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Tech Support => Tech Support => Archive => Topic started by: Takis1_1 on December 14, 2005, 01:44:56 PM
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Catalyst 5.12 is out !!
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%
http://www.ati.com/
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Catalyst? 6.2
Nothing for COD2 :P
http://www.ati.com/
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6.3 Ati Drivers akousa oti kati den paei kala me to cod 2 . kati kollimata ktl . kserei kaneis tpt allios na min tous katevaso kk thanx.
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6.3 Ati Drivers akousa oti kati den paei kala me to cod 2 . kati kollimata ktl . kserei kaneis tpt allios na min tous katevaso kk thanx.
Μην τους βαλεις, ακουσα οτι αν τους βαλεις και πας να τρεξεις cod2 ανατιναζετε ολο το σπιτι σου.......... :o :o :o
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ATI Catalyst v6.4 Drivers
ATI has released version 6.4 of their Catalyst drivers for the Radeon series of video cards. Here is "the list":
- 3DMark06 CPU scores improve as much as 4.9% across all product lines
- 3DMark06 HDR 2 Deep Freeze (SM3.0) test improves as much as 2%
- Call of Duty 2 improves approximately 1.4-2% on Radeon X1900 and Radeon X1800 Crossfire configurations. Gains are slightly less (1.3%) for non-Crossfire Radeon X1900 and Radeon X1800 products
- FarCry improves 2-3% on ATI Radeon X1900 non-Crossfire configurations. Greatest improvements result from tests with no AA and AF
- Half Life 2 improves as much as 3.8% on Radeon X1900 non-Crossfire configurations. Greatest improvements result from tests with no AA and AF
- Unreal Tournament 2004 gains 3-5% on all Radeon X1x00 non-Crossfire configurations
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Catalyst 6.5 Windows XP - Driver Download
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=293
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Catalyst 6.6 Windows XP - Driver Download
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=293
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ATI Catalyst v6.8 Drivers Released
ATI has released version 6.8 of the Catalyst drivers for the Radeon series of video cards. Here's the list of fixes:
- Doom 3 performance improves as much as 6.5%
- Quake 4 (v1.2 or higher) performance improves as much as 18%
- Chronicles of Riddick performance improves as much as 20%. Average improvements of 5-10% are commonly seen
- Prey performance improves as much as 16%
- 3DMark06 performance improves as much as 22% on single ATI Radeon® X1000 series cards with 256MB of graphics memory at 1280x1024 and higher when anti-aliasing is enabled. The largest gains are found on the ATI Radeon® X1800 series and ATI Radeon® X1900 series of products
- Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 30% on single ATI Radeon® X550 cards or higher with 256MB of video memory at 1280x1024 and higher when anti-aliasing enabled. The largest gains are found on the ATI Radeon® X1800 series and ATI Radeon® X1900 series of products
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ATI Catalyst v6.9 Drivers Released
- Desperados 2: Attempting to play the game with CrossFire enabled no longer results in the game failing to launch and an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23254
- Doom3: Enabling both CrossFire and Temporal AA no longer results in a ghosting effect being noticed when playing the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23284
- Elder Scolls IV: Oblivion: Setting the in game video option to High Resolution and setting the 3D option in the Catalyst Control Center to Optimal Quality no longer results in corruption being noticed when playing the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23057
- MS Flight Simulator 2004: Creating a flight and clicking on Fly Now no longer results in display corruption and flashing being noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Xpress 200 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23250
- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Playing the game on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon X1300 or 1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond when enabling AA to 6x. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23264
- The Settlers: Heritage of Kings: Setting AA to 4x, AF to 16x, High Quality AF on, and AAA to on/quality, followed by setting the in game video options to high and the display to 1600x1200 no longer results in black or flashing textures being noticed on the surface. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22568
- Tiger Woods 2005 or 2006: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon X19x0 series product installed no longer results in the playback of the opening cinematics failing to playback properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23006
- Tomb Raider: Enabling CrossFire and setting AA to 12x and AF to 16x no longer results in corruption being noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon X1800 series. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22811
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Catalyst 6.10 Drivers Released
ATI.AMD's managed to get the 6.10 drivers (http://ati.amd.com/online/customercareportal/xp.html) out just in time, and these definitely appear to be gooduns thanks to the inclusion of the Chuck patch and huge Core 2 Duo Crossfire performance increases:
HDR + Anti-Aliasing support for The Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Users no longer need to download and install the Chuck patch - the Direct3D driver now includes native support for High Dynamic Range and Anti-Aliasing with The Elder Scrolls Oblivion.
Performance Improvements
As with most Catalyst releases, performance has increased in various situations. In this release of Catalyst Intel 965 Crossfire performance increases due to improvements of the Crossfire D3D driver in handling large vertex meshes. Gains of 6.7-15.8% can be seen in 3DMark2006, 9.7-10.5% in 3DMark2005 and 3DMark2003 performance improves as much as 7.1%.
Issues Resolved in Catalyst Software Suite 6.10
The following section provides a summary of the issues that are resolved in the latest release of Catalyst. These include:
# 3DMark2006: Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 and AA to either 4x or 6x no longer results in display corruption being noticed when running the HDR1 test. This issue was known to occur on certain specific systems only. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23443
# Anarchy-Online: Screen corruption is no longer noticed when walking or running through the terrain. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22016
# Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods: Intermittent display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game in a system containing an ATI Radeon X1900 series and running the Windows MCE operating system when setting the graphics options within the game to high details. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23275
# Commandos Strike Force: Enabling CrossFire and playing the game no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using an Intel 965 motherboard. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23444
# Godfather: Task switching between the game and the windows desktop no longer results in display corruption being noticed when playing the game at a display resolution of 1600x1200 (or higher) when having the in-game video options set to optimal quality. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23440
# Serious Sam 2: Playing the game on a system running the Windows MCE operating system and containing an ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition product no longer results in the operating system rebooting after approximately 20 minutes of game play when playing the game in a high setting windowed mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23445
# World of Warcraft: Playing the game for an extended period of time no longer results in the game failing to respond when using a Radeon X800. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22632
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Catalyst® 6.12 Display Drivers Released
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Catalyst 8.1
http://game.amd.com/us-en/latest_news.aspx?id=AMD000000020 (http://game.amd.com/us-en/latest_news.aspx?id=AMD000000020)
Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix
This hotfix resolves the following issues:
Fix for problems with DirectX and Radeon AGP Graphics cards.
Crysis: DirectX 10 Performance optimizations using Crossfire
& sto COD4 fix me ta game menus!
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31625 (http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31625)
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Catalyst 8.6
Call of Duty 4: Performance increases across all Radeon™ HD 3xxx and HD
2xxx products, with gains as large as 35% in specific maps.
Call of Duty 4: Enabling AA no longer results in intermittent corruption
being noticed when playing the game on a system running Windows Vista
with an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product installed. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-35072
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Catalyst 8.12
Call of Duty: World at War DX9 – performance gains of up to 21% for Single
and Crossfire mode. Performance gains were noticed on all Radeon HD48xx.
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx (http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx)