ATI's FireGL™ cards are designed to accelerate 3D workstation applications based on OpenGL and Microsoft DirectX 9.0. With full certification on the leading computer aided design (CAD), architecture/engineering/construction (AEC) and digital content creation (DCC) applications, ATI FireGL™ is the high performance choice for graphics professionals working in Windows. These release notes provide information on the ATI FireGL™ Unified Driver version 8.083.
These release notes provide information on the following:
- Workstation family support
- Minimum System Requirements
- Operating systems supported
- Resolved Issues
- Known Issues
Workstation family support
The ATI FireGL™ Unified Driver version 8.083 software included in this package is designed to support the following ATI FireGL™ products:
- ATI FireGL™ T2-64
- ATI FireGL™ T2-128
- ATI FireGL™ X1-128
- ATI FireGL™ X1-256p
- ATI FireGL™ X2-256
- ATI FireGL™ X2-256t
- ATI FireGL™ X3-256
PCI Express Product Support
Minimum System Requirements
This section provides information on the system requirements for successful installation and operation. The following is a list of minimum system requirements:
- Intel Pentium 4/Xeon™, AMD Athlon/Opteron™ or compatible CPU
- PCI-Express x16 Bus for PCI-Express products
- AGP bus for AGP Products
- 128MB of system memory (256MB or more recommended)
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
- 300 watt or greater power supply (recommended)
Operating systems supported
The ATI FireGL™ Unified Driver version 8.083 is designed to support the Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 operating systems.
Resolved Issues
This section provides information on issues that have been resolved in this release of the ATI FireGL™ Unified Driver. These include the following:
- Setting the secondary display device to primary no longer results in OGL app viewport failing to respond on of the secondary monitor
- Hot plugging is now working on the secondary DVI port when using an ATI FireGL X-3 256
- Connecting both a Digital and non-DDC analog monitor to the ATI FireGL T2-64 under Windows XP no longer results in the second display option not being available
- Setting the secondary display device to primary results in OGL app viewport failing to respond on of the secondary monitor
- The Windows 2000 operating system no longer fails to respond when resuming from standby mode using S1
- Playing the game Doom 3 under Windows XP with an ATI FireGL T2 installed no longer results in polygon corruption being seen when the system options for the game is set to Ultra Quality and the display properties is to 1280x1024
- A few transparent windows are no longer left behind on the secondary display device when enabling Quad Buffer Stereo
- Running the Discreet benchmark for 3DSMAX R4.26 under Windows XP with either an ATI FireGL X1 or Z1 card installed using the ATI MAXimum driver, no longer results in flashing or missing textures while the animation is playing
- Setting Horizontal Span mode followed by opening all of an OEM OpenGL examples and cascading the windows no longer results in the operating system either failing to respond or rebooting
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Setting the resolution to 1280x1024 and keeping all the other game options set to default results in the game failing to respond when the main character gets close to the droid welding on the floor of the game
- Launching SPECviewperf 8.0.1 under Windows XP with an ATI FireGL T2 installed results in exception errors
- Running SolidEdge v15 under Windows XP with Anti-Aliasing set to 6x no longer results in border and shading corruption being displayed
- Display corruption is no longer seen when running SolidEdge under Windows XP with an ATI FireGL V5100 installed
- The Enovia Portal Add on for Catia no longer results in the Catia application closing when opening a model
- Running Realizer under Windows 2000 no longer results in the application failing to respond when enabling software anti-aliasing
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the ATI FireGL™ software driver version 8.083. These include the following:
- Connecting a standard monitor to an ATI FireGL™ X2-256/X2-256t results in a large monitor being detected in the ATI Control Panel. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4777.html
- Connecting a 9 Mega-Pixel Monitor to the DVI port of an ATI FireGL™ X3-256 results in the synchronicity being lost when rebooting the system and the graphics driver starts to load. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4670.html
- Cascading multiple OEM OpenGL example windows under Windows XP with an ATI FireGL™ T-2 128mb card installed results in the system failing to respond or rebooting. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4778.html
- Connecting a secondary display device to either an ATI FireGL™ V7100 or V5100 and enabling extended desktop results in 3D Studio Menu not being displayed when moving the 3DS Max 7 windows to the extend desktop. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4779.html
- Corruption is 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. Further information on this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4780.html
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