Jimmy 2004
07-19-2007, 07:17 PM
ATI has updated its Catalyst display driver for July, taking the version number to 7.7. The download locations are as follows:
Windows XP – 32-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html) or 64-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp64/radeonx-xp64.html)
Windows Vista – 32-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista32/common-vista32.html ) or 64-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista64/common-vista64.html )[---]
Changes include new Catalyst Control Center Avivo features and 12x/24x anti-aliasing support for Radeon HD 2900 and 2600 series cards, along with performance improvements of as much as 13.2% for HD 2x00 series cards in Far Cry. The issues resolved in Windows XP are as follows:
Call of Duty 2: Setting the in-game resolution to 640x480 no longer results in visual static and interrupted audio during cinematic and within the menus. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28468
Google Earth: The fog is displayed in the image no longer has a checkered effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28467
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide no longer exhibits missing textures on characters under some circumstances on some hardware configurations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28471
Enabling CrossFire™ on a system containing the Radeon™ HD2900 XT no longer results in an error message and CrossFire™ not being enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-28188
Launching the release notes under the Japanese or Chinese version of Windows no longer results in the release notes displaying a blank page. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26749
Pixilated corruption is no longer observed while running the game Prey while hovering over the health packs from a distance on some hardware configurations running Win XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27091
The system no longer become unresponsive when randomly moving the Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations. This issue was known to occur when the second adapter is an ATI Radeon™ X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092
Corruption is no longer noticed when playing certain DVD titles when hardware acceleration is enabled on ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27624
Connecting a TV using an S-video cable and a CRT display device using a dual VGA adapter cable no longer results in intermittent noise being observed when playing a video using the Windows Media Player or a DVD using PowerDVD. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28469
Playing a Blu-ray or HD-DVD no longer results in corruption being noticed if several application windows are open and the application windows are dragged around the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28470
Connecting an HDTV using the Component Video connector no longer results in a double image being noticed when pressing the ALT+Enter keys. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28473
Jittering is no longer noticed in cinepak video playback when using the Windows Media Player and having the desktop resolution set to 1280x1024 75Hz or higher. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28474
Windows XP – 32-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html) or 64-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp64/radeonx-xp64.html)
Windows Vista – 32-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista32/common-vista32.html ) or 64-bit (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista64/common-vista64.html )[---]
Changes include new Catalyst Control Center Avivo features and 12x/24x anti-aliasing support for Radeon HD 2900 and 2600 series cards, along with performance improvements of as much as 13.2% for HD 2x00 series cards in Far Cry. The issues resolved in Windows XP are as follows:
Call of Duty 2: Setting the in-game resolution to 640x480 no longer results in visual static and interrupted audio during cinematic and within the menus. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28468
Google Earth: The fog is displayed in the image no longer has a checkered effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28467
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide no longer exhibits missing textures on characters under some circumstances on some hardware configurations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28471
Enabling CrossFire™ on a system containing the Radeon™ HD2900 XT no longer results in an error message and CrossFire™ not being enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-28188
Launching the release notes under the Japanese or Chinese version of Windows no longer results in the release notes displaying a blank page. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26749
Pixilated corruption is no longer observed while running the game Prey while hovering over the health packs from a distance on some hardware configurations running Win XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27091
The system no longer become unresponsive when randomly moving the Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations. This issue was known to occur when the second adapter is an ATI Radeon™ X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092
Corruption is no longer noticed when playing certain DVD titles when hardware acceleration is enabled on ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27624
Connecting a TV using an S-video cable and a CRT display device using a dual VGA adapter cable no longer results in intermittent noise being observed when playing a video using the Windows Media Player or a DVD using PowerDVD. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28469
Playing a Blu-ray or HD-DVD no longer results in corruption being noticed if several application windows are open and the application windows are dragged around the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28470
Connecting an HDTV using the Component Video connector no longer results in a double image being noticed when pressing the ALT+Enter keys. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28473
Jittering is no longer noticed in cinepak video playback when using the Windows Media Player and having the desktop resolution set to 1280x1024 75Hz or higher. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28474