ATi veröffentlicht Catalyst 6.3
Dem monatlichen Rhythmus entsprechend hat ATi in dieser Woche die dritte Version des Catalyst-Treibers in diesem Jahr veröffentlicht. Neben den obligatorischen Bug-Fixes ist diese Version allerdings zusätzlich noch mit neuen Features bedacht worden.
Der „Overlay Theater Mode“ wurde so überarbeitet, dass von nun an höhere Auflösungen als auf dem Desktop wiedergegeben werden können. Mit dem „Avivo Video Konverter“ sollen Videoformate schnell und einfach in ein anderes umgewandelt werden können. Zu den unterstützten Formaten zählen unter anderem MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA und H.264/AVC. Weitere Informationen hält die Webseite von ATi bereit.
Neben Bug-Fixes in Spielen wie Battlefield 2, Serious Sam 2, Far Cry, Need for Speed: Most Wanted oder Quake 4 gab es auch einige Verbesserung auf der Performanceseite. So soll Call of Duty 2 auf der aktuellen High-End-Generation der X1800- und X1900-Serie zwischen fünf und zehn Prozent zugelegen und auch die Ergebnisse der Benchmark-Software 3DMark05 sollen minimal besser ausfallen. Alle weiteren Änderungen hat ATi in den Release Notes aufgeführt:
Release Notes ATi Catalyst 6.3
- 3DMark06: Setting the display to 2560x1600 with AA set to 4x no longer results in graphic corruption being noticed when running the HDR tests. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21768
- Battlefield 2: The game no longer exit to the Windows desktop after the game logo is displayed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21660
- City of Heroes: Running the Shadertest 7 no longer results in slow performance being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21463
- Far Cry: High Dynamic Range (HDR) corruption is no longer noticed when HDR is enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21762
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series no longer results in the operating system failing to respond after an extended period of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21769
- Quake 4: Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop no longer results in the game failing to respond when switching between notepad and the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21771
- Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFire™ no longer result in a performance drop being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20976
- Serious Sam 2: Two directdraw samples are no longer displayed as blank screens. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21748
- The Fall: VPU Recover message is no longer displayed when playing the game on systems containing either an ATI Radeon® 9600, 9700 or 9800 products. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21766
- Tiger Woods 2005 and 2006: Playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in a checkerboard type corruption being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21764
- World of Warcraft: Changing the multisample setting no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using an ATI Radeon® X1600 product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21770
- Setting the display device to a resolution of 1024x768 or higher no longer results in the (PAL) TV image becoming unstable when moving the mouse. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21664
- Catalyst® Control Center: Clicking on the 3D aspect no longer results in an error message being displayed indicating that Preview.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21662
- The Setup Video Playback dialog box no longer fails to appear when clicking on the Finish button. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21737
- Catalyst® Control Center: The desktop status for the CRT and LCD are no longer changed when exiting the Catalyst® Control Center and then relaunching the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21738
- Catalyst® Control Center: Placing an ATI Radeon® X800 GTO PCIe in a system containing an ATI Xpress 200 series no longer results in the Disable/Enable button and the Pause button not being available in the 3D Quality and Performance Settings. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21739
- Disconnecting a CRT and a TV from a system containing an ATI Xpress 200 series no longer results in the CRT and TV still being available in the Display Manager once a mode change is completed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21740
- The help button is no longer greyed out in the Edit Custom View aspect found in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21741
- The image for extended desktop and clone mode are no longer reversed when connecting an external monitor and entering the Basic view in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21742
- Making a change within the Standard settings found in the Catalyst® Control Center no longer results in the setting failing to be retained when exiting the Catalyst® Control Center and then re-launching the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21743
- The Disable, Enable, and Pause buttons are now displayed in the 3D Quality and Performance Settings for the ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series adapter when the system contains an add-in ATI Radeon® PCIe product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21744
- Disconnecting a CRT and or TV and restarting the system no longer results in the CRT and TV display devices becoming available after changing the display resolution. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21745
- Catalyst® Control Center: Connecting an LCD display device as the primary and a CRT as the secondary display device no longer results in the Set up my Display Configuration wizard disappearing. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21746
- Catalyst® Control Center: Changing the gamma, brightness, and contrast no longer results in the Apply button still being active after the reboot of the system. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21747
- Catalyst® Control Center: Entering the OverDrive aspect and attempting to use the automated clock configuration diagnostic to obtain the ATI recommended speeds for the engine and memory no longer results in the engine and memory clock not changing. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21749
- Catalyst® Control Center: Connecting a display device that supports 1080i no longer results in the 1080i display mode failing to be applied. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21750
- Color corruption is no longer noticed when enabling the Reduce DVI Frequency on High-Resolution Display found in the Catalyst® Control Center when playing a DVD with Theater mode enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21751
- Connecting an HDTV followed by playing an MPEG or AVI file using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the video file failing to be played back on the secondary display device. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21752
- Connecting a CRT as the primary display device and an HDTV as the secondary display device no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the HDTV when setting the HDTV 1080i in the Catalyst® Control Center and enabling Overlay Theater Mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21753
- Catalyst® Control Center: Selecting system skin and the German language no longer results in the text being cut off within the Adjustment aspect page. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21754
- Catalyst® Control Center: Selecting Russian as the language no longer results in the text for the secondary display device being cut off within the De-interlacing aspect page. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21755
- Catalyst® Control Center: Selecting Magyar as the language no longer results in text being cut off within the 3D - All Setting aspect page. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21756
- Catalyst® Control Center: The confirm changes dialog box no longer repeatedly appears when selecting No to changes. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21757
- France is now listed in the pull down menu for the Country option when selecting the TV out standard. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21758
- Resuming from a standby state no longer results in corruption being noticed on the lower half of the display, or the lower half of the display remaining blank when CrossFire™ is enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21759
- Enabling CrossFire™ under the Windows Media Center Edition operating system no longer results in closed captioning failing to function. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21760
- Catalyst® Control Center: Display corruption is no longer noticed on the secondary display device when enabling clone mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21761
- Horizontal large desktop modes are no longer reported in the Display properties after switching from horizontal to vertical large desktop mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21763
- Deselecting the Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults no longer results in the operating system rebooting when setting the maximum refresh rate and resolution for the display device connected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21765
- Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X1300 series product no longer results in the display failing to apply the proper underscan mode for 1080i or720p. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21767
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