New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the Radeon
Display Driver. These include the following:
- GPU acceleration for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converting application
- Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
GPU acceleration for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converting application
This release of ATI Catalyst provides GPU support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop
video converter application found in the Windows 7 Operating System. This feature is
supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5800, ATI Radeon HD 5700 and ATI Radeon
HD 4000 Series of products.
Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
This release of ATI Catalyst provides support for a new Anti-Aliasing method on the
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series. Users can now experience the high level of anti-aliasing
image quality using Super Sampling anti-aliasing while maintaining good performance
levels.
Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst
Software Suite for Windows. These include:
- The video preview in Avivo Video - Basic Quality page in Catalyst Control Center
no longer flickers while playing SD/HD Blu-ray titles
- Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the Catalyst Control
Center - TV Properties Adjustments page
- The display mode page will now refresh properly when selecting another display
from drop down menu in Catalyst Control Center with two displays connected in
extended mode
- "Component Video Properties" is no longer incorrectly listed under the "Quick
Settings" tab under Catalyst Control Center - Basic view in extended mode
- Changes to the Avivo Video Presets page in Catalyst Control Center can now be
applied and will not revert back to the default settings
- The "Use Application Settings" checkbox in Avivo Video Presets page can now be
unchecked in Catalyst Control Center
- Changes to the "All Settings" and "Basic Quality" pages in Catalyst Control Center -
Avivo Video will now be retained after reboot
- Switching profile settings in Avivo Video - Basic Quality page now functions
properly in Catalyst Control Center
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst
Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:
- EA Sports startup logo screen for "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08" will no longer
disappear or turn black
- Ghostbusters video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when
anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560x1600
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:
-
Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in "Riddick 2 Dark Athena" no
longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations
- Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific
HDMI displays with Tripod and Quad CrossFire enabled configurations
- Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems
configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and Firestream ASIC in the
secondary PCIe slot
- "Combat Mission Shock Force" no longer fails after a duration of game play
- Intermittent flashing no longer visible in Windows with ViewSonic VE150m
displays
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst
Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
-
Catalyst Control Center: The DTV (HDMI) Pixel Format settings will now be
restored when a HDMI display is hotplugged back after a DVI display is hotplugged
and unplugged during the interval to the same port
- System no longer reboots or displays a black screen while executing ATI Stream
applications with a particular combination of ASICs set as primary and secondary
- "Force maximum performance clocks" option is now available for the second ASIC
in the Catalyst Control Center system tray when two R700 ASICs are connected
- Corruption no longer observed during Blu-ray DVD H.264/VC-1 content playback
- Different Presets/Basic Color options can now be selected under Avivo Video in
Catalyst Control Center Advanced View
Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst. These include:
-
Display may go blank after resuming from hibernation during SD DVD playback in
Media Center (MCE)
- calMemCopy() may cause a system with 2 ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2s to become
unresponsive
- "World in Conflict" (DX10) might exhibit corruption when exiting from multi-player
game with extended desktop
- "Tom Clancy's HAWX" (in DX9 and DX10) might not output audio during game
play on specific machines
- Corruption is observed while playing "The Witcher" video game on the ATI
Radeon HD 58xx products
Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of Catalyst. These include:
-
"ANNO 1404" (also known as "Dawn of Discovery") may display black texture
corruption instead of surface terrain for some ASICs
- A green line may be visible at the bottom when playing interlaced content
PowerDVD might terminate abruptly when playing HD MPEG2 content in
extended/clone mode
- The de-noise value in the Avivo Video - Advanced Quality page might not be set
to proper default value after driver installation
- Corruption is observed while playing "The Witcher" video game on the ATI
Radeon HD 58xx products
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
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:
- Transcoding of AC3 files might not work, corruption may be visible in transcoded
file
- Selection for "Add 720p50 in the Display Manager (PAL)" might be missing under
HDTV Support in Catalyst Control Center - Monitor Properties for some ASICs
- HDTV optimized & custom modes for DFP/HDMI displays might fail to apply when
displays are in clone mode for some ASICs
- PowerDVD may fail to respond during SD/Blu-ray DVD playback when using a
HDMI receiver and the audio is set to S/PDIF speaker configuration
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