ATi 32bit Catalyst 7.9 Download

Posted at May 14, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

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Device Name	ATi 32bit Catalyst 7.9
Category	Graphics Board
Manufacturer	ATI
File Size	45 MB
Supported OS	Windows XP

ATi 32bit Catalyst 7.9 Description

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:

* 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 Radeon? HD 2600 XT. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29567
* City of Heroes: Enabling CrossFire? 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 Radeon? 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 Radeon? 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
* Corruption is no longer noticed when playing wmv files with WinDVD when CrossFire? is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29566



Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst?. These include:

* City of Heroes: A fatal error message may be displayed when exiting the game and attempting to launch the Catalyst? Control Center? in Advanced mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28514
* DIRT: Launching DIRT with CrossFire? enabled may result in the game failing to launch and an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29554
* Enabling CrossFire? may result in display corruption being noticed when playing a DVD or media clip using either WinDVD 7, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD 6. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22806
* Catalyst? Control Center->OverDrive?: The OverDrive? setting are not retained for individual accounts. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25805
* Connecting two display devices to an ATI Radeon? X1600 series product may result in the device manager failing to detect the secondary display device. Further information may be found in topic number 737-21266
* On certain products playing back VC-1 and H.264 content with display resolution set at 1360x768 or higher may result in screen flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28515
* On certain products, dragging player window from primary to 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 may switch from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517
* Playing an HD Blu-ray title using Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra for Blu-ray and HD-DVD followed by open multiple windows and moving them around the desktop may result in the windows background not being re-drawn properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28831
* Installing the HDMI audio driver and the VIA audio chipset driver may 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 737-28833
* On certain products playing back VC-1 and H.264 content with display resolution set at 1360x768 or higher may result in screen flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28515
* With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 intros, playback may switch 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 may result 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

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

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