ATI Catalyst 7.7 released

[Jimmy 2004]

ATI has updated its Catalyst display driver for July, taking the version number to 7.7. The download locations are as follows:

• Windows XP - 32-bit or 64-bit
• Windows Vista - 32-bit or 64-bit

Changes include new Catalyst Control Center Avivo features and 12x/24x anti-aliasing support for Radeon HD 2900 and 2600 series cards, along with performance improvements of as much as 13.2% for HD 2x00 series cards in Far Cry. The issues resolved in Windows XP are as follows:

• Call of Duty 2: Setting the in-game resolution to 640x480 no longer results in visual static and interrupted audio during cinematic and within the menus. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28468
• Google Earth: The fog is displayed in the image no longer has a checkered effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28467
• Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide no longer exhibits missing textures on characters under some circumstances on some hardware configurations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28471
• Enabling CrossFire on a system containing the Radeon HD2900 XT no longer results in an error message and CrossFire not being enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-28188
• Launching the release notes under the Japanese or Chinese version of Windows no longer results in the release notes displaying a blank page. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26749
• Pixilated corruption is no longer observed while running the game Prey while hovering over the health packs from a distance on some hardware configurations running Win XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27091
• The system no longer become unresponsive when randomly moving the Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations. This issue was known to occur when the second adapter is an ATI Radeon X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092
• Corruption is no longer noticed when playing certain DVD titles when hardware acceleration is enabled on ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27624
• Connecting a TV using an S-video cable and a CRT display device using a dual VGA adapter cable no longer results in intermittent noise being observed when playing a video using the Windows Media Player or a DVD using PowerDVD. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28469
• Playing a Blu-ray or HD-DVD no longer results in corruption being noticed if several application windows are open and the application windows are dragged around the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28470
• Connecting an HDTV using the Component Video connector no longer results in a double image being noticed when pressing the ALT+Enter keys. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28473
• Jittering is no longer noticed in cinepak video playback when using the Windows Media Player and having the desktop resolution set to 1280x1024 75Hz or higher. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28474

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[zOaib]

nice , gonna try them out ASAP , when i get home from office.

 

[Kreij]

Has it been a month already ? I just got 7.6 loaded at home ! lol
Well ... off to get 7.7

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Thanks DaMulta, just wanted to post the story quickly so no one beat me to it - it does happen!

Anyway, the XP changes have been included now.

 

[DaMulta]

Edit what I just deleted into your post If you want of course.

 

[Casheti]

Make improvements for X850 crossfire damn it!!

 

[Kreij]

I was sorta hoping that they would put in manual fan control one of these days.

You would think after the nice letter I sent to Cat Crew they would have throw in it.

 

[rodneyhchef]

you can customise the fan profile with ati tray tools to load the selected profile at startup. I've got mine configured so it's at 50% in 2d (below 60°C) and 100% in 3d (gpu temp goes over 60°C)

 

[devguy]

Is anyone else having big time trouble installing these with xp x64? I never had any trouble with these before, but now, when I try to install them, I get a "file not copied" error. After that, things seem fine, but (x800 comes up and I can change resolution), but when I restart, my x800 and x800 secondary are always disabled in device manager. Upon enabling them, I get the "windows has found new hardware" crap.

I've tried redoing everything with Driver Cleaner Pro, and installing the drivers using only the .ini files in device manager... no difference. Also, when trying to uninstall the drivers using the add/remove programs thing, I get the error "unable to uninstall older or non-ati display drivers."

Any ideas?

Edit: dammit, now I get the same problems going back to 7.5! I'm gonna have to reinstall Windows...

 

[Kreij]

you can customise the fan profile with ati tray tools to load the selected profile at startup. I've got mine configured so it's at 50% in 2d (below 60°C) and 100% in 3d (gpu temp goes over 60°C)

I know. I use AtiTool for adjusting temps. The issue is that neither AtiTool or Ati Tray Tools works very well with a Vista / Crossfire combination. Since I do not OC the cards, it would nice if I could just set the fans in CCC and skip using anything else.

I set mine as such :
13% fan up to 39C
50% fan @ 40C
75% fan @ 45C
100% fan @ 50C and above

 

[WarEagleAU]

Wonder if the max resolution of a monitor issue is fixed.

 

[tkpenalty]

So excited, I love AMD's latest driver updates, they boost performance by so much!

 

[erocker]

So excited, I love AMD's latest driver updates, they boost performance by so much!

Seriously, where?

 

[Casheti]

Dw he spelt ATi wrong..

 

[MarcusTaz]

I contacted ATI about the BSOD when launching Windows Media Center "Live TV" in Vista 32 and a black screen in Vista 64 and I was told it was not addressed in this series 7.7 and will be addressed in future releases....

I hope that means 7.8...

No problem here installing on both Vista x86 and x64.

As far as an performance increase my 3D mark06 scores have not changed much but there have been some enhancments based on the readme..

 

[bassmasta]

WHOOOOT! I finally got the lost planet demo running on my 2900 without going psychotic over artifacts! go 7.7! go ati! go 2900!