CATALYST 4.9 Available

Zardon

CATALYST 4.9 is now available for download, and includes the following CATALYST components:

CATALYST display driver 8.051
MULTIMEDIA Center 9.02
CATALYST Control Center Version 4.9
WDM version 4.07
HYDRAVISION 3.25.0006
HYDRAVISION Basic Edition 3.25.9006
Remote Wonder 2.5
Southbridge/IGP Driver

CATALYST 4.9 includes performance improvements, new features, and bug fixes:

Performance improvements:

• Doom3 performance improves 10-15% on ATI RADEON™ X800 XT products when anti-aliasing is enabled.
  UT2004 performance improves considerably on the ATI RADEON™ 9500 PRO, RADEON™ 9700 PRO RADEON™ 9800 PRO and RADEON™ 9800 XT products. The benefit can be 25% or more in some circumstances, particularly at extreme graphics settings such as 6xAA + 16xAF

New CATALYST Control Center Features:

• The latest release of the CATALYST Control Center provides for faster start-up time and Quicker response time to controls and switching between different settings.
  If the user has created a custom view, clicking on the View toolbar now toggles between the Standard and Custom views
  Displays Manager functionality has been added to the Hotkey Manager. This feature is found in the Displays Manager under the List Hotkeys for combo box.

Issues Resolved in the CATALYST Display Driver Version 4.9:

• Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb: Display corruption and missing polygons are no longer noticed in the game
  · PainKiller: missing textures are no longer noticed on the ground and light artifacts are noticed when moving around within the game or when moving in and out of the light.
  · Tony Hawk 4: playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9100 installed no longer results in white pixels being seen around the edges of objects
  · Light map artifacts are no longer noticed in the game XIII when loading a saved game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9200 installed
  · Far Cry v1.2 no longer shows texture corruption on the ground
  · Video rendering issues are no longer noticed playing the game Tabula Rasa under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9700 PRO installed
  · An access violation error no longer occurs when using the function Alt-Tab to get out of the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and then using the function Alt-Tab to get back into the game
  · Running Serious Sam SE under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO installed no longer results in lens flares showing through solid objects within the game
  · Playing the game IL2 Forgotten Battles under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in the display corruption and the game failing to respond when FSAA is enabled and display is set to either 1200x960 or 1600x1200
  · Connecting an HDTV 7pin dongle to the video card no longer results in TV detection issues when both the TV and YPbPr (HDTV) are active
  · Playing a DVD with PowerDVD on the primary display and playing an MPEG clip with Windows Media Player on the secondary display device no longer results in flickering and corruption being seen

Issues Resolved in the CATALYST Control Center Version 4.9:

• · Enabling a second display device followed by changing the positions of the two devices in the mapping area, no longer results in the images changing to a different unexpected position when click apply to the changes
  · Setting the Overlay option back to the default setting now results in the default setting becoming active when relaunching the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
  · Repeatedly switching from one custom profile and another in rapid succession no longer results in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER failing to respond
  · Canceling SMARTGART changes and exiting the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the reboot message reappearing when restarting the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
  · A .net error message is no longer displayed under Windows 2000 when the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER is installed from an administrator account an then attempting to launch the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER from the system tray on a secondary account
  · Having the display properties page active and attempting to close the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in a .net exception error message appearing
  · Assigning the same hotkey for Increase 3D Gamma and Decrease 3D Gamma under Windows 2000 no longer results in a .Net exception error when attempting to move the hotkey manager window around the desktop
  · Disabling the primary device and selecting the secondary device to be the primary no longer results in the Information Center displaying a blank page
  · The CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer reports the CPU type as Intel when installed under an AMD64 system
  · Launching the Task Manager and clicking on End Process for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER system tray option no longer results in the system tray option for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER still be selected within the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
  · Switching from the CATALYST™ Control Center System Skin option to the CATALYST_Quicksilver Skin option no longer results in the Toolbar area skin becoming corrupted

get them from www.ati.com

riles9262

I'm looking forward to some input from the ccc changes. Maybe I'll dl it this time if the feedback is a little more positive

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TwistedMetal

I doubt I will be installing these. I don't see any improvements that I would benefit from, plus the Omega 4.8's are running flawlessly on my system.

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zerodamage

There are performance increases with ACE as well and Memory usage should be signifigantly less for most.

Dyre Straits

Downloading them now.......

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tornado=[GSW]=

same here, the first one was totally borked, undeserving of the high quality displayed by ATI in its drivers...

Chaos

well I am sure happy to see this release, this should help clear up many of the previous CCC issues

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REGENERAT1ON

there is package with the normal CP..
dont like CCC cuz of .net framework

Zardon

ATI have supplied two versions from their front page, bottom left, one with the older CC and one with the new CCC.

Give the new CCC a try at least first.

Widkidone

Before i download the 4.9 w/CCC is anyone having memory issues? and by the way, Z man you look like Bruce Willis in your pics heehee

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Sandok

I find that this CCC wasn't that good but ready to give it another try... Thank god ATI is still bringing advances to the older R3** format cards!!!

Grated

Perfomance for R9500/9700/9800 but no R9600?

Downloading drivers

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Buddahpest

Does anyone know if the new version of CCC uses as much memory as the previous release?

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ViRuS2k

wow

i will rate these very soon once my 56k gets in gear

UPDATE:

the Drivers ROCK not one problem at all and performance is GREATTTTTTT
IQ is out standing.

the CCC is getting better and better i still consider it Late Beta But its more responsive now to changes applyed.

i rate the Drivers a 9 Yes you heard me correct thats a 9
as for the CCC i rate it a 6 at the minute i do like the change they made to the overdrive section but as i can only imput one vote i will vote 9 for the drivers as there is still more work needed for the CCC...........

i will throw some benches in later.

BTW richard burns rally runs pritty smooth with these drivers compaired to the 4.8`s with CCC these are much smoother

my hat goes off to ATI for another outstanding job well done.

now i wonder if OMEGA will ever release a 4.9 CCC flavour time will tell.

Robert McClelland

Well looks both of us be doing that dam 3-4 hour download
I won't grab these to after 9pm lol

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noticed that on my TFT monitor some at a resolution of 1024 x 768 some of the text has been "chopped off" in the CCC. It's mostly the one's with the sliders where i can't see the text fully

Louiemaster

downloading now

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OpusP.Gladiator

Dl'd...installed...benched on aquamark 3 at high settings....for a measly score of 26,000 ahhhggggg 4xtaa/8xaa....lol guess I'm gonna try an get a 6800gt sometime.... or an x800xt.... just to give my max3 tha last best agp card...hehe anyways off to test on ut2004.... if 25% increase...woot,woot!

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tornado=[GSW]=

is the voting for the driver set alone or for the both the driver and the CCC. I would rate the drivers alone very much higher than when combined with the still beta CCC

REGENERAT1ON

i tried CCC 2 times!
because its just the beginning of the ACE project ill give it a try again later... anyway there is bug in the monitor properties.. when i try to launch "device settings" its not showing up..
and there is many errors in the event log and CCC running very slow..
and since there is now 3 services its leeching more ram then ever. its offer almost same features like the old CP.

swatX

i knew it!!!! so any doomIII benches!

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Dom

There's a new set out already?

ViRuS2k

uhhh ? you mean there is another set ? dam i will have to redownload again lol i was 4meg into downloading these :/

tornado=[GSW]=

what new set I dont see anything, its the same file I downloaded

Dom

No, I meant like a few days ago. I thought there was. I don't know, I'm confused.

Maniak

Well, after the installation and right after rebooting (without launching the interface), there were 2 CLI.exe processes, each taking more than 5MB in the Mem Usage column, and around 40-50MB (each) in the VM Size column.

As for the interface itself, it travels anywhere between 2 and 40MB in Mem Usage, and 30-70MB in VM Size, depending on the window.

Not that it means anything, especially concerning the baseless whinings about perfs, but I guess "some" people will still be screaming...

The CCC itself is more responsive. The biggest problem I have with it is the disappearance of the two DVI options (alternate mode and reduced refresh rate). In my case (20" LCD in 1600x1200@60), there's a slight corruption problem, alternate mode increases it and 'reduced refresh rate' fixes it completely. But since I couldn't find this option in the CCC, I had to remove it, check the option in the old CP, then reinstall the CCC.

Even so, I'm not difficult, I still like it

No_Style

Winners don't use drugs, Dom! <3

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[color=#000066]Known Issues for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version 4.9 [/color]

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of CATALYST™. These include the following:

• City of Heroes: Specular lighting issues and incorrect textures is noticed when playing the game under Windows XP. Further information on this issue can be found at: [color=#0000ff]www.ati.com/support/infobase/4561.html[/color]
• Doom3: disabling the object buffers within the game results in the game failing to respond [color=#0000ff]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4619.html[/color]
• F1 Challenge: A performance decrease is noticed under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO installed. Further information on this issue can be found at: [color=#0000ff]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4578.html[/color]
• Psychotoxic: Attempting to start a new game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ 9700 PRO installed results in the game failing to load [color=#0000ff]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4618.html[/color]
• SpellForce: The Order of Dawn. Playing the game under Windows XP with an RADEON™ 9100 installed results in the character's shadows not being drawn properly when the game options for shadow type is set to high [color=#0000ff]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4617.html[/color]
• Attempting to play a Java based game or visit a Java based website results in display corruption under Windows XP when either an ATI RADEON™ 9800 SE or RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum card installed and AA is enabled. Further information on this issue can be found at: [color=#0000ff]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4570.html[/color]
• Dragging the MS Media Player over to the secondary monitor results in overlay not being available if SURROUNDVIEW is enabled [color=#800080]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4616.html[/color]
• Installation does not complete - Idriver.exe runs @ 100% CPU utilization (w/SP2 installed) [color=#800080]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4620.html[/color]
• Error: "Record not found on MSI.DB" during installation (w/ pre-RADEON™ integrated Video) [color=#0000ff]http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4621.html[/color]

Has anyone else seen this issue with service pack 2 installed. Does this issue affect certain platforms either amd or intel or is it just with service pack 2 installed

later

pete

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i have service pack 2 installed i installed ok no problems or error messages

tornado=[GSW]=

dammit wasnt the CoH issue resolved in the 4.8s why is it back now, also that Doom 3 issue is a new one, I hope its not serious