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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 5.12
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
Known Issues for Catalyst Software Suite 5.12
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst. These include:
- Beyond Good and Evil:
Flickering artifacts are noticed on the game characters after
approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details can be found in
topic number 737-20795
- Dark Age of Camelot:
The game exits to the desktop immediately after launching, or may play
for up to 15 minutes followed by a VPU Recover error message being
displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20794
- Dragonshard:
Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition with CrossFire
enabled, may result screen becoming out of sync, and a scrolling
display image occurring shortly there after. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-20975
- Fable: The Lost Chapters:
Playing the game under Windows XP MCE may result in the shadows found
within the game appearing jittery, when the desktop resolution is set
to 1024x768 32bpp, and all the game options are set to default. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-21184
- Serious Sam 2 Demo:
Enabling CrossFire may result in a performance drop being noticed when
playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-20976
- WARHAMMER: DAWN OF WAR:
Starting a skirmish game on a 4 player map under Windows XP, may result
in the game performance appearing choppy when using an ATI Radeon X800
series, and having all of the game options set to high. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-20974
- Catalyst
Control Center: The SmartShader effect is not removed from the 3D
preview when attempting to restore the default values in the Catalyst
Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20846
- The
Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode, within the
Catalyst Control Center Video standard settings, is grayed out when
playing a media file. Further details can be found in topic number
737-497
- Connecting
an HDTV to an ATI Radeon X700 series may result in the HDTV being
detected as a CRT or TV under the Windows XP operating system. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-20783
- Attempting
to install the integrated WDM driver under Windows XP may result in an
error message being displayed indicating that the hardware is not
installed because the install Wizard cannot find the necessary
software. Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20784
- Using
the Custom option when installing the software driver results in the
Theater 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-20786
- The
PAL FM fine tuning algorithm is currently using 200 MHz bandwidth which
may overlap FM channels resulting in the same FM channel being found
several verdana during the scan function. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-20979
- Launching
the Adobe Gamma calibration application and moving the gamma slider
back and forth, results in the Task Manager being filled with cli.exe
until the system becomes low on memory. Further details can be found in
topic number 737-20980
- Catalyst
Control Center: The preview for the Deinterlacing aspect found in the
Catalyst Control Center is currently unavailable when using the ATI
Radeon X1300. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20986
- The
Video Preview found in the Standard Settings of the Video option of the
Catalyst Control Center may fail to provide a preview after
hotplugging an LCD panel to an ATI Radeon 9500 or 9800 and selecting to
extend the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number
737-21173
- The
Video Preview may fail to change to its default settings when swapping
the display mappings using the Catalyst Control Center. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-21174
- Attempting
to stretch the display horizontally using the Catalyst Control Center,
may result in the horizontal stretch mode failing to be applied unless
the display is stretched vertically first. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-21175
- Connecting
two display devices to the ATI Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition and one
display device to the ATI Radeon X850 XT may result in the display
device connected to the Radeon X850 XT still being active once
CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number
737-21177
- The
WDM Drivers may not be enumerated due to the Capture chip not being
detected when using the ATI Radeon X850 XT (ViVo) as a slave card on a
system containing an ATI Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-21178
- The
secondary display device may fail to activate when attempting to enable
clone mode when using an ATI Radeon X800 GTO. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-21179
- The
PowerPlay option found in the Catalyst Control Center maybe in the
enabled state after initial install of the display driver for systems
containing an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series product. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-21180
- Using
the Custom option when installing the software driver results in the
Theater 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-21183
- Auto-detect
fails to be applied as the default setting for the Deinterlacing option
when first entering the Video aspect page of the Catalyst Control
Center. Currently the option is set as Weave. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-21185
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