The newest Catalyst drivers are out, for those of you lucky enough to have an ATI card. The update looks to be a pretty big one, with many game-specific tweaks and fixes. For a full list of the changes, look under this here fold…
# Breed: Playing the game with the display device set to 1024x768 32bpp and AA set to 6x along with AF set to 8x and
texture preference set to high performance no longer results in the game failing to respond
# HALO: Attempting to launch the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON X800 PCI-E series installed no longer
results in the game failing to load. Further information on resolving this issue can be found at:
http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4679.html
# Joint Operation Typhoon Rising: An error message is no longer displayed when exiting the game under Windows XP with
an ATI RADEON? X700 installed. This issue occurs when the game option for Quality Performance is set to 1600x1200.
Further information on resolving this issue can be found at: http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4641.html
# Postal 2: The staircase now displays spots of red instead of becoming entirely red when a protester is killed using
a machine gun
# Roller Coaster Tycoon 3: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? 7500 series installed no longer
results in the building looking bright and appearing to flash
# Serious Sam: Playing the game under Windows XP with either an ATI RADEON? 9000, 9200, or 9250 installed no longer
results in Truform not being applied to OpenGL models
# Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The Windows XP operating system no longer randomly fails to respond when
loading multiple levels
# Will Rock: Display corruption and missing textures are no longer noticed in the game
# CATALYST 4.11 includes a memory allocation bug fix for all AGP RADEON? products with 256 of MB of memory that
significantly improves performance for applications that make intensive us of graphics memory
# Importing files that have been captured using Pinnacle Media Center into Windows Movie Maker 2 no longer results in
the Windows XP operating system failing to respond when an ATI RADEON? X300 or X600 is installed
# Display corruption is no longer seen when preview the 3D Pipes screen saver when the display device is set to
2048x1536 16bpp
# Using Windows Movie Maker 2 under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X300 or X600 installed no longer results in corrupt
colors being displayed in the preview window
# CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER: The profile manager is now functioning properly when attempting to launch games such as
Doom 3 and Quake 3
# CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER: Using the option ?Restore factory defaults? no longer modifies the previously saved Custom
view
# CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER: Changing the position of the gamma slider for display adapter 1 no longer changes the
position of the gamma slider for display adapter 2
