AMD Catalyst Drivers (XP 32-bit) 歷史舊版本 Page7

更新時間：2007-10-12
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

The Catalyst software suite 7.10 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.421
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.10

Catalyst 7.10 introduces the following new features:

* Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series of products
* Software CrossFire" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series of products

This release of Catalyst introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series of products. Adaptive Anti-Aliasing substantially improves image quality by anti-aliasing transparent textures.
Software CrossFire" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series

This release of Catalyst introduces software CrossFire" support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 Series and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series. Software CrossFire" is only available when two graphics accelerators from the same family (i.e. 2 ATI Radeon" HD 2600 products) are plugged into a CrossFire" compatible motherboard with no hardware interconnect between the two graphics accelerators.
Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst 7.10:

* Battlefield 2142: CrossFire" performance improves 5-23% on ATI Radeon" HD2600, HD2400 and ATI Radeon" X1300/X1550
* BioShock DX10 CrossFire" performance improves 70% or more on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products
* Call of Duty 2: performance improves up to 6.7% on both single card and CrossFire" ATI Radeon" HD2600 and ATI Radeon" HD2400 configurations
* Call of Juarez DX10: CrossFire" performance improves up to 42% and single card performance improves up to 34% on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products
* Company of Heroes DX10 CrossFire" performance improves up to 80% on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products and single card performance improves as much as 31% on ATI Radeon" HD2900 and ATI Radeon" HD2600 products
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars CrossFire" performance improves as much as 23% on ATI Radeon" X1x00 series products and single card performance improves as much as 23% on both ATI Radeon" HD2x00 and ATI Radeon" X1x00 series of products
* FEAR CrossFire" performance improves as much as 16% on ATI Radeon" X1950XTX, X1650XT, HD2400 and X1300/X1550
* Lost Planet DX10 CrossFire" performance improves 20% or greater on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 series of products
* Supreme Commander CrossFire" performance improves up to 30% on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 and ATI Radeon" X1x00 series products. ATI Radeon" X1650 and X1300/X1550 see even greater improvements of 82% or more
* World In Conflict DX10 CrossFire" performance improves 14-67% or more and single card performance improves 20% or more on ATI Radeon" HD2900XT and ATI Radeon" HD2600 products
* World in Conflict DX9 CrossFire" performance improves up to 70% or more on all ATI Radeon" HD2x00 products

更新時間：2007-09-11
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

The Catalyst" software suite 7.9 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.411
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.9
New Features

Catalyst 7.9 introduces the following new features:

* Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit)
* Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control

Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit)

This release of Catalyst" introduces the Avivo Video Converter for the Windows Vista (64 bit) operating system. The Avivo Video Converter is a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting videos from one format to another. The Avivo Video Converter found within the Catalyst" Control Center, allows the user to select the input file, and output format, along with the quality level and file location. The Avivo. Video Converter accepts a wide variety of file formats as a source, and outputs to file formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA, H.264/AVC and more.
Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control

This release of Catalyst" introduces Color Temperature Control within the Catalyst Control Center, allowing users to adjust the chromatic level shown on their display. Supported on the ATI Radeon" X1000 Series and Radeon" HD 2000 Series of products.
Performance Improvements

The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst" 7.9:

* Far Cry performance improves up to 14 % on the ATI Radeon" HD2900XT CrossFire", ATI Radeon" HD2600XT single card, and ATI Radeon" HD2400XT CrossFire" configurations
* Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 12% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on the ATI Radeon" HD2600XT CrossFire" and single card configurations
* Half-Life 2: Episode 1 performance improves at most 9% on ATI Radeon" HD2600XT CrossFire" and as much as 6% on the ATI Radeon" HD2400XT CrossFire" configurations.
* Serious Sam 2 performance improves up to 46% on the ATI Radeon" HD2400XT CrossFire" and up to 27% on the ATI Radeon" HD2600XT single card and CrossFire" configurations with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
* Quake 4 performance with Anti-Aliasing improves 9% or more on the ATI Radeon" X1600/X1650Pro and ATI Radeon" X1300/X1550 products in both single and CrossFire" configurations

更新時間：2007-08-14
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

The Catalyst" software suite 7.8 contains the following:
* Radeon" display driver 8.401
* Multimedia Center" 9.16
* HydraVision"
* HydraVision" Basic Edition
* Remote Wonder 3.04
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.8

New Features
This release of Catalyst" introduces an enhanced version of ATI Overdrive for the ATI Radeon" HD 2600 Series and ATI Radeon" HD 2400 Series. Users can now Over-clock both GPU engine and graphics memory clock speeds in Crossfire" mode (and over-clock single ATI Radeon" graphics accelerators as well). This version of ATI Overdrive also includes a new stress test application to verify any over-clocking speeds users may have configured (either manually or through the auto-tuning tool) on their ATI Radeon" graphics accelerators.
Note: In CrossFire" configuration, the OverDrive 5.0 test application will run only on first GPU and any unlinked GPUs. As a consequence auto-tuning of linked adapters will not be available in the Radeon" 8.40 software driver release. Also, the Manual Test button will be grayed out if the selected GPU is Slave. Missing support is due to a limitation in current driver implementation and will be resolved in upcoming driver release.

Performance Improvements
The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst" 7.8:
* Lost Planet DX10 with anti-aliasing improves 11% or greater on Radeon" HD2900XT products
* Radeon" HD2600 and Radeon" HD2400 (single and CrossFire") show improvements of as much as 6% in 3DMark 2006 and 3DMark 2005
* Serious Sam 2 with HDR enabled improves as much as 14.5% on Radeon" HD2900, Radeon" HD2600 and Radeon" HD2400 products

更新時間：2007-07-20
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

The Catalyst" software suite 7.7 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.391
* Multimedia Center" 9.16
* HydraVision"
* HydraVision" Basic Edition
* Remote Wonder 3.04
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.7

New Features
This section provides information on new features introduced in this release of the Catalyst" software suite. These include:

* New Catalyst" Control Center Avivo features
* 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon" HD 2600 Series

New Catalyst" Control Center Avivo features
Catalyst" 7.7 releases a number of new Avivo features and enhancements which optimize video playback and display configuration. These include

* Enhanced video color pages with two new color controls1: flesh tone correction and color vibrance
* Enhanced video quality pages with easier to use deinterlacing controls and layout
* Simplified Theater Mode2 controls, layout and now supporting Windows Vista
* Enhanced quick settings for video controls (available through the basic layout in Catalyst" Control Center)
* Easy to use display scaling controls2 when outputting to display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces

1These features are only available on the ATI Radeon" HD 2000 series using Windows Vista.

2These features are only available on the ATI Radeon" X1000 series and HD 2000 series
12x and 24x Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon" HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon" HD 2600 Series

This release of Catalyst" introduces support for 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon" HD 2900 XT, and ATI Radeon" HD 2600 Series. These new Anti-Aliasing settings are available through the new Anti-Aliasing Edge Detect Filter. Selecting 4X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter deliver the equivalent of 12X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 8X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter deliver the equivalent of 24X Anti-Aliasing.
Performance Improvements

The ATI Radeon" HD2400, HD2600 and HD2900 (single and CrossFire") can see performance improvements of 13.2% or more in various Far Cry maps.

更新時間：2007-06-26
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

The Catalyst" software suite 7.6 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.383
* Multimedia Center" 9.16
* HydraVision"
* HydraVision" Basic Edition
* Remote Wonder 3.04
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.6

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

* Armed Assault: A handle count leak is no longer noticed during game play in Task Manager. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27467
* The system no longer become unresponsive and require a reboot while randomly moving Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations where the second adapter is an ATI Radeon X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092.
* Connecting a secondary display device followed by enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in a VPU Recover occurring when playing a DVD on the secondary display device using WinDVD. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28184
* The PAL-M and NTSC-J are no longer missing from TV-format list found in the ATI Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28185

更新時間：2007-06-01
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

The Catalyst software suite 7.5 contains the following:
* Radeon" display driver 8.38
* Multimedia Center" 9.16
* HydraVision"
* HydraVision" Basic Edition
* Remote Wonder 3.04
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 7.5

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
* Call of Duty: An error message no longer appears when task switching between the game and the Windows desktop. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26750
* Just Cause: The game no longer fails to run cinematic at 1600x1200 game resolution on ATI Radeon" X1200/1250/1270 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27093
* Installing an ATI Radeon" X1900 CrossFire" Master and X1900 slave under Windows XP no longer results in AA settings failing to be retained when rebooting the system. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25808
* Uninstalling the graphics drivers no longer results in some of the files and folder failing to be removed in the Program File folder. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23715
* When operated from the Start Menu->All Programs->Catalyst" Control Center, the Catalyst" Control Center no longer fails to display the expected choices Catalyst" Control Center->Wizard and Catalyst" Control Center->Advanced on some hardware configurations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27096

更新時間：2007-04-19
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

- 3DMark03-GT3: Display corruption is no longer noticed when running the application on a system using an ATI Radeon X1650 product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27069
- Call of Duty: Setting AA to either 2 or 4x no longer results in display corruption or the Vista operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon X800/850 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25523
- Dungeon Lord: Minor and intermittent display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game with CrossFire" enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27070
- Prey: Using the mouse to maneuver around the game screen no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27077
- Tribal Trouble: Launching the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon X1900/1950 product and running Windows XP no longer results in the game failing to load and the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27076
- Choppy playback of media previews and captured files is no longer noticed in the media center and movie maker after applying WMP 11 update. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25807
- A Microsoft .NET Framework error no longer appears when switching between user accounts and or toggling between Catalyst" Control Center skins. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26746
- Making changes to the 3D-All Setting aspect no longer results in the SmoothVision slider and labels failing to be redrawn properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26747
- The response time for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer appears slow when attempting to make changes to the display devices when having both a CRT and HDTV connected and extended desktop mode enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25806
- Catalyst" Control Center->3D: Setting AA to 4x and attempting to read a PDF using Adobe PDF Reader version 8.0 no longer results in corruption being noticed when setting the reader preferences to Page Display found within the Categories options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27068
- Desktop brightness is now restored on the secondary display device after a full screen OpenGL game exits. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27071
- Momentary display corruption is no longer noticed when changing the color depth on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon X1800 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27075

更新時間：2007-03-29
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

- Uninstalling the graphics drivers no longer results in some of the files and folders failing to be removed in the Program File folder. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23715
- Hot-plugging an HDMI TV to the DVI port of graphics adapter via HDMI to DVI cable no longer results in the DVI-to-HDMI detection message appearing but then disappearing within 30 seconds or when making a slight mouse movement. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25809
- Extend desktop mode no longer fails to work after rotating the extended secondary desktop to 90 degrees. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25810
- The Microsoft Vista gamma settings set by the operating system is no longer overwritten when launching the Catalyst" Control Center 737-25505
- Catalyst" Control Center->Basic View: Setting the regional and language settings to German no longer results in corruption being noticed in the Quick Setting->Video Playback->Adjust Video for Room Brightness option found in the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26653
- Catalyst" Control Center: Swapping the primary and secondary display devices no longer results in the inability to change the display resolution. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26655
- Catalyst" Control Center: The language is no longer switched for Chinese traditional and Chinese simplified. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26657
- Catalyst" Control Center: Setting the language option to Simplified Chinese no longer results in Chinese characters being inconsistent. Further details can be found in topic number. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23708
- Catalyst" Control Center->Component Video Properties->Adjustments: The Apply button is no longer greyed out when making adjustments to the Brightness, Contrast, or Saturation sliders. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26658
- Catalyst" Control Center: Creating a profile no longer results in the profile shortcut not being deleted from desktop after uninstalling the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26659
- The Catalyst" Control Center now launches under localized version of the operating system when using MS .NET 2.0 IPC. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26660
- The Catalyst" Control Center no longer intermittently disappears when running in the background of the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26661
- Enabling clone mode and attempting to launch the Catalyst" Control Center by right clicking on the desktop no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center failing to launch. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26664
- Disabling a secondary display device when horizontally stretched desktop is enabled no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center becoming corrupt and unusable. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26665
- Installing a newer version of the Catalyst" Control Center over an older version no longer results in the newer version failing to install. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26666
- Catalyst" Control Center->Advanced Mode: The Video aspect Help now loads when pressing F1. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26667
- The Help files for video aspects found in the Catalyst" Control Center are now up to date. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26668
- Catalyst" Control Center->Overdrive: User setting are now retained when making changes to the Graphics Processor and Graphics Memory Statuses. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26669
- Hot-plugging a CRT display device and switching the screen position and size to the right in the Catalyst" Control Center, no longer results in the desktop image switching back to the center position when switching to dual mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26670
- Flashing is no longer noticed when hot-plugging a CRT display device and enabling extended desktop mode under the Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26671
- Using the hotkey function Fn+F4 to cycle through display options no longer results in the operating system hanging intermittently. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26672
- Using WinDVD to play a DVD title no longer results in the right portion of the display being cut-off and the player image shifting to the left. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26673
- Display corruption is no longer noticed after the Windows XP logo is displayed and prior to the display driver loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26674
- Catalyst" Control Center->Avivo Video->Theater Mode: Enabling Theater Mode and Clone mode no longer result in the operating system failing to respond when using the hotkey function to switch between display devices. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26675
- Catalyst" Control Center->Video->Avivo Quality aspect page: The Pulldown detection option is no longer missing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26679
- Catalyst" Control Center: The HDTV display mode of 1080i30 is now added to the pre-defined and custom modes found in the Catalyst" Control Center->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26680
- Connecting a display device to the DVI connector no longer results in the display device failing to display a full screen image when setting the display resolution to 1280x720 60Hz. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26681

更新時間：2007-02-22
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

Catalyst" 7.2 introduces a brand new version of the Catalyst" Control Center for Windows XP. The new Catalyst" Control Center delivers a number of significant enhancements:
- Significant performance gains; Catalyst" Control Center start-up time has been substantially reduced, and overall responsiveness has improved.
- Reduced system resource usage
- New 3D preview which significantly improves the ability for users to understand the benefits of enabling the many Catalyst" features of their ATI Radeon" graphics accelerator
- Increased stability
- Native 32 and 64-bit support

Performance Improvements
- Open GL performance improves for all ATI Radeon" X1000 series products. Gains of up to 25% in Doom 3, 48% in Quake 4 and 21% in Prey can be seen on a variety of ATI Radeon" X1000 cards. These performance gains are noticed under the Windows Vista operating system.

更新時間：2007-01-11
更新細節：

What's new in this version:

- Desperados 2: The game no longer fails to play and display an error in atioglxx.dll when AA is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25109
- Rome: Total War: Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on an AMD Dual Core or Intel Dual core system containing an ATI X1800 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25103
- Sniper Elite: Playing the game under Windows XP with a Radeon" X1600 series installed no longer results in texture corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22820
- Splinter Cell Double Agent: Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game with AA enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25104
- X-29:Launching an X-29 application on a system containing an ATI display adapter no longer results in an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25169
- During video playback, DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) is now available when CrossFire mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23447
- Attempting to maximize an OpenGL application window no longer results in either the OpenGL window maximizing slowly or the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23717
- Clicking on the Restore Factory Defaults button found in the ATI Catalyst Control Center"->TV Properties no longer results in the TV position failing to be restored to the factory defaults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24346
- Setting the display panel attributes to Scale Image to Full Panel Size, followed by entering an S3 state no longer results in the desktop failing to resume to a full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24348
- ATI Catalyst Control Center": Connecting an HDTV or DFP display device no longer results in some of the HDTV formats being listed twice in the ATI Catalyst Control Center"->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24349
- ATI Catalyst Control Center->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support: Adding custom formats to the 1080i and attempting to remove those custom formats no longer results in the formats failing to removed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24350
- Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on the Monitor and Digital Panel Properties found in the Contents section of the Help no longer results in a message indicating that the page cannot be displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24351
- ATI Catalyst Control Center": Slow response is no longer noticed after running the Full Screen 3D demo found in the Color aspect page of the ATI Catalyst Control Center". Further details can be found in topic number 737-25098
- The Force TV Detection is no longer available for activation on systems that do not have a TV connected to it. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25167
- MCE no longer fails when scanning channels or when switching from digital channels to analog. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25099
- The error messages "This South Bridge Driver is no longer compatible with the hardware installed on this system" and "Please wait while detecting hardware" are now localized for the Japanese version of Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25168
- A message indicating that the record operation has failed is no longer displayed when attempting to record an AVI file in VGA mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25175
- ATI Catalyst Control Center"->Help: Clicking on the Monitor and Digital Panel Properties found in the Contents section of the Help no longer results in a message indicating that the page cannot be displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24351
- Setting the display panel attributes to Scale Image to Full Panel Size, followed by entering an S3 state no longer results in the desktop failing to resume to a full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24348
- ATI Catalyst Control Center"->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support: Adding custom formats to the 1080i and attempting to remove those custom formats no longer results in the formats failing to removed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24350
- ATI Catalyst Control Center"->CrossFire": Attempting to resume from a standby state no longer results in the Windows XP operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon" X19x0 CrossFire" Edition series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23713
- Attempting to maximize an OpenGL application window no longer results in either the OpenGL window maximizing slowly or the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23717
- ATI Catalyst Control Center": Connecting an HDTV or DFP display device no longer results in some of the HDTV formats being listed twice in the ATI Catalyst Control Center"->Digital Panel Properties->HDTV Support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24349
- Clicking on the Restore Factory Defaults button found in the ATI Catalyst Control Center"->TV Properties no longer results in the TV position failing to be restored to the factory defaults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24346
- Color corruption is no longer noticed when changing the display resolution when connecting a SDVO display device to an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25170
- SuperAA mode is now enabled on Intel 965 boards. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25171
- ATI Catalyst Control Center"->CrossFire": Enabling CrossFire" no longer results in a white display image being displayed when using a CRT and DFP display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25172
- Enabling CrossFire no longer results in display corruption being noticed when playing certain 3D games such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 and Madden Football.Further details can be found in topic number 737-23006