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ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.3 Vista

 

 

• ATI Catalyst Driver
  This is the backbone of the entire Catalyst software that accelerates your 2D desktop and 3D applications (using either the OpenGL or Direct3D components)

• ATI Catalyst Control Center
  This is ATI's new user interface that revolutionizes how users interact with their ATI graphics accelerator - users can very quickly setup and configure their graphics accelerator settings using the ATI Catalyst Control Center

• Hydravision (HV)
  A separate software package that allows users to more efficiently organize multiple applications across multiple displays - great for business users

• Multi-Media Center (MMC) and Remote Wonder (RW)
  Separate software package designed to provide the ultimate multi-media playback experience

* Radeon" display driver 8.522
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.8

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

* 3 Kingdom OL: Playing the Asian game with CrossFire" enabled on a system running Windows XP no longer results in texture corruption being noticed during the fight preparation menu
* Assassin's Creed: Setting all in-game options to 3 and the display resolution to 1024x768 no longer results in flashing being noticed around the character
* City of Heroes: Character stretching and double character reflection is no longer noticed when the in-game resolution is set to 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35757
* Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts: Enabling CrossFire" no longer results in the displays flashing corruption when setting the in game graphics options to off or their lowest settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35118
* Enemy Territory Quake Wars: Intermittent corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product
* Fear Perseus Mandate Demo: Launching the game on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2600 series of product no longer results in the system failing to respond
* Just Cause: Setting the in-game display resolution to 1280x1024 and all of the other game options to their maximum levels no longer results in corruption being noticed in the lower portion of the display
* Lost Planet: Task switching between the game and the Windows XP desktop no longer results in texture corruption being noticed when switching back to the game. This issue was known to occur on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 36x0 series of product
* Witcher: Enabling AA and setting the in-game options to their maximum levels no longer results in background colors being missing and the game play back being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35898
* Witcher: Game corruption is no longer noticed when setting all of the in-game options to their maximum values and having CrossFire" enabled along with AA set to 16x and AF set to 8x
* Witcher: Enabling CrossFire" on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product no longer results in game failing to respond
* Using the WinDVD player (versions 14.x, 11.10x, or 9.xx) to play VC1 video content no longer results in corruption being noticed when hardware acceleration is enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35293
* Installing the HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver no longer results in a compatibility issue being noticed and a yellow exclamation mark showing up in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35119
* Connecting a display device to the display port no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center->Advanced View detecting the display device as a Digital Panel (DVI)
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