ATI CATALYST Drivers v5.8 - tech
(hx) 11:19 PM CEST - Aug,17 2005
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ATI has released
a new ATI Catalyst drivers (release
notes /
download ~ 25.2MB) bringing them up to version 5.8. The package contains: RADEON display driver 8.162, Multimedia Center 9.08, Catalyst Control Center 5.8
(requires
.NET Version 1.1 Framework), HydraVision Basic Edition 3.25.9006, Remote
Wonder 3.02, WDM version 8.15 (6317) and Southbridge/IXP Driver.
The following section provides a summary of the
issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst.
These include:
- Battlefield 2: Geometry
corruption or missing textures are no longer noticed when playing the game for
an extended period of time under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® X800 XT
installed
- 3D Mark03: Enabling
Powerplay mode and running the 3DMark03 or 05 in a loop no longer results in
an error message being displayed
- Area51_2.3dc: Playing the
game under Windows XP no longer results in the NPC and guns appearing
distorted, flashing or missing. Further the polygons no longer pop in and out
of the display
- GTA: Vice City: Setting the
desktop and the game display option to 1024x768 32bpp and attempting to play
the game under Windows XP MCE, no longer results in an Invalid Pixel Format
message being displayed after approximately 5 minutes of game play
- Lineage 2: Playing the game
under Windows XP no longer results in display corruption being noticed
- Movie Maker 2: Connecting
an external video source using the S-video composite connectors, no longer
results in the Movie Maker 2 application intermittently failing to capture
video, when selecting the Capture from Video Source
- MU Online: Opening a chat
window and playing the on-line game no longer results in hesitation being
noticed when pressing the Enter key
- Quake 3: Enabling
SmartShader followed by attempting to do a mode change while playing the
game, no longer results in the game failing to respond
- Star Wars Knights of the Old
Republic: Running the Dantoonie level of the game no longer result in
hesitation being noticed
- Terathon: Starting the
Terathon 3D engine and selecting a single player demo, no longer results in
the 3D engine failing to respond under Windows XP
- Trackmania Sunrise: Playing
the game under Windows XP no longer results in the operating system failing to
respond, when attempting to exit the game after leaving the PC idle for an
extended period of time
- Warcraft III: Playing the
game under Windows XP with the display rotated by 90 degrees CCW, no longer
results in display corruption being noticed
- Performing an overwrite of the video driver
install, no longer results in the Hydravision Multidesk feature being unable
to load
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