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product
* Second Life: Playing the game on a CrossFire" configured system (ATI Radeon" HD 2400 and above) no longer results in corruption and slow performance being noticed
* Unreal Tournament 3: The game no longer intermittently fails to launch when a map has texture detail set to maximum. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31189
* World In Conflict: Setting the video quality to high no longer results in corruption being noticed
* Installing a newer version of the Catalyst" Control Center without removing the older version no longer results in a windows error message appearing when attempting to launch the Catalyst" Control Center
* The Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays is no longer missing in the Catalyst" Control Center->Digital Panel (DVI) page when hot un-plugging and then hot-plugging a display device using the HDMI port on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3100/3200 series of product
* The Display Management options are no longer missing or corrupted when switching between profiles in the Catalyst" Control Center
* Clicking Start->All Program->Catalyst" Control Center->Restart runtime twice no longer results in the two ATI Restart icons appearing on the Windows taskbar
* Setting the DPI to 120 or 144 no longer results in cropped text being noticed throughout various pages of the Catalyst" Control Center
* Making changes to the default values in the Avivo color page and closing the Catalyst" Control Center without applying the changes no longer results in the default values failing to be restored
* Cropped text is no longer noticed in the VPU Recover message when the DPI is set to 144
* Checking the Use application settings in Avivo Video->Basic Color no longer results in the preview failing to be updated with the default color settings
* Corruption is no longer noticed when entering the Catalyst" Control Center->Basic Quality page on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 4800 product
* Setting the language option to German and the Catalyst" Control Center skin to ATI_Crimson no longer results in text appearing cropped within the Catalyst" Control Center
* Catalyst" Control Center: Enabling the option for Always on Top no longer results in dialog boxes failing to appear on top of the Catalyst" Control Center
* Running through a custom install of the graphics driver and installing the driver to a directory of choice no longer results in a C++ error message when right clicking on the Windows desktop
* The pulldown menu options found within various pages of the Catalyst" Control Center are no longer mis-aligned
* Setting the language option to Russian no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst" Control Center
* Using the Catalyst" Control Center Setup Assistant no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center Advanced View text is appearing greyed out
* A restricted number of HDTV custom modes no longer occurs after deleting all of the custom modes that were previously added
* Catalyst" Control Center: The online help links for Color->Full Screen3D are no longer missing
* Catalyst" Control Center->Help->CrossFire": The help file no longer states that CrossFire" is enabled by default under the Windows XP operating system
* Incorrect help hardware configurations are no longer described for CrossFire" in the Catalyst" Control Center->Help contents
* Setting the language option to any of the supported languages now results in the translated language web pages being displayed (if in existence) when clicking on the Welcome link
* Corruption is no longer noticed in the lower portion of the HDMI display when using certain display modes
* Disabling the graphics driver while clone mode is enable no longer results in corruption being noticed on the display devices
* Connecting an HDMI display device and entering an S3 state no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or VPU Recover to activate
* Connecting an HDMI display device to the DVI port using an HDMI to DVI dongle no longer results in the display mode of 720x480 failing to be in the display mode list after hot-unplugging the HDMI display device and hot-plugging a DVI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35105
* Screen flashing no longer occurs when connecting a display device that has incorrect Extended Display Identification Data information (EDID)
* An error message indicating that the display driver stopped responding and has recovered is no longer displayed when playing a DVD title using the Windows Media Player on systems containing an ATI Radeon" 3100/3200 series of product
* Connecting a dual link display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 36x0 series of product no longer results in the display device failing to display an image when enabling the option to reduce DVI and setting the display resolution to 1280x1024 60Hz 32bpp
* Connecting an HDMI display device and setting the display resolution to 1600x1024 or higher with a refresh rate higher than 60Hz. no longer result in the display device failing to display an image
* Logging off one user and logging on as another no longer results in CrossFire" failing to be enabled or disabled when logging back on as the original user
* A CCCPrev.exe has stopped working error message no longer appears when selecting any 3D settings in the Catalyst" Control Center when extended desktop mode is enabled
* Connecting a CRT as the primary and a DFP as a secondary display device followed by enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in clone mode becoming active when hot-unplugging the DFT and the hot-plugging it back on
* Connecting a TV as a secondary display device and attempting to enabled extended desktop mode no longer results in the TV format failing to change
* Connecting a secondary display device and enabling it as the primary display no longer results in the resolution being set to it maximum display resolution when enabling CrossFire"
* Clicking on the seek slider when playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results in corruption being noticed on the playback window
* Switching from h.264 to MPEG2 video titles no longer results in the operating system intermittently failing to respond
* Playing VC1 video clips no longer results in green corruption being noticed in the player window
* Seeking or fast-forwarding in a media player application no longer results in corruption being noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3600 series of product and running Windows Vista (32 bit version)
* Enabling BOB de-interlacing no longer results in a green line being noticed on the bottom of the playback window when playing a 1080i clip
* Playing a standard definition DVD using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the player window flashing when closed captioning is enabled
* Playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results in the PowerDVD player failing to respond when DXVA is disabled, closed captioning is enabled and the user is fast forwarding the DVD title anywhere from 4x to 32x

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.10 XP

Change Log

The Catalyst™ software suite 8.10 contains the following:

* Radeon™ display driver 8.541
* Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.8


o The Catalyst™ software driver and the Catalyst™ Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from the same Catalyst™ release


o The Catalyst™ Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 2.0 installed, the Catalyst™ Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.

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:

* Catalyst Control Center Avivo Gamma control fails to function when playing a DVD using MS Windows Media Player or Cyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28294
* Opening Catalyst Control Center while playing back a HD/SD title with Cyberlink will cause display to go blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38305

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.10 Vista

Change Log

The Catalyst™ software suite 8.10 contains the following:

* Radeon™ display driver 8.541
* Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.8


o The Catalyst™ software driver and the Catalyst™ Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from the same Catalyst™ release


o The Catalyst™ Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 2.0 installed, the Catalyst™ Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.

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:

* Some video corruption might be noticed when playing certain Blu-ray titles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38293
* Disconnecting an HDMI display device during DVD playback may result in Windows Vista failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308
* Flickering may occur on the primary display when two dual link displays are used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38295
* Playing some video file formats under Windows Media Player 11 can cause a time delay response. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38926.
* City of Villains: Flashing observed in the game when super AA is enabled in Catalyst Control Center and the resolution is at 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38301
* When desktop rotation enabled in OS:Vista Greek some text is cutoff in the default monitor.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38302
* Performing an express un-install of the display driver on some ATI Radeon HD 48x0 series devices, may intermittently result in the display device failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308

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