Creamy Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 (edited) Out now: Catalyst 7.4 for Windows XP and Vista. Most important: OpenGL-Performance for Windows Vista. There are also new Linux-Driver out. Changelog for Windows Vista: * Battlefield 2: A momentary split screen is no longer seen when launching the game with AA enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27052 * City of Heroes: Changing the display resolution to 2560x1600 or higher no longer results in the game failing to run. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25518 * Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Undrentide: Attempting to play the game under the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version) no longer results in the opening cinematic failing to play when using an LCD display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25521 * Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Under tide: Attempting to play the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon? X800/850 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in game failing to respond after playing the opening cinematic. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25512 * Quake 4: game corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system when using an ATI Radeon? 9800 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25510 * Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI: Texture corruption is no longer noticed in the terrain of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27049 * Unreal Tournament 2004: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon X1600 and running the Vista operating system no longer results in display corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27053 * OverDrive? now functions as expected under the Windows Vista operating system when running an OpenGL application. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25524 * The Reactivate ATI color controls option found in the Catalyst? Control Center->color aspect no longer remains greyed out when attempting to reactivate the option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26682 * Catalyst? Control Center: Making changes to the color depth for the first time no longer results in the color depth reverting to 8bpp. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26684 * Attempting to run TV in the Windows Vista media center no longer results in the operating system rebooting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26748 * Connecting a TV as a secondary display device no longer results in the extended desktop feature failing to be applied on the first attempt. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27055 * Catalyst? Control Center: The 60Hz option is no longer listed twice in the Display Option->3D Refresh Rate Override. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27056 * Catalyst? Control Center->Color aspect: An unhandled exception error is no longer displayed when clicking both the mouse buttons on the sliders. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27057 * Catalyst? Control Center->Video->Color Page: The Help page is now displayed when pressing F1. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27058 * Catalyst? Control Center->Basic View->3D: Setting the slider to Balanced mode followed by exiting the Catalyst? Control Center and then re-launching the Catalyst? Control Center no longer results in the slider position moving to High Performance. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27059 * Catalyst? Control Center->Basic View->Incorrect Current Setting is no longer shown in Content Viewing Selection for Component Video aspect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27060 * The product name no longer fails to be displayed when editing the custom view of the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27061 * Catalyst? Control Center->Hotkeys Manager: The option to Toggle Internal Panel Scaling modes is no longer listed when connecting a non-LCD display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27062 * The ATI OverDrive? Defaults button is now enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27063 * Multiple entries are no longer listed for some the aspects found in the Catalyst? Control Center Help contents. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27064 * The Force TV option is no longer active after deselecting the option and then re-launching the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23547 * The LCD brightness level is now be retained when resuming from an S3 or S4 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27044 * Attempting to resume from an S3 state no longer results in the display remaining blank and only the mouse cursor becoming active. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27045 * Connecting a CRT and a TV to a system containing an ATI Radeon X1200/1250 series of product no longer results in the TV going blank when changing the TV format from NTSC to PAL or visa versa. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27046 * Connecting a CRT to a system containing an ATI Radeon X1200/1250 series of product no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system may fail to respond when attempting to resume from an S3 state by pressing the power button. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27047 * The Catalyst? Control Center no longer fails to launch under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27048 * The Windows Vista operating system no longer reports and incorrect amount of shared system memory on 512MB integrated systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27050 * Performing a custom un-install of the graphics driver no longer results in the Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27051 * Connecting a TV using an S-Video cable to a system containing an ATI Radeon X1650 series of product no longer results in a blank display when attempting to resume from an S3 state. Further details can be foundDownloadport/driver.html"]Download[/url] http://www.ati.com/ Edited April 18, 2007 by Creamy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBear5587 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Oooh! Wasn't expecting this today. Many thanks for the post! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 URGHHHH! 2 Driver releases and they screw mobility users....like any of the OEMs are going to keep up. I want new drivers :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyakite Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 URGHHHH!2 Driver releases and they screw mobility users....like any of the OEMs are going to keep up. I want new drivers :( No they haven't. Use Google for crying out loud: http://ati.amd.com/online/mobilecatalyst/ That link will ask you to download the 7.4 catalyst software. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Not to forget the changelog for WinXP :) : * 3DMark03-GT3: Display corruption is no longer noticed when running the application on a system using an ATI Radeon X1650 product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27069 * Call of Duty: Setting AA to either 2 or 4x no longer results in display corruption or the Vista operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon X800/850 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25523 * Dungeon Lord: Minor and intermittent display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game with CrossFire? enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27070 * Prey: Using the mouse to maneuver around the game screen no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27077 * Tribal Trouble: Launching the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon X1900/1950 product and running Windows XP no longer results in the game failing to load and the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27076 * Choppy playback of media previews and captured files is no longer noticed in the media center and movie maker after applying WMP 11 update. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25807 * A Microsoft .NET Framework error no longer appears when switching between user accounts and or toggling between Catalyst? Control Center skins. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26746 * Making changes to the 3D-All Setting aspect no longer results in the SmoothVision slider and labels failing to be redrawn properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26747 * The response time for the Catalyst? Control Center no longer appears slow when attempting to make changes to the display devices when having both a CRT and HDTV connected and extended desktop mode enabled. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25806 * Catalyst? Control Center->3D: Setting AA to 4x and attempting to read a PDF using Adobe PDF Reader version 8.0 no longer results in corruption being noticed when setting the reader preferences to Page Display found within the Categories options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27068 Desktop brightness is now restored on the secondary display device after a full screen OpenGL game exits. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27071 * Momentary display corruption is no longer noticed when changing the color depth on a system running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon X1800 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27075 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doli Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Vista users i have a question, does "Theater mode" work for you in Clone mode? A Encoder Package now? My HDTV wonder works fine with the drivers Vista finds but ill give this a try. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkinfamous Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 No they haven't. Use Google for crying out loud:http://ati.amd.com/online/mobilecatalyst/ That link will ask you to download the 7.4 catalyst software. That's an XDDM driver. It is of no use to me. Damnit ATI! We need our ****ing Vista Mobility drivers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurchybaby Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 YES!!! please let this one give me slightly better performance in Vista. I really don't want to have to roll back to XP, too lazy to reload all that crap Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Nice! Not to forget the changelog for WinXP :) :The XP changelog use lot of "Vista" in it... :blink: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 No they haven't. Use Google for crying out loud:http://ati.amd.com/online/mobilecatalyst/ That link will ask you to download the 7.4 catalyst software. Yes those would work great *IF I were using XP I can't wait for the Mobility Mod tool to get updated....if it gets updated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doli Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Vista users i have a question, does "Theater mode" work for you in Clone mode?A Encoder Package now? My HDTV wonder works fine with the drivers Vista finds but ill give this a try. Never mind, "Theater mode" does work.Works with VLC if video output is set to DirectX video, I will try other players but WMP is a no go. I guess this has to do with Vista's display driver model. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiWanToby Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Well I think performance for these drivers are great, I notice less stuttering in F.E.A.R. Combat....and no blue screens! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted April 18, 2007 Veteran Share Posted April 18, 2007 cool downloading. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJLunacy Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 a few days after I rolled back to 7.2 these are a bit early i thought but welcomed if they fix the random issues i encountered with 7.2 and the BSOD's with 7.3 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazog Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 yes ati won't offer vista mobility drivers directly to end users. I can't wait to see all those ****ed off people who go buy dx10 laptop next month when ati launches there new mobile parts and then BAM no driver upgrades for there awsome vista dx10 laptop. Nvidia is gonna look a whole lot better. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 i didn't notice any difference in the games i play (css, hl2 and command and conquer), though i had to install the drivers twice, first time made windows xp look like windows 95 after first attempt Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qkslvr221 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 (edited) Finally, a new AVIVO converter for Vista! Will post a review of it later on. EDIT: blaah, 32-bit only :( Edited April 18, 2007 by qkslvr221 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted April 18, 2007 MVC Share Posted April 18, 2007 If any of you screwed over Nforce3 users are still hoping for a miracle (like me) in thinking someday ATI drivers might fix your Error code 43 vistsa problem, it won't be this release. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/554603-ati-catalyst-74/#findComment-588488589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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