ATI releases Catalyst™ 9.1 Display Driver

Driver : http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Changelog : 

Full OpenGL™ 3.0 support

This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides full OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support.

The following is a list of OpenGL™ 3.0 extensions added in Catalyst 9.1:

• ARB_framebuffer_object

• ARB_half_float_vertex

• ARB_texture_rg

• EXT_texture_array

• EXT_texture_integer

AMD Chipset Product Support

AMD Chipset Product Support

ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Series AMD 690 Series Chipset

ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 Series AMD 580X Series Chipset

ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1150 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 2100 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series

ATI Radeon™ X1250 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 Series

ATI Radeon™ X1200 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1250 Series

Note: When installing the Catalyst™ Vista driver for Windows Vista,

the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator

rights in order to successfully complete the installation of the Catalyst™

Vista driver.

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note 5

• EXT_transform_feedback

• NV_conditional_render

• WGL/GLX_create_context (for new 3.0 contexts)

• GLSL 1.3

• ARB_color_buffer_float

• ARB_vertex_array_object

• EXT_draw_buffers2

Resolved Issues for Windows Vista and Windows XP

Operating Systems

• “Move to Monitor” option does not work for some Open GL application

• Playing back MPEG2 files may fail to respond when task switching between

virtual desktops in extended desktop mode

• Restoring to factory default, Catalyst Control Center may become unresponsive

when multidesktop is enabled

• Catalyst Control Center: display index number are not the same as Displays

Manager in Graphics Settings

• Catalyst Control Center: Some Catalyst text labels may be missing “General

Settings Option” under Windows Traditional Chinese

• Catalyst Control Center: System may become unresponsive when uninstalling

Hydravision package with all HV aspects checked in multi adapter configurations

• Catalyst Control Center: Enabling "Enable Desktop Manager" and "Enable

Multi Desktop" will cause the following to be displayed in the Windows Task

Manager HydraDM64 and HydraMD64

• Catalyst Control Center: Preparing Help dialog window will come up in

English on other localized Windows operating systems

• About Catalyst Control Center window may display some text corruption,

when launched from the system tray

• Catalyst Control Center stops working when skin is changed to Quicksilver

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating

System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI

Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• With some ATI Radeon adapters and Windows Vista 64 systems with more

than 4 GB of system memory the display driver may fail to load and report a

code 43 error

• Some video performance playback may be noticed when using the latest version

of Pixela

• Video combing effects may be noticed during movie playback while fast forwarding

or rewinding

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note 6

• Catalyst Control Center: some screen corruption may be noticed after

enabling 1080p HDMI support and adjusting the scaling options

• Video may not fill secondary display when playing back HD 1080i content

with Overlay Theater Mode enabled

• Launching Medal Of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead game demo may result

in a system stopped working error

• Unable to extend the display to a secondary adapter until the system has been

restarted after enable/disable CrossFire™

• Reinstalling the display driver using the INF method on a multi-display (ATI

Radeon HD 3870 X2, Radeon HD 3870) system may cause the operating system

to fail

• Playing Picture-in-Picture on a DVD with PowerCinema or PowerDVD may

cause the system to halt.

• System may become unstable when mode switching during playback of

blu-ray content using WinDVD

• System becomes unresponsive exiting Windows Media Center while playing

high definition content

• DXVA2 Video Decoder DDI Test failures on R7xx ASICs on Windows Vista

Systems

• Some interlacing may be noticed when fast forwarding a DVD playback

• Catalyst Control Center: system may fail to boot after disabling CrossFire™

with dual ATI Radeon HD 48xx adapters

• System unresponsive on reboot after installing the Catalyst 8.12 driver on ATI

Radeon HD 4800 Series CrossFire™

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:

• Catalyst Control Center Runtime does not restart automatically after HydraVision

installation in Windows XP

• Catalyst Control Center: Hydravision tab is not shown in limited user

accounts for Windows XP 64 bit

• Test corruption may be noticed when display is rotated to 'Left (90 ccw)' in

resolutions greater than 1600 x 1200

• Playing back some HD MPEG2 videos will either shows black or show a

reduced Overlay Theater mode on the secondary display

• TV may fail to display an image after installing the display driver with an

HD-TV connected using DVI-HDMI adapter

• Video corruption may be noticed with some DVI monitors during a mode

switch

• On some systems the following ATI warning dialog may be displayed after a

system restore “Not enough displays to enable driver. Add another display

device and try again.

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note 7

• Unable to install SMBus driver on ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics with ATI

graphic card and integrated graphics disabled