ATI Catalyst

[Cyber Dog]

New Features

The Catalyst? 5.12 software suite introduces dual core support for CPU bound cases. This feature provides improved graphics performance for DX 9 supported graphics adapters installed in systems running the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems.

Performance Improvements>

Catalyst 5.12 improves a variety of CPU-bound performance cases when an ATI product is installed in conjunction with a dual-core or hyperthreading CPU. Performance gains include:

* 3DMark05 gains as much as 5.7%

* 3DMark03 gains as much as 3.3%

* 3DMark2001 SE gains up to 10%

* Aquamark 3 gains up to 16%

* Comanche 4 improves as much as 20%

* Far Cry gains as much as 25% on some product configurations

* Half-Life 2 performance improves as much as 8%

* Splinter Cell improves as much as 8% in certain parts of the game

* Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness runs as much as 10% faster

* Unreal Tournament 2004 framerates improve as much as 10%

Issues Resolved in Catalyst? Software Suite 5.12b>

The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst?. These include:

* Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE with CrossFire? enabled no longer results in ghosting effect being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21187

* EverQuest II: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon? X1800 series, no longer results in the operating system failing to respond after approximately 5 minutes of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21189

* FarCry: Launching the game on systems using an ATI Xpress 200 series product and running the Windows XP operating system no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20978

* Quake4: Selecting the Ultra Quality option within the game no longer results in the game failing to load after the restart required by the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20981

* Enabling clone mode, followed by playing a video clip, no longer results in the underscan/overscan option failing to work when using Theater mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20973

* Connecting a display device using an interlink cable to the ATI Radeon? X800 CrossFire? Edition, no longer results in CrossFire? becoming disabled if the interlink cable is disconnected from the Radeon? X800 CrossFire? and then reconnected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20977

* Catalyst? Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982

* Connecting a CRT and a TV to an ATI Radeon? X300/600 series and attempting to enable clone mode, intermittently no longer results in extended desktop mode being applied. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20983

* Corruption is no longer noticed within the Catalyst? Control Center once a VPU Recover event is triggered. This issue is known to occur under the Windows XP MCE operating system when using an ATI Radeon? X1800 series product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20984

* Connecting an HDTV as the only display device using the component video connector on an ATI Radeon? X1300 no longer results in the display image shrinking when making changes to either AA or AF found in the 3D aspect page of the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737- 21186

* Connecting a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display to an ATI Radeon? X1300 series that is installed in a system running Windows 2000, no longer results in the display image being off center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21188

* Color corruption is no longer noticed when hot unplugging and hot plugging an LCD display from an ATI Radeon? X1800 series using the DVI connector. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21190

* The TV Format now matches the TV Output when enabling TV after boot of the operating system. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21196

* Enabling extended desktop mode followed by playing a DVD at 480i no longer results in corruption being noticed when moving the playback window to the secondary display device. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21191

* Connecting an Apple Cinema display device to an ATI Radeon? X1800 series no longer results in the failure to playback a DVD when using the ATI DVD Player. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21192

* Playing an HQV DVD using the WinDVD 5.0 player on systems containing an ATI Radeon? X1800 series, and running the Windows XP operating system, no longer results in Poor video playback quality being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21193

* Catalyst? Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982

* Using WinDVD to playback a DVD title while having the Catalyst? Control Center running, no longer results in the playback of the DVD pausing momentarily. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21194

* The 1080i optimum mode is now available in the Digital Panel properties when connecting both a DFP and a CRT to an ATI Radeon? X850 series. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21197

* Catalyst? Control Center: Proceeding through the step by step process to enable the Component Video display, followed by applying a desktop resolution of either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 no longer results in the Custom Setting box failing to appear when clicking on the Add button. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21195

* The Help page is now available for the Digital Panel Properties page found in the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21198

* Windows Movie Maker: Captured *.avi files no longer appear corrupt in color during playing back. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21199

* Scheduling multiple TV recordings no longer results in the audio being distorted in some of the captured TV recordings. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21200

* The Capture Video Preview image no longer appears off center when using a PAL version of the ATI Theater? 550 Pro. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21201

* The tool tip for the Contrast slider bar found in the Catalyst? Control Center is now translated properly for Traditional Chinese. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21202

* The slider bars found in the Overdrive aspect page of the Catalyst? Control Center are now the proper length when selecting Italian as the language of choice. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21203

* Dashes are no longer displayed in the front of the ASIC name when selecting the Magyar language option for the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21204

* The lower portion of the scroll bar found in the All Settings aspect page of the Catalyst? Control Center is no longer missing. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21205

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[Mystical112]

thx i was wondering when this would b out...

i dont c the option to download w/o ccc tho.... hmmmm

[AgEnTsMiTh]

thx i was wondering when this would b out...

i dont c the option to download w/o ccc tho.... hmmmm

Me either. I was looking for it to. I run .net 2.0 not 1.1 and because of that, CCC does not work for me no matter what I do. If anyone knows how to get it working, let me know.

[Mystical112]

I have a 9200, so I don't think I can run CCC to begin with.

[Chanser]

Me either. I was looking for it to. I run .net 2.0 not 1.1 and because of that, CCC does not work for me no matter what I do. If anyone knows how to get it working, let me know.

Erm install 1.1?

[AgEnTsMiTh]

erm, can you have 1.1 and 2.0 installed without causing issues?

[Tungsten T]

erm, can you have 1.1 and 2.0 installed without causing issues?

Yea, they run as if they are 2 seperte runtimes.

[AgEnTsMiTh]

Yea, they run as if they are 2 seperte runtimes.

Cool, was not 100% sure about it. Thanks for the info.

[Premgenius]

cool

[farmeunit]

Go HERE, and the go to "Alternate/Optional Downloads". That's where they USED to be anyway. The link isn't working for me right at this moment though

[Hurmoth]

Damn, I keep getting errors when trying to access their site.

[Mystical112]

^ site works fine for me....

well i installed it anyways and CCC works with the 9200 now... :blink: go figure... maybe the want to force everyone on to it...

[D!rtySh@dy]

I have .NET Framework 1.1 & 2.0 installed and CCC work perfectly.

But I don't think if .NET Framework 1.1 is required for CCC, or only 2.0 is enough.

[trashpickinman]

^ site works fine for me....

well i installed it anyways and CCC works with the 9200 now... :blink: go figure... maybe the want to force everyone on to it...

ATI Desktop product family support

The Catalyst? software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:

Radeon? X1800 series

Radeon? X1300 series

Radeon? X850 series

Radeon? X800 series

Radeon? X700 series

Radeon? X600 series

Radeon? X550 series

Radeon? X300 series

Radeon? 9X00 series

Radeon? 8500 series

Radeon? 7X00 series

Yeah, it looks like its for almost all the Radeon cards now.

[Ianmac45]

1.1 is required for ccc, 2.0 isn't even needed

[Kr0z]

Nice, better update. Thanks.

[D!rtySh@dy]

Do you think Catalyst Control Center 5.13 will use .NET Framework 2.0 ?

I need info, I'm french and I have an ATI X800 XL.

I want 5.12 Drivers, WDM Drivers and CCC 5.13 in french.

What do I donwload ?

Catalyst Control Center Package (34.9 Mo) is only in English ?

[Premgenius]

So I guess no more none .NET drivers :(

[canucksrule]

any boost in civ 4 versus 4.12 drivers?

[gunnerhkjp]

I just wish they fix the video out aspect ratio issue.

Its been around since CAT5.3 and its driving me insane.

[cybershark]

So I guess no more none .NET drivers :(

You can download the display driver only, stick with the 5.12 control panel.

I stand to be corrected, but as far as I can read you only need .NET if you install the Catalyst Control Centre

Do you think Catalyst Control Center 5.13 will use .NET Framework 2.0 ?

I need info, I'm french and I have an ATI X800 XL.

I want 5.12 Drivers, WDM Drivers and CCC 5.13 in french.

What do I donwload ?

Catalyst Control Center Package (34.9 Mo) is only in English ?

Catalyst Control Center is also available in the following languages:

Arabic

Chinese Simplified

Chinese Traditional

Czech

Danish

Dutch

English

French

German

Greek

Spanish

Finnish

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Swedish

Thai

Turkish

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2...c-languages.txt

Look below low speed(dial-up) for Alternate/Optional Downloads

As far as I can tell this download is Catalyst Control Center with the additional languages

[D!rtySh@dy]

Do you think WDM is usefull for an ATI X800 XL ?

To have all my drivers, WDM and CCC in french do you think I download this files ?

- Display Drivers Only (11.7)

- WDM Integrated Driver Only (4.0)

- Catalyst Control Center Additional Languages (29.5)

Other solution ? more simple...

Edited December 9, 2005 by D!rtySh@dy

[Cyber Dog]

Do you think WDM is usefull for an ATI X800 XL ?

The WDM is only used for All-In-Wonder cards that support video capture.

[A10]

The WDM is only used for All-In-Wonder cards that support video capture.

The WDM drivers are also for cards with VIVO so if the card has it download it.

[Justin-]

^ site works fine for me....

well i installed it anyways and CCC works with the 9200 now... :blink: go figure... maybe the want to force everyone on to it...

It does? Nice. I always had to get the non CCC one because it screwed a lot of stuff up ..