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Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
* Setting the language option to Greek no longer results in cropped text being noticed in the Catalyst™ Control Center->Component Video page
* Adobe After Effects: Exiting the application no longer results in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) operating system intermittently failing to respond
* Call of Duty 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when having Quad CrossFire™ enable and an HDMI 1080p display device connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35112
* Devil May Cry 4: Anti-Aliasing no longer fails to function when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled
* Dirt: Playing the German Crossover track (Rally World Event) no longer results in the grand stands and chain link fences not being display correctly when CrossFire™ is enabled and MSAA is disabled
* Many more listed in the Release Notes
Complete ATI Catalyst 8.8 Display Driver Release Notes
Download ATI Catalyst 8.8 Display Driver – Windows XP
Download ATI Catalyst 8.8 Display Driver – Windows Vista
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
* Assassin’s Creed: Attempting to launch the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system (32 bit version) no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35804
* Crysis: Edge detect is now working when playing the DX9 version of the game with UBM enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35765
* Frontlines Fuel of War: Setting the in-game option to 1152×864 and AA to N/A no longer results in corruption being noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38×0 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35861
* Hellgate London: Setting the display resolution to 2560×1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35886
* Mahjongg Artifacts: Launching the game on a system running Windows Vista no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35873
* Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Flickering is no longer noticed when switching between the game and the Windows desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35818
* Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Setting AA to 8x no longer results in AA failing to be applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35823
* World In Conflict: Setting the video quality to high no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35884
* World of Warcraft: The game’s log-in background is no longer blank when using OpenGL mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35767
* ZT: Attempting to play the Asian game in a windowed mode or at a display resolution of 1280×1024 no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34152
* Running various games on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X18x0 series of product no longer results in Time-out Detection and Recovery (TDR) when having Catalyst AI set to Advanced. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35828
* A black window is no longer displayed when attempting to play a DVD title using WinDVD 7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34133
* Connecting an HDMI display device to the DVI port using an HDMI to DVI dongle no longer results in the display mode of 720×480 failing to be in the display mode list after hot-unplugging the HDMI display device and hot-plugging a DVI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35105
* Clicking on the Scaling Options for the HDMI display device no longer results in the Panel Information and Image Scaling information failing for the graphics adapter failing to be restored. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35874
* Attempting to change to clone or single mode no longer fails when display number 2 is set a the primary display device. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35768
* Connecting a secondary display device no longer results in the secondary display failing to be seen in the Catalyst Control Center when using a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35802
* Adjusting either the gamma, brightness or contrast setting in the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in certain graphics hardware information failing to be displayed in the Information Center. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-358633
* Enabling and disabling GPU Scaling no longer results in some of the supported display resolutions no longer being available. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35047
* The OverDrive™ clocks are no longer set back to default setting when exiting the fullscreen samples if the Enable ATI OD For… option is set to Off. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35755
* Using a smart dongle no longer results in the mode of 1080i failing to appear in the display manager of the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-358477
Complete ATI Catalyst 8.7 Display Driver Release Notes
Download ATI Catalyst 8.7 Display Driver – Windows XP
Download ATI Catalyst 8.7 Display Driver – Windows Vista
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
* Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32600
* Crysis: Setting the Catalyst™ Control Center->Advanced View->3D->Standard Settings to Optimal Quality and having certain in game option settings no longer results in the game failing to render properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33395
* Doom 3: Setting the in game options to Ultra Quality and the screen size to 1600×1200 no longer results in the image next to the text failing to be rendered. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32603
* Hellgate: London: Flickering is no longer noticed when quitting and then relaunching the game when the in-game setting are set to their maximum levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32604
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Tabula Rasa: Setting the graphics option to enable Deferred Lighting and Dynamic Shadows no longer results in corruption being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32597
Complete ATI Catalyst 8.4 Display Driver Release Notes
Download ATI Catalyst 8.4 Display Driver – Windows XP
Download ATI Catalyst 8.4 Display Driver – Windows Vista
Nvidia ForceWare for XP 32-Bit 169.09 Beta
* Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
* Recommended driver for Crysis.
* Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without English US operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Nvidia ForceWare for Vista 64-Bit 169.09 Beta
* Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
* Recommended driver for Crysis.
* Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without English US operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Nvidia ForceWare for Vista 32-Bit 169.09 Beta
* Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
* Recommended driver for Crysis.
* Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without English US operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
* Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32600
* Crysis: Setting the Catalyst™ Control Center->Advanced View->3D->Standard Settings to Optimal Quality and having certain in game option settings no longer results in the game failing to render properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33395
* Doom 3: Setting the in game options to Ultra Quality and the screen size to 1600×1200 no longer results in the image next to the text failing to be rendered. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32603
* Hellgate: London: Flickering is no longer noticed when quitting and then relaunching the game when the in-game setting are set to their maximum levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32604
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Tabula Rasa: Setting the graphics option to enable Deferred Lighting and Dynamic Shadows no longer results in corruption being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32597
* Tomb Raider Anniversary: Performance improvements are now noticed when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32598
* Playing a game that uses the Unreal Engine 3.0 no longer results in AA setting not having any effect on the game when CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384
* The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to respond when running the Auto-tune utility found in the Catalyst™ Control Center OverDrive™ option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30584
* Using the pound key (#) as the first character in the user name no longer results in an error when installing the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31578
* The color depth no longer changes to 8 bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire™ for the first time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31580
* Display corruption is no longer noticed when enabling CrossFire™ on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X1900/1950 series of product when the display resolution is set to 1600×1200 70Hz and running a 3D application in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31582
* Connecting a TV as a secondary display device no longer results in extended desktop mode failing to become active. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32659
* Flashes of white lines are no longer noticed when quickly moving windows around the Vista desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32660
* Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32661
* Hot plugging an HDMI display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit version) no longer results in the HDMI display device being detected as a DTV (DVI) device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32593
* The signal on HDTV TV is no longer displayed as 480p60 after setting the format to 576i25/576p50 in clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32662
* A warning message no longer fails to appear when using an inappropriate DVI-HDMI adapter. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32596
* Attempting to perform a silent install of the display driver on a system running Traditional Chinese version of Windows Vista no longer results in an error message being displayed and the display drivers failing to be installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32601
* Catalyst™ Control Center->Display Properties->Settings tab->Advanced: The adapter information is no longer displayed as ATI Display Adapter instead of the actual product name. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32602
* Enabling extended desktop mode followed by swapping the primary and secondary display devices no longer results in all running applications to be displayed on the primary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32607
* Enabling or disabling CrossFire no longer results in the HydraGrid settings failing to be retained. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32609
* Exiting a full screen D3D application no longer results in some of the other running applications failing to retain their current HydarGrid location. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32612
* An incorrect message is no longer displayed when resuming from an S3 state when extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33374
* Enabling Overlay Theatre Mode while a movie is playing no longer results in the secondary display device displaying a black screen when extended desk mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33375
* Connecting a secondary display device and setting the display resolution to 1280×800 or greater no longer results in corruption being noticed when attempting to enable extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33376
* Playing a Blu-ray or HD DVD title using the Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 no longer results in an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33377
* Using MCE to view TV no longer results in the Vista operating system (32 bit version) failing to respond when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33378
* Intermittent corruption when switching between an LCD display device and an HDMI TV no longer occurs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33379
* Connecting an HDMI display device no longer results in an extra longer time being noticed when attempting to switch between the LCD display device and the HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33382
* Corruption is no longer noticed on the Windows Vista desktop when playing a DVD title when using the Windows Media Player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33383
* Connecting an HDTV using the HDMI port on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results the LCD display device failing when hot-unplugging the HDTV. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
* 3DMark05/06: A performance drop is no longer noticed when running the benchmark under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33497
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Setting the language option to any supported language other than English no longer results in the Help file for Configure and Diagnostics failing to appear. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32605
* Setting the language option to Russian for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in some text being cropped for the secondary display device in the display properties. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32663
* Setting the language option to German for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32664
* Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32665
* Connecting a CRT and TV and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop no longer results in Overlay Theater Mode failing on the secondary display device when attempting to change the TV format to D/PAL. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32606
* Catalyst™ Control Center->3D: AA options are no longer missing on certain system configurations. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33400
* The Apply button no longer fails to become disabled when changing the display resolution on a system with extended desktop mode enabled and the secondary display device having a different color scheme. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33401
* Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst™ Control Center no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst™ Control Center. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33402
* The display device no longer displays a green image when launching the Catalyst™ Control Center when PowerDVD is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33405
* The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond when switching between user profiles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33414
ATI Catalyst 8.4 Display Driver Release Notes
Download ATI Catalyst 8.4 Display Driver – WindowsXP
Download ATI Catalyst 8.4 Display Driver – Windows Vista
