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Titolo: Usciti Catalyst 5.7

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
Catalyst™ Release Note Version 5.7
    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 8.152), and the Catalyst™ Control 
Center (version 5.7). 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™ 5.7 Release Note provides information on the following:
        * Web Content
        * Desktop product family support
        * ATI Chipset Product Support
        * Operating systems supported
        * New Features
        * Performance Improvements
        * Issues Resolved in Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.7
        * Known Issues for Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.7
        * Downloading the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite
        * Uninstalling the ATI Control Panel and Display Driver
        * Installing the latest Catalyst™ Software Suite
        * Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback
    Web Content
    The Catalyst™ software suite 5.7 contains the following:
        * Radeon® display driver 8.152
        * Multimedia Center™ 9.08
        * HydraVision™ 3.25.0006
        * HydraVision™ Basic Edition 3.25.9006
        * Remote Wonder 3.02
        * WDM Driver Install Bundle
        * Southbridge/IXP Driver
        * Catalyst™ Control Center Version 5.7
    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 Wonder™ 3.02 software is intended to support Remote 
Wonder™ and Remote Wonder™ II products. Remote Wonder™ 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 8.15 (6317) and 4.07 (6246). The setup program automatically detects 
the ATI All-in-Wonder® or ATI VIVO™ product installed in your system and 
installs the appropriate ATI WDM components.
    The WDM version 8.15 (6317) is installed on:
    · All-in-Wonder® 9600 Series
    · All-in-Wonder® 9800 Series
    · All-in-Wonder® 9700 Series
    · All-in-Wonder® X600 Series
    · All-in-Wonder® X800 Series
    The WDM version 4.07 (6246) is installed on:
    · Radeon® 9200 series or earlier All-in-Wonder® products.
    · ATI VIVO™ products
       Note:  These release notes provide information on the Radeon® display 
driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™, HydraVision™, 
HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, 
please refer to their respective release notes found at: 
https://support.ati.com/
    Desktop product family support
    The Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following ATI 
desktop products:
        * 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-WONDER™ 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
    Operating systems supported
    The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support 
the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
        * Windows XP
        * Windows 2000
        * Windows Media Center Edition (graphics driver support only)
       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
    This section provides information on new features introduced in the latest 
release of the Catalyst™ Software Suite. New features include:
        * 1080p Display Support Option
        * Catalyst™ Control Center Un-install Option
    1080p Display Support Option
    Catalyst™ 5.7 introduces support enhancement to the display support 
options found in the Digital Panel Properties of the Catalyst™ Control Center. 
This enhancement will offer a 1080p standard format option for a displays that 
are reporting incomplete or incorrect capabilities in their EDID information. 
This feature will be supported on ATI Radeon® X300 products and above, and 
will be supported under the Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and the next release of 
the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating systems.
    Catalyst™ Control Center Un-install Option
    Catalyst™ 5.7 introduces a clean un-install option for the Catalyst™ 
Control Center. When a user chooses to remove the Catalyst™ Control Center, 
all desktop shortcuts, user defined profiles, and hotkeys will be completely 
removed from the system. All custom setting will need to be recreated when the 
Catalyst™ Control Center is installed once again.
    Performance Improvements
    Enhancements to our driver's internal memory management bring significant 
benefits to 64MB and 128MB framebuffer configurations in Catalyst™ 5.7.
    The resulting performance gains are most apparent in high resolution, 
everything on modes, when running applications that use a significant amount 
of graphics memory. Examples include:
        * 5-15% gains in 3DMark05 on some products
        * 20-60% gain in Far Cry Regulator across multiple settings
        * 25-60% gains in Half-Life 2 at 1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF
        * 40-60% gains in UT2004 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
        * 50-100% improvement in Comanche4 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF
        * 50-200% gains in certain ShaderMark tests at high resolution
       Note:  The exact magnitude of these performance benefits will vary 
depending on the product configuration, clock speeds and available system 
memory. All of the changes noted are specific to 64MB and 128MB framebuffer 
configurations. Performance of 256MB and 512MB boards is already very good at 
these settings.
    Additionally, an improvement in our OpenGL driver brings a gain of 
approximately 10-15% to the Unigraphics test in SPECviewperf. This improvement 
is not framebuffer-specific.
    Issues Resolved in Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.7
    The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been 
resolved in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
        * Flight Sim 2004: Launching the application under Windows XP and 
enabling Anisotropic Filtering (AF) within the Catalyst™ Control Center no 
longer results in the AF functionality not being enabled within the game
        * Trackmania Sunrise: Playing the game under Windows XP no longer 
results in the operating system failing to respond when attempting to exit the 
game after leaving the PC idle for an extended period of time
        * Warcraft III: Playing the game under Windows XP no longer results in 
display corruption being noticed when rotating the display 90 degrees 
counter-clockwise.
        * Creating a custom hot-key for rotation currently no longer results 
in the custom hot-key to become unavailable for the secondary display device 
when extended desktop is enabled and the display devices are set to 1280x1024.
        * Changing the format from NTSC to any PAL format no longer results in 
the PAL format not working.
        * Changing the regional option found in the control panel to Japan 
followed by installing the display driver no longer results in the TV format 
failing to change in accordance with the regional option
        * Changes to the Overlay Display in Clone Mode option found in the 
Theater Mode settings of the Catalyst™ Control Center are now retained
        * The Scale to full screen option found in the Theater Mode Settings 
of the Catalyst™ Control Center is now working properly
        * Rotating the display by 180 degrees no longer results in all the 
text on the desktop failing to appear
        * Truncated text in the localized French version of the Catalyst™ 
Control Center is now resolved
        * The profile manager hotkey notification dialog box is now translated 
for all supported languages
        * ATI Color Controls can now be reactivated using a hotkey combination 
if the ATI Color Controls have changed by the color management tool of a third 
party application
        * The TV is now detected when both the SVIDEO and the Composite 
connectors are used
        * Windows Movie Maker 2.0: The Movie maker preview playback no longer 
displays a blank image when attempting to playback an mpeg file
        * Windows Movie Maker 2.0: Attempting to record a TV source for 6 
hours or more, no longer results in audio corruption being heard after 
approximately 4 hours of recording
        * Subtitles are now displayed when playing a DVD under Windows XP 
Media Center Edition
        * The Catalyst™ Control Center Hotkey Manager is now completely 
localized for Japanese
    Known Issues for Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.7
    The following section provides a brief description of known issues 
associated with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include the following:
        * Archlord: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 may result in 
intermittent display corruption being noticed on the lower portion of the 
display device when moving the character within the game. Further details can 
be found in topic number 737-19788
        * Battlefield 2: Geometry corruption or missing textures maybe noticed 
when playing the game for an extended period of time under Windows XP with an 
ATI Radeon® X800 XT installed. Further details can be found in topic number 
737-19709
        * City of Heroes: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center 
Edition may results in display corruption being notice when attempting to 
task-switch between the game and the desktop. Further details can be found in 
topic number 737-19792
        * Doom3: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition may 
result in a noticeable performance decrease or corruption of the MCE on-screen 
display dialog box when lowering or muting the audio during game play. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-19791
        * Farcry: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 with the display set 
to 1024x76832bpp along with AA disabled results in flashing textures being 
noticed when setting the game's video options to high detail. This issue is 
know to occur when using an ATI Radeon® 9100 or 8500 series product. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-10089
        * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Playing the game under Windows XP 
with an ATI Radeon™ 8500 installed and having Anti-Aliasing set to 2x may 
result in corruption being noticed in menu corruption being noticed within the 
game when the display resolution is set to 1024x768. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-19794
        * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Geometry corruption may be noticed 
when running the mission under Windows XP and using the default setting for 
the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19795
        * Gunz Online: Attempting to change the screen brightness within the 
game may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details 
can be found in topic number 737-19793
        * MU Online: Opening a chat window and playing the on-line game 
results in Hesitation being noticed when pressing the Enter key. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-19541
        * Prince of Persia: Sands of Time: Attempting to launch the game under 
Windows with an ATI Radeon™ X800 series installed results in an error message 
being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19787
        * Rainbow six3: Athena Sword: Playing the game under Windows 2000 with 
an ATI Radeon® X700 installed results in the game failing to retain its 
resolution option of 1600x1200 if you Alt-tab out of the game and then Alt-tab 
back to the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-535
        * Serious Sam: The Second Encounter: Playing the game for 
approximately 5 to 10 minutes under Windows XP with the game quality set at 
normal/default, results in display corruption being seen in the menu. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-10090
        * Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Saving a game and attempting to load the 
saved game under Windows XP results in the preview window display a blank 
preview screen. Further details can be found in topic number
        * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Running the Dantoonie level 
of the game may result in hesitation being noticed. Further details can be 
found in topic number 737-19378
        * World of Warcraft: Enabling Full-Screen Glow in the game may result 
in a blue screen image being displayed when walking under water. This issue is 
know to occur when using an ATI Radeon® 9100 or 8500 series product. Further 
details can be found in topic number 737-19075
        * World of Warcraft: Display corruption is noticed when switching 
between the game and the Windows desktop, when the desktop is set to 1280x1024 
and the graphic preferences is set to Optimal Quality. Further details can be 
found in topic number
        * The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode found 
under 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
        * Changing the DPI setting found in the General tab of the display 
properties to Large size (120 DPI) results in the change not taking effect 
when launching the Catalyst™ Control Center. Further details can be found in 
topic number 737-18885
        * Installing Realtek Audio/Marvel Lan driver under Windows 2000 
results in the operating system failing to respond when performing the ATI 
driver installation. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19543
        * Creating a custom hot-key for rotation currently results in the 
custom hot-key to become unavailable for the secondary display device when 
extended desktop is enabled and the display devices are set to 1280x1024. 
Further details can be found in topic number 737-19542
        * Connecting two display devices using the DVI and CRT connectors on a 
system containing an ATI Xpress 200 results in the system failing to resume 
when entering standby state. Further details can be found in topic number 
737-19538
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Catalyst 5.7 con Control Panel e NON Control Center
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/5-7_xp-2k_dd_cp_wdm_24085.exe
non avevano detto che i catalyst 5.6 erano gli ultimi driver con
control panel?
Saluti da P4

 control panel?
no...però siamo quasi arrivati alla fine dei drivers con control panel :(

Catalyst Release Note Version 5.7
Complimenti per la sintesi del tuo messaggio! Magari uno la release
note se la poteva leggere sul sito, volendo...

control panel?
A me non pare: 
http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=2785
"the 8.16 driver is the last one with the old control panel. Starting
at 8.17 (released in September) only the CCC version will be released"
--
Stefano L (rimuovere NOSPAM_ per rispondere in e-mail)

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Meglio, non passerò MAI al CCC...
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 note se la poteva leggere sul sito, volendo...
ihihih...17KB per un messaggio....:-)...vabbè tanto oggi chi non ha adsl ;)

 ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:p4MBe.163827$75.70...@news4.tin.it...
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bastardoi o nn ho adsl....ma da agosto :D flat telecom a 12 euro al mese per 
il dial up ..la revoluzion :,) 

 ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:42d79...@x-privat.org...
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Ma cosi' ti giochi i soldi messi da parte per cambiare la scheda video. 

cazzo, proprio ieri ho instalato i 5.6...
devo rimuoverli o si upgradano? 

 ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:r6SBe.73530$h5.30...@news3.tin.it...
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chi ti ha detto che cambierò la scheda video? finchè nn trovo un gioco che 
metta alla dura prova la mia 9700...nn spendo soldi inutilmente... 

 metta alla dura prova la mia 9700...nn spendo soldi inutilmente...
Ah scusa, credevo che tu avessi la 9800pro. 

 
cos'è il CCC??

 cos'è il CCC??
Catalyst Control Center
http://www.ati.com/products/catalystcontrolcenter/
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 Ah scusa, credevo che tu avessi la 9800pro.
bhe peggio ancora...avrei aspettato ancora di piů per cambiare scheda in 
quel caso.. 

 Meglio, non passerò MAI al CCC...
Anch'io la pensavo così. Ma poi ho fatto questo ragionamento: per 
lavorare uso OpenOffice, che ogni volta che lo apro mi succhia un 
centinaio di megabyte soltanto per scrivere un testo. 
Contemporaneamente, tengo aperto Thunderbird per leggere la posta in 
arrivo e Firefox per spulciare la rete alla ricerca di informazioni 
veloci. Infine, può capitarmi di aprire Gimp per modificare come dico io 
alcune immagini, con il suo allegro codazzo di librerie GTK caricate in 
memoria e penso... ma che diavolo me ne frega se il pannello di 
controllo dei driver, in quel dato momento in cui è caricato in memoria, 
si frega 10, 20 o anche 30 MB? Tanto poi lo devo chiudere...
p.bes