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Catalyst 6.11 released

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http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html

New Features
This release of Catalyst® introduces software CrossFire™ support for any combination of Radeon® X1900 and X1950 installed in a system running either the Windows XP or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system.

Performance Improvement
A performance increase is noticed in Call of Duty 2. Performance improves as much as 12.5% at 19x12 settings and as much as 10.5% at 12x10 settings on X1900 Software Crossfire configurations. Largest gains seen with 4xAA enabled.

Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.11
The following section provides a summary of the issues that are resolved in the latest release of Catalyst®. These include:

3DMark03: Running the application on a system containing a Radeon X9500/9600/9700 series of product under the Windows XP operating system no longer results in the application failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23704
PCMark05: The graphics test suite 3D pixel shader and 3D vertex shader tests no longer fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23695
Rome: Total War: Playing the game under Windows XP with a Radeon X19x0 series product install no longer results in the overview map appearing corrupted. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22821
Rush For Berlin: Setting the Shadows to Self Shadow within the games Graphics options no longer results in only half of the display being shaded when using the mouse scroll wheel to enlarging the soldier's view. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23700
Tomb Raider Legend: Enabling CrossFire no longer results in slower performance being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23448
Uber Soldier: Enabling CrossFire no longer results in the menu page of the game failing to display properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23690
Window-Eyes Professional v5.0: The display resolution no longer reverts to 640x480 4bpp after the installation of the application on a system containing an Xpress 200 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23694
Plugging a TV into s-video out connector, followed by entering to display manager and clicking detect displays no longer results in the TV failing to be detected. Further information can be found in topic number 737-23008
Using the Uninstall Utility to remove the display driver or Catalyst Control Center no longer results in portions of third party applications also being uninstalled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23277
Connecting two display devices on a system running the Windows MCE operating system and enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in display corruption being noticed when dragging and placing a window between the two display devices. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23280
The Catalyst® Control Center version number no longer differs between the Catalyst® Control Center Software Information Center and the version number listed in the Add/Remove programs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23281
Catalyst Control Center: Selecting the All Settings option found in the Video aspect page and selecting the Deinterlacing drop down menu no longer results in the menu options switching erratically between themselves when using the mouse wheel to scroll between the menu items. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23705
Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to Italian no longer results in cut-off text and non-translated information being found in both the basic and advanced views of the control center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23707
Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to Simplified Chinese no longer results in Chinese characters being inconsistent. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23708
Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to either Simplified Chinese or German no longer results in the Scaling option being missing within the 3D->All Settings option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23709
Catalyst Control Center: The Confirm Changes dialog box for the engine and memory clock settings no longer randomly pops up when selecting the CrossFire aspect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23710
Catalyst Control Center: Changing the display properties to 1600x600 or larger when clone mode is enabled and then changing the display properties to 1024x768 or lower no longer results in the Catalyst Control Center failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23711
Resuming from an S3 state and launching a DOS prompt no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when going to a full-screen DOS prompt. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23691
Un-installing the graphics driver no longer results in the desktop display flashing when installing the in-the-box software driver bundled with the Microsoft operating system until the system is rebooted a second time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23692
Catalyst® Control Center->Basic View: Enabling CrossFire™ and attempting to adjust the video brightness by adjusting between the options of Home, Office, and Theater modes no longer results in the brightness setting failing to show a difference between the three different modes. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23693
CrossFire: Connecting an Apple 30" DFP display device and enabling CrossFire no longer results in flickering being noticed when running the 3DMark 05 application. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23696
Playing a media file using the Windows Media Player version 10 no longer results in an intermittent flashing being noticed when using a Radeon X1300 or X1600 series of product installed on a system running the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23697
Intermittent rotation issues noticed with the Radeon X1900 XTX when using TV out are now resolved. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23698
Applying the 720p mode on a digital display device and setting the display resolution to 1280x720 75Hz in centered mode is now working properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23699
Display corruption is no longer noticed on the secondary display device (CRT) when having a TV connected as the primary display device to a Radeon X1300 or X1600 series (pal versions). Further details can be found in topic number 737-23701
Display corruption is no longer noticed when resuming from an S3 or S4 state when CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23702
Connecting a ViewSonic VP231wb to a Radeon X1900 series of product no longer results in the DFP panel failing to be detected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23703

Known Issues for Catalyst® Software Suite 6.11
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst®. These include:
Battlefield 2: Attempting to launch the game under Windows XP with the in-game display setting at 1920x1440 or 2048x1536 and AA set to 6x may result in the game failing to launch. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22817
Black&White 2: Slow frame rate may be noticed when playing the game under Windows XP when setting the graphics to the lowest possible settings. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23714
Neverwinter Nights: Enabling super AA and CrossFire within the Catalyst Control Center may result in display corruption being noticed within the game's main menu. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23718
Sniper Elite: Playing the game under Windows XP with a Radeon® X1600 series installed may result in texture corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22820
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->Basic View: Connecting a secondary display device and attempting to enable it, may result in the inability to enable the device when using Basic view. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23446
Intermittent display issues may be noticed when using an Apple Cinema HD 30" display device. Contact AMD Customer Care for a solution. AMD Engineering is aware of the issue and a resolve will be available in an up-coming software driver release. Further details can be found in topic number
During video playback, DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) may not be available when CrossFire mode is enabled. This will result in software mode video playback. To enable DXVA, CrossFire™ mode must be disabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23447
Catalyst® Control Center->CrossFire™: Attempting to resume from a standby state may result in the Windows XP operating system failing to respond when using a Radeon® X19x0 CrossFire™ Edition series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23713
Uninstalling the graphics drivers may result in some of the files and folder failing to be removed in the Program File folder. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23715
Catalyst Control Center: Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst Control Center may result in the text found in Catalyst Control Center being cropped. This issue is known to occur under all supported operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23716
Attempting to maximize an OpenGL application window may result in either the OpenGL window maximizing slowly or the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23717
Using PowerDVD to playback a DVD may result in the playback appearing choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23719
 
It's great that they're releasing new fixes, but...the X1950 Pro is only supported with those hacked 6.9s. Oh well. Maybe 6.12. :)
 
nice I just hope the aforementioned bug with powerdvd doesn't happen.
 
Wow software crossfire for X1900 and X1950... I wonder if there is a performance penalty versus the dongle? And I wonder if this takes away the need for a Crossfire edition master card?
 
Blue Falcon said:
Wow software crossfire for X1900 and X1950... I wonder if there is a performance penalty versus the dongle? And I wonder if this takes away the need for a Crossfire edition master card?
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That question crossed my mind, too.
 
I'm curious as well if there is a performance hit doing software vs hardware CrossFire. There is a hit on Nvidia software SLI, so I would figure there is one here too, but I would love to know how much. If it's minor (<5% maybe?) that would be pretty tasty!
 
a123456 said:
It's great that they're releasing new fixes, but...the X1950 Pro is only supported with those hacked 6.9s. Oh well. Maybe 6.12. :)
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Its kind of frustrating that they release a product and don't actually include it in any driver release.
 
a123456 said:
It's great that they're releasing new fixes, but...the X1950 Pro is only supported with those hacked 6.9s. Oh well. Maybe 6.12. :)
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Ummm are you sure? They state that X1950Pro Crossfire software is not available, but it doesn't say that this release doesn't support the X1950Pro.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_611_release_notes.html

Note it specifically says about two pages down
AMD/ATI said:
Note: The Radeon® X1650 XT is not supported in this driver release. However, AMD Customer Care can provide replacement software drivers for customers who have damaged or mis-placed their original installation CD. To obtain replacement software drivers for the Radeon® X1650 XT
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but does not say anything about not supporting the X1950Pro.
 
Maybe so, but when you go to the driver page for the 1950 series, and click on the link under Optional Downloads, it comes up with a piece saying the 1950 PRO users need to follow this other link.

I would of just thought that if the 1950 PRO was supported in 6.11 that they would mention it in the release notes, especially since they have had a page specifically for the 1950 PRO.
 
Dayvon: Yes, you were right. I just tested it out and the 6.11s at least detect the Pro, which is an improvement. I don't know if they are backwards compatible with the 6.10s for FAH, but that's a completely different issue.

It's just that last time, in the 6.10 release notes, they specifically noted that they added support for 3 cards, including the X1950XTX, so I assumed they would do the same for the 6.11 release notes. Thanks for nudging me to try them. :)

Edit: No, they don't work with FAH. It freezes the computer completely, but other 3D apps seem to work okay. So, FAH people might have to stick with 6.10 until Stanford decides to look at things.
 
I'll go ahead and try installing the 6.11s tonight as well and see if I see any problems. Hopefully ATI just forgot to list the PRO as a supported card in the release notes.
 
extremefire said:
Its kind of frustrating that they release a product and don't actually include it in any driver release.
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Actually, the 6.11's DO support the 1950pro. Just installed them 10 minutes ago. :)
 
I'll install and run 3DMark06 using my crossfire setup. I'll post the results later. (Regarding "Is there a performance hit.")
 
I read somewhere that the X1950pro is supported in single and Crossfire but cant be used in combination with another type of X19xx card for Crossfire, only another X1950pro.
 
Note: The Radeon® X1650 XT is not supported in this driver release.
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Well, that's unfortunate. Those who may have gotten one two weeks ago will end up waiting a total of six weeks for updated drivers.

So, 1950 Pro owners are stuck with 6.9, correct? There's some heavily conflicting information here.
 
I installed 6.11 last night, my card was recognized as a 1950 PRO, and BF2 played fine. If in doubt, just make a restore point so you have somewhere to go back to.
 
I probably should have edited my first post but was too lazy.

The 6.11s will recognize the 1950 Pro and install fine. The release notes just forgot to mention the added support for the 1950 Pro. It seems to work fine for games. It doesn't work at all with FAH, however, because the FAH only supports 6.5 and 6.10b right now the last time I checked.
 
Now I haven't done any conclusive tests or anything, but I believe these drivers run smoother than the 6.10's.

Ok I did some testing, I gained 4FPS in the CSS stress test. 1920x1200 details max 6xADAA 16xHQAF netted me 158FPS. Four more than my previous best of 154FPS.

It also fixed a problem I was having with the game when I played the map cs_militia with HDR on and off I got bad framerates. Now with these new drivers I don't go below 60fps with the previous settings. Also NFSC seems to run smoother too :)

I'm gonna go try out BF2142 now so I'll see how that goes. Currently playing that @ 1920x1200 2xADAA and "High" AF, all settings in game.
 
I have a brand new computer built yesterday, and I got a Sapphire X1950Pro. I have Cat 6.11s running with no problems. HDR+AA in Oblivion turned on too.
 
So far I think the new drivers suck.

This is my 3DMark06 Score with the 6.10's

6_10drivers.jpg


This is my score with the 6.11's

6_11drivers.jpg


Now, this is crossfired X1900s through the dongle.

That's a TWO HUNDRED POINT LOSS.

EDIT!

Discovered that my antivirus kicked in during that test, therefore killing the score. WHEW! Here's the score WITHOUT the antivirus running:

6_112drivers.jpg
 
Installed 6.11 lat night. My BF2 runs faster smoother, and better graphics. Only thing is when i enable my Crossfire it reboots my system. :(
 
The 6.11 drivers do not support the Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 256meg either, they say my hardware isn't detected. Only the CD provided 6.10 drivers work for it so far. Maybe this card is released early or something? I haven't seen any info on ATi's site about the X1950XTs yet.

Hmm, Sapphire has a slightly different build for download on their site. Trying it now... Nope, same thing. Won't install. Says "setup cannot detect any ATi hardware on your system" or something.
 
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