ATI Catalyst Display Driver 7.8 Download

Posted at December 3, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

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Device Name	ATI Catalyst Display Driver 7.8
Category	Graphics Board
Manufacturer	ATI
File Size	36 MB
Supported OS	Windows XP

ATI Catalyst Display Driver 7.8 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:

* Star Wars knights of the Old Republic 2: Corruption is no longer seen when running the game on some members of the ATI Radeon? Xpress 1200/1250/1300 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27098
* CounterStrike Source, Day of Defeat Source, and Half-Life 2 Episode 1, Excessive fog is no longer noticed when playing these games. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28795
* The Overscan/Underscan slider bar is no longer enabled when setting display resolutions of 1280x1024 or higher on systems containing an ATI Radeon? HD 2900 XT series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28843
* Adobe After Effects 8: The application no longer fails to load on systems containing an ATI Radeon? X700 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28796
* PowerDVD6: Momentary desktop corruption is no longer noticed when minimizing the DVD playback window after stretching the playback window approximately 80%. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28797
* The system no longer becomes unresponsive and no longer requires a reboot while randomly moving Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations where the second adapter is an ATI Radeon? X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092
* A warning message indicating CrossFire? cannot be enabled because some 3D applications are running or the interconnect cable is not connected, or the motherboard has no communication channels between PCI-Express slots is no longer displayed when using a motherboard with an Intel I965 chipset. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28798
* The CrossFire? page is no longer greyed out and cannot be enabled when attempting to use a software CrossFire? configuration on a system using a motherboard with an Intel I975 chipset. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28799
* The Avivo components are now listed in the ADD/Remove Programs after installation of the display driver. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28800
* Switching HD-DVD titles during playback with hardware acceleration enabled no longer results in the playback to be blocked. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28802
* WinDVD8: Playing a DVD and changing the video setting to Hardware Acceleration mode no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28803


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
* 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
* PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeon? HD 2400 series of product may result in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511
* 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
* PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeon? HD 2400 series of product may result in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511
* 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
* Setting the display device to 1280x1024 and attempting to playback a VC1/h.264 title using the Cyberlink player may result in choppy playback. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28832
* 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

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

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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