DOWNLOAD: ATI CATALYST Drivers v5.7

ATI has released a new ATI Catalyst drivers (release notes / download ~ 25.1MB) bringing them up to version 5.7. The package contains: RADEON display driver 8.152, Multimedia Center 9.08, Catalyst Control Center 5.7 (requires .NET Version 1.1 Framework), HydraVision Basic Edition 3.25.9006, Remote Wonder 3.02, WDM version 8.15 (6317) and Southbridge/IXP Driver. They claim 5-15% performance gains in 3DMark05 on some products, 25-60% gains in Half-Life 2 at 1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF, 40-60% gains in UT2004 at 1600x1200 6xAA 16xAF, 20-60% gain in Far Cry Regulator across multiple settings.

Here's a summary of the issues that have been resolved in the latest version of Catalyst. These include:

• Archlord: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 may result in intermittent display corruption being noticed on the lower portion of the display device when moving the character within the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19788
• Battlefield 2: Geometry corruption or missing textures maybe noticed when playing the game for an extended period of time under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon. X800 XT installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19709
• City of Heroes: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition may results in display corruption being notice when attempting to task-switch between the game and the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19792
• Doom3: Playing the game under Windows XP Media Center Edition may result in a noticeable performance decrease or corruption of the MCE on-screen display dialog box when lowering or muting the audio during game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19791
• Farcry: Playing the game under Windows XP SP2 with the display set to 1024x76832bpp along with AA disabled results in flashing textures being noticed when setting the game's video options to high detail. This issue is know to occur when using an ATI Radeon. 9100 or 8500 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-10089
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI Radeon 8500 installed and having Anti-Aliasing set to 2x may result in corruption being noticed in menu corruption being noticed within the game when the display resolution is set to 1024x768. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19794
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Geometry corruption may be noticed when running the mission under Windows XP and using the default setting for the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19795
• Gunz Online: Attempting to change the screen brightness within the game may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19793
• MU Online: Opening a chat window and playing the on-line game results in Hesitation being noticed when pressing the Enter key. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19541
• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time: Attempting to launch the game under Windows with an ATI Radeon X800 series installed results in an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19787
• Rainbow six3: Athena Sword: Playing the game under Windows 2000 with an ATI Radeon. X700 installed results in the game failing to retain its resolution option of 1600x1200 if you Alt-tab out of the game and then Alt-tab back to the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-535
• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter: Playing the game for approximately 5 to 10 minutes under Windows XP with the game quality set at normal/default, results in display corruption being seen in the menu. Further details can be found in topic number 737-10090
• Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Saving a game and attempting to load the saved game under Windows XP results in the preview window display a blank preview screen. Further details can be found in topic number
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Running the Dantoonie level of the game may result in hesitation being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19378
• World of Warcraft: Enabling Full-Screen Glow in the game may result in a blue screen image being displayed when walking under water. This issue is know to occur when using an ATI Radeon. 9100 or 8500 series product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19075
• World of Warcraft: Display corruption is noticed when switching between the game and the Windows desktop, when the desktop is set to 1280x1024 and the graphic preferences is set to Optimal Quality. Further details can be found in topic number
• The Apply button in the Custom settings of the Advanced mode found under the Catalyst Control Center Video standard settings is grayed out when playing a media file. Further details can be found in topic number 737-497
• Changing the DPI setting found in the General tab of the display properties to Large size (120 DPI) results in the change not taking effect when launching the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-18885
• Installing Realtek Audio/Marvel Lan driver under Windows 2000 results in the operating system failing to respond when performing the ATI driver installation. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19543
• Creating a custom hot-key for rotation currently results in the custom hot-key to become unavailable for the secondary display device when extended desktop is enabled and the display devices are set to 1280x1024. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19542
• Connecting two display devices using the DVI and CRT connectors on a system containing an ATI Xpress 200 results in the system failing to resume when entering standby state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-19538