Catalyst 4.9 Released
<div class="IPBDescription">Non-Beta</div> Ati just released the final version of the Catalyst 4.9 drivers
Downloads can be found on the main page of <a href='http://www.ati.com' target='_blank'>ATi.com</a>
A couple details pulled from the <a href='http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_49_release_notes.html' target='_blank'>release notes</a>...
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Performance Improvements for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.9
As with most CATALYST™ releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed:
Doom3 performance improves 10-15% on ATI RADEON™ X800 XT products when anti-aliasing is enabled.
UT2004 performance improves considerably on the ATI RADEON™ 9500 PRO, RADEON™ 9700 PRO RADEON™ 9800 PRO and RADEON™ 9800 XT products. The benefit can be 25% or more in some circumstances, particularly at extreme graphics settings such as 6xAA + 16xAF.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Fixed in this driver:
* XIII: Light map artifacts are no longer noticed in the game when loading a saved game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9200 installed
* Far Cry v1.2: Texture corruption is no longer seen on the ground
* IL2 Forgotten Battles: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in the display corruption and the game failing to respond when FSAA is enabled and display is set to either 1200x960 or 1600x1200
* Indian Jones and the Emperors Tomb: Display corruption and missing polygons are no longer noticed in the game
* PainKiller: missing textures are no longer noticed on the ground and light artifacts are noticed when moving around within the game or when moving in and out of the light.
* Serious Sam SE: Running the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO installed no longer results in lens flares showing through solid objects within the game
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: An access violation error no longer occurs when using the function Alt-Tab to get out of the game and then using the function Alt-Tab to get back into the game
* Tabula Rasa: Video rendering issues are no longer noticed playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9700 PRO installed
* Tony Hawk 4: playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9100 installed no longer results in white pixels being seen around the edges of objects
* Connecting an HDTV 7pin dongle to the video card no longer results in TV detection issues when both the TV and YPbPr (HDTV) are active
* Playing a DVD with PowerDVD on the primary display and playing an MPEG clip with Windows Media Player on the secondary display device no longer results in flickering and corruption being seen
* Enabling a second display device followed by changing the positions of the two devices in the mapping area, no longer results in the images changing to a different unexpected position when click apply to the changes
* Setting the Overlay option back to the default setting now results in the default setting becoming active when relaunching the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
* Repeatedly switching from one custom profile and another in rapid succession no longer results in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER failing to respond
* Canceling SMARTGART changes and exiting the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the reboot message reappearing when restarting the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
* A .net error message is no longer displayed under Windows 2000 when the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER is installed from an administrator account an then attempting to launch the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER from the system tray on a secondary account
* Having the display properties page active and attempting to close the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in a .net exception error message appearing
* Assigning the same hotkey for Increase 3D Gamma and Decrease 3D Gamma under Windows 2000 no longer results in a .Net exception error when attempting to move the hotkey manager window around the desktop
* Disabling the primary device and selecting the secondary device to be the primary no longer results in the Information Center displaying a blank page
* The CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer reports the CPU type as Intel when installed under an AMD64 system
* Launching the Task Manager and clicking on End Process for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER system tray option no longer results in the system tray option for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER still be selected within the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
* Switching from the CATALYST™ Control Center System Skin option to the CATALYST_Quicksilver Skin option no longer results in the Toolbar area skin becoming corrupted <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Downloads can be found on the main page of <a href='http://www.ati.com' target='_blank'>ATi.com</a>
A couple details pulled from the <a href='http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_49_release_notes.html' target='_blank'>release notes</a>...
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As with most CATALYST™ releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed:
Doom3 performance improves 10-15% on ATI RADEON™ X800 XT products when anti-aliasing is enabled.
UT2004 performance improves considerably on the ATI RADEON™ 9500 PRO, RADEON™ 9700 PRO RADEON™ 9800 PRO and RADEON™ 9800 XT products. The benefit can be 25% or more in some circumstances, particularly at extreme graphics settings such as 6xAA + 16xAF.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Fixed in this driver:
* XIII: Light map artifacts are no longer noticed in the game when loading a saved game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9200 installed
* Far Cry v1.2: Texture corruption is no longer seen on the ground
* IL2 Forgotten Battles: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in the display corruption and the game failing to respond when FSAA is enabled and display is set to either 1200x960 or 1600x1200
* Indian Jones and the Emperors Tomb: Display corruption and missing polygons are no longer noticed in the game
* PainKiller: missing textures are no longer noticed on the ground and light artifacts are noticed when moving around within the game or when moving in and out of the light.
* Serious Sam SE: Running the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO installed no longer results in lens flares showing through solid objects within the game
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: An access violation error no longer occurs when using the function Alt-Tab to get out of the game and then using the function Alt-Tab to get back into the game
* Tabula Rasa: Video rendering issues are no longer noticed playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9700 PRO installed
* Tony Hawk 4: playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9100 installed no longer results in white pixels being seen around the edges of objects
* Connecting an HDTV 7pin dongle to the video card no longer results in TV detection issues when both the TV and YPbPr (HDTV) are active
* Playing a DVD with PowerDVD on the primary display and playing an MPEG clip with Windows Media Player on the secondary display device no longer results in flickering and corruption being seen
* Enabling a second display device followed by changing the positions of the two devices in the mapping area, no longer results in the images changing to a different unexpected position when click apply to the changes
* Setting the Overlay option back to the default setting now results in the default setting becoming active when relaunching the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
* Repeatedly switching from one custom profile and another in rapid succession no longer results in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER failing to respond
* Canceling SMARTGART changes and exiting the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the reboot message reappearing when restarting the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
* A .net error message is no longer displayed under Windows 2000 when the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER is installed from an administrator account an then attempting to launch the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER from the system tray on a secondary account
* Having the display properties page active and attempting to close the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in a .net exception error message appearing
* Assigning the same hotkey for Increase 3D Gamma and Decrease 3D Gamma under Windows 2000 no longer results in a .Net exception error when attempting to move the hotkey manager window around the desktop
* Disabling the primary device and selecting the secondary device to be the primary no longer results in the Information Center displaying a blank page
* The CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer reports the CPU type as Intel when installed under an AMD64 system
* Launching the Task Manager and clicking on End Process for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER system tray option no longer results in the system tray option for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER still be selected within the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
* Switching from the CATALYST™ Control Center System Skin option to the CATALYST_Quicksilver Skin option no longer results in the Toolbar area skin becoming corrupted <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Comments
And the Control Center rocks!
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYST™. These include the following:
* City of Heroes: Specular lighting issues and incorrect textures is noticed when playing the game under Windows XP. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4561.html
* Doom3: disabling the object buffers within the game results in the game failing to respond <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4619.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4619.html</a>
* F1 Challenge: A performance decrease is noticed under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO installed. Further information on this issue can be found at: <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4578.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4578.html</a>
* Psychotoxic: Attempting to start a new game of Spiel starten (your German lesson for today) under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9700 PRO installed results in the game failing to load <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4618.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4618.html</a>
* SpellForce: The Order of Dawn. Playing the game under Windows XP with an RADEON™ 9100 installed results in the character's shadows not being drawn properly when the game options for shadow type is set to high <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4617.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4617.html</a>
* Attempting to play a Java based game or visit a Java based website results in display corruption under Windows XP when either an ATI RADEON™ 9800 SE or RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum card installed and AA is enabled. Further information on this issue can be found at: <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4570.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4570.html</a>
* Dragging the MS Media Player over to the secondary monitor results in overlay not being available if SURROUNDVIEW is enabled <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4616.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4616.html</a>
* Installation does not complete - Idriver.exe runs @ 100% CPU utilization (w/SP2 installed) <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4620.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4620.html</a>
* Error: "Record not found on MSI.DB" during installation (w/ pre-RADEON™ integrated Video) <a href='http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4621.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4621.html</a>
There's a catch. New issues with City of Heroes. Boohoo
I bet they won't.
You can download the 4.9s without the Control Center...
I wish ATi spent 1/2 the time they spend onthe Cat drivers to make some Linux drivers that actually work... And I'm not the only one who thinks so...
<span style='color:red'>16141</span> Total Signatures from a petition to get working Ati linux drivers.
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Yea, but back on topic, I'll stick with my Cat 4.8's on my windows...