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Titolo: Catalyst 5.12 disponibili

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Catalyst® Release Note Version 5.12
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 8.201), and the Catalyst® Control Center 
(version 5.12). 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.
The Catalyst® 5.12 Release Note provides information on the following:
    * Web Content
    * ATI Desktop product family support
    * ATI Chipset Product Support
    * ATI FireMVT 2D Drivers Support
    * Operating systems supported
    * New Features
    * Performance Improvements
    * Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 5.12
    * Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 5.12
    * ATI Customer Care
    * Installing the latest Catalyst® Software Suite
    * Catalyst® Crew Driver Feedback
Web Content
The Catalyst® software suite 5.12 contains the following:
    * Radeon® display driver 8.201
    * Multimedia CenterT 9.08
    * HydraVisionT 3.25.0006
    * HydraVisionT Basic Edition 3.25.9006
    * Remote Wonder 3.02
    * WDM Driver Install Bundle
    * Southbridge/IXP Driver
    * Catalyst® Control Center Version 5.12
Caution:  The Catalyst® Control Center requires that Microsoft's .NET 
Framework Version 1.1 be installed. Without .NET Version 1.1 installed the 
Catalyst® Control Center will not launch properly, and the user will see an 
error message as a result
Caution:  The Remote WonderT 3.02 software is intended to support Remote 
WonderT and Remote WonderT II products. Remote WonderT Plus user should 
continue to use the software provided with the product.
   Note:  The ATI WDM Driver Install Bundle contains both the ATI WDM Driver 
versions 8.20 and 4.07. The setup program automatically detects the ATI 
All-in-Wonder® or ATI VIVOT product installed in your system and installs the 
appropriate ATI WDM components.
The WDM version 8.20 is installed on:
· All-in-Wonder® X1800 Series
· All-in-Wonder® X800 Series
· All-in-Wonder® X600 Series
· All-in-Wonder® 9800 Series
· All-in-Wonder® 9700 Series
· All-in-Wonder® 9600 Series
The WDM version 4.07 (6246) is installed on:
· Radeon® 9200 series or earlier All-in-Wonder® products.
· ATI VIVOT products
   Note:  These release notes provide information on the Radeon® display 
driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia CenterT, HydraVisionT, 
HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote WonderT, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, 
refer to their respective release notes found at: 
https://support.ati.com/
ATI Desktop product family support
The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop 
products:
    * Radeon® X1800 series
    * Radeon® X1300 series
    * Radeon® X850 series
    * Radeon® X800 series
    * Radeon® X700 series
    * Radeon® X600 series
    * Radeon® X550 series
    * Radeon® X300 series
    * Radeon® 9X00 series
    * Radeon® 8500 series
    * Radeon® 7X00 series
   Note:  ATI All-In-WonderT variants based on the above are also supported.
   Note:  All ATI Radeon® PC Graphic cards are optimized for Microsoft's Media 
Center Edition 2005 when coupled with a supported video capture card.
ATI Chipset Product Support
The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following ATI chipset 
products:
    * Radeon® Xpress 200 series
    * Radeon® 9000 IGP
    * Radeon® 9100 IGP
    * Radeon® 9100 IGP Pro
    * IXP 300
ATI FireMVT 2D Drivers Support
The Catalyst® software suite 5.12 also provides 2D graphics driver support for 
the following FireMVT products:
    * FireMVT 2400
    * FireMVT 2200 PCIe
    * FireMVT 2200
Operating systems supported
The latest version of the Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the 
following Microsoft Windows platforms:
    * Windows XP
    * Windows XP Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)
    * Windows 2000
   Note:  As of January 1, 2004, Microsoft no longer accepted certification 
submissions for the Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition operating system. 
The ATI Catalyst® CREW however is committed to all its customers and is now 
providing non certified WHQL software drivers for users of the Windows 
Millennium Edition operating system. Windows Millennium Edition users can 
obtain the software driver at: 
http://www.support.ati.com/
. Windows 98/98SE is 
supported through the ME driver.
New Features
The Catalyst® 5.12 software suite introduces dual core support for CPU bound 
cases. This feature provides improved graphics performance for DX 9 supported 
graphics adapters installed in systems running the Windows XP and Windows XP 
Professional x64 Edition operating systems.
Performance Improvements
Catalyst 5.12 improves a variety of CPU-bound performance cases when an ATI 
product is installed in conjunction with a dual-core or hyperthreading CPU. 
Performance gains include:
    * 3DMark05 gains as much as 5.7%
    * 3DMark03 gains as much as 3.3%
    * 3DMark2001 SE gains up to 10%
    * Aquamark 3 gains up to 16%
    * Comanche 4 improves as much as 20%
    * Far Cry gains as much as 25% on some product configurations
    * Half-Life 2 performance improves as much as 8%
    * Splinter Cell improves as much as 8% in certain parts of the game
    * Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness runs as much as 10% faster
    * Unreal Tournament 2004 framerates improve as much as 10%
Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 5.12
The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved 
in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:
    * Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE with 
CrossFireT enabled no longer results in ghosting effect being noticed. Further 
details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21187
    * EverQuest II: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon® 
X1800 series, no longer results in the operating system failing to respond 
after approximately 5 minutes of game play. Further details on this resolved 
issue can be found in topic number 737-21189
    * FarCry: Launching the game on systems using an ATI Xpress 200 series 
product and running the Windows XP operating system no longer results in the 
operating system failing to respond. Further details on this resolved issue 
can be found in topic number 737-20978
    * Quake4: Selecting the Ultra Quality option within the game no longer 
results in the game failing to load after the restart required by the game. 
Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20981
    * Enabling clone mode, followed by playing a video clip, no longer results 
in the underscan/overscan option failing to work when using Theater mode. 
Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20973
    * Connecting a display device using an interlink cable to the ATI Radeon® 
X800 CrossFireT Edition, no longer results in CrossFireT becoming disabled if 
the interlink cable is disconnected from the Radeon® X800 CrossFireT and then 
reconnected. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic 
number 737-20977
    * Catalyst® Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when 
using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display 
corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further details on 
this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982
    * Connecting a CRT and a TV to an ATI Radeon® X300/600 series and 
attempting to enable clone mode, intermittently no longer results in extended 
desktop mode being applied. Further details on this resolved issue can be 
found in topic number 737-20983
    * Corruption is no longer noticed within the Catalyst® Control Center once 
a VPU Recover event is triggered. This issue is known to occur under the 
Windows XP MCE operating system when using an ATI Radeon® X1800 series 
product. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 
737-20984
    * Connecting an HDTV as the only display device using the component video 
connector on an ATI Radeon® X1300 no longer results in the display image 
shrinking when making changes to either AA or AF found in the 3D aspect page 
of the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue can be 
found in topic number 737- 21186
    * Connecting a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display to an ATI Radeon® X1300 series 
that is installed in a system running Windows 2000, no longer results in the 
display image being off center. Further details on this resolved issue can be 
found in topic number 737-21188
    * Color corruption is no longer noticed when hot unplugging and hot 
plugging an LCD display from an ATI Radeon® X1800 series using the DVI 
connector. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 
737-21190
    * The TV Format now matches the TV Output when enabling TV after boot of 
the operating system. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in 
topic number 737-21196
    * Enabling extended desktop mode followed by playing a DVD at 480i no 
longer results in corruption being noticed when moving the playback window to 
the secondary display device. Further details on this resolved issue can be 
found in topic number 737-21191
    * Connecting an Apple Cinema display device to an ATI Radeon® X1800 series 
no longer results in the failure to playback a DVD when using the ATI DVD 
Player. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 
737-21192
    * Playing an HQV DVD using the WinDVD 5.0 player on systems containing an 
ATI Radeon® X1800 series, and running the Windows XP operating system, no 
longer results in Poor video playback quality being noticed. Further details 
on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21193
    * Catalyst® Control Center: Attempting to extend the desktop display when 
using a CRT, TV and DFP display devices no longer results in display 
corruption being noticed on the primary display adapter. Further details on 
this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20982
    * Using WinDVD to playback a DVD title while having the Catalyst® Control 
Center running, no longer results in the playback of the DVD pausing 
momentarily. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic 
number 737-21194
    * The 1080i optimum mode is now available in the Digital Panel properties 
when connecting both a DFP and a CRT to an ATI Radeon® X850 series. Further 
details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21197
    * Catalyst® Control Center: Proceeding through the step by step process to 
enable the Component Video display, followed by applying a desktop resolution 
of either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 no longer results in the Custom Setting box 
failing to appear when clicking on the Add button. Further details on this 
resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21195
    * The Help page is now available for the Digital Panel Properties page 
found in the Catalyst® Control Center. Further details on this resolved issue 
can be found in topic number 737-21198
    * Windows Movie Maker: Captured *.avi files no longer appear corrupt in 
color during playing back. Further details on this resolved issue can be found 
in topic number 737-21199
    * Scheduling multiple TV recordings no longer results in the audio being 
distorted in some of the captured TV recordings. Further details on this 
resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21200
    * The Capture Video Preview image no longer appears off center when using 
a PAL version of the ATI TheaterT 550 Pro. Further details on this resolved 
issue can be found in topic number 737-21201
    * The tool tip for the Contrast slider bar found in the Catalyst® Control 
Center is now translated properly for Traditional Chinese. Further details on 
this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21202
    * The slider bars found in the Overdrive aspect page of the Catalyst® 
Control Center are now the proper length when selecting Italian as the 
language of choice. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in 
topic number 737-21203
    * Dashes are no longer displayed in the front of the ASIC name when 
selecting the Magyar language option for the Catalyst® Control Center. Further 
details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21204
    * The lower portion of the scroll bar found in the All Settings aspect 
page of the Catalyst® Control Center is no longer missing. Further details on 
this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21205
Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 5.12
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version 
of Catalyst®. These include:
    * Beyond Good and Evil: Flickering artifacts are noticed on the game 
characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-20795
    * Dark Age of Camelot: The game exits to the desktop immediately after 
launching, or may play for up to 15 minutes followed by a VPU Recover error 
message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 
737-20794
    * Dragonshard: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition with 
CrossFireT enabled, may result screen becoming out of sync, and a scrolling 
display image occurring shortly there after. Further details can be found in 
topic number 737-20975
    * Fable: The Lost Chapters: Playing the game under Windows XP MCE may 
result in the shadows found within the game appearing jittery, when the 
desktop resolution is set to 1024x768 32bpp, and all the game options are set 
to default. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21184
    * Serious Sam 2 Demo: Enabling CrossFireT may result in a performance drop 
being noticed when playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition. 
Further details can be found in topic number 737-20976
    * WARHAMMER: DAWN OF WAR: Starting a skirmish game on a 4 player map under 
Windows XP, may result in the game performance appearing choppy when using an 
ATI Radeon® X800 series, and having all of the game options set to high. 
Further details can be found in topic number 737-20974
    * Catalyst® Control Center: The SmartShaderT effect is not removed from 
the 3D preview when attempting to restore the default values in the Catalyst® 
Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20846
    * The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode, within the 
Catalyst® Control Center Video standard settings, is grayed out when playing a 
media file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-497
    * Connecting an HDTV to an ATI Radeon® X700 series may result in the HDTV 
being detected as a CRT or TV under the Windows XP operating system. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-20783
    * Attempting to install the integrated WDM driver under Windows XP may 
result in an error message being displayed indicating that the hardware is not 
installed because the install Wizard cannot find the necessary software. 
Further details can be found in topic number. 737-20784
    * Using the Custom option when installing the software driver results in 
the TheaterT 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-20786
    * The PAL FM fine tuning algorithm is currently using 200 MHz bandwidth 
which may overlap FM channels resulting in the same FM channel being found 
several verdana during the scan function. Further details can be found in 
topic number 737-20979
    * Launching the Adobe Gamma calibration application and moving the gamma 
slider back and forth, results in the Task Manager being filled with cli.exe 
until the system becomes low on memory. Further details can be found in topic 
number 737-20980
    * Catalyst® Control Center: The preview for the Deinterlacing aspect found 
in the Catalyst® Control Center is currently unavailable when using the ATI 
Radeon® X1300. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20986
    * The Video Preview found in the Standard Settings of the Video option of 
the Catalyst® Control Center may fail to provide a preview after hotplugging 
an LCD panel to an ATI Radeon 9500 or 9800 and selecting to extend the 
desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21173
    * The Video Preview may fail to change to its default settings when 
swapping the display mappings using the Catalyst® Control Center. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-21174
    * Attempting to stretch the display horizontally using the Catalyst® 
Control Center, may result in the horizontal stretch mode failing to be 
applied unless the display is stretched vertically first. Further details can 
be found in topic number 737-21175
    * Connecting two display devices to the ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFireT 
Edition and one display device to the ATI Radeon® X850 XT may result in the 
display device connected to the Radeon® X850 XT still being active once 
CrossFireT is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21177
    * The WDM Drivers may not be enumerated due to the Capture chip not being 
detected when using the ATI Radeon® X850 XT (ViVo) as a slave card on a system 
containing an ATI Radeon® X850 CrossFireT Edition. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-21178
    * The secondary display device may fail to activate when attempting to 
enable clone mode when using an ATI Radeon® X800 GTO. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-21179
    * The PowerPlayT option found in the Catalyst® Control Center maybe in the 
enabled state after initial install of the display driver for systems 
containing an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series product. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-21180
    * Using the Custom option when installing the software driver results in 
the TheaterT 550 software driver not being present. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-21183
    * Auto-detect fails to be applied as the default setting for the 
Deinterlacing option when first entering the Video aspect page of the 
Catalyst® Control Center. Currently the option is set as Weave. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-21185
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> E' impressione mia oppure esistono solo in versione Control center? :-(
Mi sa che non sbagli.
Io ho scaricato solo i driver, e poi uso ati tray tools per tutto il resto.
Approposito, ho fatto il bench di ATT prima coi driver 5.11 e poi coi 5.12, 
e ho notato un incremento di una sessantina di punti.
Irrilevante, certamente, però mi fa lo stesso piacere vedere che anche per 
le schede di penultima generazione (x800xl, nel mio caso) hanno modificato 
qualcosa coi nuovi driver.
Ciao


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dai test che ho visto in giro portano benefici soltanto a chi ha
processore dual, con processore singolo hanno quasi sempre prestazioni
inferiori rispetto ai .11
ora, se solo chiunque sia il fornitore di opteron di Giovanni si desse
una mossa col mio 165...
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 inferiori rispetto ai .11
hai un link con i test dei 5.12 con fear?

 [CUT]
Ti ringraziamo per la segnalazione, ma non basterebbe il link anzichè 
ricopiare 19k di testo? 

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 ricopiare 19k di testo?
Esistono diverse scuole di pensiero, no potrebbe non bastare perché non tutti 
leggono in modalità on line i messaggi, come del resto chi ha il 56k fa fatica 
a scaricare messaggi da 19K. Suggerisco quindi di usare la regola nel proprio 
NR "Se il messaggio è più grande di xK non scaricare" o simili :-)
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> Catalyst® Control Center (version 5.12). This unified driver has
solo uno con nick così poteva quotare 20KB di roba! porco......zio!
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no, il confronto 5.12 vs 5.12 - single cpu vs dual cpu fatto con fear
non lo trovo.
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inferiori rispetto ai .11
Eh eh, lunedě o martedě mi arrivano l'Opteron x2 165 e la MSI x1800xl,
giusto per testare i nuovi Catalyst 5.12 :))
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"> solo uno con nick cosě poteva quotare 20KB di roba! porco......zio!
Non credo ci sia una corrispondenza tra le due cose! 

 Non credo ci sia una corrispondenza tra le due cose!
infatti ero ironico ma a ragionare un po prima di quotare 20KB di roba....
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