ATI Radeon Graphics Card Driver Catalyst 8.6 Windows XP x64

Driver Brief

Version: 8.6
Release: 06/18/08
Update: 06/19/08
License:Free Driver
File Name: 8-6_xp64_dd_ccc_enu_64784.exe
File Size: 45.94 Mb
Environment: Windows XP x64
Category:Display And Video Driver Download
Vendor:ATI Technology
Subcategory:ATI Technology Display And Video Driver Download

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ATI Radeon Radeon 9500/9550/9600/9700/9800/X300/X600/X700/X800/X850/X1050/X1300/X1550/X1600/X1650/X1800/X1900/X1950/HD 2400/HD 2600/HD 2900/HD 3100/HD 3200/HD 3400/HD/3600/HD 3850/HD 3870 Series Graphics Card Driver Catalyst 8.6 Windows XP x64. Display Driver, Catalyst Control Center, WDM Drivers.

AMD Desktop Product Family Support:

  • ATI Radeon HD 3800 series:
  • ATI Radeon HD 3600 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 3400 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 3200 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 3100 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2900 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2600 series
  • ATI Radeon HD 2400 series
  • ATI Radeon X1950 series
  • ATI Radeon X1900 series
  • ATI Radeon X1800 series
  • ATI Radeon X1650 series
  • ATI Radeon X1600 series
  • ATI Radeon X1550 series
  • ATI Radeon X1300 series
  • ATI Radeon X1050 series
  • ATI Radeon X850 series
  • ATI Radeon X800 series
  • ATI Radeon X700 series
  • ATI Radeon X600 series
  • ATI Radeon X550 series
  • ATI Radeon X300 series
  • ATI Radeon 9800 series
  • ATI Radeon 9700 series
  • ATI Radeon 9600 series
  • ATI Radeon 9550 series
  • ATI Radeon 9500 series

    AMD Multimedia Family Product Support:

  • ATI All-in-Wonder X1900 Series
  • ATI All-in-Wonder X1800 Series
  • ATI All-in-Wonder X800 Series
  • ATI All-in-Wonder X600 Series
  • ATI Theater 600
  • ATI All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition
  • ATI Theater 550 PRO
  • ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Series
  • ATI Theater 650
  • ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Series

    AMD Chipset Product Support:

  • ATI Radeon HD 3200 Series
  • ATI Radeon HD 3100 Series
  • AMD 690 Series Chipse
  • -AMD 580X Series Chipset
  • ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 Series
  • ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Series
  • ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 Series
  • ATI Radeon X1250 Series
  • ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series
  • ATI Radeon X1200 Series

    The Catalyst software suite 8.6 contains the following:

  • Radeon display driver 8.501
  • Multimedia Center 9.16 (Windows XP only)
  • HydraVision for both Windows XP and Vista
  • HydraVision Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
  • Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
  • WDM Driver Install Bundle
  • Southbridge/IXP Driver
  • Catalyst Control Center Version 8.6

    Catalyst 8.6 introduces the following new features:

  • OpenGL Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support
  • OpenGL CrossFireX (QUAD) support - 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFire mode
  • Catalyst Install enhancement - No reboot required after Catalyst upgrade install

    The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst.

  • 3DMark Vantage:10 to 15% gains across all Radeon HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with larger gains in specific cases.
  • Call of Duty 4: Performance increases across all Radeon HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with gains as large as 35% in specific maps.
  • Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases between 2 and 9% across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products
  • Company of Heroes (DX10 version): Performance increases between 4 and 10% across HD 36xx and HD 34xx products.
  • Lost Planet (DX10 version): Performance increases by 1 or 2 fps across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, creating in some cases up to 20% increase.
  • Lost Planet (DX9 version): Performance increases between 2 and 20% across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products
  • Prey OpenGL: 3-5% gains across HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.
  • Quake 4 OpenGL: Up to 8% increase across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.
  • Shadermark 2.1: Minor improvements across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with the largest gains appearing on HD 3650 (up to 9%)
  • ViewPerf 10: Substantial performance improvements across several of the sub-tests, with the largest gains in ugnx (up to 55%), catia (up to 17%) and tcvis (up to 10%) across all of the HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.

    This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

  • Call of Duty 4: Intermittent flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game with CrossFire enabled on a systems running Windows XP and containing an ATI Radeon HD 38x0 series of product.
  • Lost Planet: Switching from the game to the Windows XP desktop and then back to the game no longer results in corruption being noticed within the game.
  • The Catalyst Control Center menu option no longer fails to function when changing the skin from system skin to any other available skin.
  • Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10.
  • The ATI OpenGL driver no longer fails to be applied on systems containing an ATI Radeon 3600/3650 AGP series of product.
  • Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback windows appearing black.
  • The Rotation option is now available for the primary display device when two or more display devices are connected to the system.
  • Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback window appearing blank.
  • Connecting an HDMI display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results in the display failing to be detected as a DTV(HDMI) in the Catalyst Control Center.
  • The scaling option no longer changes from Full Screen to Centered after setting Extended desktop mode using the Quick Launch Buttons or FN+F4.
  • Intermittent flashing is no longer noticed in the right portion of the display when playing a 720p or 1080i media file when using the Windows Media Player v10.
  • Audio no longer fails when dragging the InterWinDVD or the Windows Media Player window to the extended desktop display.
  • The Windows XP operating system no longer fails to respond after completing the installation of the display driver for a second ATI Radeon HD 38x0 series of product inserted into the system.
  • CrossFire can no longer be enabled/disabled when running full screen D3D applications.
  • A warning message no longer fails to be displayed when reaching the maximum number of modes in the Predefined and Custom HDTV modes section of the Catalyst Control Center. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems.
  • Adjusting the flicker removal in the TV properties of the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in corruption being noticed.
  • The Rotation option is now available for the primary display device when two or more display devices are connected to the system.
  • Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the Asian game WOW when using certain in game options.
  • Installing two ATI Radeon HD 38x0 series of product into a system running Windows XP no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when attempting to enable CrossFire support.
  • Installing the Catalyst Control Center on a previously installed version no longer results in a warning message that the setup is installing over an earlier version, and that the previous version needs to be uninstalled before installing a more current version, resulting in the Catalyst Control Center failing to be installed 737-28513
  • Anti-Aliasing no longer becomes disabled after minimizing and restoring any OpenGL window.
  • The CrossFire tab is no longer missing when using two ATI Radeon X19x0 series of products in a system running Windows XP.
  • The display mode of 1776x1000 is now listed in both the Catalyst Control Center and the operating system's display properties.
  • Connecting a 1080p display device followed by playing h.264 interlaced content no longer results in a slight jitter and frame drops being noticed.
  • Playing an interlaced MPEG2 file no longer results in a grey hue being noticed on the bottom of the playback window.
  • Moving the WinDVD player to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback window appearing blank.
  • Moving the Realplayer to the secondary display device no longer results in the playback windows appearing black.

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