Cat 6.3 out

Lelisevis · Mar 8, 2006, 01:35 PM

Not sure if im late to the party or what but I just grabbed Cat 6.3 off the ATI website.

Go get 'em

Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.3

The following section provides a summary of the issues that are resolved in the latest release of Catalyst®. These include:

3DMark06: Setting the display to 2560x1600 with AA set to 4x no longer results in graphic corruption being noticed when running the HDR tests. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21768
Battlefield 2: The game no longer exit to the Windows desktop after the game logo is displayed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21660
City of Heroes: Running the Shadertest 7 no longer results in slow performance being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21463
Far Cry: High Dynamic Range (HDR) corruption is no longer noticed when HDR is enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21762
Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series no longer results in the operating system failing to respond after an extended period of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21769
Quake 4: Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop no longer results in the game failing to respond when switching between notepad and the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21771
Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFire™ no longer result in a performance drop being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20976
Serious Sam 2: Two directdraw samples are no longer displayed as blank screens. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21748
The Fall: VPU Recover message is no longer displayed when playing the game on systems containing either an ATI Radeon® 9600, 9700 or 9800 products. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21766
Tiger Woods 2005 and 2006: Playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in a checkerboard type corruption being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21764
World of Warcraft: Changing the multisample setting no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using an ATI Radeon® X1600 product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21770
Setting the display device to a resolution of 1024x768 or higher no longer results in the (PAL) TV image becoming unstable when moving the mouse. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21664
Catalyst® Control Center: Clicking on the 3D aspect no longer results in an error message being displayed indicating that Preview.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21662
The Setup Video Playback dialog box no longer fails to appear when clicking on the Finish button. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21737
Catalyst® Control Center: The desktop status for the CRT and LCD are no longer changed when exiting the Catalyst® Control Center and then relaunching the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21738
Catalyst® Control Center: Placing an ATI Radeon® X800 GTO PCIe in a system containing an ATI Xpress 200 series no longer results in the Disable/Enable button and the Pause button not being available in the 3D Quality and Performance Settings. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21739
Disconnecting a CRT and a TV from a system containing an ATI Xpress 200 series no longer results in the CRT and TV still being available in the Display Manager once a mode change is completed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21740
The help button is no longer greyed out in the Edit Custom View aspect found in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21741
The image for extended desktop and clone mode are no longer reversed when connecting an external monitor and entering the Basic view in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21742
Making a change within the Standard settings found in the Catalyst® Control Center no longer results in the setting failing to be retained when exiting the Catalyst® Control Center and then re-launching the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21743
The Disable, Enable, and Pause buttons are now displayed in the 3D Quality and Performance Settings for the ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series adapter when the system contains an add-in ATI Radeon® PCIe product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21744
Disconnecting a CRT and or TV and restarting the system no longer results in the CRT and TV display devices becoming available after changing the display resolution. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21745
Catalyst® Control Center: Connecting an LCD display device as the primary and a CRT as the secondary display device no longer results in the Set up my Display Configuration wizard disappearing. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21746
Catalyst® Control Center: Changing the gamma, brightness, and contrast no longer results in the Apply button still being active after the reboot of the system. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21747
Catalyst® Control Center: Entering the OverDrive aspect and attempting to use the automated clock configuration diagnostic to obtain the ATI recommended speeds for the engine and memory no longer results in the engine and memory clock not changing. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21749
Catalyst® Control Center: Connecting a display device that supports 1080i no longer results in the 1080i display mode failing to be applied. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21750
Color corruption is no longer noticed when enabling the Reduce DVI Frequency on High-Resolution Display found in the Catalyst® Control Center when playing a DVD with Theater mode enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21751
Connecting an HDTV followed by playing an MPEG or AVI file using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the video file failing to be played back on the secondary display device. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21752
Connecting a CRT as the primary display device and an HDTV as the secondary display device no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the HDTV when setting the HDTV 1080i in the Catalyst® Control Center and enabling Overlay Theater Mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21753
Catalyst® Control Center: Selecting system skin and the German language no longer results in the text being cut off within the Adjustment aspect page. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21754
Catalyst® Control Center: Selecting Russian as the language no longer results in the text for the secondary display device being cut off within the De-interlacing aspect page. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21755
Catalyst® Control Center: Selecting Magyar as the language no longer results in text being cut off within the 3D - All Setting aspect page. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21756
Catalyst® Control Center: The confirm changes dialog box no longer repeatedly appears when selecting No to changes. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21757
France is now listed in the pull down menu for the Country option when selecting the TV out standard. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21758
Resuming from a standby state no longer results in corruption being noticed on the lower half of the display, or the lower half of the display remaining blank when CrossFire™ is enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21759
Enabling CrossFire™ under the Windows Media Center Edition operating system no longer results in closed captioning failing to function. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21760
Catalyst® Control Center: Display corruption is no longer noticed on the secondary display device when enabling clone mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21761
Horizontal large desktop modes are no longer reported in the Display properties after switching from horizontal to vertical large desktop mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21763
Deselecting the Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults no longer results in the operating system rebooting when setting the maximum refresh rate and resolution for the display device connected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21765
Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X1300 series product no longer results in the display failing to apply the proper underscan mode for 1080i or720p. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21767

For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care.

Dyre Straits · Mar 8, 2006, 02:06 PM

I'm getting mine now.

The link: www.atitech.com

Or, this one: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...asp?deptID=894

Dark Lord · Mar 8, 2006, 02:13 PM

running the 6.3s right now. havnt tried any games yet, but CCC is much faster to boot now.

OmegaRED · Mar 8, 2006, 02:26 PM

Those fixes are useless if you just use the driver+Ati Tray Tools.

It should be 75% game fixes and 25% CCC fixes not the other way around.

Sandok · Mar 8, 2006, 02:30 PM

Some people actually want to use CCC to be able to get all the nifty faetures missing from ATT... So for them, trust me, this is needed.

talos_2002 · Mar 8, 2006, 02:44 PM

I like CCC improvements, since there is no ati control panel any more and I have to live with it. vbmenu_register("postmenu_1061307", true);

*CATALYST maker* · Mar 8, 2006, 02:52 PM

im totally enjoying the video converter ;-)

helps me back up my stuff in case my collection goes boom

*CATALYST maker* · Mar 8, 2006, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmegaRED

Those fixes are useless if you just use the driver+Ati Tray Tools.

It should be 75% game fixes and 25% CCC fixes not the other way around.

Should it?

Judas · Mar 8, 2006, 03:06 PM

Is the x1900xtx Overdrive failing to initialize problem going to be solved?

the first maybe 5 boots on a clean installed system with 6.2's results in the overdrive section showing the temps and all the information.... any more and apon clicking the overdrive and bringing the page up results in a quick flash of the information and then the message saying unable to initialize overdrive information, please try again later.. but reguardless of how long i wait, bring up the CCC always shows this.

strange i might add..

aside from that..... Is there a way to FORCE HDR and FSAA apon an application that disables FSAA if hdr is enabled...

This would be an example of say Lineage2

Lemonzest · Mar 8, 2006, 03:08 PM

/me Screams, WHERE'S OPENGL ADAPTIVE ANTI-ALIASING!!!1

BWX · Mar 8, 2006, 03:10 PM

I almost downloaded them.. :-/

ViRuS2k · Mar 8, 2006, 03:21 PM

also why is it that ATI refuse to update there VISTA drivers 5270 is OLD NEWS ATI get with the program. dont follow what nvidia is doing stay with them becuse clearly they are leaders when it comes to fast driver updates.

5803 is the latest build ATI, you slowmo`s lol

***Zardon*** · Mar 8, 2006, 03:26 PM

hey guys give terry a break its the first time he has posted in here for a while. give him some feedback on these drivers. has anyone did performance tests yet?

EnPassant · Mar 8, 2006, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Has anyone did performance tests yet?

Yes a compairson would be great, There seem to less and less of them as of late.

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Mar 8, 2006, 03:46 PM

still no fix on the NFSMW and BF2 shadow bugs from anyone god damn

Dark Lord · Mar 8, 2006, 03:49 PM

played NFS:MW for awhile. seemed to run a bit smoother, unfortunatly the game is still completly unplayable in the later sections of the game with any shadows turned on.

BF2 seemd about the same as before.

EnPassant · Mar 8, 2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiGBrOwNPimpsta

still no fix on the NFSMW and BF2 shadow bugs from anyone god damn

For the 100th time "This is not a bug". Both those games use a nVidia propriatary shadow, thats non D3D spec. compliant, nVidia only. Its a shadow buffer thats done in hardware and is not present on ATI cards.

Its a TWIMTBP game

buddydog12 · Mar 8, 2006, 04:06 PM

I have a Sapphire X1600 AGP, Seems to open CCC faster but it takes 4 to 5 seconds for screens to load inside CCC to change 3D or AVIVO settings.One good thing, seems like CPU usage is down when playing video files.

wiskerbizkit · Mar 8, 2006, 04:15 PM

Everbody bitches about CCC, then when ATI tries to make it better everyone bitches about that, where's the logic?

Chaos · Mar 8, 2006, 05:16 PM

what i dont understand is why people cant appreciate the fact that having folks like Catalyst Maker visit and post here is a major benifit to US the end users. If we find problems, report them to ATI and hope we can resolve the majority of them. How often can you go out in the "real world" and ask question to the people that develop the drivers you use on your PC. I dont normally ramble on about this sort of thing but personally I feel somewhat privilaged having almost direct access to the source when I have problems.

***Zardon*** · Mar 8, 2006, 05:19 PM

Yes, well I think the majority of our members are good people. (really I do). So i think the appreciation is there

Anyway, you guys have had a few hours now to install and test, i personally am really interested to hear what you think about the new set and the CCC. I just put in a X1900XTx a few hours ago and im about to install them myself....

*CATALYST maker* · Mar 8, 2006, 05:20 PM

Nobody was bitching were they? if they were i missed it LOL
sorry guys.

so whats everyones biggest problem these days with games and stuff? i dont think there is anything major outstanding at this point (but of course i could be wrong)

EnPassant · Mar 8, 2006, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

Nobody was bitching were they? if they were i missed it LOL
sorry guys.

so whats everyones biggest problem these days with games and stuff? i dont think there is anything major outstanding at this point (but of course i could be wrong)

First I want to thank you for posting here.

I just have one question if thats ok.

Will the Catalyst drivers be recompiled to .Net 2.0 or is there another version of .Net that the Catalyst team is looking at?. and which .Net do you personally recommend.

Thank you in advance