6.12 XP and Vista drivers released

Spyre · Dec 13, 2006, 09:00 PM

This release of the ATI Catalyst™ software suite introduces DirectX video acceleration for CrossFire™ enabled configurations.
Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.12

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

Black&White 2: Slow frame rate is no longer noticed when playing the game under Windows XP when setting the graphics to the lowest possible settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23714
Neverwinter Nights: Enabling super AA and CrossFire within the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in display corruption being noticed within the game's main menu. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23718
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 a Radeon® X19x0 CrossFire™ Edition series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23713
Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the text found in Catalyst Control Center being cropped. This issue was known to occur under all supported operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23716
Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD no longer results in the playback appearing choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719
Catalyst Control Center: The translation for Centered Timings is now translated properly for Simplified Chinese. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24337
The index in the Catalyst Control Center help no longer contains double entries for various aspects. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24338
Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on the CrossFire help no longer results in a page not found error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24339
Using the Avivo Video Converter to convert a video file no longer exceeds the 300MB for a VCD encoded file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24340
Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on certain help file links no longer results in the incorrect help file being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24341
Catalyst Control Center: The Profile Manager is now translated properly for Italian. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24342
Catalyst Control Center: Various options such as Select a Language and Deinterlacing for the Thai language are now translated properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24343
Changing the language to Korean in the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the degree symbol appearing corrupted within the rotation page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24344
Catalyst Control Center->Basic View: Selecting Japanese as the language no longer results in various aspects of the Easy Setting Wizard and Setup Display Settings not being translated properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24345
Using hotkeys to switch between LCD mode and CRT+LCD mode no longer results in the hotkey function failing when attempting to switch back to LCD mode only. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24288
Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD no longer results in the playback appearing jittery. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719
CrossFire: Playing Windows XP games such as Labyrinth or HyperBowl no longer results in display corruption being noticed in the game's menu page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24335
Hardware acceleration no longer becomes disabled when running the HQV benchmark DVD with CrossFire enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24336

Discuss XP drivers here

blackdog · Dec 13, 2006, 11:54 PM

Still no vivo support under Vista...............grrrrrr, but wil give them both a go.

Lelisevis · Dec 14, 2006, 12:49 AM

Please god let this set of Vista drivers have the ability to play games. Ive spent the last 5 days solid playing with Vista after a short break and it becomes more frustrating each time I use it. My next task is to get a DVD running on it as at the moment all I get is a lot of warning screens which look suspiciously like HDCP type warnings.

Lemonzest · Dec 14, 2006, 03:03 AM

What a sprise STILL no OpenGL in Vista, spyre do you know if AMD/ATi is even working on it?

MiracleMan · Dec 14, 2006, 04:45 AM

Yep, no OpenGL yet.
I´m still downloading the 32bit version.
Tomorrow I will see how it goes.

bug77 · Dec 14, 2006, 04:42 PM

Hehe, just what I predicted when CCC came out: few fixes for apps/games, many fixes for CCC... Way to go ATI.

kelticknight · Dec 14, 2006, 10:12 PM

so any good

Lelisevis · Dec 14, 2006, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kelticknight

so any good

In one word: No

Words fail me, release date grows ever nearer and the quality of the drivers declines.
Don't get me wrong, as far as the desktop etc goes they work at an acceptable standard but if you so much as glance at your games shelf the ground opens up and beelzebub himself manifests with a festering trout of doom to bitch slap you into oblivion. Ive yet to find a game that runs satisfactory, most will give you 'this software has known issues contact blah blah for solutions' while the ones that will run are unplayable. It's odd but most games will play the opening sequence but this is just to lull you into a false sense of hope for once the game menu or game itself starts the graphics are more corrupt than the British honours system.

kelticknight · Dec 14, 2006, 11:15 PM

maybe we get a surprise before xmass with better drivers
maybe

Dec 13, 2006, 09:00 PM	#1
Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 240 Rep Power: 62	6.12 XP and Vista drivers released This release of the ATI Catalyst™ software suite introduces DirectX video acceleration for CrossFire™ enabled configurations. Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.12 The following section provides a summary of the issues that are resolved in the latest release of Catalyst®. These include: Black&White 2: Slow frame rate is no longer noticed when playing the game under Windows XP when setting the graphics to the lowest possible settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23714 Neverwinter Nights: Enabling super AA and CrossFire within the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in display corruption being noticed within the game's main menu. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23718 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 a Radeon® X19x0 CrossFire™ Edition series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23713 Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the text found in Catalyst Control Center being cropped. This issue was known to occur under all supported operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23716 Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD no longer results in the playback appearing choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719 Catalyst Control Center: The translation for Centered Timings is now translated properly for Simplified Chinese. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24337 The index in the Catalyst Control Center help no longer contains double entries for various aspects. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24338 Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on the CrossFire help no longer results in a page not found error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24339 Using the Avivo Video Converter to convert a video file no longer exceeds the 300MB for a VCD encoded file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24340 Catalyst Control Center->Help: Clicking on certain help file links no longer results in the incorrect help file being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24341 Catalyst Control Center: The Profile Manager is now translated properly for Italian. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24342 Catalyst Control Center: Various options such as Select a Language and Deinterlacing for the Thai language are now translated properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24343 Changing the language to Korean in the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in the degree symbol appearing corrupted within the rotation page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24344 Catalyst Control Center->Basic View: Selecting Japanese as the language no longer results in various aspects of the Easy Setting Wizard and Setup Display Settings not being translated properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24345 Using hotkeys to switch between LCD mode and CRT+LCD mode no longer results in the hotkey function failing when attempting to switch back to LCD mode only. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24288 Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD no longer results in the playback appearing jittery. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719 CrossFire: Playing Windows XP games such as Labyrinth or HyperBowl no longer results in display corruption being noticed in the game's menu page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24335 Hardware acceleration no longer becomes disabled when running the HQV benchmark DVD with CrossFire enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24336 Discuss XP drivers here __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

Dec 14, 2006, 03:03 AM	#4
Lemonzest DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 106 Rep Power: 0	What a sprise STILL no OpenGL in Vista, spyre do you know if AMD/ATi is even working on it? __________________ [color=DarkOrange]AMD Athlon64 3000+ @2.4GHz, DFI Lanparty UT NF3 250Gb, 2x1024MB Geil Value Ram PC3200 ATI Radeon X800XT VIVO, SyncMaster 913N LCD, Logitech MX518, Creative Audigy2 ZS Enermax Noisetaker 485W, Western Digital SATA 160GB, Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard[/color]

Dec 14, 2006, 10:12 PM	#7
kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	so any good __________________

Dec 14, 2006, 11:15 PM	#9
kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	maybe we get a surprise before xmass with better drivers maybe __________________

Dec 13, 2006, 11:54 PM	#2
blackdog HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Frozen North of 49 Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0	Still no vivo support under Vista...............grrrrrr, but wil give them both a go.

Dec 14, 2006, 12:49 AM	#3
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Please god let this set of Vista drivers have the ability to play games. Ive spent the last 5 days solid playing with Vista after a short break and it becomes more frustrating each time I use it. My next task is to get a DVD running on it as at the moment all I get is a lot of warning screens which look suspiciously like HDCP type warnings.

Dec 14, 2006, 04:45 AM	#5
MiracleMan DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Yep, no OpenGL yet. I´m still downloading the 32bit version. Tomorrow I will see how it goes.

Dec 14, 2006, 04:42 PM	#6
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	Hehe, just what I predicted when CCC came out: few fixes for apps/games, many fixes for CCC... Way to go ATI.