Finally they are here, ATI Catalyst 3.8.
ATI entitled them "the biggest and most improved software release in ATI history". Let's find out if they are right with that claim. Also keep in mind that Catalyst is a software suite, not just the display drivers that come with it.
Also we have published a detailed article about Catalyst 3.8, explaining all new features, improvements and lot of additional information.
While downloading Catalyst 3.8, you can read the detailed article over here. Read more for the change log and download links. If you know more mirrors, don't hesitate to leave a comment and post your thougts about this major software release in our forums.
Release Notes: This section provides information on game issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. Setting the Landscape details to Perfect in the game IL2 Stumovik Forgotten Battles no longer results in the system not responding during the track playback Playing the game Tiger Woods with the game options set to 1280x1024 32bpp and graphic parameters set to high, no longer results in the game failing to respond after the scorecard is displayed Setting the game Flight Simulator 2004 to display at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 followed by starting a new flight results in the menu being flipped just before the new flight is about to begin Setting the display to 800x600 32bpp 100Hz followed by enabling triple buffering no longer results in display corruption when playing CounterStrike The correct ATI board name is now display in the configuration window of the game Serious Sam 2 A dark screen image and texture corruption is no longer seen when playing the game Project A3 Running the game eRacer with clone mode enabled no longer results in corruption on the secondary display during the opening introduction Playing the game Midnight Club 2 with the default setting no longer results in the texture coordinated being corrupted. This issue occurred under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 7500 installed Fog issues have now been resolved in the game Neverwinter Nights Image corruption is no longer noticed in the game Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. This issue was known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 9000 series installed Playing the demo game Midnight Club 2 under Windows XP with the default modes enabled for the game no longer results in the fog being missing from the game Playing the demo game XIII under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 9500 or 9800 series card installed no longer results in texture corruption when moving the mouse around the game area This section provides information on Benchmark issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. Setting the display size to 1600x1200x32 bpp under Windows ME with a 256Mb RADEON? 9700 series card installed and running 3D Mark2003 no longer results in the system failing to respond The CodeCreatures benchmark score dropping by approximately 10-12% on DX8-class hardware (RADEON? 9200, 9000, and 8500) is now resolved This section provides information on CATALYST? driver issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. When updating to current or future CATALYST? releases your current color control panel profiles are no longer lost Setting the main OpenGL slider in the ATI 3D tab to quality no longer results causes games to run in 16bpp mode Disabling Extended Desktop when two display adapters are connected to four Displays no longer results in corruption on one display Help file is now available for brightness of TV under Windows XP with a RADEON? 9800 series card installed The large desktop resolution setting are no longer displayed in the Setting tab once large desktop has been disabled Selecting the 3D screen saver during DVD playback when the display resolution is set to 1280x1024x16bit no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the overlay Repeatedly switching between a Full Screen DOS session and the window desktop no longer results in corrupt horizontal red lines on the CRT Entering the screen saver tab in the display properties and selecting 3D Flying Objects followed by entering standby mode no longer results in the Windows 2000 operating system rebooting The ability to extend the desktop while playing an MPEG file is now resolved The system no longer reboots when playing NEC dvd4 after changing the display from extended mode to clone mode The ATI Problem Report Wizard is now functioning properly under Windows XP The ATI RADEON? 8500 no longer suffers from a Direct 3D performance decrease when the Windows XP desktop resolution is set to 32bpp Setting the display resolution to 1152x864 32bpp under Windows XP and playing an MPEG or AVI file no longer results in display corruption on the TV output Texture banding issues under OpenGL is now resolved The release notes are very detailed, we post most important informations here, you can read all changes over here And now head over to ATI and grab the files over here
and Win 9x / ME over
here. Also we have for the WinXP / 2k version a local download mirror online, head over to our download section !
ATI entitled them "the biggest and most improved software release in ATI history". Let's find out if they are right with that claim. Also keep in mind that Catalyst is a software suite, not just the display drivers that come with it.
Also we have published a detailed article about Catalyst 3.8, explaining all new features, improvements and lot of additional information.
While downloading Catalyst 3.8, you can read the detailed article over here. Read more for the change log and download links. If you know more mirrors, don't hesitate to leave a comment and post your thougts about this major software release in our forums.
Release Notes: This section provides information on game issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. Setting the Landscape details to Perfect in the game IL2 Stumovik Forgotten Battles no longer results in the system not responding during the track playback Playing the game Tiger Woods with the game options set to 1280x1024 32bpp and graphic parameters set to high, no longer results in the game failing to respond after the scorecard is displayed Setting the game Flight Simulator 2004 to display at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 followed by starting a new flight results in the menu being flipped just before the new flight is about to begin Setting the display to 800x600 32bpp 100Hz followed by enabling triple buffering no longer results in display corruption when playing CounterStrike The correct ATI board name is now display in the configuration window of the game Serious Sam 2 A dark screen image and texture corruption is no longer seen when playing the game Project A3 Running the game eRacer with clone mode enabled no longer results in corruption on the secondary display during the opening introduction Playing the game Midnight Club 2 with the default setting no longer results in the texture coordinated being corrupted. This issue occurred under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 7500 installed Fog issues have now been resolved in the game Neverwinter Nights Image corruption is no longer noticed in the game Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. This issue was known to occur under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 9000 series installed Playing the demo game Midnight Club 2 under Windows XP with the default modes enabled for the game no longer results in the fog being missing from the game Playing the demo game XIII under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 9500 or 9800 series card installed no longer results in texture corruption when moving the mouse around the game area This section provides information on Benchmark issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. Setting the display size to 1600x1200x32 bpp under Windows ME with a 256Mb RADEON? 9700 series card installed and running 3D Mark2003 no longer results in the system failing to respond The CodeCreatures benchmark score dropping by approximately 10-12% on DX8-class hardware (RADEON? 9200, 9000, and 8500) is now resolved This section provides information on CATALYST? driver issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. When updating to current or future CATALYST? releases your current color control panel profiles are no longer lost Setting the main OpenGL slider in the ATI 3D tab to quality no longer results causes games to run in 16bpp mode Disabling Extended Desktop when two display adapters are connected to four Displays no longer results in corruption on one display Help file is now available for brightness of TV under Windows XP with a RADEON? 9800 series card installed The large desktop resolution setting are no longer displayed in the Setting tab once large desktop has been disabled Selecting the 3D screen saver during DVD playback when the display resolution is set to 1280x1024x16bit no longer results in display corruption being noticed on the overlay Repeatedly switching between a Full Screen DOS session and the window desktop no longer results in corrupt horizontal red lines on the CRT Entering the screen saver tab in the display properties and selecting 3D Flying Objects followed by entering standby mode no longer results in the Windows 2000 operating system rebooting The ability to extend the desktop while playing an MPEG file is now resolved The system no longer reboots when playing NEC dvd4 after changing the display from extended mode to clone mode The ATI Problem Report Wizard is now functioning properly under Windows XP The ATI RADEON? 8500 no longer suffers from a Direct 3D performance decrease when the Windows XP desktop resolution is set to 32bpp Setting the display resolution to 1152x864 32bpp under Windows XP and playing an MPEG or AVI file no longer results in display corruption on the TV output Texture banding issues under OpenGL is now resolved The release notes are very detailed, we post most important informations here, you can read all changes over here And now head over to ATI and grab the files over here
and Win 9x / ME over
here. Also we have for the WinXP / 2k version a local download mirror online, head over to our download section !
