ATI Catalyst™ 9.2 Display Driver for Windows XP Professional/Home

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Performance Improvements

Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are
CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:
• Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
• Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 5%

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:
• System instabilities no longer happens after mode switching in extended mode while playing some copy protected DVDs
• Catalyst Control Center, CrossFire option can no longer be toggled on/off during playback of video on a CrossFire enabled system
• Creating any type of an OpenGL 3.0 context (normal or forward compatible) and then requesting the version string no longer causes the driver to stop responding
• With Overlay Theater Mode and stretched desktop enabled, dragging media player to extended desktop no longer shows corruption or causes system instability
• High CPU usage and choppy playback issues have been resolved during Blu-ray playback on WinDVD 9
• Catalysts Control Center, component video pixel format settings are now retained on system restart.

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:
• Transcoding a VOB DVD file (18min source file) results in 2.27min output file
• Transcoding falls back to CPU after transcoding to DVD/ MPEG2 multiple times in XP
• Media files transcoded using CPU instead of GPU in XP MCE OS
• AVIVO Video color settings may fail to be applied in the video when played using PowerDVD
• Mode switching while playing videos with WinDVD7 may cause the video
color to become darker

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Rosco[CoF]

They even released the 9.2 AGP Hotfix, same day!

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...estionID=31625

I'm reluctant to grab it though based on the 9.1 AGP Hotfix which I was only able to get 640x480 8-bit, which mind you with a 3850 and a 22" wide screen was a very miserable experience.

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Robert McClelland

Ya thanks

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comp_ali

Guys what is the difference between XP MC & Xp professional they separated the drivers for each.

Edit: I think they are no longer separated

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Mac Daddy

Cool this weekend I have time to try these out thanks for the post Mig

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Rosco[CoF]

My tests ran at 1680x1050, max settings, compared to 8.12 AGP Hotfix drivers
LightsMark 2008 - 232.5 (+0.4fps)
F.E.A.R. Performance Test - 33/73/167 (0, same)
HL2:Lost Coast: 96.56 (-3.73fps)

Negligible for me, about even with the 8.12's. I see no gains or major losses.

DVD playback, well, I've never had bad DVD playback with a ATI card, it is always top notch.

PS: I don't use WinDVD or PowerDVD, preferred is either Media Player Classic Homecinema or VLC. DVD viewing without the BS and for free.

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OFFTOPIC: Your welcome Mac

Besides as im a Vista user i actually stumbled across these drivers via an alternative website.. I Never expected to see this set released this early..

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Rosco[CoF]

I have had issues with UT3 and Half Life 2 games, the games and the entire OS lock up when starting. Never had this issue with 8.12 AGP Hotfix, and am switching back.

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