ATI Catalyst Suite 9.8 for Vista/Win 7 x64

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Fixes: Performance Improvements The following performance gains are noticed with ATI Catalyst Suite 9.8 for Vista/Win 7 x64 release of Catalyst 9.8: Battleforge DirectX 10/DirectX 10.1 - performance improves up to 15-50% in CPU limited settings with the largest gains in CrossfireX configurations Company of Heroes DirectX 10 - performance improves by up to 10-77% in CPU limited settings Crysis DirectX 10 - Dual CrossfireX performance improves as much as 10% and Quad CrossfireX performance improves as much as 34% in CPU limited settings Crysis Warhead DirectX 10 - Dual CrossfireX performance improves as much as 7% and Quad CrossfireX performance improves as much as 69% in CPU limited settings Far Cry 2 DirectX 10 - Dual CrossfireX performance improves as much as 50% and Quad CrossfireX performance improves as much as 88% in CPU limited settings Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. DirectX 10/DirectX 10.1 - Dual CrossfireX performance improves up to 40% in CPU limited settings with Quad CrossfireX performance improving up to 60% in CPU limited settings UnigineTropics OpenGL - performance improves 5-20% UnigineTropics DirectX 10 - Quad CrossfireX performance improves 5-20% in CPU limited settings World in Conflict DirectX 10 - performance improves by 5-10% Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems ATI Catalyst Suite 9.8 for Vista/Win 7 x64 section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows. These include: Catalyst Control Center: Diagnostic warning message now appears in CrossFire aspect when the only display is removed from the CrossFire chain Catalyst Control Centre will now launch properly with CrossFire disabled on multiadapter enabled/configured systems Catalyst Control Center: Some of the missing Monitor Attributes options in the Displays tab are now available Refresh rates are now applied properly for standard and optimized HDTV modes in Catalyst Control Center Catalyst Control Center: Missing update for Windows 7 localized help content is now available TV Properties tab now properly displays Image Quality instead of TV Properties for Catalyst Control Center user interface Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows 7. These include: Display and mouse rotation now functions properly after reboot with 3 or more displays in clone mode “Unreal Tournament 3” no longer fails to respond after performing a taskswitch to desktop Hotplugging a secondary display during HD playback with WinDVD no longer causes desktop to go blank Intermittent block noise no longer visible during MPEG2-TS content playback with Windows Media Player Windows 7 logo no longer displays flickering distortion during Windows 7 loading screen (system reboot up) Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include: “Call of Duty: World at War” no longer exhibits flickering water corruption when Software CrossFire is enabled 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: Catalyst Control Center: Predefined and custom HDTV formats can now be applied via HDTV support Intermittent video artifacts no longer visible when playing a DVD in stretched desktop mode Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst. These include: Launching Hotkeys Manager in Catalyst Control Center may result in unhandled exception error to appear The Desktop Rotation page in Catalyst Control Center may display additional information for the second display when the secondary adapter is connected HDMI may be detected as DTV (DVI) instead of DTV (HDMI) when HDMI display is hotplugged for the first time Catalyst Control Center might not revert back to default settings for Dynamic Range after settings are modified In extended/cloned mode, the secondary display status may appear incorrect in the Available Display Devices page under Catalyst Control Center Basic view Catalyst Control Center: AVIVO Advanced Color page may display Color vibrance, Flesh tone correction and Video Gamma in English instead of proper translation string Catalyst Control Center stopped working error may pop up when specific HDMI displays are hot unplugged and hotplugged back Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst. These include: With OverlayMixer filter, Blu-ray disc playback with PowerDVD may display black video with audio and counter still running Display may go blank after resuming from hibernation during SD DVD playback in Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) In some HDTV extended mode configurations, some audio breaks may intermittently be heard when connected through HDMI audio SD DVD playback may halt and display error message when DVI + S-VIDEO displays are set to clone mode in Windows 7 Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in Riddick 2 Dark Athena may cause the game to fail under MGPU configurations Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of Catalyst. These include: With CrossFire enabled, some DX10 games (Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., Lost Planet: Colonies, etc.) might not have HDMI audio With some system configurations a delay may be noticed when task switching between the desktop and a game in progress Media playback with WinDVD, Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center may output static sound over HDMI when connected to Sony TVs Playback of certain Picture-in-Picture titles may exhibit transparent overlay effects or turn black in the secondary stream Corruption may be visible in the Change Outfit… menu text in The Sims 3 Catalyst Control Center may show HDMI displays as DVI for both connecting via HDMI port and to DVI port via HDMI-DVI dongle for specific ASICs Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in Riddick 2 Dark Athena may cause the game to fail under MGPU configurations 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: Resuming video playback after S1 sleep may result in no HDMI audio, although Display Manager in Catalyst Control Center reports display as DTV (HDMI) Catalyst Control Center: Hotplugging back a HDMI display might not restore ATI Catalyst Suite 9.8 for Vista/Win 7 x64 is original DTV (HDMI) Pixel Format setting, if a DVI display was hotplugged and unplugged during the interval to the same port Changes to AVIVO Basic color settings might not be retained after Catalyst Control Center is re-opened with specific ASICs AVIVO Basic color setting changes might not be applied during HD DVD playback on specific ASICs on XP Media Center Edition ATI Catalyst Suite 9.8 for Vista/Win 7 x64 is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available. Do not forget to check with our site as often as possible in order to stay updated on the latest drivers, software and games. Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed a wrong driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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