ATI Catalyst 8.6 Are Out (xp)

**MIG-31** · Jun 18, 2008, 08:01 PM

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

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

Call of Duty 4: Intermittent flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled on a systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35092
Lost Planet: Switching from the game to the Windows XP desktop and then back to the game no longer results in corruption being noticed within the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35091
The Catalyst™ Control Center menu option no longer fails to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30570
Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666
The ATI OpenGL driver no longer fails to be applied on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ 3600/3650 AGP series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33467
Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34116
The Rotation option is now available for the primary display device when two or more display devices are connected to the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34113
Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34120
Connecting an HDMI display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results in the display failing to be detected as a DTV(HDMI) in the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35083
The scaling option no longer changes from Full Screen to Centered after setting Extended desktop mode using the Quick Launch Buttons or FN+F4. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35084
Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666
Audio no longer fails when dragging the InterWinDVD or the Windows Media Player window to the extended desktop display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35085
The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond after completing the installation of the display driver for a second ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product inserted into the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35086
CrossFire™ can no longer be enabled/disabled when running full screen D3D applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35087
A warning message no longer fails to be displayed when reaching the maximum number of modes in the Predefined and Custom HDTV modes section of the Catalyst Control Center. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33468
Adjusting the flicker removal in the TV properties of the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35088
The Rotation option is now available for the primary display device when two or more display devices are connected to the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35089
Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the Asian game WOW when using certain in game options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35090
Installing two ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product into a system running Windows XP no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when attempting to enable CrossFire™ support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35093
Installing the Catalyst Control Center on a previously installed version no longer results in a warning message that the setup is installing over an earlier version, and that the previous version needs to be uninstalled before installing a more current version, resulting in the Catalyst Control Center failing to be installed 737-28513
Anti-Aliasing no longer becomes disabled after minimizing and restoring any OpenGL window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35094
The CrossFire™ tab is no longer missing when using two ATI Radeon™ X19x0 series of products in a system running Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35095
The display mode of 1776x1000 is now listed in both the Catalyst Control Center and the operating system's display properties. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35096
Connecting a 1080p display device followed by playing h.264 interlaced content no longer results in a slight jitter and frame drops being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35097
Playing an interlaced MPEG2 file no longer results in a grey hue being noticed on the bottom of the playback window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35098
Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35099
Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35100

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. These include:

Unreal Tournament 3: Changing the in-game display resolution no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33470
The Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system no longer fails to resume from VPU Recover. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35101
The CrossFire™ option is no longer greyed out after closing OpenGL applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35102

Please download the required driver Here

**MIG-31** · Jun 18, 2008, 08:11 PM

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

Age of Conan: The inventory icons may show corruption when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34825
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have corruption on the water and sky after increasing the game resolution. Restarting the game at that higher resolution or issuing reloadImages command in the game console corrects the corruption. This issue only impacts graphics cards up to the ATI Radeon™ X850. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29947
Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30587
Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31166
Setting the display resolution to 1440x900 or lower may result in corruption being noticed when playing a DVD title. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31168
Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30587
Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34121
The display may be come corrupted with 4 bit color depth after hot unplugging the rotated primary HDMI/DFP display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35116
Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result clone mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35117
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in the displays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics options to off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35118
Installing the HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver may results in a compatibility issue being noticed and a yellow exclamation mark showing up in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35119
Installing the display driver from an installation CD may result in a warning message indicating that the Catalyst Control Center is not supported by the driver version installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35120
Catalyst Control Center: Configuring a system with multi-adapters may result in an error message being displayed when running the Test Custom Clocks 737-29953
Enabling pull down detection in the Catalyst Control Center may result in flickering being noticed when playing a video clip using the Cyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35121
Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35122

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

Gears of War: Enabling CrossFire™ and AA may result in white flickering corruption being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35123
Running an OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the desktop may result in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29556

For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care.

Robert McClelland · Jun 18, 2008, 10:18 PM

cool download later on maybe

JohnDoe47 · Jun 19, 2008, 12:51 AM

Allow downloading drivers straight away.

Wait for all the noobies to install them and post some feed back on any niggles.

Prime example, nVIDIA updated their nFORCE drivers last week. Some tit at nVIDIA labelled the XP drivers as the Vista drivers and vice versa so a lot of people have cocked up Motherboard drivers as a result.

Driver Cleaner Pro Free Edition to the rescue.

Shaga · Jul 2, 2008, 11:15 PM

Also are:
[COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]ATI Catalyst 8.7 Beta XP 32|64-bit
ATI Catalyst 8.7 Beta Vista 3[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]2[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]|[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]64-bit[/COLOR][/COLOR]

Spyre · Jul 3, 2008, 03:17 AM

Those drivers are not recommended to use since they can cause issues.

petri1 · Jul 5, 2008, 07:34 PM

can someone tell me if this is correct

2008-07-05 20:25:20 - XP
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX9 1680x1050, AA=16xQ, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
================================================== ============
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 62.74s, Average FPS: 31.88
Min FPS: 21.56 at frame 159, Max FPS: 38.50 at frame 967
Average Tri/Sec: -32220538, Tri/Frame: -1010831
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.91
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 55.92s, Average FPS: 35.76
Min FPS: 21.56 at frame 159, Max FPS: 42.60 at frame 90
Average Tri/Sec: -35730276, Tri/Frame: -999036
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.92
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 55.32s, Average FPS: 36.15
Min FPS: 21.56 at frame 159, Max FPS: 43.07 at frame 83
Average Tri/Sec: -36160596, Tri/Frame: -1000183
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.92
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
================================================== ============

Completed All Tests

<><><><><><><><><><><><><>>--SUMMARY--<<><><><><><><><><><><><><>

2008-07-05 20:25:20 - XP

Run #1- DX9 1680x1050 AA=16xQ, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 3595,5

this is on A PowerCOlor HD4870 512mb and cpu is Q9450 nothing is oc´d

i wonder since i use the benchmark tool for crysis and i´ve tried the built in as well.

SO can the new ATI cards handle 16qAA or is it Nvidia thingy??

any help is appreciated

Jun 18, 2008, 08:11 PM	Thread Starter #2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,863 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include: Age of Conan: The inventory icons may show corruption when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34825 Enemy Territory: Quake Wars may have corruption on the water and sky after increasing the game resolution. Restarting the game at that higher resolution or issuing reloadImages command in the game console corrects the corruption. This issue only impacts graphics cards up to the ATI Radeon™ X850. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29947 Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30587 Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result in clone mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31166 Setting the display resolution to 1440x900 or lower may result in corruption being noticed when playing a DVD title. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31168 Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30587 Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34121 The display may be come corrupted with 4 bit color depth after hot unplugging the rotated primary HDMI/DFP display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35116 Connecting a Dual Link Panel to the on-board DVI port, followed by hot plugging a DVI display to the add-on DVI card may result clone mode becoming disabled when rebooting the machine and the secondary display device remaining blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35117 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire™ may result in the displays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics options to off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35118 Installing the HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver may results in a compatibility issue being noticed and a yellow exclamation mark showing up in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35119 Installing the display driver from an installation CD may result in a warning message indicating that the Catalyst Control Center is not supported by the driver version installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35120 Catalyst Control Center: Configuring a system with multi-adapters may result in an error message being displayed when running the Test Custom Clocks 737-29953 Enabling pull down detection in the Catalyst Control Center may result in flickering being noticed when playing a video clip using the Cyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35121 Connecting a CRT display device as the secondary display and playing a Blu-ray DVD using a Cyberlink player may result in no video playback if extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35122 Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include: Gears of War: Enabling CrossFire™ and AA may result in white flickering corruption being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35123 Running an OpenGL application and attempting to rotate the desktop may result in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29556 For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 18, 2008, 10:18 PM	#3
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	cool download later on maybe __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

Jul 2, 2008, 11:15 PM	#5
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Also are: [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]ATI Catalyst 8.7 Beta XP 32\|64-bit ATI Catalyst 8.7 Beta Vista 3[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]2[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]\|[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]64-bit[/COLOR][/COLOR] __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Jul 3, 2008, 03:17 AM	#6
Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 240 Rep Power: 62	Those drivers are not recommended to use since they can cause issues. __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

Jul 5, 2008, 07:34 PM	#7
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	can someone tell me if this is correct 2008-07-05 20:25:20 - XP Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu DX9 1680x1050, AA=16xQ, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9 Global Game Quality: High ================================================== ============ TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s) !TimeDemo Run 0 Finished. Play Time: 62.74s, Average FPS: 31.88 Min FPS: 21.56 at frame 159, Max FPS: 38.50 at frame 967 Average Tri/Sec: -32220538, Tri/Frame: -1010831 Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.91 !TimeDemo Run 1 Finished. Play Time: 55.92s, Average FPS: 35.76 Min FPS: 21.56 at frame 159, Max FPS: 42.60 at frame 90 Average Tri/Sec: -35730276, Tri/Frame: -999036 Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.92 !TimeDemo Run 2 Finished. Play Time: 55.32s, Average FPS: 36.15 Min FPS: 21.56 at frame 159, Max FPS: 43.07 at frame 83 Average Tri/Sec: -36160596, Tri/Frame: -1000183 Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.92 TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed) ================================================== ============ Completed All Tests <><><><><><><><><><><><><>>--SUMMARY--<<><><><><><><><><><><><><> 2008-07-05 20:25:20 - XP Run #1- DX9 1680x1050 AA=16xQ, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 3595,5 this is on A PowerCOlor HD4870 512mb and cpu is Q9450 nothing is oc´d i wonder since i use the benchmark tool for crysis and i´ve tried the built in as well. SO can the new ATI cards handle 16qAA or is it Nvidia thingy?? any help is appreciated __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jun 18, 2008, 08:01 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,863 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	ATI Catalyst 8.6 Are Out (xp) Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include: Call of Duty 4: Intermittent flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game with CrossFire™ enabled on a systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35092 Lost Planet: Switching from the game to the Windows XP desktop and then back to the game no longer results in corruption being noticed within the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35091 The Catalyst™ Control Center menu option no longer fails to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30570 Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666 The ATI OpenGL driver no longer fails to be applied on systems containing an ATI Radeon™ 3600/3650 AGP series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33467 Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34116 The Rotation option is now available for the primary display device when two or more display devices are connected to the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34113 Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34120 Connecting an HDMI display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results in the display failing to be detected as a DTV(HDMI) in the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35083 The scaling option no longer changes from Full Screen to Centered after setting Extended desktop mode using the Quick Launch Buttons or FN+F4. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35084 Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32666 Audio no longer fails when dragging the InterWinDVD or the Windows Media Player window to the extended desktop display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35085 The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond after completing the installation of the display driver for a second ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product inserted into the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35086 CrossFire™ can no longer be enabled/disabled when running full screen D3D applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35087 A warning message no longer fails to be displayed when reaching the maximum number of modes in the Predefined and Custom HDTV modes section of the Catalyst Control Center. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33468 Adjusting the flicker removal in the TV properties of the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35088 The Rotation option is now available for the primary display device when two or more display devices are connected to the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35089 Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the Asian game WOW when using certain in game options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35090 Installing two ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product into a system running Windows XP no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when attempting to enable CrossFire™ support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35093 Installing the Catalyst Control Center on a previously installed version no longer results in a warning message that the setup is installing over an earlier version, and that the previous version needs to be uninstalled before installing a more current version, resulting in the Catalyst Control Center failing to be installed 737-28513 Anti-Aliasing no longer becomes disabled after minimizing and restoring any OpenGL window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35094 The CrossFire™ tab is no longer missing when using two ATI Radeon™ X19x0 series of products in a system running Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35095 The display mode of 1776x1000 is now listed in both the Catalyst Control Center and the operating system's display properties. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35096 Connecting a 1080p display device followed by playing h.264 interlaced content no longer results in a slight jitter and frame drops being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35097 Playing an interlaced MPEG2 file no longer results in a grey hue being noticed on the bottom of the playback window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35098 Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35099 Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback windows appearing black. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35100 Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. These include: Unreal Tournament 3: Changing the in-game display resolution no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33470 The Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system no longer fails to resume from VPU Recover. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35101 The CrossFire™ option is no longer greyed out after closing OpenGL applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35102 Please download the required driver Here __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 19, 2008, 12:51 AM	#4
JohnDoe47 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 319 Rep Power: 0	Allow downloading drivers straight away. Wait for all the noobies to install them and post some feed back on any niggles. Prime example, nVIDIA updated their nFORCE drivers last week. Some tit at nVIDIA labelled the XP drivers as the Vista drivers and vice versa so a lot of people have cocked up Motherboard drivers as a result. Driver Cleaner Pro Free Edition to the rescue.