Can you just rename this thread to "ATI's Drivers Releases" (or something like that), and just dump the driver releases to one thread, instead of opening another thread each month that no one will reply to?
New Features Catalyst 7.9 introduces the following new features: Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit) Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit) This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces the Avivo Video Converter for the Windows Vista (64 bit) operating system. The Avivo Video Converter is a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting videos from one format to another. The Avivo Video Converter found within the Catalystâ„¢ Control Center, allows the user to select the input file, and output format, along with the quality level and file location. The Avivo. Video Converter accepts a wide variety of file formats as a source, and outputs to file formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA, H.264/AVC and more. Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces Color Temperature Control within the Catalyst Control Center, allowing users to adjust the chromatic level shown on their display. Supported on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1000 Series and Radeonâ„¢ HD 2000 Series of products. Performance Improvements The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalystâ„¢ 7.9: Far Cry performance improves up to 14 % on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2900XT CrossFireâ„¢, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2600XT single card, and ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2400XT CrossFireâ„¢ configurations Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 12% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2600XT CrossFireâ„¢ and single card configurations Half-Life 2: Episode 1 performance improves at most 9% on ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2600XT CrossFireâ„¢ and as much as 6% on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2400XT CrossFireâ„¢ configurations. Serious Sam 2 performance improves up to 46% on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2400XT CrossFireâ„¢ and up to 27% on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2600XT single card and CrossFireâ„¢ configurations with Anti-Aliasing enabled. Quake 4 performance with Anti-Aliasing improves 9% or more on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1600/X1650Pro and ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1300/X1550 products in both single and CrossFireâ„¢ configurations Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include: Bioshock: Missing, blackout, and flashing surfaces are no longer noticed in the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29549 Bioshock: Random polygons shooting up in the sky are no longer noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29551 Gods: Land of Infinity (demo): Having the in-game options set to 1920x1200 32bpp, Shadows on High, and Texture Quality set to High no longer results in only the mouse pointer being visible. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28810 LostPlanet: Display flicker is no longer noticed when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29560 Monsters.Inc: Enabling DXVA no longer results in certain game scenes appearing choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29546 Prey: Texture tearing is no longer noticed in certain areas of the game. This issue was known to occur on ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2x00 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29563 Quake3: Moving the mouse pointer over the options listed in the System Setup no longer results in the option being highlighted and the option being overdrawn by the highlight. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29531 World of Warcraft: Playing the game with wide or narrow tent Anti-Aliasing filters no longer results in wireframe flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28807Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include: Adobe After Effects 8.0: The Fragment Shader no longer fails when rendering shadows. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29565 Bioshock: Frame stutter associated with time spikes in random components of the render stats is no longer noticed as the character walks around. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29041 City of Heroes: Attempting to play the game on a system running Windows XP no longer results in the game failing to launch when using an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2600 XT. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29567 City of Heroes: Enabling CrossFireâ„¢ followed by attempting to launch the game no longer results in the game failing to launch and the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29568 PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2400 series of product no longer results in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511 PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2400 series of product no longer results in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511 World of Warcraft: Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed when enabling AA. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29569 Setting the display device to 1280x1024 and attempting to playback a VC1/h.264 title using the Cyberlink player no longer results in choppy playback. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28832
The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s): Radeonâ„¢ HD2900 series Radeonâ„¢ HD2600 series Radeonâ„¢ HD2400 series Radeonâ„¢ X1950 series Radeonâ„¢ X1900 series Radeonâ„¢ X1800 series Radeonâ„¢ X1650 series Radeonâ„¢ X1600 series Radeonâ„¢ X1550 series Radeonâ„¢ X1300 series Radeonâ„¢ X1050 series Radeonâ„¢ X850 series Radeonâ„¢ X800 series Radeonâ„¢ X700 series Radeonâ„¢ X600 series Radeonâ„¢ X550 series Radeonâ„¢ X300 series Windows Vista 32-bit Edition Windows Vista 64-bit Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Media Center Edition Windows XP Professional x64 EditionThis hotfix resolves the following issues:Enemy Territory Quake Wars: Crossfire flickering issues are resolved. Performance is improved Bioshock: Resolved intermittent hangs for the Radeon HD 2400 and Radeon HD 2600 Call of Juarez: Texture corruption is fixed World In Conflict: Performance is improved Team Fortress 2: Facial morphing corruption is fixed Time Shift: Resolved random crashes for Radeon 9xxx and Radeon X8xx series of products
Catalyst 7.9 HotfixHotfix for XPHotfix for Vista
Can you please fix the links? Both of them redirect me here and I can't find the mentioned fix on their site
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating SystemThis section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include: * Bioshock: Pulling the lever in the chamber no longer results in the game failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30493 * Bioshock, Lost Planet, and World In Conflict: Connecting certain dual link display devices to certain ATI Radeonâ„¢ 2x00 series of cards no longer results in limited display resolutions being available. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30090 * Call of Juarez: Enabling CrossFireâ„¢ no longer results in flickering being noticed when playing the DX10 version of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29540 * Doom 3: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2600 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using the console commands. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29978 * Fable: A black ring is no longer seen around the player character. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29939 * Hellgate, Lord of the Rings, PT Boat, and World in Conflict: Corruption is no longer noticed when AA is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30487 * Rainbow Six Vegas: Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 and applying the in-game settings to high no longer results in corruption being noticed when using an HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28826 * Roxio Creator Premier v9: MyDVD: Attempting to burn a DVD no longer results in the burn process failing at the encoding preview. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29937 * Serious Sam: the Second Encounter Demo: Game play is no longer delayed when playing the game on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29933 * A blank screen is no longer displayed after unchecking all the Component Video formats except when the 480i30 custom mode is applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27620 * Using PowerDVD to playback a Blu-ray title no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system failing with a 0x000000EA error. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29537 * A missing Korean character is no longer noticed within the install shield. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29931 * Catalystâ„¢ Control Center: An error message is no longer displayed when clicking on Help. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29934 * Setting the display device to 1600x1200 75Hz no longer results in the HD DVD playback window appearing blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29936 * Google Sketchup no longer fails to pan when AA is enabled on systems containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1300/1550/1600 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29941 * Setting the display resolution to either 1776x1024 or 1920x1024 30i no longer results in the display devices failing to resume from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29944 * Connecting a display device via Component Video as the primary display device and a DFP as a secondary display device no longer results in extended desktop mode failing to be applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30494 * Cyberlink Press Player 2911: Rotating the display by 90 degrees during playback of a DVD title no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30495 * Google Sketchup no longer fails to pan when AA is enabled on systems containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1300/1550/1600 series of product 737-30496 * Playing a 1080i video file using WinDVD no longer results in Overlay Theater Mode failing to work. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30496 * GTA San Andreas: Enabling AFR mode and CrossFireâ„¢ no longer results in corruption being noticed in the opening cinematic of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30499 * A black screen is no longer displayed at the DVD menu when using WinDVD8 to play a DVD title with DXVA enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30488 * Hot plugging a D-sub DDC monitor to a notebook no longer results in the display device fails to switch on. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30489 * Connecting a TV as the secondary display device no longer results in the default resolution of 800x600 failing to be applied when extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30491 * Combat Mission: Shock Force Demo v1.02: Setting the ATI left-click compatibility option to off and starting a new battle no longer results in the game failing to respond when clicking the left mouse button on various options within the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30492 * A no signal error message is no longer displayed when the A/V sync on Component input source is set to 720p or 1080i resolution. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30595 Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating SystemThis section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include: * Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Corruption is no longer noticed with the use of rectangle textures. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29954 * Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: The game no longer fails to respond when triple buffering is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30544 * Unreal Tournament 2004: Enabling CrossFireâ„¢ followed by attempting to change the in-game display resolution no longer results in a loss of vsync. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29950 * On certain products, dragging player window from the primary to the secondary display no longer results in hardware acceleration being disabled which resulted in the CPU usage increasing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28516 * With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 introductions; playback no longer switches from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517 * With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 intros, playback no longer switches from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517 * Enabling extended desktop mode following by launching the Windows Media Player no longer results in the player failing to appear on the secondary display device in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29555 * The CrossFireâ„¢ option found in the Catalystâ„¢ Control Center is now available on systems containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1800 series of product and running the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30010 * Users running Windows XP on a system containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2600 no longer experience a drop in performance from single card mode to CrossFireâ„¢ mode when software CrossFireâ„¢ is enabled in certain applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29980 * Pressing the power button to resume from an S3 state no longer results in only the mouse cursor being visible and the screen remaining blank until the mouse is moved. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29948 * Dragging the WinDVD player from the primary display to the secondary display no longer results in the player failing to respond. Further, closing the WinDVD player using the Task Manager may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29955 * Enabling extended desktop mode and dragging the PowerDVD window to the secondary display device no longer results in the PowerDVD window becoming black with only the audio being heard. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29952 * Catalystâ„¢ Control Center: German character are no longer truncated in the Profile Manager Applications tab. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29930 * Connecting a Dell 30" LDC display device to an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2600 series of product no longer results in flashing or no display image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30545 * Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling Theater mode and enabling clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30546 * The Enable ATI OverDriveâ„¢ clocks for 3D applications only checkbox is now checked and grayed out when the OverDriveâ„¢ option in the Catalystâ„¢ Control Center is unlocked. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30600 * Ending playback of a Blu-ray title followed by toggling the CrossFireâ„¢ settings (on or off) no longer results in the Windows XP operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30543 * Enabling CrossFireâ„¢ and setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in HD DVD titles playing back as if in fast forward mode when using a Cyberlink player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30530 * Corruption is no longer noticed when dragging a window across the desktop edge in four monitor configuration under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30531 * Connecting a single display device to a secondary graphics adapter no longer results in extended desktop mode being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30538 * Playing the online game TianLongBaBu for an extended period of time (2 hours or more) on a system containing an ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD2400 or HD2600 no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30542
I have a X1550 AGP ...
