CATALYST maker

They are now available. Comments in this thread please. And please vote for them and the new CCC. (mods insert link)

Rate Catalyst 5.1 (CCC only)

Rate Catalyst 5.1 (Driver only)


Also in the meantime I have been notified about the most in depth CATALYST review I have ever seen in my life. Its only in German now but at least graphs are universal. I am hoping to see it in English soon
[color=#800080]http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/catalyst_treibervergleich/[/color]

Vikingod

great! thanks Terry

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Quarter

Thanks CM

radium_1

is it just me or is there absolutely nothing different with these drivers? It's listed as 4.12 "+" in atiTool... What's wrong with my comp?? Lol, or is everyone's CCC exactly the same?

CATALYST maker

its just you

koolyce

I have a ATI 9600XT 128meg

I install it and get the same prob as all the ati driver. The driver failed all the time, I can't play more then 30min at cs:source. After +/- 30min, VPU recover start, and it's a loop all the 10 min. I have to use 3.8 driver damm....3.8...I lost like 20fps at HL2 with thos oldie driver but don't crash.

I try all the latest driver on win2k and XP and always the same prob but it's not a service case.

From ati website:
Here is a list of examples that likely do not require warranty service.

1. System restarts to a black screen after installation.
2. System hangs playing games, but everything else seems to work.
3. Random system hangs.
4. Slow gaming performance
5. System hangs after launching the ATI TV Player.
6. DVD Movie is choppy or will not play.
7. Playing a movie using the ATI DVD Player, the video image on the secondary display is black.
8. Errors launching any of the ATI software (TV, DVD, File Player, etc.)
9. Audio is out of sync with the video.
10. Failed captures.
11. TV input no longer functions after installing DirectX 9.0b.

A unhappy ATI customer.

Judas

wow, i'd have to agree...

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radium_1

Idk whats wrong, I dled the driver and installed it... What is supposed to be different in these drivers? I'd love some release notes.... Also I'd love to know whats going on with my comp and why nothing is changed whatsoever.

Ahtlon 64 3000+
Corsair XMS 2-2-2-5 2x 512 mb
Radeon Stock 9600 PRO 128 mb
Shuttle sk83g, SP 1

DH Geeks

CM, the release notes for Catalyst v5.1 would be greatly appreciated.

Judas

perhaps the installation did not go well?

i'd suggest try reinstalling them, again...

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russo121

I think there is nothing more than "Fixed in this driver"

Zardon

This CATALYST update includes updates to both our Linux and Windows offerings. As always you can download either of these packages from www.ati.com

Some fixes:

• Men of Valor: Buffering issues are no longer noticed when playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 8500 or 9100 series installed
• Myst URU Ages Beyond Myst: Attempting to turn 180 degrees and head towards the barb wire fence displayed within the game no longer results in the system failing to respond. This issue is known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition installed.
• Richard Burns Rally: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 8500/9100/9200 series installed no longer results in the trees flickering
• Sid Meier's Pirates: Enabling Anti-aliasing no longer results in video flicker being noticed when starting the game
• Playing an mpeg using the media player found in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 no longer results in the ATI VPU Recovery failing if it is disabled and then re-enabled
• Connecting a TV and a monitor to an ATI RADEON™ X800 series and having the TV set as the primary display device no longer no longer results in the Video Mode remaining checked when switching to a resolution which is not supported
• Intermittent desktop corruption is no longer noticed when enabling or disabling a secondary display device
• Dragging or resizing the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 window no longer results in a VPU recovery when playing video on an HDTV
• Running Maya under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in display corruption being noticed when moving the mouse
• Attempting to add a custom timing specification such as; 960x724 for the HDTV device properties page, no longer results in the custom timing not being added to the HDTV resolution menu list.
• An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to switch a secondary display device back to the primary display device when using the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
• Installing the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER under the Windows XP operating system (French version) now results in the localized French version being installed
• The text now changes and provides the correct information when changing the slider position for CATALYST™ AI
• The Restore Factory Default option is now working for all sub-aspects found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER 3D tab

Known Issues for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 5.1
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYST™.

These include the following:

• Call of Duty: Corruption is noticed when playing a saved game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9100 PRO IGP series installed and having a variety of graphic options provided by the game set high. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4656.html
• Pacific Fighters: Playing the game after playing any track for a short period of time and having the landscape detail set to perfect results in the clouds becoming blocking when flying Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4732.html
• Serious Sam: Playing the game under Windows XP results in the display flashing when TRUFORM is enabled. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4763.html
• Rainbow six3: Athena Sword: Playing the game under Windows 2000 with an ATI RADEON™ X700 installed results in the game failing to retain its resolution option of 1600x1200 if you Alt-tab out of the game and then Alt-tab back to the game. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4633.html
• World Fables: The battlefield fog-of-war currently does not render properly. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4732.html
• Accessing the Problem Report Wizard option from the ATI icon in the system tray results in Problem Report Wizard not being translated in supported localized languages. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4762.html
• Hesitation and display corruption is noticed when moving a Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 window from the primary display device to a secondary TV or DVI display device. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4764.html
• Moving the media player from the primary desktop to the secondary desktop results in the Overlay Aspect sliders becoming disabled when moving the media player back to the primary display adapter. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4601.html
• Playing a DVD with Theater mode enabled and a secondary display device connected and clone mode enabled results in Aspect Ratio option for full screen not working. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4602.html
• Setting the Theater mode option to Same as All and playing a media file results in all the buttons for the overlay or standard setting option being greyed out. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4603.html
• Assigning a hotkey to increase the overlay gamma results in the hotkey not functioning properly when playing an MPEG using the Windows Media Player. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4604.html
• Playing a media file under Windows 2000 using the MS Media Player with Theater mode option set to Theater mode results in clone mode failing to be applied. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4605.html
• The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode found under the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Video standard settings is grayed out when playing a media file. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4606.html
• Attempting to set the default colour settings may occasionally result in the default colour setting not being applied. This issue is known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9500 or 9800 installed. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4607.html
• Entering the Video option found in the Graphic Setting tab of the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER results in the side scroll bar being missing for the secondary display device connected to an ATI RADEON™ 9800 series under Windows XP. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4765.html
• Enabling the option Enable Video Mode results in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER not being able to return to it original default setting for the Enable Video Mode option. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4766.html
• The Welcome tab found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER is not completely localized for the Japanese version of Windows XP, or 2000. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4767.html
• Using the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER to access the Display Manager results in corruption being seen on top of menu text in the Dutch, French, Spanish, and Portuguese versions of Windows XP. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4768.html
• The video preview is missing or a black screen is displayed when enabling clone mode using the ATI CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4769.html

Raff_3DC

Thx for mentioning the comparison. =) The translation will start soon ... I'll let you guys know when it's done--if you like. The results of Catalyst 5.1 will be included within the next hour.

So ... I thought now it's time for registering here. I already read a lot here on driverheaven--nice forums!

Greetings,
Raff

Zardon

nice to see you here Raff, great article.

Zardon

Linux Driver: BM_174887
New Features:

* Drivers for X.org 6.8 are now provided

BM_174888

*x86_64 drivers now available for XFree86 4.3 and X.org6.8
BM_174136

Fixes:

* BM_174993
Second head in Dual Head system is no longer corrupt during login screen

* BM_174994
Display corruption is no longer seen when switching between X-Windows and the Linux text console, and back to X-Windows

*BM_175273
Video playback in Dual Head mode no longer results in an error message being displayed, or the player failing to start

* BM_174995
PCI-Express systems no longer hang after running 3D
Applications for long periods

* BM_1749963D
Applications no longer hang on RHEL 3.0 with 1GB or more
memory installed

* BM_174997X
Video overlay is once again available in Dual Head Mode

* BM_175303A
"drm.h: No such file or directory" error message no
longer occurs when compiling the fglrx kernel module

* BM_175312
Stopping and restarting the X server no longer results in memory leaks or hangs on PCI-Express systems

radium_1

can someone please explain to me what exactly is different with CCC? There is no apparent difference for me with it, and i'd love to know why nothing is different. Please can someone explain?

Genius

I installed the CCC version and compared to the 4.12 CCC package which I've been using for the past 3 days I've gotten a significant performance decrease. It doesn't seem to be anything I did wrong as it's across the board. Doom 3 timedemo demo1 dropped about 7-8 fps which is pretty significant. I'm uninstalling and testing the non-CCC package now.

Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining just making an observation. In no way am I assuming it a fault of the drivers at the moment.

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1.5gb ram at 10-3-3-2.5
AMB Barton 2500+ @2215MHz (211x10.5)
Dual WD800JB (Raid 0) / WD1600JB / WD800BB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Logitech Z-680 5.1 speakers
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sony G420 19"[/color]

RIV@NVX

Thank you, Catalyst maker, for releasing Linux version with X.org 6.8 support as well, together with Windows Catalyst 5.1 version.

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Genius

Allow me to correct myself...

No loss in performance in Doom 3. It's exactly the same as before. My brother had been playing it and increased the resolution on me and I didn't realize it

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AMB Barton 2500+ @2215MHz (211x10.5)
Dual WD800JB (Raid 0) / WD1600JB / WD800BB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Logitech Z-680 5.1 speakers
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sony G420 19"[/color]

md5

nice! thanks

jsx[ifl]

I don't mean to be a jackass but I don't see the point in installing these...there's really nothing worth updating for besides the bug fixes but I don't play any of those games atm

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griswoold

so don't

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Glad to hear it because somebody has to blow that sucker up!

Genius

Good 4 u I don't play them either but I installed them anyways.

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AMB Barton 2500+ @2215MHz (211x10.5)
Dual WD800JB (Raid 0) / WD1600JB / WD800BB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Logitech Z-680 5.1 speakers
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sony G420 19"[/color]

pir8nyc

hey terry can you unghost fast write for 9600 owners, my 9600 XT seems to run better with fast write on.

the new drivers w/o fast write, HL2 seems choppier on my AMD 2600 XP, VIA KT 400 vs omega-modded 4.12 (which has the fast write option if selected during install)

Spyre

Well one obvious improvement is that you can turn off the 3D preview and it has a few more options

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Zardon

Ok guys I see quite a few new people joining up here, so i advise before you post to read these rules.

These rules are important because if you dont adhere to them you will quickly lose posting rights as a few people have already done so in this thread.

if you have questions to ask or discussion content to air, then please do so in a manner respectful to others and worth reading, otherwise it will be removed.

Arraso

It's just me or RadLinker don't works with Catalyst CCC 5.1?

Installed RadLinker here, but nothing happens. There are not "radlinkers", or something like that...

km52

@CATALYST maker:

It's nice to see CATALYST improving from release to release (i'm a satisfied Radeon 9700 owner since march 2003 and never had any issues with it) but from my point of view, it would be a step backward stopping the development of the classic control panel.

I always liked the CP for its clean layout while providing all important settings.

What I dislike about the CCC is its fancy style and that it is a resource hog.

I have no complains about the need for the .NET framework, it's just that i like simple and clean interfaces.

Please don't put the CP 6 feet under.

pir8nyc

km52,

i installed the control panel version, works fine (other than the fast write option which is specific for 9600). you should be able to choose that one instead if that is your preference.