ATi ha rilasciato la versione WHQL (cioe’ ufficiale e approvata) dei CATALYST
4.12. Ovviamente sono state rilasciate le versione per Windows
XP e per Windows
2000. Di questi driver sono ancora disponibili due versioni, ovvero
una con il classico Control Panel e una con il nuovo CATALYST Control Center.

Fixed in this driver:

– Half-Life 2: Playing the game on a system containing
an Athlon XP CPU no longer results in missing textures occationally being noticed

– Half-Life 2: Intermittent psychedelic patterns are no longer
seen when playing the game under Windows XP
– CounterStrike: Playing the game under Windows XP with an
ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in display corruption
being seen in the floor in de_chateau map
– Doom 3: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™
X800 XT Platinum Edition no longer results in display corruption being seen
when pressing CTRL+Alt+Delete followed by clicking Cancel
– Everquest: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI
RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition installed results in the game displaying
a black screen when setting the texture quality to high and having all radio
buttons selected
– Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: Setting the model detail
to high and change the game resolution to high no longer results in the game
failing to respond under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed

– Tron2.0: Setting the display device resolution to 1280×1024
32bpp and setting the display option for the game to 800×600 32bpp no longer
results in display corruption being seen in the game cinematics
– Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Playing the game under
Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results
in triple buffering failing when enabling the option in the CATALYST™
CONTROL CENTER
Attempting to rotate the display 90 degrees and play an OpenGL game under Windows
XP may result in the game failing to launch
Enabling clone mode along with theatre mode option under overlay no longer results
in WinDVD and the operating system failing to respond when dragging the WinDVD
window around the desktop
Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing a DVD using WinDVD and
having subtitles enabled under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series
installed
Attempting to make a change to a saved profile within the CATALYST™ CONTROL
CENTER no longer results in the Save button being greyed out
Connecting a secondary CRT and clicking the X button to close the Enable this
display window found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Advanced view, no
longer results in the window not closing
Muting the audio during the playback of full screen HDTV video under Windows
Media Center Edition no longer results in the video being paused
Angle information in the rotation modes is now correct for the CATALYST™
CONTROL CENTER
Enabling Overscan under Windows XP with an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER™ 9600 installed
no longer results in the image not being centered properly on the display device

Connecting a secondary CRT display device and extending the desktop, followed
by unplugging the secondary device and hot-plugging a DFP device no longer results
in the DFP remaining in the Additional display area when attempting to swap
devices
The Windows desktop brightness no longer dims when playing a DVD and having
an HDTV connected as the primary display device
Playing a DVD under Windows XP MCE with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT installed
no longer results in VPU Recover being activated when attempting to drag or
resize the Media Center window
An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to switch a secondary
display device back to the primary display device when using the CATALYST™
CONTROL CENTER

Performance Improvements for CATALYST™ Display Driver Version
4.12

Driver efficiency has improved considerably for both Direct3D and OpenGL.

Numerous D3D games show 2-3% gains at low resolution. The small batch size tests
in 3DMark05 show improvements as large as 15% on some products.
In OpenGL, several game titles show improvements in the lower settings. Wolfenstein
– Enemy Territory, for instance, shows gains as large as 15% in low resolution
(driver-bound) cases. Doom III performance improves 5-10% at low settings. Call
of Duty improves 5-6%.
Half-Life 2 performance also improves as much as 20% over Catalyst 4.11 in certain
sections of the game.