[Zardon]

Issues Resolved in Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.5

The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• 3DMark05: Running the application under Windows XP for extended periods of time no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon™ X700 PRO
• Ashli Viewer sample Wood: Display corruption is no longer noticed when Anisotropic Filtering set to 4x or above
• Ashli Viewer v1.6.0: Running the application under Windows 2000 and launching a sample item found in the Programs & Shaders no longer results in corruption being displayed in the sample item
• City of Heros: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 series installed no longer results in the characters in the game appearing corrupted
• Freedom force VS The 3rd Reich: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon™ 8500 installed no longer results in the super hero character attributes appearing blank
• Imperial Glory Demo: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon™ X800 installed no longer results in the game failing to respond
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: Setting the graphic option in the Catalyst™ Control Center to Optimal Quality, followed by launching the game and setting the resolution option to 1600x1200, no longer results in a performance drop being noticed
• Star Wars Knights of the old republic: Loading the Dantooine level of the game under Windows XP no longer results in slow game performance
• Setting the desktop display to 800x600 or 1600x1200 16/32bpp no longer results in the incorrect display resolution information being provided when checking the video control panel in the Catalyst™ Control Center
• Setting the display device to 1080i no longer results in the text on the custom format being illegible
• Setting a customized resolution for 720p now works properly when maintaining the aspect ratio
• Moving the TV to desktop2 and selecting swap device or double up no longer results in the CRT being in panning mode and display corruption being seen on the TV
• Having a TV connected as the only display device and clicking the OK button in the ATI displays tab found in the Advanced section of the Display Properties results in a flash of the TV image being noticed
• Connecting and enabling an HDTV and entering the properties page for the HDTV no longer results in the D3/D4 options being available in the D-Connector Control Panel
• The occasional Windows error messages no longer occurs when booting into extended desktop under Windows XP when using an ATI Radeon™ X300 or X600
• Corruption is no longer seen when connecting a secondary display device and moving the primary display device to the left of the secondary device, followed by disconnecting the primary display device and then reconnecting it
• Previewing or launching the aquarium screen saver under Windows XP Media Center Edition no longer results in the operating system failing to respond
• RF online game compatibility issue with all ATI Radeon™ series
• Launching the Catalyst™ Control Center help files from the Start->All Programs->Catalyst™ Control Center now results in the localized version of the help file being displayed
• Catalyst™ Control Center: Running the French custom install no longer results in a NewFeature1 component being listed
• The link found in the second and third help page for the Change Desktop Settings found in the Japanese version of the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer cross-references to an incorrect help page
• A black screen is no longer displayed when launching AMCap and attempting to view video from the tuner when using either the svideo or composite inputs
• Display corruption is no longer noticed on the TV when setting the TV format to PAL-B and attempting to adjust the flicker removal in the TV Advanced option
• Having a TV and CRT connected and clicking on Preview Automatic adjustment in the Optimize Media Center no longer results in both display devices displaying a black screen

Known Issues for Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.5

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include the following:

• Doom3 Resurrection of Evil: Loading the saved game Medical Labs, may result in hesitation being noticed for a brief moment when moving through the door that is displayed in front of the character. Topic number 737-19379</FONT>
• Farcry: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 with the display set to 1024x76832bpp along with AA disabled results in flashing textures being noticed when setting the game's video options to high detail. This issue is know to occur when using an ATI Radeon™ 9100 or 8500 series product. Topic number 737-10089
• Half-Life 2: Having the display set to 1024x768 32bpp and setting the video options in the game set to 1600x1200 and all other options set to their maximum values results in sluggish performance and missing textures. Topic number 737-10086
• 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. Topic number 737-535
• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter: Playing the game for approximately 5 to 10 minutes under Windows XP with the game quality set at normal/default, results in display corruption being seen in the menu. Topic number 737-10090
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon™ 9800 series installed, results in display corruption being noticed when changing the in-game options from low to maximum Topic number 737-10091
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: Running the Dantoonie level of the game may result in hesitation being noticed. Topic number 737-19378
• World of Warcraft: Enabling Full-Screen Glow in the game may result in a blue screen image being displayed when walking under water. Topic number 737-19075
• Assigning a hotkey to increase the overlay gamma results in the hotkey not functioning properly when playing an MPEG using the Windows Media Player. Topic number 737-494
• 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. Topic number 737-497
• Installing the display driver and the Catalyst™ Control Center, results in a runtime error and the system tray failing to start when attempting to create multiple user accounts and enabling fast user switching. Topic number 737-10084
• The Catalyst™ Control Center installation currently does not check for the installation of Microsoft .Net Framework before preceding with the install, resulting in an error message being displayed when attempting to launch the Catalyst™ Control Center. Topic number 737-10085
• Changing the DPI setting found in the General tab of the display properties to Large size (120 DPI) results in the change not taking effect when launching the Catalyst™ Control Center. Topic number 737-18885
• The Scale to Full Screen option found in the Theater Mode settings of the Catalyst Control CenterE is currently unavailable when using multiple display devices and enabling clone mode. Topic number 737-19380

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[Robert McClelland]

not out yet lol I'm staying 3pm I wonder how many time people keep refreashing web site

[Zardon]

Originally Posted by Robert McClelland

not out yet lol I'm staying 3pm I wonder how many time people keep refreashing web site

they are out, not on the front page but on the driver download page.

[Asmoday]

yepp, downloading them as we speak....won't have time to test them tonight though....man i hate my job

[PoopyTheJ]

I love their servers....

[MIG-31]

using these now so far so good..... still get the anoying problem since the 5.3's. the atiptaxx going into the startup sequance....have to disable this via msconfig each time..

[petri1]

well where is the non CCC driver all i get is that i need to have .net frame installed and i usually don´t use CCC so are they ou too or have they skipped the opld CP?

sorry me too exited and did not notice it was there

well i am gonna test them and see what happens

some benches 3dmark aquamark 3 HL2 well and some D3 timedemo

[MIG-31]

Originally Posted by petri1

well where is the non CCC driver all i get is that i need to have .net frame installed and i usually don´t use CCC so are they ou too or have they skipped the opld CP?

they have not skipped the cp download.

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/5-5_xp-2k_dd_cp_wdm.exe should be 26mb.

[PoopyTheJ]

hey mig, can you pm me a screen of that, I may be able to get rid of it in our set but I wanna see exactly what you're getting....

[Dazog]

Still No Hydra Vision In the CCC

waits until 5.6

And not much of a changelog on the x64 drivers either.

Need any testers ;P

[BWX]

So... did they fix the broken custom resolutions? I didn't see it as a known problem or as a fix.

[UnTouchAble]

"Half-Life 2: Having the display set to 1024x768 32bpp and setting the video options in the game set to 1600x1200 and all other options set to their maximum values results in sluggish performance and missing textures. Topic number 737-10086"

I wont use these..

[BWX]

Originally Posted by BWX
Hopefully they are fixing the custom resolution problem.

The_Neon_Cowboy
and what exactly is that?

The other thread was closed- the problem is that you cannot use custom resolutions with any of the latest ATI drivers- even using the Omega's based on them does not fix the problem.

You cannot even make custom resolutions using third party programs.
I use 1200 x 900 @ 75hz, so I cannot use any drivers past 5.2 I think- not sure what version the custom resolutions were broken in first. I am using the omega's based on 4.12's now.

I hope they fixed it, maybe someone can try using a custom resolution to see if it works.

[davez0r]

Could anyone explain to me what this problem is in this LINK It's Half-Life 2 (incase you can't tell).

There is no overclocking present in my system and nothing is overheating (this was my VERY first guess). This problem is also *NEW* to the CATALYST 5.5 release, it was NOT present in 5.4 or earlier releases. This type of corruption is also in sprites (weapon icons/fire). I've also tried to turn on/off alternative pixel center (this used to fix similar corruption in BFV).

BTW...I'm really interested in fixing this issue. CATALYST 5.5 is really performing well on my other games (aside from this issue). If this turn out to NOT be a game/configuration error I will just report it to ATI.

SPECS:

AthlonXP 2600+ (SSE/SS2/MMX/3DNOW enabled in-game).
Radeon 9600XT (no overclocking)
1024 RAM (433mhz)
FAST-WRITES ON
0s wait-state (read/write)
AGP Sycnronization ON

[Spyre]

I'm pretty sure custom resolutions work in 5.5 drivers now

[BWX]

Originally Posted by Spyre

I'm pretty sure custom resolutions work in 5.5 drivers now

Try 1200 x 900 and tell me if it works- you can use any number of 3d *edit- 3rd party, not 3d* apps to do this. Thanks.

I'd like to test these out, but I don't want to waste the time if custom res. don't work.

[petri1]

well now they are tested and these results was what i got

and since yopu guuys know more about these things you be the judges:

3DMARK03 8839
3DMARK05 3984
AQUAMRK3 54763

DOOM3 timedemo Highq 1280x1024 56.6FPS

Resolution: 1024×768
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
[color=#990000]Score = 59.1 FPS



[/color]Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
[color=#990000]Score = 57.3 FPS[/color]




so please do tell me if these are good average or poor scores/FPS

i myself think these are really good results

[Shuflie]

Since there's no seperate thread for the 64 bit drivers I thought I'd mention a problem I came up with for them here. After installing the new driver two unrecognised devices appeared. Looking down my full devices list I noticed that the rage theater WDM driver and video codec had disappeared, telling windows XP x64 edition that these unknown devices were the rage theater chip on my X800pro VIVO seemed to work.

[>GSXR<mrbusa]

Originally Posted by MIG-31

using these now so far so good..... still get the anoying problem since the 5.3's. the atiptaxx going into the startup sequance....have to disable this via msconfig each time..

me too.
also when i use ati tray tools i get two instances running at the same time.


peace out

[terror_adagio]

Originally Posted by petri1

well now they are tested and these results was what i got

and since yopu guuys know more about these things you be the judges:

3DMARK03 8839
3DMARK05 3984
AQUAMRK3 54763

DOOM3 timedemo Highq 1280x1024 56.6FPS

Resolution: 1024×768
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
[color=#990000]Score = 59.1 FPS



[/color]Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
[color=#990000]Score = 57.3 FPS[/color]




so please do tell me if these are good average or poor scores/FPS

i myself think these are really good results

What were your results before 5.5?

[germanjulian]

is there any point upgrading with my 9800pro?

[UnTouchAble]

is there any point upgrading with my 9800pro?

I would also like to know.

[petri1]

3DMARK03 8811
3DMARK05 3936
AQUAMARK3 53673

DOOM3 57.1 FPS strange 56.5 with cat 5.5


The benchmark started at 2005-05-17 23:56:53


Resolution: 1024×768
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
[color=#990000]Score = 58.1 FPS



[/color]Resolution: 1280×1024
Demo: HardwareOC - d3c171
Detail: Maximum quality
Antialising mode: 8×
Filtering mode: Anisotropic 16×
Hardware DirectX level: DirectX 9
Heapsize: 512 MB
[color=#990000]Score = 56.5 FPS


[/color]

Any bug, etc: [color=#0000ff]Roadside[/color]The HardwareOC Half-Life 2 Benchmarking Tool is FREE!

Copyright 2004 Roadside & HardwareOC.hu



well these are my results with CAT 5.4

it is strange coz i remember the results wasn´t quite this good but well well here they are

[Clubber]

Anyone test these with HL2? Or are the 5.1's still the fastest?

[Ferret_Style]

It is always worth testing the upgrade they do not always say all the stuff that gets fixed or cleaned up on EVERY release.

[Vasot]

Originally Posted by germanjulian

is there any point upgrading with my 9800pro?

Yes, for the bug fixes

[Zardon]

Originally Posted by germanjulian

is there any point upgrading with my 9800pro?

Yes there are numerous bug fixes.

[magnus33]

the halflife 2 issue has nothing to do with ati and is a result of halflife's stream update.

it has the same affect on nvidia.

[UnTouchAble]

Originally Posted by magnus33

the halflife 2 issue has nothing to do with ati and is a result of halflife's stream update.

it has the same affect on nvidia.

No, in the last 5x sets (after 5.1) there was an issue with CSS and sluggish performance, now if i put 5.2, 5.3 etc on, i get horrible performance, if i go back to 5.1, 4.12 it plays smooth.

[Poppi]

Can anyone tell me why Trackmania Sunrise (Full Game) keeps rebooting my computer when implementing command prompts (restart, quit, etc.) in the game, while using the 5.5s? It occurs about 10 minutes after playing. After each reboot I kept tweaking the games configuration to no avail.

Furthering, after the 5th reboot I lost my source file and all my earned medals in the races! Anyway, converting back to the 5.4s solved the problem. Clean install for both drivers.

I can safely say this is a 5.5 driver issue. Any help?