I just noticed that Catalyst 6.6 was released a few days ago:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
ATI Catalyst 6.6 is out.
Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/ATI Catalyst 6.6 is out. MMm, I'm having a problem with this thing:
The 3D Preview window in the Catalyst Control Centre does not work - Windows is catching an error and closing the 3D Preview.
I suggest ATI fix this - rather sharpish.
The 3D Preview window in the Catalyst Control Centre does not work - Windows is catching an error and closing the 3D Preview.
Windowed Preview Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience
I suggest ATI fix this - rather sharpish.
Tip: stop screwing with your GFX drivers, unnecessarily. ;)
I upgraded a few days ago, it fixed several problems that I was having with my Multiple Monitor setup, my 3D acceleration and several other wierd things like the VPU recover happening every 5 minutes! :/
Was it just me, or did Episode one invoke lots of VDU recovers?
I emailed ATI nearly 2 hours ago - no answer back yet - poor show, poor show.
Anyway - here are some of the game improvements:
Anyway - here are some of the game improvements:
Performance Improvements
# Far Cry performance improves 4-5%. Larger gains of up to 18.3% can be seen when using anisotropic filtering.
# Fear performance improves as much as 8.5% on X1800 and X1900 Single card systems and as much as 14% on X1800 and X1900 Crossfire systems.
# Splinter Cell (original) performance improves as much a 7% on X1300 and X1600 Crossfire systems.
Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 6.6
* Anarchy-Online: Screen corruption may be noticed when walking or running through the terrain. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22016
* Cold War: Playing the game with the display resolution set to 1600x1200 along with AA set to 8x and CrossFire™ enabled may result in a ghosting effect being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21661
* Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 using an ATI Radeon® X800 series product may result in intermittent display corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21458
* Neverwinter Nights: Playing the game under Windows XP on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X800 series, may result in the game exiting to the Windows desktop and an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21466
* Path of Neo: Texture corruption may be noticed when playing the Kung Fu level. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21464
* World of Warcraft: Enabling CrossFire may intermittently result in the character appearing off center Further details can be found in topic number 737-22017
# Far Cry performance improves 4-5%. Larger gains of up to 18.3% can be seen when using anisotropic filtering.
# Fear performance improves as much as 8.5% on X1800 and X1900 Single card systems and as much as 14% on X1800 and X1900 Crossfire systems.
# Splinter Cell (original) performance improves as much a 7% on X1300 and X1600 Crossfire systems.
Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 6.6
* Anarchy-Online: Screen corruption may be noticed when walking or running through the terrain. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22016
* Cold War: Playing the game with the display resolution set to 1600x1200 along with AA set to 8x and CrossFire™ enabled may result in a ghosting effect being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21661
* Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 using an ATI Radeon® X800 series product may result in intermittent display corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21458
* Neverwinter Nights: Playing the game under Windows XP on a system containing an ATI Radeon® X800 series, may result in the game exiting to the Windows desktop and an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21466
* Path of Neo: Texture corruption may be noticed when playing the Kung Fu level. Further details can be found in topic number 737-21464
* World of Warcraft: Enabling CrossFire may intermittently result in the character appearing off center Further details can be found in topic number 737-22017
MMm, I'm having a problem with this thing:
The 3D Preview window in the Catalyst Control Centre does not work - Windows is catching an error and closing the 3D Preview.
I downloaded the latest drivers about a week ago - same problem (Radeon 9600). The 3D Preview window in the Catalyst Control Centre does not work - Windows is catching an error and closing the 3D Preview.