Catalyst 6.7 Windows 2000|XP

This release note provides information on the latest posting of ATI's industry leading software suite, Catalyst®. This particular software suite updates both the ATI Display Driver (version 8.273), and the Catalyst® Control Center (version 6.7). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI Catalyst® software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

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The Catalyst® software suite 6.7 contains the following:

• Radeon® display driver 8.273
• Multimedia Center 9.14
• HydraVision
• HydraVision Basic Edition
• Remote Wonder 3.04
• WDM Driver Install Bundle
• Southbridge/IXP Driver
• Catalyst® Control Center Version 6.7

Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.7

The following section provides a summary of the issues that are resolved in the latest release of Catalyst®. These include:

• Oblivion: Enabling CrossFire and setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 no longer results in the game failing to respond when task switching under the Windows XP operating system. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22790
• Quake4: Texture corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22782
• Installing an ATI Radeon® X1900 CrossFire master edition graphics card and and ATI Radeon® X1900 series secondary product on a system using a Dell 2405FPW and enabling CrossFire no longer results in the display device losing a signal or the 3D application or game exiting back to the desktop. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22664
• Installing an ATI Radeon® X1x00 series of product on certain nVidia Nforce 4 platforms no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or the operating system exhibiting general instability when running 3D applications. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22378
• Checking the Use centered timings in the notebook panel properties page no longer results in the apply button found in the Catalyst® Control Center becoming active, even though no options for change have been selected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22774
• Using the hot-key function to change an LCD display panel setting no longer results in the LCD Panel Properties found in the Catalyst® Control Center failing to be updated with the current setting 737-22342
• The rotate desktop settings are no longer grayed-out in ATI Catalyst® Control Center when using the ATI Radeon® X1600 series products. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number. 737-22771
• Doing a guest log-in user switch under Windows no longer results in a Catalyst® Control Center warning message appearing prior to launching the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22773
• Catalyst® Control Center: The background color no longer changes when clicking any control in the Adjustment pane under the Windows XP operating system when using an ATI Radeon® X1600 product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22776
• Using Catalyst® 6.3 or higher along with the MMC version 9.13 and performing a TV channel scan may result in some higher TV channels failing to be detected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22381
• Catalyst® Control Center: Running the OverDrive automated configuration utility no longer results in the default clock values being returned. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22779
• The display mode of 1024x768 60Hz is now available when using connecting a Sony KV-27 using the HDMI connector on an ATI Radeon® X1x00 series of product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22780
• Rotation may fail to function properly when SurroundView is enabled on systems containing an ATI Xpress 200 series product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22781
• Windows XP starter edition: Malaysia: The ATI un-installer no longer displays a blank warning message it is clicked in the add and remove programs. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22783
• Toggling between a full screen DOS session and a windowed mode DOS session no longer results in the display failing to respond and requiring a system re-boot to recover. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22784
• An ATI Catalyst® Control Center dialog box indicating that the feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable is no longer displayed when attempting to install the display driver and Catalyst® Control Center under the Windows XP operating system when using an ATI Radeon® 1x00 series of product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22785
• Display corruption is no longer noticed when using the Catalyst® Control Center under the Windows XP operating system with an ATI Radeon® X1800 series installed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22789
• An incorrect product name is no longer displayed when using OpenGL renderer. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22795
• Installing the Catalyst® Control Center under the Windows XP (French version) no longer results in text found within the Catalyst® Control Center being out of position. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22797
• The OverDrive aspect found in the Catalyst® Control Center is no longer available for products that do not support the feature. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22355
• Hotplugging a DFP display device to port number 2 on an ATI Radeon® X1800 product no longer results in the DFP display device defaulting to clone mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-22799

Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 6.7

The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:

• Anarchy-Online: Screen corruption may be noticed when walking or running through the terrain. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22016
• Battlefield 2: Attempting to launch the game under Windows XP with the in-game display setting at 1920x1440 or 2048x1536 and AA set to 6x may result in the game failing to launch. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22817
• Cold War: Playing the game with the display resolution set to 1600x1200 along with AA set to 8x and CrossFire enabled may result in a ghosting effect being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21661
• Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 using an ATI Radeon® X800 series product may result in intermittent display corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21458
• Neverwinter Nights: Playing the game under Windows XP on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X800 series, may result in the game exiting to the Windows desktop and an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21466
• Path of Neo: Texture corruption may be noticed when playing the Kung Fu level. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21464
• Sniper Elite: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® X1600 series installed may result in texture corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22820
• Tomb Raider: Enabling CrossFire and setting AA to 12x and AF to 16x may result in corruption being noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22811
• World of Warcraft: Playing the game for an extended period of time may result in the game failing to respond when using a Radeon® X800. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22632
• The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode, found within the Catalyst® Control Center Video standard settings, is grayed out when playing a media file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-497
• Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X700 series may result in the HDTV being detected as a CRT or TV under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20783
• The PAL FM fine tuning algorithm is currently using 200 MHz bandwidth which may overlap FM channels resulting in the same FM channel being found several verdana during the scan function. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20979
• Connecting two display devices to an ATI Radeon® X1600 series product may result in the device manager failing to detect the secondary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21266
• Display corruption may be noticed when configuring the DTV channel to 1080i broadcast when using an ATI HDTV Wonder. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21455
• The LG P42SX DVI-D display device fails to display an image when connected to an ATI Radeon® 9000, ATI Radeon® 9200, or an ATI Radeon® 9250. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21456
• OpenGL Extension Viewer: 2.0: Running the Rendering tests may result in a black box appearing when the fog option is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21457
• Connecting an HDTV as the secondary display device and enabling Theater mode may result in HDTV failing to display an image when attempting to playback a movie with extended desktop mode enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21460
• The IBM T84H display device may fail to display an image when connected to the DVI connector on the ATI Radeon® X800 or X850 series. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21462
• 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
• Using the ATI Multimedia Center to watch TV may result in the operating system restarting when using an ATI Radeon® X1800 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22013
• The Record function currently fails to work when using an ATI All-In-Wonder X1300 with time-shifting enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22014
• Using the ATI Multimedia Center to watch TV may result in the operating system restarting when using an ATI Radeon® X1800 series product. Further information on this issue can be found in topic number 737-22013
• Changing the regional option found in the control panel to Japan followed by installing the display driver results in the TV format failing to change in accordance with the regional option 737-22631
• Catalyst® Control Center: Entering the OverDrive aspect and changing the GPU setting to 509 and the memory setting to 505 results in color corruption and the Windows XP operating system rebooting 737-21229
• Selecting the Plus Da Vinci screen saver and attempting to preview it may result in the screen saver not displaying properly after an extended preview 737-22634
• Playing a DVD for an extended period of time when using the Windows Media Player on a system containing an ATI Xpress 11x0 series of product may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22801
• Playing a DVD using WinDVD on a system containing either an ATI Radeon® X1600 or X1300 product may result in corruption being noticed when changing the display resolution to either 1900x1200 or 1280x720. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22805
• Enabling CrossFire may result in display corruption being noticed when playing a DVD or media clip using either WinDVD 7, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD 6. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22806
• Hot Plugging an HDMI TV to the DVI port of an ATI Radeon X19x0 series may result in the HDMI detection message box failing to appear under the Windows Media Center Edition operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22809
• Playing back a media file using Windows Media Player 11 on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1600 or X1300 series of products may result in missing colors and or macroblock corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22810
• Selecting same as source video option in the Japanese version of the Catalyst® Control Center may result in the selection failing to be applied when using an ATI Radeon® X1800 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22813
• Playing an MPEG2 video clip on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon® X1x00 product may result in corruption being noticed during the playback of the MPEG2 file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22814