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Vampyromaniac

woot!

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MIG-31

already now thats fast work.

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Chaos

sweet grabbing them now

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Veridian3

Good evening ladies and gents, here are your release notes for Catalyst 4.1...

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the CATALYSTâ„¢ Display Drivers. New features include:

ATI OVERDRIVEâ„¢ Enhancement
OpenGL Shading Language Enhancement
ATI OVERDRIVEâ„¢ Enhancement
ATI OVERDRIVEâ„¢ maximizes the performance of the graphic accelerator by increasing the speed of the graphics processor. This is done by constantly monitoring the temperature of the graphics processor, so that the maximum clock speed can always be maintained.

The latest rendition of ATI OVERDRIVEâ„¢ now provides the user with more information on the temperature and frequency of their graphics processor. This feature is supported under the Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 98/98SE and Millennium operating systems, and is supported on the following ATI RADEONâ„¢ products:

ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9800 XT
ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9600 XT
OpenGL Shading Language Enhancement
This release improves support for the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL), a flexible, forward-looking, and hardware-independent high-level graphics programming language. The OpenGL Shading Language, defined as an open standard by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board, allows application developers to take advantage of the powerful programmable vertex and pixel processing units present in the 3D graphics system. This release includes changes to increase compliance with the final ratified GLSL specifications, adds support for projective texture sampling, and improves support for interactions between GLSL-based rendering and traditional fixed-function vertex and pixel processing. Developers who are interested in using the OpenGL Shading Language should visit our website http://www.ati.com/developer for more details and documentation.

Issues Resolved in CATALYSTâ„¢ Version 4.1
The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYSTâ„¢ 4.1. These include:


Resolved Application Issues
This section provides information on application issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYSTâ„¢. These include the following:

Display corruption is no longer seen when running the applications 3DSMax or Inventor
Moving a sample in the program SolidWorks 2003 or 2004 from one display to a secondary display no longer results in the sample not being refreshed on the secondary display

Resolved CATALYSTâ„¢ Driver Issues
This section provides information on CATALYSTâ„¢ driver issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYSTâ„¢. These include the following:

Starting the TV with a 4:3 aspect ratio in Overlay Theater Mode along with video out enabled no longer displays an error if the video window is dragged off screen


Resolved Game Issues
This section provides information on game issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYSTâ„¢. These include the following:

Playing the game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 under Windows XP with an ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9000 series card installed no longer results in the skaters' shadow not being completely drawn
Playing the game Line of Sight Vietnam under Windows XP with an ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9200 series installed no longer results in the game menu appearing black when setting the Anti-Aliasing option to 1 or 2
Changing the resolution in Halo while playing in the middle of a Campaign no longer results in a reboot of the machine. This issue was known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9000 series installed
Running the game Halo PC under Windows XP with an ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9700 series installed no longer results in display corruption being seen on the barrel of the shot gun
All cars are now being drawn properly when Anti-Aliasing is enabled and playing the game Race Driver by ToCA
The game Ford Racing 2 no longer stutters when Anti-Aliasing is enabled
The Star Wars game; Knights of the Old Republic is no longer failing to respond when moving the mouse to view the shore
Setting the display resolution to 1024x768 32bpp and playing the game Nascar Racing 2003 demo, no longer results in the game failing to respond when OpenGL is enabled
Setting the graphics option to 1024x768 in the game Beach Head 2002 no longer results in the game failing to launch and displaying an error message
The Windows 2000 operating system no longer fails to respond when ending the game World Racing in a windowed mode
Playing the game Neverwinter Nights under Windows XP with an ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9600 series card installed no longer results in the game failing to respond
Playing the game IL2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles in OpenGL mode no longer results in flashing triangles and textures when playing the Black Death Track


Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYSTâ„¢. These include the following:

Logging on as an Administrator under Windows XP and doing a fast user switch to limited user results in display corruption when playing a DVD with WinDVD version 4 or 5. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming CATALYSTâ„¢ release. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/AAAE.html
Launching the game Tron 2.0 under Windows XP results in the game failing to respond after the game introduction is loaded. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming CATALYSTâ„¢ release. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/AAAC.html
Launching the game Line of Sight: Vietnam and setting the graphics option to 800x600 16bpp result in the game failing to respond when selecting a new game. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming CATALYSTâ„¢ release. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/AAAD.html
Playing the game Nascar 2003 with the display resolution set to 1280x1024 32bpp results in display corruption being seen. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming CATALYSTâ„¢ release. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/AAAI.html
Setting the video resolution to 1280x1024 in the game Medal of Honor: Spearhead, along with Anti-Aliasing set to 2x results in the main menu of the game not displaying properly. This issue is known to occur under Windows 9x with an ATI RADEONâ„¢ 9200 series installed. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming CATALYSTâ„¢ release. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4355.html
User defined colour setting are currently not being retained when exiting a 3D game or application. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming CATALYSTâ„¢ release. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4315.html
Significant performance loss is noticed in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. This issue is already resolved and a fix will be available in the next CATALYSTâ„¢ driver release
Playing the game Prince of Persia under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON 9500 PRO and higher series may result in the light sources occasionally appearing through textures. This happens with Anti Aliasing enabled. This issue is currently under investigation by ATI and the game developer to determine the cause. Further information may be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4364.html.

Ev!L-aLphA

yap i was gonna post this for u all when i saw it on ati site but i had dif stuff to do lol

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tastyweat

wow... I wasn't expecting them so soon!

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Veridian3

And for your voting pleasure... Rate Catalyst 4.1

Asmoday

Wow ATI must have some insane bandwidth!! I just got them with 1.4MB/s..

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Falstaff

me too, just used them for rendering, no problems with photoshop and terragen or bryce...woo hoo, but my smart gart is disabled now, but I dont think I will miss it lol. Wonder if Neon is trying t blow them up now...lol

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BetrayerX

d/l as we speak...That Tron 2.0 bug looks ugly, but I appreciate KOTOR fix since I experienced it.

WHo wants to count the days from the next Omegas and DNAs to appear?

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Warpy

Thanks again Terry, that was very sneaky - releasing those Cats when you did!!! I only just put a post up yesterday, asking when the next Cats where to be released into the wild!!!!


Thanks again!

Where is Omega **cough **

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snake

AT LEAST !!! No more war between modified drivers
Hope i will enjoy this new set, waiting for the next omega's

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Chaos

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TotalChaos's Measurement: "Catalyst 4.1"
AquaMark Score: 37834 (CPU: 6532, GFX: 5323) FPS: 37.83 TPS: 11389 K
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ CR: 1837 MHz SRAM: 1024 MB OS: Microsoft Windows XP
GFX: ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 SERIES CM: 386 / 330 MHz VRAM: 128 MB DRIVER: 6.14.10.6414
RES: 1024x768 x 32bit AA: Off AF: 4x DETAILS: Very High
INFO: TotalChaos, 2004-01-19, "Catalyst 4.1"



AquaMark Score: 37834
AquaMark CPU Score: 6532
AquaMark GFX Score: 5323
Average FramesPS: 37.835
Average TrianglesPS: 11389 K
Average PixelPS: n/a



Measurement Detail Information:
Username: TotalChaos
Submit Time: 2004-01-19 21:04:19
General Name: Catalyst 4.1

System Detail Information:
System Memory reported by OS: 1073205248 Byte ( ~1024 MegaByte)
Operating System Version: Microsoft Windows XP
Operating System Type:
Operating System Build: Service Pack 1 2600

Processor Detail Information:
Processor Name: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
Processor Speed: 1837 MHz (MegaHertz)
Type.Family.Model.Stepping: 0.6.10.0
Processor Flags: 0xC1C3FBFF

Graphics Detail Information:
Graphics Card Name: ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 SERIES
Graphics Card Vendor ID: 4098
Graphics Card Device ID: 20036
Graphics Card SubSys ID: 1332875266
Graphics Card Revision: 0
Graphics Card Core Clockrate: 386 MHz (MegaHertz)
Graphics Card Memory Clockrate: 330 MHz (MegaHertz)
Graphics Card Driver: ati2dvag.dll
Graphics Card Driver Version: 6.14.10.6414
Graphics Card Video Memory: 134217728 Byte ( ~128 MegaByte)
Graphics Texture Memory: 179306496 Byte ( ~171 MegaByte)

Settings Detail Information:
Display Resolution: 1024 * 768 pixels
Display Bitdepth: 32 Bit
Antialiasing Mode: Antialiasing Disabled
Antialiasing Quality: Antialiasing Disabled
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Detail Settings: Very High

Detailed Score Information:
Minimal Frames per Second: 11.639
Average Frames per Second: 37.835
Maximal Frames per Second: 97.000
Render Time-Share of Frames: 71.1 %
Minimal Triangles per Second: 1763425
Average Triangles per Second: 11389460
Maximal Triangles per Second: 30628384
Average Pixel per Second: n/a
CPU Score: 6532
GFX Score: 5323
AquaMark Score: 37834

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3DMark2001 Project Details


2004-01-19 Project ID


7466619 Published

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System Configuration
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

DirectX Version 9.0



Mobo Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

Mobo Model MS-6570

AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / 4x 8x



CPU AMD Duron(tm) Processor 1838 MHz

FSB 166 MHz

Memory 1024 MB



Graphics Chipset ATI RADEON 9700 PRO

Driver Name ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 SERIES

Driver Version 6.14.10.6414

Video Memory 128 MB



Program Version 3DMark2001 SE

Resolution 1024x768 32bit

Texture Format Compressed

FSAA Disabled

Z-Buffer Depth 24bit

Frame Buffer Double

Rendering Pipeline D3D Pure Hardware T&L



Detailed Test Results
3DMark Score 15277 3D marks



Game 1 Car Chase - Low Detail 203.6 FPS

Game 1 Car Chase - High Detail 65.6 FPS

Game 2 Dragothic - Low Detail 297.4 FPS

Game 2 Dragothic - High Detail 154.1 FPS

Game 3 Lobby - Low Detail 178.6 FPS

Game 3 Lobby - High Detail 78.8 FPS

Game 4 Nature 125.6 FPS




3DMark03 Project Details

Date 2004-01-19

Project ID 1922506 Published

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System Configuration


General Information
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

DirectX Version 9.0b

Mobo Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

Mobo Model MS-6570

AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / 4x, 8x

CPU AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 1838 MHz

FSB 166 MHz

Memory 1024 MB



Display Information
Graphics Chipset ATI RADEON 9700 PRO

Driver Name ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 SERIES

Driver Version 6.14.10.6414

Driver WHQL Certified Yes

Video Memory 128 MB

Core Clock 386 MHz

Memory Clock 330 MHz



Sound Information
Sound Adapter Driver Name NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio

Sound Adapter Driver Version 6.14.375.0



Benchmark Settings
Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 4 Build 0

Resolution 1024x768@32 bit

Texture Filtering Optimal

Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None

Post Processing false

Vertex Shaders Optimal



Main Test Results
3DMark Score 5544 3DMarks

CPU Score Not enough CPU tests run



Detailed Test Results


Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury 169.1 fps

GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 37.7 fps

GT3 - Troll's Lair 33.4 fps

GT4 - Mother Nature 34.6 fps



CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 N/A

CPU Test 2 N/A



Feature Tests
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1655.6 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2626.5 MTexels/s

Vertex Shader 18.5 fps

Pixel Shader 2.0 48.2 fps

Ragtroll 24.7 fps

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Dyre Straits

I just got the CAT 4.1 drivers for both my 9600 Pro under XP and my 64 DDR VIVO under 98SE.

Both of these computers were running Omega's latest drivers for the card/system prior to getting the CAT 4.1s.

I ran the Uninstall for both the ATi Control Panel and Omega's drivers prior to attempting to install the CAT 4.1s.

The 98SE drivers installed without a hitch and are working great!

I had to finagle with the installation on the 9600 Pro/XP system. At first the installation wanted to say it couldn't find the correct hardware. Went into Safemode and attempted it there. XP essentially installed its own 'default' version of the ATi drivers and, once I got back into normal XP, I was able to finally do an install that works. However, I got an error warning on the screen that Windows couldn't open a file. (I'll have to reboot to see what that file name was again and, if it happens again, I'll post it.)

Finally, the issue I've mentioned about Babylon 5: I've Found Her still exists. You can see the issue here: Textures Missing - Babylon 5 - IFH


EDIT: Upon rebooting the XP system, I did not encounter any popup error message as mentioned above. However, I had disabled the Taskbar items from the Control Panel/Options if that may have been the cause of it.

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MIG-31

i occasionally got those errors also but for cat 3.10's!!!! could not find cp if ati task-bar option were ticked off.don't know about these 4.1's as i have no intention of disabling.

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but so far have only tried 2 games.

wolfenstein has a slight stutter but not very noticable.

ut2k3 runs fine.

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Davidgt

Smart gart is buggered here when i restart i get an error message saying it wont load. Strage though mom is at 8x agp sideban addressing is on and fast writes all working mabye a small bug

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Zardon

guys some people PMing me saying smartgart isnt working, can anyone verify this please? (im on a newer set)

MIG-31

smartgart is fine for me. 8x enabled fine on my 9800pro.

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Whats not working Zard? Send any info to me direct so we can try and reproduce.

Dyre Straits

Smartgart appears to be working for me on my 9600 Pro/XP system.

Of course, my 64 DDR VIVO doesn't support it and therefore it's turned Off on that system.

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Zardon

ok let me sort out what is nonsense from the facts first bud. if anyone else is having issues with the smartgart (ive 3 people atm) let me know in email with as much information and details as possible, on the exact problems, if you installed cleanly or over the top etc, ill pass on the information to Terry.

Veridian3

Installed on my 9000np...no issues related to smartgart.

Davidgt

Another bug im seeing alot posted around the net is overdriver temp moniter is way off bugs ive seen on these as i know terry doesnt have time to see every forum:

examples:

Lost the overdrive tab on my 9600xt. Had it before with the 3.10's.

2500+ w/ 9600xt Epox 8rda+ @225mhz FSB Muskin LVL II

these drivers seem to have screwed with various textures in ut 2003 O_o also performance decrease i went from an average 100+ fps now im down to at least 50-60 hmm something wrong here , back to 3.10's i think


where is the overdrive option

is it a seperate install

i cant see it anywhere


I'm only 100pts off what the others do on 03 but the core temp probe they have set at 5x when it should be at 3xc. My riva and it are the same if ya change the number. They both go up to 54/34 which is where my temps stop at on this with my water. I know, i have probs all over that thing with my digidoc5.

Myne took a 1.4k loss in 3dm03... Obviously i need a uninstall-reinstall for them but still that seem odd. And wth is up with there temp mon... 50c..... Rivatunner is putting me in the high 29's to low 30c with my watercooling, water in the mid 70f's

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Zardon

Dave im sure Terry appreciates the information but im not a firm believer in reading quotes from other people. id rather hear what people here have to say 1st hand rather than third person stuff.

Keep the feedback coming people, it helps.

Zardon

It seems the problems im hearing are in some way related to driver cleaner, after working through the 3 people ive been in contact with, ive sorted those problems.

if anyone else is having issues with these drivers and smartgart, try installing them over the top without uninstalling the set first.

ill have a chat with Spike about this and see what he says.

Veridian3

Also, i'd be more inclined to think that ATI's temps are correct and Rivatuner is incorrect. After all, its ati's hardware.

Davidgt

prolly right i was just posting what others were having issues with also thankyou Zardon for the help with smartgart

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HolyAvenger

Newer set ? What newer set ?

Either way, I'm waiting for the Omegas based on these. Switching back and forth between Omega and stock Catalists wasn't a very good idea with previous releases.