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22.05.2008 08:24

ATI Catalyst 8.5 - Treiber für Grafikkarten von ATI

Der Grafikkartenhersteller ATI hat jetzt eine neue Version seines Catalyst-Treibers veröffentlicht. Die Ausgabe 8.5 unterstützt die Betriebssysteme Windows XP sowie Vista in der 32- und 64-Bit-Edition. Wie üblich gibt es einige Verbesserungen.

Die Liste der behobenen Fehler ist wie immer recht lang. Neben kleinen Grafikproblemen in diversen Spielen werden auch allgemeine Probleme aus der Welt geschafft.

Wichtigste Neuerungen:

Catalyst Control Center Component Video
ATI Graphics Driver Un-install Enhancement
SECAM TV Out Support
1080p HDTV custom mode
HDMI Audio for non-standard TV modes
Adaptive AA on OpenGL for Catalyst™ Control Center
1080p24 Mode Support
Windows XP Service Pack 3 support

ATI Catalyst 8.5 Changelog für Windows Vista

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
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 topic number 737-32541
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 can be found in topic number 737-32604
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34197
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 topic number 737-34259
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 details can be found in topic number 737-32656
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 737-32662
Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32661
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 found in topic number 737-32601
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 details can be found in topic number 737-32543
The secondary display device no longer fails to resume from sleep mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32534
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 topic number 737-32608
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 can be found in topic number 737-31575
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 found in topic number 737-34325
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 topic number 737-34328
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 details can be found in topic number 737-34195
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 enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34198
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34230
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 can be found in topic number 737-34232
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 be found in topic number 737-34233
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34234
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 be found in topic number 737-34251
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 details can be found in topic number 737-34252
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 details can be found in topic number 737-34258
Enabling CrossFire™ no longer results in the ability to swap between display devices. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34263
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34267
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34270
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

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ATI Catalyst 8.5 Changelog für Windows XP

Crysis: Catalyst™ Control Center->Advanced View->3D: Setting the standard setting 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34148
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34149
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 topic number 737-32576
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 found in topic number 737-31148
World of Warcraft: Poor performance and flashing on screen are no longer noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32584
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 can be found in topic number 737-32605
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 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32609
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34413
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 details can be found in topic number 737-34414
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 topic number 737-34415
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 be found in topic number 737-34419
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 found in topic number 737-34424
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
The tool tips now reference the correct video presets for the adjustment options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34430
Help for Anti-Aliasing aspect is now updated with Edge-detect filter details. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34431
Help is now available for the Catalyst™ Control Center->CV-Scaling Option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34432
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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34164