Catalyst 6.5 Windows XP Pro (64-bit)

The ATI Catalyst® 6.5 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition software driver does not support the Intel Itanium 2 processor based server platforms. The Catalyst® 6.5 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition provides full driver support for platforms using either the AMD (Opteron, Athlon64) or the Intel EM64T architecture.

The Catalyst® 6.5 software suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition contains the following:

• Radeon® Display Driver 8.252
• Catalyst® Control Center 6.5

1. ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed.
2. You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the Catalyst Control Center
3. The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation.
4. Catalyst Control Center is available in a bundle supporting other languages .

ATI Product Support

The Catalyst® software suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:

• Radeon® X1900 series
• Radeon® X1800 series
• Radeon® X1600 series
• Radeon® X1300 series
• Radeon® X850 series
• Radeon® X800 series
• Radeon® X700 series
• Radeon® X600 series
• Radeon® X300 series
• Radeon® 9x00 series
• Radeon® Xpress 200 series

The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst® for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. These include:

• The Predefined and Custom HDTV formats list no longer becomes empty after changing the display mode from extended desktop mode to clone mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22061
• The Overdrive aspect page is no longer available in the Catalyst Control Center when using the ATI Radeon X1300 series. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22355

Known Issues

The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst® for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. These include:

• Using Movie Maker 2.1 to capture video under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition results in the captured video being corrupt. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19820
• Attempting to re-enable any display device other than the primary or secondary display device that has been disabled by CrossFire, may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21663
• 161550 The 720p50 and 1080i25 checkboxes are not added in the Catalyst Control Center by default when connecting a single CRT (PAL support) under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system. Further details can be found in topic number
• 165188 Disabling 50Hz timing support through the registry may result in the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system entering a continual reboot. Further details can be found in topic number