Today ATI released Catalyst 6.3 for your download pleasure.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of ATI's industry leading software suite, Catalyst®. This particular software suite updates both the ATI Display Driver (version 8.231), and the Catalyst® Control Center (version 6.3). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI Catalyst® software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
New Features
This release of Catalyst® introduces the following new features:
Overlay Theater Mode Enhancement This release of the Catalyst® introduces an enhancement to the Overlay Theater mode found in the Catalyst® Control Center. This enhancement allows for higher resolution than the current desktop setting to be available for the Overlay Theater mode. Avivo? Video Converter This release of Catalyst® introduces the Avivo? Video Converter. The Avivo? Video Converter is a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting videos from one format to another. The Avivo? wizard found in the Catalyst® Control Center, allows the user to select the input file, and output format, along with the quality level and file location. The Avivo? Video Converter accepts a wide variety of file formats as a source, and outputs to file formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA, H.264/AVC and more. Click on How to use the Avivo? Video Converter, for more information
Issues Resolved in CATALYST? Display Driver Version 6.3
The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of CATALYST?. These include
3DMark06: Setting the display to 2560x1600 with AA set to 4x no longer results in graphic corruption being noticed when running the HDR tests. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21768 Battlefield 2: The game no longer exit to the Windows desktop after the game logo is displayed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21660 City of Heroes: Running the Shadertest 7 no longer results in slow performance being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21463 Far Cry: High Dynamic Range (HDR) corruption is no longer noticed when HDR is enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21762 Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series no longer results in the operating system failing to respond after an extended period of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21769 Quake 4: Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop no longer results in the game failing to respond when switching between notepad and the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21771 Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFire? no longer result in a performance drop being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20976 Serious Sam 2: Two directdraw samples are no longer displayed as blank screens. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21748 The Fall: VPU Recover message is no longer displayed when playing the game on systems containing either an ATI Radeon® 9600, 9700 or 9800 products. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21766 Tiger Woods 2005 and 2006: Playing the game with CrossFire? enabled no longer results in a checkerboard type corruption being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21764 World of Warcraft: Changing the multisample setting no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using an ATI Radeon® X1600 product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21770 Setting the display device to a resolution of 1024x768 or higher no longer results in the (PAL) TV image becoming unstable when moving the mouse. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21664
CATALYST Windows 2000 6.3 - Driver Download
CATALYST Windows XP 6.3 - Driver Download
CATALYST Windows XP Media Center Edition 6.3 - Driver Download
Download ATI Multimedia Center 9.13
CATALYST 6.3 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Catalyst Mobility 6.3
ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Drivers for XFREE86 / X. Org Version 8.23.7
ATI Driver Home
This release note provides information on the latest posting of ATI's industry leading software suite, Catalyst®. This particular software suite updates both the ATI Display Driver (version 8.231), and the Catalyst® Control Center (version 6.3). This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI Catalyst® software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.
New Features
This release of Catalyst® introduces the following new features:
Overlay Theater Mode Enhancement This release of the Catalyst® introduces an enhancement to the Overlay Theater mode found in the Catalyst® Control Center. This enhancement allows for higher resolution than the current desktop setting to be available for the Overlay Theater mode. Avivo? Video Converter This release of Catalyst® introduces the Avivo? Video Converter. The Avivo? Video Converter is a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting videos from one format to another. The Avivo? wizard found in the Catalyst® Control Center, allows the user to select the input file, and output format, along with the quality level and file location. The Avivo? Video Converter accepts a wide variety of file formats as a source, and outputs to file formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA, H.264/AVC and more. Click on How to use the Avivo? Video Converter, for more information
Issues Resolved in CATALYST? Display Driver Version 6.3
The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of CATALYST?. These include
3DMark06: Setting the display to 2560x1600 with AA set to 4x no longer results in graphic corruption being noticed when running the HDR tests. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21768 Battlefield 2: The game no longer exit to the Windows desktop after the game logo is displayed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21660 City of Heroes: Running the Shadertest 7 no longer results in slow performance being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21463 Far Cry: High Dynamic Range (HDR) corruption is no longer noticed when HDR is enabled. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21762 Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1800 series no longer results in the operating system failing to respond after an extended period of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21769 Quake 4: Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop no longer results in the game failing to respond when switching between notepad and the game. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21771 Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFire? no longer result in a performance drop being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20976 Serious Sam 2: Two directdraw samples are no longer displayed as blank screens. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21748 The Fall: VPU Recover message is no longer displayed when playing the game on systems containing either an ATI Radeon® 9600, 9700 or 9800 products. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21766 Tiger Woods 2005 and 2006: Playing the game with CrossFire? enabled no longer results in a checkerboard type corruption being noticed. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21764 World of Warcraft: Changing the multisample setting no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using an ATI Radeon® X1600 product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21770 Setting the display device to a resolution of 1024x768 or higher no longer results in the (PAL) TV image becoming unstable when moving the mouse. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21664
CATALYST Windows 2000 6.3 - Driver Download
CATALYST Windows XP 6.3 - Driver Download
CATALYST Windows XP Media Center Edition 6.3 - Driver Download
Download ATI Multimedia Center 9.13
CATALYST 6.3 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Catalyst Mobility 6.3
ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Drivers for XFREE86 / X. Org Version 8.23.7
ATI Driver Home
