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AMD Catalyst Drivers is a smart choice for those that want to improve their PC performance while increasing overall stability.
AMD Catalyst Drivers includes the latest 32-bit AMD (ATI) for the graphics card and panel Catalyst Control Center.
The AMD driver provides a gain of performance in several 3D applications thus ensuring an optimal experience. The panel Catalyst Control Center provides quick access to all parameters relating to AMD hardware offering multimedia features, management and display game.
There are different versions of AMD drivers for each operating system.
The Catalyst" software suite 8.4 contains the following:
* Radeon" display driver 8.476
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.4
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:
* 3DMark05/06: A performance drop is no longer noticed when running the benchmark under Windows XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33497
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Setting the language option to any supported language other than English no longer results in the Help file for Configure and Diagnostics failing to appear. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32605
* Setting the language option to Russian for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in some text being cropped for the secondary display device in the display properties. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32663
* Setting the language option to German for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32664
* Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in some translation errors being noticed through-out the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32665
* Connecting a CRT and TV and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop no longer results in Overlay Theater Mode failing on the secondary display device when attempting to change the TV format to D/PAL. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32606
* Catalyst" Control Center->3D: AA options are no longer missing on certain system configurations. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33400
* The Apply button no longer fails to become disabled when changing the display resolution on a system with extended desktop mode enabled and the secondary display device having a different color scheme. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33401
* Setting the language option to French for the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst" Control Center. This issue may also have been experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33402
* The display device no longer displays a green image when launching the Catalyst" Control Center when PowerDVD is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33405
* The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond when switching between user profiles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33414