These release notes provide information on the latest posting of ATI's industry leading software suite, CATALYST™. This particular software suite updates both the ATI Display Driver (version 8.082), and the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER (version 4.12). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST™ software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
CATALYST™ 4.12 Release Note provides information on the following:
- Web Content
- Desktop product family support
- ATI Chipset Product Support
- Operating systems supported
- CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Minimum Requirements
- New Features
- Performance Improvements for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12
- Issues Resolved in CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12
- Known Issues for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12
- Known Issues for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
- Downloading the ATI CATALYST™ Software Suite
- Uninstalling the ATI Control Panel and Display Driver
- Installing the latest CATALYST™ Software Suite
- CATALYST™ CREW Feedback Program
- Customer Care Service
Web Content
The CATALYST™ software suite 4.12 contains the following:
- RADEON™ display driver 8.082
- MULTIMEDIA CENTER™ 9.03
- CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Version 4.12
- HydraVision™ 3.25.0006
- HydraVision™ Basic Edition 3.25.9006
- Remote Wonder 2.5.1
- WDM version 4.07
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
Note: The WDM version 4.07 currently does not install on the ATI ALL-IN-WONDER™ X300 and X600 products.
Note: These release notes provide information on the 8.082 display driver only. For information on the ATI MULTIMEDIA CENTER™ 9.03, HydraVision™ 3.25.0006, HydraVision™ 3.25.9006 Basic Edition, WDM version 4.07, REMOTE WONDER™ 2.5.1, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their respective release notes found at: http://ati.com/
Desktop product family support
The CATALYST™ software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:
Note: ATI ALL-IN-WONDER™ variants based on the above are also supported.
Note: All ATI RADEON™ PC Graphic cards are optimized for Microsoft's Media Center Edition when coupled with a supported video capture card.
ATI Chipset Product Support
The CATALYST™ software suite is designed to support the following ATI chipset products:
- RADEON™ XPRESS 200 series
- RADEON™ IGP 320
- RADEON™ IGP 330
- RADEON™ IGP 340
- RADEON™ 9000 IGP
- RADEON™ 9100 IGP Pro
- RADEON™ 9100 IGP
- IXP 150
- IXP 200
- IXP 250
- IXP 300
Operating systems supported
The latest version of the CATALYST™ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
Note: As of January 1, 2004, Microsoft no longer accepted certification submissions for the Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition operating system. The ATI CATALYST™ CREW however is committed to all its customers and is now providing non certified WHQL software drivers for users of the Windows Millennium Edition operating system. Windows Millennium Edition users can obtain the software driver at: http://www.atitech.com/support/driver.html. Windows 98/98SE is supported through the ME driver.
CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Minimum Requirements
This section provides information on ATI's CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER. The CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER replaces the ATI Classic Control Panel and allows users to easily configure and increase their productivity when using an ATI graphics accelerator. The CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER includes an extensive feature set that significantly enhances the end-user experience.
The ATI CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER is supported on the following products:
- RADEON™ X850 series
- RADEON™ X800 series
- RADEON™ X700 series
- RADEON™ X600 series
- RADEON™ X300 series
- RADEON™ 9800 series
- RADEON™ 9700 series
- RADEON™ 9600 series
- RADEON™ 9500 series
Caution: The CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER requires that Microsoft's .NET Framework Version 1.1 be installed. Without .NET Version 1.1 installed the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER will not launch properly, and the user will see an error message as a result
New Features
This section provides information on new features introduced in the latest release of the CATALYST™ Software Suite. New features include:
Problem Report Wizard for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
The latest release of CATALYST™ introduces a new menu item in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Help dashboard called Problem Report Wizard. This feature will provide all of the same Problem Report Wizard functionality found in the current ATI CLASSIC CONTROL PANEL to the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER.
OVERDRIVE™ Version 3.0
The latest release of CATALYST™ introduces OVERDRIVE™ version 3.0 for the RADEON™ X850 XT. This version of OVERDRIVE™ will allow users to manually set the graphic and memory clocks, while still protecting the user from causing damage to their graphic card. OVERDRIVE™ version 3.0 also provides an optional automated search for maximum clock speeds. This feature is supported under both the Windows XP and 2000 operating systems
Performance Improvements for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12
As with most CATALYST™ releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed:
- Driver efficiency has improved considerably for both Direct3D and OpenGL.
- Numerous D3D games show 2-3% gains at low resolution. The small batch size tests in 3DMark05 show improvements as large as 15% on some products.
- In OpenGL, several game titles show improvements in the lower settings. Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, for instance, shows gains as large as 15% in low resolution (driver-bound) cases. Doom III performance improves 5-10% at low settings. Call of Duty improves 5-6%.
- Half-Life 2 performance also improves as much as 20% over Catalyst 4.11 in certain sections of the game.
Issues Resolved in CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12
The following section provides a summary of issues that have been resolved in the latest version of CATALYST™. These include:
- Half-Life 2: Playing the game on a system containing an Athlon XP CPU no longer results in missing textures occasionally being noticed
- Half-Life 2: Intermittent psychedelic patterns are no longer seen when playing the game under Windows XP
- CounterStrike: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in display corruption being seen in the floor in de_chateau map
- Doom 3: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition no longer results in display corruption being seen when pressing CTRL+Alt+Delete followed by clicking Cancel
- Everquest: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition installed results in the game displaying a black screen when setting the texture quality to high and having all radio buttons selected
- Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: Setting the model detail to high and change the game resolution to high no longer results in the game failing to respond under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed
- Tron2.0: Setting the display device resolution to 1280x1024 32bpp and setting the display option for the game to 800x600 32bpp no longer results in display corruption being seen in the game cinematics
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in triple buffering failing when enabling the option in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
- Attempting to rotate the display 90 degrees and play an OpenGL game under Windows XP may result in the game failing to launch
- Enabling clone mode along with theatre mode option under overlay no longer results in WinDVD and the operating system failing to respond when dragging the WinDVD window around the desktop
- Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing a DVD using WinDVD and having subtitles enabled under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed
- Attempting to make a change to a saved profile within the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the Save button being greyed out
- Connecting a secondary CRT and clicking the X button to close the Enable this display window found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Advanced view, no longer results in the window not closing
- Muting the audio during the playback of full screen HDTV video under Windows Media Center Edition no longer results in the video being paused
- Angle information in the rotation modes is now correct for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
- Enabling Overscan under Windows XP with an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER™ 9600 installed no longer results in the image not being centered properly on the display device
- Connecting a secondary CRT display device and extending the desktop, followed by unplugging the secondary device and hot-plugging a DFP device no longer results in the DFP remaining in the Additional display area when attempting to swap devices
- The Windows desktop brightness no longer dims when playing a DVD and having an HDTV connected as the primary display device
- Playing a DVD under Windows XP MCE with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT installed no longer results in VPU Recover being activated when attempting to drag or resize the Media Center window
- 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
Known Issues for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.12
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: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4656.html
- Counter Strike Condition Zero: Launching the game in dual screen mode results in rapid flashing corruption on the secondary display device. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4729.html
- Myst URU Ages Beyond Myst: Attempting to turn 180 degrees and head towards the barb wire fence displayed within the game 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. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4685.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 blocky when flying. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4732.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
- Sid Meier's Pirates: Enabling Anti-aliasing results in video flicker being noticed when starting the game. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4731.html
- World Fables: The battlefield fog-of-war currently does not render properly. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4728.html
- Playing an mpeg using the media player found in Windows XP MCE results in the ATI VPU Recovery failing if it is disabled and then re-enabled. Further information on this issue can be found at: www.ati.com/support/infobase/4743.html
For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.
Known Issues for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
The following section provides a summary of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER. These include:
- 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: http://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: http://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: http://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: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/460l
- 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: http://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: http://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: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4607.html
- Attempting to add a custom timing specification such as; 960x724 for the HDTV device properties page, results in the custom timing not being added to the HDTV resolution menu list. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4608.html
- Logging on to the system using a Guest Account results in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER failing to launch. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4734.html
- CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER: Setting SMARTGART™ to 4X results in display corruption being seen when the Windows logo is being displayed during the reboot of the system. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4735.html
- Entering the Color aspect page of the Advanced View found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER results in the arrows in the three spin buttons being cut off. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4736.html
- Attempting to launch the ATI DVD Player under Windows 2000 with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT installed with two display devices connected to the card results in a fatal error message being displayed. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4737.html
- Applying any skin option available in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER results in certain Unicode characters to be overridden by DirectSkin. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4733.html
Downloading the ATI CATALYST™ Software Suite
This section provides information on downloading the CATALYST™ Software Suite for your ATI RADEON™ product. The ATI CATALYST™ Crew recommends that you create a central location for your ATI CATALYST™ downloads. To do this, follow these steps.
- Right-click on any open area of your desktop. A drop down menu is displayed.
- Select New->Folder. A new folder is created on your desktop.
- Name the folder CATALYST™ Downloads.
- Navigate to the ATI software download web page, and select the software driver you require.
- Click Download. A File download dialog box is displayed.
- Click Save. The Save As dialog box is displayed.
- Navigate to the CATALYST™ Download folder, and click Save.
You have successfully saved the software driver to your desktop.
Uninstalling the ATI Control Panel and Display Driver
This section provides information on uninstalling the previous versions of your ATI Control Panel and ATI Display Driver for your RADEON™ product.
Note: If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP, ensure that you have logged in with system administrative rights.
Before you can install the latest CATALYST™ software driver for your RADEON™ product, you must uninstall the previous ATI Control Panel. To do this, follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Add/Remove programs tool provided by Microsoft. This tool is found in the Control Panel.
Note: Ensure all other applications are closed before continuing with the uninstall of the ATI Display Driver.
- Click the Change/Remove button. The ATI Control Panel Setup window is displayed.
- Select Remove, and click Next. A Confirm File Deletion dialog box is displayed.
- Click OK. The ATI Control Panel Setup window is displayed.
- Select No, and click Finish. You are returned to the Add/Remove Program tool.
You have successfully uninstalled the ATI Control Panel.
You are now ready to uninstall the ATI Display Driver. To do this, follow these steps:
- Select ATI Display Driver in the Add/Remove Program tool.
- Click the Change/Remove button.
Note: If you have multiple display adapters installed, a dialog box will appear instructing you to choose which ATI Display driver to uninstall. Click the Select All button.
- Click Yes when prompted to confirm the uninstall of the ATI Display Driver.
- Reboot your system as prompted to compete the uninstall of the ATI Display Driver.
Note: If you are prompted to start the installation of a display driver upon boot up, click CANCEL
You have successfully uninstalled the previous version of the ATI Display Driver and ATI Control Panel.
Installing the latest CATALYST™ Software Suite
This section provides information on installing the latest CATALYST™ Software Suite for your RADEON™ product. To install the driver, follow these steps:
- Navigate to the CATALYST™ Download folder on your desktop. Double-click on the folder to view its content.
- Double click the CATALYST™ software suite you have downloaded. Accept all the default prompts.
- Restart your system as required.
You have successfully installed the latest CATALYST™ software suite.
CATALYST™ CREW Feedback Program
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the CATALYST™ CREW feedback program. Please refer to http://apps.ati.com/driverfeedback/ and provide us further feedback.
ATI Customer Care
The ATI Customer Care is focused on delivering accurate, up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance. Should you require assistance with your ATI product visit, http://www.atitech.com/support/index.html
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