NEW ATI Catalyst Driver Suite 3.6 WHQL

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2003 in Nerdery
New ATI Catalyst drivers are available for all Windows OS's. So go grab 'em.

Thanks to Al_Capown here at Short-Media for the heads up on these.

Release Notes:

-Switching to the program Second Life using the ALT-Tab command no longer results in the system not responding or looping indefinitely
-Running the demo game Lord of the Realms 3 under Windows XP with a RADEOIN 9000 series card installed no longer results in the system not responding when a 3 stage effect is used
-The game Unreal Tournament 2003 no longer hangs when loading the CTF-December level
-The geometry flashing throughout the background of Second Life is now resolved
-Flickering and display corruption in the game NeverWinter Nights is now resolved
-Running ViewPerf 6.1.2 under Windows ME with any RADEON™ family product installed no longer results in the application not being able to render an image
-Objects are now generated and the VP is no longer gray when running 3ds max in D3D mode
-Loss of focus when switching between different layers in Studio Tool 10.1 is now resolved
-Full Screen Anti-Aliasing no longer causes corrupt geometry in model viewer program
-Overlay no longer disappears when moving the mouse around in panning mode on the secondary display adapter in the application Overfly
-Multimedia mode scaling and positioning issues have now been resolved when using TV out
-Display corruption noticed on the ATI Demo Rachel running under Windows XP is now resolved
-The lighting and triangle culling on the 3D pipes screensaver no longer is incorrect when using a RADEON™ 7000 series card under Windows 2000
-Significant CPU usage is no longer noticed when Hardware Overlay Alpha Deblocking is in use
-Enabling Overlay Theater Mode and playing an HDTV source through the ATI File Player, no longer results in the system rebooting
-The TV can now be disabled using the Troubleshoot button in the ATI displays tab
-Connecting a secondary DFP and attempting to enable extended desktop mode no longer now results in the secondary display device becoming active
-Setting an LCD as the primary display, and a CRT as the secondary display followed by enabling Overlay Theater Mode, no longer results in display corruption when preview the screen saver on the secondary display
-Enabling extended desktop at certain resolutions and colour depths no longer results in display corruption on the secondary controller
-Installing a RADEON™ 9600 series card in a motherboard supporting AGP 8X no longer results in some 3D applications failing to respond
-When updating to future CATALYST™ releases your current color control panel profiles will be lost. This will be fixed in an upcoming CATALYST™ release
-Running the 3D Pipes screen saver for an extended period of time (24 hours or longer), produces an error message indicating that the virtual memory is not enough
-Setting the Landscape details to Perfect in the game IL2 Stumovik Forgotten Battles results in the system not responding during the track playback
-Running MS Links 2003 with Anisotropic filtering and Anti-Aliasing enabled results in vertical and horizontal lines being displayed within the game. This issue is known to occur under Windows XP with a RADEON™ 9700 series card installed. This will be fixed in an upcoming CATALYST™ release
-Enabling Anit-Aliasing and attempting to take a screen shot results in a corrupt capture when running OpenGL games such as, CounterStrike, Half-Life, Quake III or Medal of Honour: Allied Assault. This will be fixed in an upcoming CATALYST™ release.


<a target="_blank" href="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-radeon-7-91-030625a-010027c-efg.exe">Windows 2000/XP<a>

<a target="_blank" href="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wme-radeon-7-91-030625a-010027c-efg.exe">Windows 98/ME<a>

<a target="_blank" href="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/control-panel-7-91-030625a-010027c-efg.exe">ATI Control Panel<a>

These drivers are being discussed in this thread:
http://short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1455

Comments

  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Do they support the Mobility Radeon 9000?

    NS
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited July 2003
    I don't think so, no. ATI instruct you to go to your laptop manufacuturers website for them.
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    Top drivers, got rid of some nasty glitching on a few of my games when I turned quickly :D
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