ATI Catalyst 9.1 Display Driver

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ATI released their ATI Catalyst 9.1 Drivers today.

The sole new feature:
Full OpenGL 3.0 support

As always, this latest release also includes a myriad of bug fixes.

Resolved Issues for Windows Vista and Windows XP Operating Systems

"Move to Monitor" option does not work for some Open GL application
Playing back MPEG2 files may fail to respond when task switching between virtual desktops in extended desktop mode
Restoring to factory default, Catalyst Control Center may become unresponsive when multidesktop is enabled
Catalyst Control Center: display index number are not the same as Displays Manager in Graphics Settings
Catalyst Control Center: Some Catalyst text labels may be missing "General Settings Option" under Windows Traditional Chinese
Catalyst Control Center: System may become unresponsive when uninstalling Hydravision package with all HV aspects checked in multi adapter configurations
Catalyst Control Center: Enabling "Enable Desktop Manager" and "Enable Multi Desktop" will cause the following to be displayed in the Windows Task Manager HydraDM64 and HydraMD64
Catalyst Control Center: Preparing Help dialog window will come up in English on other localized Windows operating systems
About Catalyst Control Center window may display some text corruption, when launched from the system tray
Catalyst Control Center stops working when skin is changed to Quicksilver

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:

With some ATI Radeon adapters and Windows Vista 64 systems with more than 4 GB of system memory the display driver may fail to load and report a code 43 error
Some video performance playback may be noticed when using the latest version of Pixela
Video combing effects may be noticed during movie playback while fast forwarding or rewinding
Catalyst Control Center: some screen corruption may be noticed after enabling 1080p HDMI support and adjusting the scaling options
Video may not fill secondary display when playing back HD 1080i content with Overlay Theater Mode enabled
Launching Medal Of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead game demo may result in a system stopped working error
Unable to extend the display to a secondary adapter until the system has been restarted after enable/disable CrossFire
Reinstalling the display driver using the INF method on a multi-display (ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, Radeon HD 3870) system may cause the operating system to fail
Playing Picture-in-Picture on a DVD with PowerCinema or PowerDVD may cause the system to halt.
System may become unstable when mode switching during playback of blu-ray content using WinDVD
System becomes unresponsive exiting Windows Media Center while playing high definition content
DXVA2 Video Decoder DDI Test failures on R7xx ASICs on Windows Vista Systems
Some interlacing may be noticed when fast forwarding a DVD playback
Catalyst Control Center: system may fail to boot after disabling CrossFireâ„¢ with dual ATI Radeon HD 48xx adapters
System unresponsive on reboot after installing the Catalyst 8.12 driver on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series CrossFire

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

Catalyst Control Center Runtime does not restart automatically after HydraVision installation in Windows XP
Catalyst Control Center: Hydravision tab is not shown in limited user accounts for Windows XP 64 bit
Test corruption may be noticed when display is rotated to 'Left (90 ccw)' in resolutions greater than 1600 x 1200
Playing back some HD MPEG2 videos will either shows black or show a reduced Overlay Theater mode on the secondary display
TV may fail to display an image after installing the display driver with an HD-TV connected using DVI-HDMI adapter
Video corruption may be noticed with some DVI monitors during a mode switch
On some systems the following ATI warning dialog may be displayed after a system restore â€œNot enough displays to enable driver. Add another display device and try again.
Unable to install SMBus driver on ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics with ATI
graphic card and integrated graphics disabled

Download: Vista 32-bit, XP 32-bit, Vista 64-bit

View: Catalyst Drivers (All platforms)

View: Release Notes

#1 Lee® on 30 Jan 2009 - 08:50

I wonder if they'll update the drivers for Windows 7 soon.

#2 Neo Razgriz on 30 Jan 2009 - 10:58

Cat 9.1 would be great if I could actually use them!

They, and 8.12, cause my display to develop the green-screen issue!!

(1 reply) #3 huddy on 30 Jan 2009 - 12:55

Is anyone else getting a 403 error?

Edit : Seems to be a problem with my Firefox - I.E. worked ok.

Last edited by huddy on 30 Jan 2009 - 13:53

#3.1 robertwnielsen on 30 Jan 2009 - 19:44

huddy,

I had the same problem yesterday! IE7 worked fine, though.

(7 replies) #4 bradsday on 30 Jan 2009 - 13:49

Wonder why there is no "check for updates" or even an auto updater in the Catalyst Control suite. In this day in age, it does not make sense to have to download and completely resinstall a piece of software to get the benefit of a (minor) update.

#4.1 mclaren05 on 30 Jan 2009 - 15:08

bradsday said,

Because a driver cannot be updated automatically. Its different than software.

#4.2 random_n on 31 Jan 2009 - 06:20

Huh? Drivers *are* software! The reason is that a driver update is far more likely to break things than simple bugfixes and security patches that don't interact directly with the hardware, and thus shouldn't be automatically applied (much like service packs which can play with the kernel and HAL, etc). When something serious is fixed, drivers do get posted to Windows Update - it's just rare.

Still, a simple "check for updates" button wouldn't go unappreciated. :-)

#4.3 mclaren05 on 31 Jan 2009 - 13:27

random_n said,

Drivers arent software....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_driver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software

Some of you really need to read up before you post.
A drivers is a (kind of) software but it is not software and software isnt a driver.

#4.4 Howard on 31 Jan 2009 - 14:44

Device Driver
In computing, a device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.

Computer program
Computer programs (also software programs, or just programs) are instructions for a computer.

#4.5 Atlonite on 02 Feb 2009 - 04:05

yup thats why msupdate does it all the time

#4.6 nunjabusiness on 03 Feb 2009 - 05:45

mclaren05 said,

Some of you need to read WHAT you write.
Your statement makes zero sense.

Speaking english long? Just qft.

#4.7 Eis on 04 Feb 2009 - 04:46

Read those again sir. You'll **** bricks.

#5 FusionOpz on 30 Jan 2009 - 14:33

Is it really a wise idea to directly link to the drivers installers?

#6 Minchino on 30 Jan 2009 - 15:00

Well that seems to have fixed my atikmdag issues with flash player in full screen.

Edit: spoke too soon...

(1 reply) #7 VRam on 30 Jan 2009 - 16:18

^^ I wish they would fix that bug. I get sick of seeing atikmag errors clogging up my event log

#7.1 Atlonite on 10 Feb 2009 - 10:14

so turn of the atieven service you don't need it, it's not a vital part of windows nor is it a vital part of the catalyst drivers control center

#8 Quack on 30 Jan 2009 - 17:05

agree with need for updater in ccsuite!
renders well only in ie!

#9 PROGAME on 01 Feb 2009 - 15:47

ow great
now i don't get a few errors in Event Viewer when my OS starts, now i get a WHOLE LOT of errors ALL THE TIME in there

Good job...

last ATI card for me

#10 farmeunit on 02 Feb 2009 - 01:28

I don't have any issues with mine

#11 ChrisJ1968 on 03 Feb 2009 - 06:46

I can confirm that this driver works perfectly with my radeon mobile x1250. it fixed all issues with my pirates online by disney

#12 fenryr on 03 Feb 2009 - 21:14

"With some ATI Radeon adapters and Windows Vista 64 systems with more than 4 GB of system memory the display driver may fail to load and report a code 43 error"

It looks like some people are still getting this problem, I for one did, when installing the new drivers. After a lot of messing around I managed to get the drivers installed and working in a crossfire configuration.

#13 sorlag on 11 Feb 2009 - 09:48

Seen no speedup in this drivers.
Ati should fix the install.
I needed to uninstall my gpu and manually reinstall it.. otherwise the control panel freezes.

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