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ATI Catalyst 5.8 released

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ATI has released the Catalyst 5.8 drivers exclusively to driverheaven.net...the drivers will be officially released tomorrow on ATI's website but DH was given a 24 hour exclusive head start.

http://www.driverheavendownloads.net/ati.htm

Update: the official drivers have been released.

The most important changes are:
  • Support for Certified Output Protection Protocol
  • Fixes for Battlefield 2, GTA: Vice City, 3D Mark03, Area51_2.3dc, Lineage 2, Movie Maker 2, MU Online, Quake 3, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Terathon, Trackmania Sunrise, Warcraft III
  • Hesitation is no longer noticed when attempting to resume from an S3 or S4 state with Analog tv
  • Using the ATI recommended speed option found in the Overdrive™ tab of the Catalyst™ Control Center, no longer results in the engine and memory clock values being the same as the default values

Catalyst Package | Display Driver | Control Panel | WDM Integrated Driver | Release Notes | Softmod Drivers
 
So these are the official ATI 5.8 drivers. But they arnt going to help with any techinical support until tomorrow when they are officially release?
 
CCC makes me want to PUKE!
I hate it's GUI
If nVidia had nothing else on ATI it would be its Driver interface!
But who am I to turn down a new version of CCC.
I own their card, I love it... I am a fan boy... :confused:
 
Well I installed them. I just wish I knew what they improved in and what problems they fixed.

Oh well, when they get officially released tomorrow, ill look on the ATI site and find out what they improved in and problems they fixed.
 
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)
New Features



The latest Catalyst™ software suite provides support for COPP (Certified Output Protection Protocol) which is available in both Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the latest version of Windows Media Center 2005 (available through Microsoft Windows Update). COPP support will allow users to view high definition analog and digital content (to be released in the future) on select digital and analog displays



Issues Resolved in Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.8



The following section provides a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

Battlefield 2: Geometry corruption or missing textures are no longer noticed when playing the game for an extended period of time under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® X800 XT installed
3D Mark03: Enabling Powerplay mode and running the 3DMark03 or 05 in a loop no longer results in an error message being displayed
Area51_2.3dc: Playing the game under Windows XP no longer results in the NPC and guns appearing distorted, flashing or missing. Further the polygons no longer pop in and out of the display
GTA: Vice City: Setting the desktop and the game display option to 1024x768 32bpp and attempting to play the game under Windows XP MCE, no longer results in an Invalid Pixel Format message being displayed after approximately 5 minutes of game play
Lineage 2: Playing the game under Windows XP no longer results in display corruption being noticed
Movie Maker 2: Connecting an external video source using the S-video composite connectors, no longer results in the Movie Maker 2 application intermittently failing to capture video, when selecting the Capture from Video Source
MU Online: Opening a chat window and playing the on-line game no longer results in hesitation being noticed when pressing the Enter key
Quake 3: Enabling SmartShader™ followed by attempting to do a mode change while playing the game, no longer results in the game failing to respond
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Running the Dantoonie level of the game no longer result in hesitation being noticed
Terathon: Starting the Terathon 3D engine and selecting a single player demo, no longer results in the 3D engine failing to respond under Windows XP
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 with the display rotated by 90 degrees CCW, no longer results in display corruption being noticed
Performing an overwrite of the video driver install, no longer results in the Hydravision Multidesk feature being unable to load
Video mode and Overscan can now be enabled when connecting a TV as the secondary display device and setting the display resolution to 640x480 32bpp 60Hz and extending the desktop
The Select by Signal Format is now the default setting when connecting a TV to an ATI display adapter
Catalyst™ Control Center: Updates to saved profiles is now available
Catalyst™ Control Center: Connecting a TV using the S-Video connector no longer results in the Apply button found in the TV properties of the Catalyst Control Center being active when no changes are made to the TV properties
Catalyst™ Control Center: An intermittent service error message is no longer displayed when starting up the Windows XP MCE operating system
Connecting a TV as the secondary display device and a CRT as the primary display device, no longer results in the Video mode and Overscan option not functioning properly when extended desktop is enabled
Catalyst™ Control Center: Double clicking anywhere on the Catalyst™ Control Center background after changing the color correction to the Full Screen 3D option no longer results in a full screen preview
Hesitation is no longer noticed when attempting to resume from an S3 or S4 state with Analog tv
Random display corruption is no longer noticed when playing a raw audio/video capture for the first time
Configuring Windows Media Encoder 9 as ATI AVStream Analog capture and ATI AVStream Analog Audio capture, followed by selecting a TV channel as input, no longer results in the both the Input and Output windows going black when Start Encoding is clicked
The DVB-T channel scan time no longer appears to be slow
Catalyst™ Control Center: Graphic truncation is no longer noticed under the Desktop and Display Setup of the Display Manager, in the German edition of the Catalyst Control Center
Catalyst™ Control Center: The text found in the Overlay/VIDEOVISION section of the Catalyst™ Control Center is no longer cut-off for the Turkish edition of the Catalyst™ Control Center
Setting the desktop resolution to 1024x768 32bpp and using the DVI connector to hot-plug an HDMI display device, no longer results in an error message being displayed
Using the ATI recommended speed option found in the Overdrive™ tab of the Catalyst™ Control Center, no longer results in the engine and memory clock values being the same as the default values
Using the DVI connector for a DFP display device, and the S-Video connector for a TV, no longer results in the driver returning the wrong display mappings when unplugging the DFP display device and extended desktop is enabled
Catalyst™ Control Center: The Set Desktop Area To, is no longer enabled and the resolution list is no longer available, when hot-unplugging a secondary display device under Windows XP
Playing an MPEG file on a secondary display device that is connected to the DVI port, no longer results in the lower portion of the playback window being missing
Hesitation in the Aquarium screen saver is no longer noticed when the ATI Multimedia Center™ is running
Using a limited account under Windows XP and changing the SmartShader™ aspect from none to black and white, no longer results in a general protection fault
Creating a custom hot-key for rotation no longer results in the custom hot-key to become unavailable for the secondary display device, when extended desktop is enabled and both display devices are set to 1280x1024
Known Issues for Catalyst™ Software Suite 5.8



The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include the following:

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
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
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time: Attempting to launch the game under Windows with an ATI Radeon® X800 XL 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 737-19786
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 737-19785
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
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
The Catalyst™ Control Center may display blank pages when quickly exiting and re-launching the Catalyst™ Control Center while hot-plugging or hot-unplugging a CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20070
Catalyst™ Control Center: Customizing the Catalyst™ Control Center may result in the customized logo's for the Catalyst™ Control Center not appearing on the Windows desktop or the system tray. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20071
Installing an All-in-Wonder® into a system containing an ATI Radeon® Xpress 200 series and an ATI Theater 550 Pro may result in loss of signal error message when setting the country region to Sweden. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20073
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 737-20074
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 737-20075
Connecting a CRT and a TV may result in the TV not being automatically detected under Windows XP MCE when using an ATI Radeon® 9550/9600/9650 series. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20076
HDTV support may still be displayed within the control panel with ATI products that do not support HDTV. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20077
Having an HDTV connected to an ATI Xpress 200, followed by right-clicking the ATI logo on the Windows taskbar and selecting 640x432 HDTV optimized resolution results in the display mode being the same as 640x480. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20078
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 737-20079
Catalyst™ Control Center: The Overdrive Automated Clock Configuration Utility may continue running even after the user selects apply or cancel in the utility's confirmation window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20080
Catalyst™ Control Center: Connecting a TV as the only display device to an ATI Radeon® X300/X600 series may result in the Signal Format found in the Adjustment page of the TV Properties being labeled as Unknown. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20081
ATI Multimedia Center™: Selecting Sweden as the region in the MMC may result in the Teletext displaying incorrect text. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20089
Three of the four ATI entries found in the Add or Remove Programs for Windows XP Japanese version, maybe displayed in English. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20090


The official release date is tomorrow.
 
Two huge thumbs up from me. Still three CLI.exes but they are all under 5MB each even with the CCC open, and CCC opens UBER fast now.

If this is the only thing they've changed, its definitely worth it.
 
Sweet under 5mb each? Now I might put CCC back on my computer instead of closing the 30 mb CLI files at startup every time...
 
silentnswift said:
Sweet under 5mb each? Now I might put CCC back on my computer instead of closing the 30 mb CLI files at startup every time...
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For me, with CCC closed there are two CLI.exes.

One is 4,028K the other is 4,312K.

With CCC open there are three, 2,076K , 2,180K, and 2,500K.

Nice.
 
Battlefield 2: Geometry corruption or missing textures are no longer noticed when playing the game for an extended period of time under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon® X800 XT installed
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yes! woot! who said ati doesnt fix their probs in a timely matter.
 
I actually dumped ATi's control panel products all together and just use ATi Tray Tools.
 
theelviscerator said:
its the afternoon NOW and still no drivers at ATI.com
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I know, I'm starting to get pissed. They usually roll drivers out before the 10th of each month and it's already the 17th. What the hell are they doing over there? We hear nothing from them and they're late with their drivers. My mind is already made up on what Video card to get for Christmas. :rolleyes:
 
68 points gain in 3dmark05 at stock speeds. gonna OC it tomorow for a new higher score
 
Offtopic: Holy crap, RIT's Liquid X? Man, this forum has everything :p

Ontopic: I'll have to give these drivers a shot this weekend.
 
MrSlacker said:
68 points gain in 3dmark05 at stock speeds. gonna OC it tomorow for a new higher score
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Awesome.
I will be looking forward to it.

Don't eat the furniture, it is made from PEOPLE! :eek:
 
well, I installed the CP version, but I know that ATI's site is now plugging only the CCC version. Is there really much difference? If so, how and what? Does CCC require more system resources than the CP version??

Also, anyone seen any Betafield2 performance increases? I haven't tried it yet...(plus I'm still waiting for that 1.3 patch)

Thanks
 
I installed em and so far the texture bug seems better in BF2.. CCC requires .net framework and I just dont want that running..CCC does seem to add a few more processes and who needs a few more...my damn HP printer adds about 6 and I hate that!!!!
 
ComputerBox34 said:
I know, I'm starting to get pissed. They usually roll drivers out before the 10th of each month and it's already the 17th. What the hell are they doing over there? We hear nothing from them and they're late with their drivers. My mind is already made up on what Video card to get for Christmas. :rolleyes:
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Don't be a dick to yourself, or even at ATi. They are very busy, and I tell you, ATI will cause another of Nvidia's FX-era to come back. Patience is virtue :eek:
 
Anyone know if these drivers mess anything up with UT2004 (D3D) or UT (OpenGL)? It's been a while since I updated the catalyst drivers and I'm trying to find out if the 5.7s or the 5.8s are better for UT2004 and UT. Thank you.
 
Damn, these killed CS Source performance for me, I get really low FPS areas in Dust, Dust2, Italy, wherever. It's just random places too, around the fruits in Italy, etc.
 
dmonkey said:
Damn, these killed CS Source performance for me, I get really low FPS areas in Dust, Dust2, Italy, wherever. It's just random places too, around the fruits in Italy, etc.
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I believe they prefer to be called "homosexuals"...try being a little more sensitive next time.






:p


On the topic, this seems like a deal-breaker to me. Considering that CS:S is pretty much the only demanding game that I play, I'll just stick with what I have.
 
These drivers resolved some shut down issues I was having. Some stupid 'broadcast event' window deal would hang at shut down everytime. It's gone now and so are some of the huge CCC .exe's in the task manager.

The CCC panel works like a dream now. Very fast. Very few hangs.

Gaming and benching performance stayed the same or went down a few points or one fps. No biggie cause the visual quality is there and so is stability.
 
dmonkey said:
Damn, these killed CS Source performance for me, I get really low FPS areas in Dust, Dust2, Italy, wherever. It's just random places too, around the fruits in Italy, etc.
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yea i had that too....u need to run driver cleaner it really helped me man.......i was getting like 107 in stress test with 1280x1024 4x aa and 8x af.....i ran driver cleaner and reinstalled and it shot up to 129.9 stock speeds....

now to talk about the cats i like it im ALMOST at 6000 3D marks stock speeds it keeps going up every cat released come on 5.9!!! get me over 6000!
 
I love the 5.8s! No more BF2 Problems! I had this problem where no matter what settings I used the game would lag and now that I have this Beauty of a Driver I run the game at everything max at 1280x1024. The CCC is even better than before and it installed Flawlessly!
Thanks ATI! :D
 
tvdang7 said:
yea i had that too....u need to run driver cleaner it really helped me man.......i was getting like 107 in stress test with 1280x1024 4x aa and 8x af.....i ran driver cleaner and reinstalled and it shot up to 129.9 stock speeds....

now to talk about the cats i like it im ALMOST at 6000 3D marks stock speeds it keeps going up every cat released come on 5.9!!! get me over 6000!
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That's what I was thinking, but I run driver cleaner everytime! Should I reinstall and run it again or something?
 
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