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May 21, 2008

ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 8.5

This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's industry leading

software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display

Driver, and the Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to

provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst™

software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

This release note provides information on the following:

Web Content

AMD Product Support

Operating systems supported

Performance Improvements

New Features

ATI's Folding@Home

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver

AMD Customer Care

Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback

Web Content

The Catalyst™ software suite 8.5 contains the following:

Radeon™ display driver 8.493

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 8.5

Caution: 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

Caution: 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

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see an error message.

Note: These release notes provide information on the Radeon™ display driver

only. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™, HydraVision™,

HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote Wonder™, or the

Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes

found at: https://support.ati.com/

AMD Product Support

The Catalyst™ Vista driver for both the 32bit and 64bit versions of the Microsoft Windows

Vista operating system is supported on the following ATI Radeon™ products.

AMD Desktop Product Family Support for both

Windows Vista and XP

AMD Desktop Product Family Support

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series ATI Radeon™ X1300 series






ATI Radeon™ X1950 series ATI Radeon™ X300 series

ATI Radeon™ X1900 series ATI Radeon™ 9800 series





ATI Radeon™ X700 series

Note: As of Catalyst™ 8.3 Hybrid Graphics has been supported on the ATI

Radeon™ HD 2400 Series and ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series for the

Windows Vista operating system. Hybrid Graphics delivers a significant 3D

performance boost for systems featuring an AMD 780G Hybrid CrossFire™

compatible integrated graphics motherboard and an ATI Radeon™ HD

2400 Series or ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series graphics accelerator. This

provides support for up to four independent displays.


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AMD Multimedia Family Product Support for both Windows

Vista and XP

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1900 Series ATI Theater 600™

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1800 Series ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 Series

ATI All-in-Wonder™ 2006 Edition ATI Theater™ 550 PRO

ATI All-in-Wonder™ X800 Series ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9800 Series

ATI Theater 650™ ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9600 Series


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Note: ATI All-in-Wonder™ boards operate with AMD's Windows Vista ready

display and capture drivers under the Windows Vista operating system.

However, the Windows Vista Media Center application does not support

TV/Capture functionality provided by the ATI All-in-Wonder™. TV/Capture

functionality is qualified to function with Snaptream's BeyondTV 4.6 for

Windows Vista. Other third party solutions (such as Arcsoft's Total Media

3) may support TV/Capture with the ATI All-in-Wonder™, but these

applications have not been fully tested by AMD.

AMD Chipset Product Support

AMD Chipset Product Support

ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Series AMD 580X Series Chipset

ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1150 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2100 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series

ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1250 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 Series

ATI Radeon™ X1250 Series AMD 690 Series Chipset

ATI Radeon™ X1200 Series

Operating systems supported

The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following

Microsoft Windows platforms:

Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)

Windows XP Professional

Windows XP Home Edition

Windows XP Media Center Edition

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Note: When installing the Catalyst™ Vista driver for Windows Vista, the user

must logged on as an Administrator or have Administrator rights in order

to successfully complete the installation of the Catalyst™ Vista driver.

Caution: Once the driver installation is completed under the Vista operating

system (32 and 64 bit), the driver log file may report that the ATI T200

Unified AVStream Driver failed to install. A reboot of the operating

system resolves the issue.

New Features

Catalyst™ 8.5 introduces the following new features:

Catalyst™ Control Center Component Video

ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement

SECAM TV Out Support

1080p HDTV custom mode


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HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes

Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalyst™ Control Center

1080p24 Mode Support

Windows XP Service Pack 3 support

Catalyst™ Control Center Component Video

This release of Catalyst™ introduces 480i and 480p support. These formats will be found in

the pre-defined component video format list found in the Catalyst™ Control

Center->Component Video->Advanced page.

ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement

This release of Catalyst™ introduces an update to the ATI un-install utility. The utility now

pop up dialogue box to show two options to the end user,

Remove ATI Radeon™ graphics software, leave chipset software (RECOMMENDED).

Completely remove all ATI/AMD (Graphics/Chipset) software.

SECAM TV Out Support

This release of Catalyst™ introduces support within the graphics driver to enable TV output

adhering to the SECAM standard.

1080p HDTV custom mode

This release of Catalyst™ 1080p HDTV display mode. This feature will be available for

display devices that use an HDMI connector and is available under the Windows XP and

Vista operating systems.

HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes

This release of Catalyst™ introduces HDMI audio support for all TV timing modes and

non-standard (CEA 861b) TV modes. If a non-standard mode is used, on initial connection

to the TV, a pop-up notification should let the user know that the audio may be out of sync.

A UI allows for the audio to be disabled by the user if desired. The UI in Catalyst™ Control

Center would show the list of TV timing modes (both standard and non-standard) and the

capability to enable audio for a given mode.

Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalyst™ Control Center

This release of Catalyst™ introduces Adaptive AA for Orca Driver, geometry for alpha tested

objects are now submitted multiple times to the hardware using the multi-sample mask

feature to update one sample at a time in the frame buffer using centroid sampling. With

each pass of the sampling position for textures is shifted to be at the location of the sample

that is being updated in that pass.

1080p24 Mode Support

This release of Catalyst™ introduces 1080p24 mode support This feature will be available

for display devices that use an HDMI connector and is available under the Windows XP and

Vista operating systems.


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Windows XP Service Pack 3 support

This release of Catalyst™ introduces WHQL certified support for Microsoft's Windows XP

Service Pack 3 update for all ATI Radeon™ Series products.

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™.

Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases up to 12% on systems containing an ATI

Radeon™ HD 3xx0 series of product

Halo: Performance increases by 10-30% across all of the supported ATI Radeon™

series of products

Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases from 5 to 35% on systems containing an

ATI Radeon™ HD 3xx0 series of product

Stalker DX9: Performance increases by 20-50% when HDR is enabled in the game;

across all ATI Radeon™ HD38x0 series of products

World in Conflict DX10: Performance increases up to 25% on systems containing an

ATI Radeon™ HD36x0 and/or an ATI Radeon™ 38x0 series of product. Higher

performance gains are noticed on systems contianing an ATI Radeon™ 3870x2 series

of product

ATI's Folding@Home

Folding@Home is a distributed computing project designed by the Stanford University. The

application performs intensive simulations of protein folding. This simulation will help

researchers uncover how certain diseases develop. Folding@Home uses distributed

computing to simulate protein folding, the workload is broken up into small work units and

distributed across hundreds of thousands of computers over the internet. You can help find

the cure to many different diseases! To join Folding@Home, follow these steps:

Download ATI's Catalyst™ software suite1.

Download the Folding@Home GPU client application

Note: The latest GPU client supports the ATI Radeon™ HD 3xx0 series of

products only.

2.

Enter the ATI team number 51394 and start folding!3.

For more information on Folding@Home visit: http://ati.amd.com/technology

/streamcomputing/folding.html

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:

Clive Barker's Jericho: Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on a

system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product and running the

Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34260

Colin McRae: DiRT: Setting the display to 1024x768 with AA set to 4x, and

CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in lower performance being noticed. Further

details can be found in topic number 737-34254


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Crysis: Flickering shadow corruption no longer occurs in hallways of the ship when

CrossFire™ is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34256

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

Farcry: Enabling CrossFire™ no longer results in corruption being noticed during the

introduction of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34262

Gears of War: Launching the game under the 64 bit version of Windows Vista no

longer results in momentary corruption of the desktop. Further details can be found in

topic number 737-34261

Enemy Territory Quake Wars: Launch the game demo on a system containing an

ATI Radeon™ X11x0 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating

system no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details

can be found in topic number 737-34199

Halo 2: Enabling AA in the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in the Halo 2

logo flickering when loading or quitting a campaign. Further details can be found in


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


Monster Madness Battle for Suburbia: Shading over 3D characters no longer

results in flickering being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34255

Shrek: The game no longer fails to launch on systems containing an ATI Radeon™

HD3100/3200 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system.


Stranglehold: The game no longer fails to load on systems running the Windows

Vista operating system with default values enabled. Further details can be found in


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

Team Fortress 2: Enabling CrossFire™ and playing the game on a system running

Windows Vista no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be

found in topic number 737-34257

Tomb Raider Anniversary: Performance improvement is now noticed when playing

the game with CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic number

737-32598

Connecting a secondary display device using the HDMI connector and enabling either

clone mode or extended desktop mode no longer results in the WinDVD 7 player

playing in a windowed mode on both display devices when Overlay Theater Mode is

enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30579

The OverDrive™ page is no longer missing in the Catalyst™ Control Center after

disabling CrossFire™ support. Further details can be found in topic number

737-31579

Watching live TV on a system running Windows Vista no longer results in corruption

being noticed after a short time period. Further details can be found in topic number

737-33465

Connecting a TV as the secondary display device and enabling either clone mode or

extended desktop mode no longer results in the TV failing to display an image when

resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33466

Connecting a CRT and an HDMI display device followed by enabling clone mode and

setting the resolution to 1024x768 32bpp 60Hz. no longer results in corruption being

noticed on the secondary display device when resuming from suspend mode. Further


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


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737-32662

Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further


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

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


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 multiple display devices no longer results in the primary, secondary and

other monitors swapping positions within the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further


The secondary display device no longer fails to resume from sleep mode. Further


Connecting a DFP display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit

versions) no longer results in the display modes of 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480

being missing in the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-32542

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

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 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

Playing DVD content using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the

playback being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32529

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

Setting the language option to any supported language other than English no longer

results in the Help file for Hydragrid failing to appear. Further details can be found in


The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to resume from suspend mode

when the HDMI display device is set to 1024x768 60Hz.on systems containing an ATI

Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number

737-32549

Resuming from an S3 state no longer results in the display continually blinking on

systems running the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version). Further details


Setting the display resolution to 1920x1200, followed by playing a DVD title no longer

results in playback of the DVD appearing jittery. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-32535

Connecting a CRT as a secondary display device no longer results in the inability to

swap between a CV display device and a CRT display device. Further details can be


Attempting to connect a TV using the S-Video connector no longer results in the TV

failing to be detected in the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in


The display mode of 1920x1200 is no longer removed from list modes available for a

connected CRT. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34331

The Catalyst™ Control Center monitor page no longer displays incorrect information

on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3100/3200 series of product. Further



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German translation errors are now rectified for the Vista installer. Further details can

be found in topic number 737-34196

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


Connecting a CRT and LCD display device, along with enabling clone mode and setting

the display resolution to 1280x1600 no longer results in corruption being noticed.


Intermittent corruption when switching between an LCD display device and an HDMI

TV no longer occurs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34231

The AMD Live Explorer carousel view no longer fails to load previews. Further details


Attempting to resume from suspend mode when playing a Blu-Ray title no longer

results in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can


The ATI Graphics Power Settings can now be changed in the Power options on system

running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product.


Connecting an HDMI display device no longer results in the display failing to fit the

screen properly when setting the display resolution to 1920x1200. Further details can


The display formats of 720p and 1080i are no longer displayed in the Catalyst™

Control Center when using a display device that does not support the modes. Further


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 737-34253

Toggling a DX9 application between windowed mode and full screen mode on systems

containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 36x0 series product and running the Windows Vista

operating system no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further


Enabling CrossFire™ no longer results in the ability to swap between display devices.


Hot-plugging and hot-unplugging an HDMI display device no longer results in the

Catalyst™ Control Center failing to detect the correct setting of the display device.


Condition Zero and Google Earth no longer fail shortly after starting the applications

on systems running Windows Vista. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34269

Disabling the ATI graphics driver no longer results in the Windows Vista operating

system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product.


Hot swapping a display device to the second DVI connector no longer results in the

display device failing to be detected. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34271

Setting the display resolution to 1360x768 or higher and attempting to play a

Blu-Ray or HD DVD title using the Cyberlink player no longer results in the player

displaying a blank screen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34272

Enabling Closed Captioning no longer results in a green line at left side and bottom of

the text being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34273

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System


Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

Crysis: Catalyst™ Control Center->Advanced View->3D: Setting the standard setting


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to Optimal Quality and having certain in-game settings no longer results in missing

textures being noticed when playing the game under either Windows XP (32 bit

version) or Windows Vista (64 bit version). Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34163

DIRT: Launching DIRT with CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in the application

failing to launch and an error message being displayed 737-29554

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: The game no longer runs out of virtual

memory and no longer fails to load on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ X1650

series of product and running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system.


Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to

respond 737-28492

SecondLife: Corruption is no longer noticed when AA is enabled on a system

containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product and running Windows XP.


Tiger Woods 2008: Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game with

Adaptive AA enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34163

World of Warcraft: Connecting an Apple 30" display device to a system containing

an ATI Radeon™ HD 26x0 series of product and running Windows XP no longer results

in poor performance and intermittent flashing display. Further details can be found in


World of Warcraft: Playing the game in a windowed mode under Windows XP no

longer results in the game failing to respond when attempting to go full screen.

Further details can be found in topic number 737-32586The floppy drive no longer

fails to read or write under Vista on a Dell XPS410 system. Further details can be


World of Warcraft: Poor performance and flashing on screen are no longer noticed.


A warning message no longer fails to be displayed when reaching the maximum

number of modes in the Predefined and Custom HDTV modes section of the Catalyst™

Control Center. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista and XP

Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-33468

Underscan no longer fails when setting the display device to either 1080i 25Hz or

1080i 50Hz. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33469

Running the Spanish version of the Windows operating system no longer results in

the Catalyst™ Control Center option failing to be available when right-clicking the

Windows desktop menu bar. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32557

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

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 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

Rebooting the operating system after changing the skin to any available option other

than system skin no longer results in the Catalyst™ Control Center menu options may

no longer being visible 737-30569

The 3D aspect no longer appears blank when launching a second instance of the

Catalyst™ Control Center 737-28482

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


Enabling or disabling CrossFire™ no longer results in the HydraGrid settings failing to

be retained. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows XP and


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Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found


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

Selecting either Ultimate Dutch or Swedish under no longer results in an error

message being displayed when select help within the Catalyst™ Control Center.


CrossFire™ no longer fails to be enabled when extended desktop mode is enabled and

the displays are connected to the same adapter until the system is restarted. Further


Connecting an HDMI display and a DVI display no longer results in the maximum

resolution of the HDMI display failing to be available in the Catalyst™ Control Center

when running the Chinese version of Windows XP. Further details can be found in


The Catalyst™ Control Center no longer fails to respond when modifying or assigning

any hotkey in Hotkeys Manager. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34416

Catalyst™ Control Center: Connecting a secondary display device and enabling

extended desktop mode no longer results in the Catalyst™ Control Center failing to

respond when disabling the primary display device and attempting to set the

secondary display device as the primary. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34417

Changing the language to Swedish no longer results in text cutoff occurring when

rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34418

Various text is no longer cropped in the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can


Avivo: The Advanced Color preview picture now changes when the Avivo settings are

adjusted. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34421

Connecting a secondary display device (DFP) no longer results in the DVI panel not

being displayed in the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34422

Connecting a CV/TV as a single display using either a smart dongle or dumb dongle no

longer results in the CrossFireX™ option being available to activate it in the

Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34423

The Avivo Video->Presets page no longer displays a blank screen when exiting from

the screen saver when the Catalyst™ Control Center active. Further details can be


Connecting a TV as the primary display device and making changes to any of the

contrast, saturation, S-video sharpeness no longer results in the options taking affect

even though the discard button is clicked. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34425

Text is no longer cropped in the Catalyst™ Control Center->All Setting when setting

the language to DE. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34426

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. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34427

Catalyst™ Control Center->Advance View->3D->All Settings->Anti Aliasing making

changes to the default AA settings no longer results in the default values failing to be

applied when clicking on the Defaults button. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34428

A corrupt background is no longer noticed when in the OverDrive™ option of the

Catalyst™ Control Center when changing the Catalyst™ Control Center skin to any

available option other than system. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34429


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The tool tips now reference the correct video presets for the adjustment options.


Help for Anti-Aliasing aspect is now updated with Edge-detect filter details. Further


Help is now available for the Catalyst™ Control Center->CV-Scaling Option. Further


The enable/disable HydraGrid option in the system tray is now functioning as

expected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34433

Connecting an HDMI display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD

3100/3200 series of product no longer results in the display failing to be detected as

a DTV(HDMI) in the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34143

Hot un-plugging a display device no longer results in display device still appearing in

the Catalyst™ Control Center->Display Manager. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34153

Hot-unplugging the primary display device (HDMI) no longer results in the secondary

display device (DP) failing to display an image under the Windows XP operating

system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34161

Adjusting the flicker removal in the TV properties of the Catalyst™ Control Center no

longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic

number 737-34162

Corruption is no longer noticed during HD-BD playback and panning mode is enabled.


Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Professional x64Edition Operating System


Software Suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. These include:

Crysis: Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on a system running

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 series

of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34141

Unreal Tournament 3: Changing the in-game display resolution may result in

corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33470

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the

Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels may result in

the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details


Crysis: Momentary corruption may be noticed in the body of water when a soldier

pierces through the clouds. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32599

Unreal Tournament 3: The game may intermittently fail to launch when a map has

texture detail set to maximum. Further details can be found in topic number

737-31189

ZT: Attempting to play the Asian game in a windowed mode or at a display resolution

of 1280x1024 may result in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found


Rebooting the operating system after changing the skin to any available option other

than system skin may result in the Catalyst™ Control Center menu options no longer

being visible. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30569

The Catalyst™ Control Center menu option may fail to function when changing the


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skin from system skin to any other available skin. Further details can be found in


Using the hot-key function to switch between various display scenarios may result in

the HDMI display device displaying a blank screen. Further details can be found in


The secondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1 hibernation with

an HDMI display connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31146

Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 or greater may result in green pixel

corruption being noticed when playing certain games. This issue maybe noticed when

using a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or

HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31150

Attempting to play the HD-DVD title Harsh Times, School for Scoundrels using the

Cyberlink player may result in block corruption being noticed. Further details can be


Enabling CrossFire™ on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X1900 CrossFire™

Edition product may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing. Further


An error message may appear when installing the display driver package through

setup.exe. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31577

Inconsistent behavior may be noticed in the Catalyst™ Control Center when clearing

the Shared application from one virtual desktop to another. 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 737-32610

Shared applications may be removed after selecting Restore desktop when virtual

desktop mode is enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP

and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be


Installing an ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product into a system containing an ATI

Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product with the display driver already installed may

result in the operating system entering a continuous reboot. This issue may be

averted by removing the ATI graphics driver prior to the installation of the ATI

Radeon™ X1600 series of product. This issue may also be experienced with the ATI

Radeon™ X1300 and 1550 series of products. Further information may be found in


Certain benchmark applications may report lower benchmark scores with CrossFire™


Hot-plugging an HDTV to an HDMI port may result in flickering being noticed around

the text of the Catalyst™ Control Center when setting the display resolution to either

1776x1000 or 1920x1000. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34323

Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result in

the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further details can be found in


The OverDrive™ option may be missing in the Catalyst™ Control Center after the

installation of the graphics driver on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2900

series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system. Further details


A black window may be displayed when attempting to play a DVD title using WinDVD

7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Further details can be


Performing a custom install of the ATI graphics driver under the Windows Vista

operating system may result in a message indicating that the current version is not

installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34150

Attempting to hot plug an HDMI display device from one port to another may result in

the display failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number

737-34151

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System


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The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under

the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have corruption on the water and sky after

increasing the game resolution. Restarting the game at that higher resolution or

issuing reloadImages command in the game console corrects the corruption. This

issue only impacts graphics cards up to the ATI Radeon™ X850. Further details can be


Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD

using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is


Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a

DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone mode becoming disabled when

rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank. Further


The Catalyst™ Control Center menu option may fail to function when changing the

skin from system skin to any other available skin. Further details can be found in


Setting the display resolution to 1440x900 or lower may result in corruption being

noticed when playing a DVD title. Further details can be found in topic number

737-31168




Intermittent flashing may be noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a

720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details


The ATI OpenGL driver may fail to be applied on systems containing an ATI Radeon™

3600/3650 AGP series of product. Further details can be found in topic number

737-33467

Intermittent flashing may be noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a

720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details


The Rotation option may not be available for the primary display device when two or

more display devices are connected to the system. Further details can be found in


Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device may result in the playback

windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34116

Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device may result in the playback

window appearing blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34120




Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64Edition

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under

the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system in the latest version of

Catalyst™. These include:

Running an OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the desktop may result in

corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29556

For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and

more, visit ATI Customer Care.


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Advanced Micro Devices Inc.http://ati.amd.com

Voice: (905) 882-2600Fax: (905) 882-2620

Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver

Installation information can be found at: ati.amd.com

AMD Customer Care

The AMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical support and ease of

navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurate and up-to-date product

support for optimum usability and performance. Technical issues are categorized and

personalized to enhance user experience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at:

support.ati.com

To view a known issue or find troubleshooting information, do the following:

Go to ati.amd.com. The AMD home page is displayed.1.

Click on Support & Drivers. The AMD Support and Drivers web page is displayed.2.

In the left hand pane, select Graphics Support.3.

In the top right corner of the Graphics Support page, enter the topic number or a

general description of the issue you are experiencing within the search field.

4.

In the Select Site field, select ATI.5.

Click the SEARCH symbol.

The information requested (if available) is displayed.

6.

Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the Catalyst™ CREW Driver

Feedback program. To provide us with your feedback, visit: Catalyst™ Crew Driver

Feedback.


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ati catalyst 8 5 release notes

Documents

catalyst control center

overlay theater mode

lcd display device

1080i media file

secondary display device

extended desktop mode

hdmi display device

catalyst vista driver