[MIG-31]

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System




This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• Setting the language option to Greek no longer results in cropped text being noticed in the Catalyst™ Control Center->Component Video page
• Adobe After Effects: Exiting the application no longer results in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) operating system intermittently failing to respond
• Call of Duty 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when having Quad CrossFire™ enable and an HDMI 1080p display device connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35112
• Devil May Cry 4: Anti-Aliasing no longer fails to function when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled
• Dirt: Playing the German Crossover track (Rally World Event) no longer results in the grand stands and chain link fences not being display correctly when CrossFire™ is enabled and MSAA is disabled
• Hellgate London: Setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond
• Linage II: Switching between the game and the Windows desktop no longer results in the desktop appearing brighter than its original setting. Exiting the game and restarting the operating system may also result in the desktop brightness failing to be restored to its original setting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35108
• Lost Planet (DX9): Enabling CrossFire™, AA to 4x, AF to 8x, and having all of the in-game options set to high no longer results in the game failing to respond when running the performance test
• Mahjongg Artifacts: Flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game on pre-configured name brand systems
• Mass Effect: Playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled no longer results in corruption being noticed on the AA menu
• NASCAR demo: Setting all the in-game options to the highest levels no longer results in corruption being noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product and running Windows Vista
• Quake 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when starting a new game on systems running either Windows XP or Vista and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 48x0 series of product
• Second Life: Playing the game on a CrossFire™ configured system (ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and above) no longer results in corruption and slow performance being noticed
• Unreal Tournament 3: The game no longer intermittently fails to launch when a map has texture detail set to maximum. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31189
• World In Conflict: Setting the video quality to high no longer results in corruption being noticed
• Installing a newer version of the Catalyst™ Control Center without removing the older version no longer results in a windows error message appearing when attempting to launch the Catalyst™ Control Center
• The Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays is no longer missing in the Catalyst™ Control Center->Digital Panel (DVI) page when hot un-plugging and then hot-plugging a display device using the HDMI port on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3100/3200 series of product
• The Display Management options are no longer missing or corrupted when switching between profiles in the Catalyst™ Control Center
• Clicking Start->All Program->Catalyst™ Control Center->Restart runtime twice no longer results in the two ATI Restart icons appearing on the Windows taskbar
• Setting the DPI to 120 or 144 no longer results in cropped text being noticed throughout various pages of the Catalyst™ Control Center
• Making changes to the default values in the Avivo color page and closing the Catalyst™ Control Center without applying the changes no longer results in the default values failing to be restored
• Cropped text is no longer noticed in the VPU Recover message when the DPI is set to 144
• Checking the Use application settings in Avivo Video->Basic Color no longer results in the preview failing to be updated with the default color settings
• Corruption is no longer noticed when entering the Catalyst™ Control Center->Basic Quality page on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 product
• Setting the language option to German and the Catalyst™ Control Center skin to ATI_Crimson no longer results in text appearing cropped within the Catalyst™ Control Center
• Catalyst™ Control Center: Enabling the option for Always on Top no longer results in dialog boxes failing to appear on top of the Catalyst™ Control Center
• Running through a custom install of the graphics driver and installing the driver to a directory of choice no longer results in a C++ error message when right clicking on the Windows desktop
• The pulldown menu options found within various pages of the Catalyst™ Control Center are no longer mis-aligned
• Setting the language option to Russian no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst™ Control Center
• Using the Catalyst™ Control Center Setup Assistant no longer results in the Catalyst™ Control Center Advanced View text is appearing greyed out
• A restricted number of HDTV custom modes no longer occurs after deleting all of the custom modes that were previously added
• Catalyst™ Control Center: The online help links for Color->Full Screen3D are no longer missing
• Catalyst™ Control Center->Help->CrossFire™: The help file no longer states that CrossFire™ is enabled by default under the Windows XP operating system
• Incorrect help hardware configurations are no longer described for CrossFire™ in the Catalyst™ Control Center->Help contents
• Setting the language option to any of the supported languages now results in the translated language web pages being displayed (if in existence) when clicking on the Welcome link
• Corruption is no longer noticed in the lower portion of the HDMI display when using certain display modes
• Disabling the graphics driver while clone mode is enable no longer results in corruption being noticed on the display devices
• Connecting an HDMI display device and entering an S3 state no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or VPU Recover to activate
• Connecting an HDMI display device to the DVI port using an HDMI to DVI dongle no longer results in the display mode of 720x480 failing to be in the display mode list after hot-unplugging the HDMI display device and hot-plugging a DVI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35105
• Screen flashing no longer occurs when connecting a display device that has incorrect Extended Display Identification Data information (EDID)
• An error message indicating that the display driver stopped responding and has recovered is no longer displayed when playing a DVD title using the Windows Media Player on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ 3100/3200 series of product
• Connecting a dual link display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 36x0 series of product no longer results in the display device failing to display an image when enabling the option to reduce DVI and setting the display resolution to 1280x1024 60Hz 32bpp
• Connecting an HDMI display device and setting the display resolution to 1600x1024 or higher with a refresh rate higher than 60Hz. no longer result in the display device failing to display an image
• Logging off one user and logging on as another no longer results in CrossFire™ failing to be enabled or disabled when logging back on as the original user
• A CCCPrev.exe has stopped working error message no longer appears when selecting any 3D settings in the Catalyst™ Control Center when extended desktop mode is enabled
• Connecting a CRT as the primary and a DFP as a secondary display device followed by enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in clone mode becoming active when hot-unplugging the DFT and the hot-plugging it back on
• Connecting a TV as a secondary display device and attempting to enabled extended desktop mode no longer results in the TV format failing to change
• Connecting a secondary display device and enabling it as the primary display no longer results in the resolution being set to it maximum display resolution when enabling CrossFire™
• Clicking on the seek slider when playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results in corruption being noticed on the playback window
• Switching from h.264 to MPEG2 video titles no longer results in the operating system intermittently failing to respond
• Playing VC1 video clips no longer results in green corruption being noticed in the player window
• Seeking or fast-forwarding in a media player application no longer results in corruption being noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series of product and running Windows Vista (32 bit version)
• Enabling BOB de-interlacing no longer results in a green line being noticed on the bottom of the playback window when playing a 1080i clip
• Playing a standard definition DVD using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the player window flashing when closed captioning is enabled
• Playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results in the PowerDVD player failing to respond when DXVA is disabled, closed captioning is enabled and the user is fast forwarding the DVD title anywhere from 4x to 32x

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[MIG-31]

This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• Call of Duty 4 or Crysis: Color corruption may be noticed when running the games in full screen mode with Quad CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35115
• Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels may result in the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32600
• Crysis: Playing the game at a display resolution lower than the native display resolution of a connected 30" display device may result in corruption being noticed when CrossFire™ is enabled and having the Catalyst™ Control Center scaling the image to full screen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35111
• Hellgate London: Pressing Alt-Tab to return to the Windows Vista (32 bit version) desktop while playing the game may intermittently result in a translucent image of the game appearing on the Windows desktop. This issue may be experienced on systems containing either an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 or ATI Radeon™ 4800 product
• Lost Planet (DX10 version): Some of the in-game display resolutions may fail to be available when using a CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35872
• Quake 4: Corruption may intermittently be noticed during the new game introduction
• The secondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1 hibernation with an HDMI display connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31146
• Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 or greater may result in green pixel corruption being noticed when playing certain games. This issue maybe noticed when using a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31150
• Attempting to play the HD-DVD title Harsh Times, School for Scoundrels using the Cyberlink player may result in block corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31155
• An error message may appear when installing the display driver package through setup.exe. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31577
• Installing an ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product into a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product with the display driver already installed may result in the operating system entering a continuous reboot. This issue may be averted by removing the ATI graphics driver prior to the installation of the ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product. This issue may also be experienced with the ATI Radeon™ X1300 and 1550 series of products. Further information may be found in topic number 737-33471
• Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34125
• Performing an express install of the Catalyst™ Control Center may result in an error message being displayed when rebooting the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29532
• Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the color depth below 16bpp may result in the secondary display device failing to redraw properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35114
• A green or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE to ATSC mode. Further information may be found in topic number 737-27622
• Enabling BOB de-interlacing may result in a green line being noticed on the bottom of the playback window when playing a 1080i clip. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35895
• Playing a Blu-ray DVD title may result in corruption being noticed when using certain display resolutions such as 1360x768, 1360x1024, or 1600x1200. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35896
• Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35766
• Restoring the factory defaults for the Catalyst™ Control Center may result in the Catalyst™ Control Center title bar intermittently failing to be redrawn when dragging the interface around the Windows Vista (64 bit version) desktop
• Video playback may occasionally appear shaky or jerky when playing a recorded video file using a Webcam to record and Quickplay to playback the file
• Playing a Blu-ray DVD title may result in corruption being intermittently noticed when using certain display resolutions such as 1360x768, 1360x1024, or 1600x1200
• Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the color depth below 16bpp may occasionally result in the secondary display device failing to redraw properly
• Playing certain Blu-Ray DVD titles using the Cyberlink player may intermittently result in color corruption being noticed. This issue may be experienced under the Windows Vista (32 bit version) operating system when using an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 product

[Knight_Rider]

The Hotfix suppose to install after the driver or before the driver or already in 8.8?

AMD Customer Care

[Spyre]

Thats an old hotfix so leave it alone.

[SeraphicSorcerer]

Good fixes, was kinda hoping for some big increases in the 4800 series tho

Okay I am not quite sure of this but I think they forgot to include the drivers for the release? I installed It didn't update my drivers (Still 8.512) So I uninstalled reinstalled again, and then It only installed the CCC control panel.

It also showed that as the only thing installed, (which I thought was weird)

also on the Download page (game.amd.com) it is showing the Download link for the "integrated" suite as 43.0MB Well if you look down just the CCC installed (for the dialup selection) is the same size.

And the driver itself is 21MB, Does this need to be fixed?

This is for the 32 bit version btw.
AMD GAME Drivers & Tools Here's the link You can see what I am talking about just looking at the sizes.

[CATALYSTCATCHER]

Originally Posted by SeraphicSorcerer

And the driver itself is 21MB, Does this need to be fixed?

This is for the 32 bit version btw.
AMD GAME Drivers & Tools Here's the link You can see what I am talking about just looking at the sizes.

The driver package (8-8_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_67980.exe) does contain CCC (English only)and the display driver. The CCC package is only CCC with support for English and asian languages. The fact that they are the same size is simply a quirk of the way the compression works on various components.

Not sure why the driver is not installing. What graphics card do you have?

BTW: If your system specs are accurate it is easy to explain why the drivers don't install.......

[SeraphicSorcerer]

It's a 4870, from Vistiontek. And it doesn't install the driver, I've tried drivercleaner, Regular uninstall. and just using the software to update.

As for my system specs, they're just not updated.

X64 Works Just fine, 32 bit did however not.
I had to grab the display driver again.

I will try re-grabbing them now and see if they'll install if you'd like?

[SeraphicSorcerer]

Okay after re-downloading the integrated suite on my main rig they do indeed work, I don't know what's changed but it did install just fine and when I clicked customize this time the driver did show up. I clicked to overwrite everything as well. I checked my C:\ATI and it's the same too. That's just weird.

But that's fine works now =)

[CATALYSTCATCHER]

Apparently there were a few messed up links originally, but unless the original package was corrupt I have no explanation.

Wierd, I agree.

But it is good that it works now.

[SeraphicSorcerer]

Probably just bad links, Only mentioned it so less tech inclined people didn't throw their computers out the windows :P

[Dyre Straits]

The initial 32-bit CCC Suite for Vista was not properly packaged. I can attest to that as I had to download the drivers separately to update from 8.7 to 8.8. Several others on other forums were having the same issue.

[OldBuzzard]

Dang CATALYSTCATCHER, you just keep coming thru for me

Back in mid June I posted:

Originally Posted by OldBuzzard

WooHoo

Worked great. My Vista x64 is on my H: Partition, and the install unpacked to H:\ATI... No more having to remember to change the destination. I know that wasn't a HUGE issue, but it's just one of those things that makes life a wee bit easier

Now, another burning question. How hard would it be to allow for refresh rates higher than 60Hz for the 1440x900 resolution? With my FW900 CRT 1400x900 would be great, but the 60Hz limit makes it a nono as it's just too hard on the eyes. 1440x900 would be perfect for me (and probably others with WS CRTs, as 1280x800 is a bit large, and 1680x 1050 is a bit small (at least for these old eyes). ...

Out come the 8.8's, and I'm running 1440x900x32 @ 85Hz!!! LIFE IS GOOD

Thanks CC, and tell the rest of the driver guys thanks too. I know these 'fixes' weren't all that hard to implimment, but just the fact that you guys listened to one "Joe Average User", and acted on it, shows just how important you guys thing the average user is.

I got another "bonus" too, as now in Vista64 my 2nd monitor no longer goes blank, after exiting HALO 2 Used to be I had to re-boot after HALO2 to get the 2nd monitor back. Not a documented fix, but one for me anyway.

[SeraphicSorcerer]

Fixes are good, and performance is even better

[Canaan]

OH No! Omega Drivers were my last chance at getting this radeon 3650 to work. Hopefully you guys will have some ideas.

I just bought this pc last week, turned it on, and without installing Anything, it began registering serious hardware interrupts. I disabled the ati driver and the problem went away. Of course, so did the point of having the card.

I've installed, uninstalled, and cleaned out drivers several times in safe mode to no avail. The moment I get the ati drivers installed the hardware interrupts start.

Here's a twist for you: The card has one DVI port and two DisplayPorts on the back. If you go on the ATI website they don't even show a 3650 with this configuration! (You can see a pic of my card by googling "ati displayport" and checking out the pictures. The card seems to have been called the RV635 XT) When I ordered the PC it was supposed to come with the 3650 that has two DVIs in the back. Anyway, I'm beyond confused and given that there are no Omega drivers for Vista32 it looks like I'll be packing the radeon away and grabbing a nVidia.

Any suggestions as to what might be causing the interrupts?

Computer:
Dell Inspiron 530
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (2.5ghz)
RAM: 4 gigs

[Dyre Straits]

Originally Posted by Canaan

OH No! Omega Drivers were my last chance at getting this radeon 3650 to work. Hopefully you guys will have some ideas.

I just bought this pc last week, turned it on, and without installing Anything, it began registering serious hardware interrupts. I disabled the ati driver and the problem went away. Of course, so did the point of having the card.

I've installed, uninstalled, and cleaned out drivers several times in safe mode to no avail. The moment I get the ati drivers installed the hardware interrupts start.

Here's a twist for you: The card has one DVI port and two DisplayPorts on the back. If you go on the ATI website they don't even show a 3650 with this configuration! (You can see a pic of my card by googling "ati displayport" and checking out the pictures. The card seems to have been called the RV635 XT) When I ordered the PC it was supposed to come with the 3650 that has two DVIs in the back. Anyway, I'm beyond confused and given that there are no Omega drivers for Vista32 it looks like I'll be packing the radeon away and grabbing a nVidia.

Any suggestions as to what might be causing the interrupts?

Computer:
Dell Inspiron 530
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 (2.5ghz)
RAM: 4 gigs

According to the System Requirements for the HD 3600 Series video cards, the system needs at least a 400W PSU.
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ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series – System Requirements

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 400 Watt or greater power supply (550 Watt for dual ATI CrossFireX™) recommended
• Certified power supplies are recommended
• 1GB of system memory recommended
• Installation software requires an optical drive
• DVD playback requires a DVD drive
• Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires a Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
• For a complete ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable is required

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Per the specifications of the Dell Inspiron 530, it comes with a 300W PSU. [And likely not a very good one, at that.]

Try the system with a much better PSU and see if that fixes the problem.

Cheers and good luck!

[Gonzo28]

the driver solved a bug for me which i got in the last drivers since cat 8.4 ~ roughly.
second monitor became black while alt tabbing, fixed in cat 8.8 .

But now my computer is freezing completely, while alt tabbing rFactor.
;(
need to switch back to 8.7 with the dual monitor bug ;(.

[CJLMTLCA]

I'm getting blue screens with my newly installed 4870. I had ATITool installed and usually just install CCC and Theater550 every month. I didn't bother uninstalling anything this time. I powered down, replaced my 1950 with the 4870, booted and then installed 8.8. When it rebooted after installation, the desktop was freezing every 5 secs for about 10 secs. Finally it froze and i had to force a reset. Now i get BSOD here and there. Last one was while watching TV (media center).

I managed to play some games and all i can say is WOW. Smoooooth. FEAR with maximum, soft shadows, all eye candy on with v-sync enabled gave me rock solid 60fps.

BTW, is it normal i don't hear the fan throttle? My X1950XTX (ATI, 70c idle, 14% fan) would spin up a few minutes after entering 3D. The 4870 (Sapphire, 80c idle, 23% fan) stays silent no matter what i throw at it.

[barong]

hi guys , im new in this forum , first off all sorry if my english its not good :P

im having trouble with this driver , its always crash when i play grid or juiced 2 , the eror was atimdag.dll crash

this is my rig spec :

E8400
Biostar T Power I45
2x1G crucial balistix
2x4850 CF
Creative x-fi fatality edition

any solution im desperate to use 8.8 because it has performance boots but the problem was atimdag crash, please anyone help me

[SeraphicSorcerer]

Originally Posted by CJLMTLCA

I'm getting blue screens with my newly installed 4870. I had ATITool installed and usually just install CCC and Theater550 every month. I didn't bother uninstalling anything this time. I powered down, replaced my 1950 with the 4870, booted and then installed 8.8. When it rebooted after installation, the desktop was freezing every 5 secs for about 10 secs. Finally it froze and i had to force a reset. Now i get BSOD here and there. Last one was while watching TV (media center).

I managed to play some games and all i can say is WOW. Smoooooth. FEAR with maximum, soft shadows, all eye candy on with v-sync enabled gave me rock solid 60fps.

BTW, is it normal i don't hear the fan throttle? My X1950XTX (ATI, 70c idle, 14% fan) would spin up a few minutes after entering 3D. The 4870 (Sapphire, 80c idle, 23% fan) stays silent no matter what i throw at it.

You need to do the fan trick if you really want it to cool down, however, its perfectly fine, it wont really kick up until it gets over 90C, which is why I did the fan trick, run it at 45% and it stats below 65C at load.

As far as your stuttering, I would completely clean out the drivers, I just switched the pci-express ports of my 4870, to try and clear them out of my sata port's way, and it did EXACTLY the same thing, stutter, freezes etc at random times. I totally cleaned up the drivers and the problem went away.

[lkctd8]

Hey guys i was wondering if you might be able to help me out here. I have the x2300 in my laptop and just updated to 8.8. Before, ccc would say that my max resolution was 1280x800 even though i have a wxga+ screen and i couldn't go any higher than that. now it recognizes that i have a 1440x900 native screen but still only lets me go up to 1280x800. Does anyone know what I can do to get my screen up to its capable specs?

--Thought i should mention i am running vista home premium x64