ATi veröffentlicht „Catalyst 6.1“-Treiber-Paket
ATi hat heute, passend zum erschienenen Benchmark „3DMark06“ von Futuremark, ein neues Treiber-Paket veröffentlicht. Der Name des ersten ATi-Treibers in diesem Jahr lautet, wie zu erwarten, Catalyst 6.1. Der Treiber ist ein so genannter „maintenance driver“, sprich die Änderungen konzentrieren sich großenteils auf das Bugfixing.
Unter anderem sind Probleme mit diversen Spielen wie BattleField 2, Dark Age of Camelot, Everquest II, Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft und anderen behoben worden. Voraussetzung für die Installation des Catalyst Control Center ist ein installiertes Microsoft .NET Framework. Der Catalyst 6.1 ist für Windows XP, Windows XP x64, Windows MCE sowie Windows 2000 verfügbar.
- BattleField 2 Special Forces: A blooming or ghosting effect is
no longer noticed when playing the game in night vision mode. Further
details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21263
- Beyond Good and Evil: Flickering artifacts are no longer noticed
on the game characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play.
Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number
737-20795
- Dark Age of Camelot: The game no longer exits to the desktop
immediately after launching, or after playing for up to 15 minutes.
Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number
737-20794
- Everquest II, The Fall, and World of Warcraft: A VPU Recover
event or the operating system failing to respond no longer occur when
playing the game. Further details on these resolved issues can be found
in topic number 737-21437
- Half-Life2: Enabling Catalyst AI no longer results in the outer
edges of the water appear dark or black in color. Further details on
this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21448
- World of Warcraft: Rotating or zooming within the Blackwing Lair
or Seering George level of the game no longer results in a VPR Recover
occurring after approximately a few minutes of game play. Further
details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21265
- Catalyst Control Center: The Display Properties aspect is now
translated correctly for Traditional Chinese. Further details on this
resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21440
- Attempting to hot-plug a DFP display device using the HDMI-DVI
connector no longer results in the DFP display device failing to display
an image. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic
number 737-21442
- Viewing TV for several hours under Windows XP Media Center
Edition on a system containing either an ATI Radeon(r) X1300 or an ATI
Radeon(r) X1800 no longer results in an extraordinary long delay in the
shut down and no longer results in Windows XP MCE TV failing to restart.
Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number
- The radio seek function found in the Windows XP Media Center
Edition operating system is now functioning properly when using an ATI
Radeon(r) X800. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in
topic number 737-21449
Erstmals und ab jetzt auf Dauer planen wir direkt zur Veröffentlichung eines neuen Treiber einige Benchmarks durchzuführen, um einen ersten Eindruck von der Geschwindigkeit zu erhalten. Als Testsystem dient ein AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 1.024 MByte DDR400-RAM von Corsair, das MSI K8N Diamond sowie eine Radeon X1800 XT von HIS.
Wie zu erwarten war, stagnierte die Geschwindigkeit auf dem Niveau des Catalyst 5.13. Weder der heute erschienene der 3DMark06, noch F.E.A.R. oder Half-Life 2: Lost Coast konnten von der neuen Treiber-Version profitieren.
Fabian und 
Jan-Frederik