Vista Tutorial - Latest ATI Catalyst Video Drivers

Catalyst™ 9.10 introduces the following new updates:
NOTE: See the Release Notes PDF link on the driver download page for more details on this update.


Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for all Windows OS. These include:

• The video preview in Avivo™ Video - Basic Quality page in Catalyst Control Center no longer flickers while playing SD/HD Blu-ray titles
• Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the Catalyst Control Center - TV Properties Adjustments page
• The display mode page will now refresh properly when selecting another display from drop down menu in Catalyst Control Center with two displays connected in extended mode
• "Component Video Properties" is no longer incorrectly listed under the "Quick Settings" tab under Catalyst Control Center - Basic view in extended mode
• Changes to the Avivo™ Video Presets page in Catalyst Control Center can now be applied and will not revert back to the default settings
• The "Use Application Settings" checkbox in Avivo™ Video Presets page can now be unchecked in Catalyst Control Center
• Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in Catalyst Control Center - Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot
• Switching profile settings in Avivo™ Video - Basic Quality page now functions properly in Catalyst Control Center

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:

• Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in "Riddick 2 Dark Athena" no
  
  longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations

  
  
  
• Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific
  

  HDMI displays with Tripod and Quad CrossFire enabled configurations

  
  
  
• Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and Firestream ASIC in the secondary PCIe slot
  
  
• "Combat Mission Shock Force" no longer fails after a duration of game play
  
  
• Intermittent flashing no longer visible in Windows with ViewSonic VE150m
  
  displays

Known Issues For All Windows Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under all Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• AVIVO Basic quality video preview in Catalyst Control Center may flicker while playing SD/HD Blu-ray titles with some ASICs
• Underscan/Overscan settings for TV might not be applied properly from the Catalyst Control Center - TV Properties Adjustments page
• Display mode page might not refresh when selecting another display from drop down menu in Catalyst Control Center with two displays connected in extended mode
• "Component Video Properties" may be incorrectly listed in the "Quick Settings" tab under Catalyst Control Center - Basic view in extended mode
• Corruption may be observed during Blu-ray DVD H264/VC1 content playback on some ASICs

Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

• "ANNO 1404" (also known as "Dawn of Discovery") may display black texture
  
  corruption instead of surface terrain for some ASICs

  
  
  
• A green line may be visible at the bottom when playing interlaced content
  
  
• PowerDVD might terminate abruptly when playing HD MPEG2 content in extended/clone mode
  
  
• The de-noise value in the Avivo™ Video - Advanced Quality page might not be set to proper default value after driver installation
  
  
• Corruption is observed while playing "The Witcher" video game on the ATI Radeon™ HD 58xx products
  
  

hmm...Thnx for the Link !
I hope this one solves the BSOD's in Vista X64 issue.

Could anyone know how to run CCC?

I tried to run it but it gave me CLI.blablabla cannot be initialized or some such.. I'm now at work, I could post full message when I'm home..

Hi plato,

When I install the Catalyst drivers I do not install the Catalyst Control Center. I unchecked the free game offers, clicked the Install button from "Select Installation Operations", and then dot Custom from "Installer Welcome", and unchecked CCC from the install options leaving the rest checked. There is no need for it really for me. You can adjust all of your video settings through Vista.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Well, but there is no option like setting default anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering etc. in vista as I know... I don't use CCC for resolution or gamma changes. It is for this options I want to use CCC, or ATI tray tools but both of them gave errors.

CCC gives MOM.Implementation and CLI.Implementation errors (it is about .NET I think).

ATI Tray Tools wants to install a driver when installing application, but you know about Vista x64's driver policy.. Of course it fails miserably, and it doesn't work either.

Vista x64 comes with .NET v3 but this doesn't help it seems.

BTW, there is no problem with ATI's 7.6 driver.. It works well. Only CCC creates problems.

I have had MOM errors in the past when installing the CCC but I was able to use CCC when installing 7.4 and 7.5 (have not tried 7.6 yet). I'm not exactly sure what I did that fixed the CCC errors, but here's the process I went through: Vista with latest updates. I uninstalled the previous ATI driver using the control panel. Deleted any left over ATI folders (only did this the first time, have not bothered looking for ATI folders on subsequent driver installs). Reboot. On the boot, cancel any automatic windows driver installations and just run with the low res default screen. Start the ATI driver/CCC install and accept the defaults (except I deselected the extra games sw). Works for me in Vista 64.

I got the exact same problem as you.. I have tried 7.8 and 7.4(worked for me on x86) but always the same problem. Im going to try 7.6 but i sux not beeing able to use the newest release. As far as I have seen on ATI support page there is nothing about this problem. I got Radeon 1950XT if that's of any intrest.

Edit:
7.6 didn't work for me, but now i got another error, seems like the drivers didn't install. "No ATI graphic driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Pleas install the ATI driver appropriate for your ATI hardware"..

Well, I just dont know anymore.. Befor didn't the CCC find any files and now the driver dont work insted. Anyone got an idea? cuz im all out of them!

Edit again:
Made it work with brinks way to install the drivers. I installed 7.8 just too bad I cant run CCC but the drivers work anyway. I hope someone else can learn from my trubble at least

well i can get the ccc to run but i cant watch hd tv when i upgrade it shuts the program down when i select hd channel sd is fine
it does it in mce digital tv and dntv live as soon as i roll back the driver everything is fine again very weird

cheers chinga69

Thnx for the update Shawn.

You're welcome Asky.