ATI Catalyst 9.10 Software Suite WinXP 64-bit

New Features

• GPU acceleration for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converting application
  This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides GPU support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converter application found in the Windows 7 Operating System. This feature is supported on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800, ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products.

• Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
  This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides support for a new Anti-Aliasing method on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series. Users can now experience the high level of anti-aliasing image quality using Super Sampling anti-aliasing while maintaining good performance levels.

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

• The video preview in Avivo™ Video - Basic Quality page in Catalyst Control Center no longer flickers while playing SD/HD Blu-ray titles
• Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the Catalyst Control Center - TV Properties Adjustments page
• The display mode page will now refresh properly when selecting another display from drop down menu in Catalyst Control Center with two displays connected in extended mode
• "Component Video Properties" is no longer incorrectly listed under the "Quick Settings" tab under Catalyst Control Center - Basic view in extended mode
• Changes to the Avivo™ Video Presets page in Catalyst Control Center can now be applied and will not revert back to the default settings
• The "Use Application Settings" checkbox in Avivo™ Video Presets page can now be unchecked in Catalyst Control Center
• Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in Catalyst Control Center - Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot
• Switching profile settings in Avivo™ Video - Basic Quality page now functions properly in Catalyst Control Center

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

• EA Sports startup logo screen for "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08" will no longer disappear or turn black
• Ghostbusters video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560x1600

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

• Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in "Riddick 2 Dark Athena" no longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations
• Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific HDMI displays with Tripod and Quad CrossFire enabled configurations
• Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and Firestream ASIC in the secondary PCIe slot
• "Combat Mission Shock Force" no longer fails after a duration of game play
• Intermittent flashing no longer visible in Windows with ViewSonic VE150m displays

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

• Catalyst Control Center: The DTV (HDMI) Pixel Format settings will now be restored when a HDMI display is hotplugged back after a DVI display is hotplugged and unplugged during the interval to the same port
• System no longer reboots or displays a black screen while executing ATI Stream applications with a particular combination of ASICs set as primary and secondary
• "Force maximum performance clocks" option is now available for the second ASIC in the Catalyst Control Center system tray when two R700 ASICs are connected
• Corruption no longer observed during Blu-ray DVD H.264/VC-1 content playback
• Different Presets/Basic Color options can now be selected under Avivo™ Video in Catalyst Control Center Advanced View

Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

• Display may go blank after resuming from hibernation during SD DVD playback in Media Center (MCE)
• calMemCopy() may cause a system with 2 ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2s to become unresponsive
• “World in Conflict” (DX10) might exhibit corruption when exiting from multi-player game with extended desktop
• “Tom Clancy's HAWX” (in DX9 and DX10) might not output audio during game play on specific machines
• Corruption is observed while playing "The Witcher" video game on the ATI Radeon™ HD 58xx products

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

• "ANNO 1404" (also known as "Dawn of Discovery") may display black texture corruption instead of surface terrain for some ASICs
• A green line may be visible at the bottom when playing interlaced content 
• PowerDVD might terminate abruptly when playing HD MPEG2 content in extended/clone mode
• The de-noise value in the Avivo™ Video - Advanced Quality page might not be set to proper default value after driver installation
• Corruption is observed while playing "The Witcher" video game on the ATI Radeon™ HD 58xx products

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

• Transcoding of AC3 files might not work, corruption may be visible in transcoded file
• Selection for "Add 720p50 in the Display Manager (PAL)" might be missing under HDTV Support in Catalyst Control Center - Monitor Properties for some ASICs
• HDTV optimized & custom modes for DFP/HDMI displays might fail to apply when displays are in clone mode for some ASICs
• PowerDVD may fail to respond during SD/Blu-ray DVD playback when using a HDMI receiver and the audio is set to S/PDIF speaker configuration