ATI X2600XT, video card and 64bit Windows run the other direction

[egandt]

So I got my X2600XT today to replace an old x1800XL, installed it and all was fine Video works, but when I tried to install drivers for the on board "High Definition Audio Bus", I get no drivers found. This is the same audio solution as the 2900XT so its been around for 3 driver revisions now, so why are no audio driver found! First since this card is for an HTPC I figured sub-par video performance was ok, but then to find that the built in audio solution has no drivers now I was mad.

After a bit of searching I located drivers for the Audio, but only at Realteks site (not on AMD's site). Now if a device (say an MB), as a feature then the manufacture provides drivers for what ever is built on. In the case of Sapphire and AMD this is not the case. First the manual (small that it is) that comes with the card does not talk about an audio driver anywhere, second the CDROM that comes with it does not include the required RtHDMIX.sys for Windows 64bit. On the Vista side vista finds the Audio part of the card as being realtek and then installs a driver (but this driver is missing the RtHDMIV.sys so it does not work either). Bottom line is that AMD needs to include documentation about how to setup the Audio built on all x2000 series card better and also provide a download for said driver. By the way the driver is called: HDMI_R168.exe

Now this card crashes all the time (say within 5 minutes of starting Windows XP x64 SP1). The problem occurs using purevideo MPEG2 decoders, PowerDVD 7.3 build 2911 and just performing simple explorer operations (such as copy). I thought this was due to bad hardware so I brought it into work and went to town on it in my LAB (I tested the card with the following OSes: Linux, XP, XP x64, and Vista) here is what I found:
Usng the 7.6 version of the drivers (the latest available).
Linux: there are no drivers and it was not recognized
XP: Seems to work fine (PowerDVD aceleration seems to work).
Vista: Seems to work fine (PowerDVD aceleration seems to work), MPEG2 acceleration using purevideo is broken though (know issue I think).
XP x64: crashes same as I saw at home.
(Note all 4 systems are teh same 2GB ram intel 965, core 2 duo only the OS changes).

Conclusion the x64 drivers are bad, well completely broken (they seem to be feature complete), but since I've only managed 5 minutes before a video crash I could not even test acceleration. Since 2 separate systems show the exact same problems and since 2 other OSes work fine, the problem seems to be driver related. I'm interested if anyone else has seen similar issues with this card?

In conclusion: Its kind of a mute point as if I wait on a set of 7.7 driver I will be unable to return the card, so I will have to accept that it will cost me nearly $40 dollars by the time I'm done and return the card. However I personally am much upset that AMD seems to have neglected to ship a functional and stable 64bit driver for the card, at least when the Linux driver is not ready they simply do not list it as a download option, however for x64 they have a download that appears to be completely unusable.


Always an experience testing new hardware,
ERIC

 

[Keysplayr]

If I'm not mistaken, the X2xxx series DO NOT have onboard Audio chips. Just some sort of "pass-thru". So, if you are looking to get sound out of your graphics card (if I am understanding this correctly) you are out of luck.

About the power saving: Not sure what that is about, maybe somebody else could chime in.

Does Nvidia's pure video decoder work with ATI graphics cards? Why not use ATI's AVIVO? What I'm really asking is, does NV's Pure Video work with any graphics card from a software standpoint? Or does it require hardware in the GPU to utilize it correctly?

 

[apoppin]

it sounds like you don't know exactly what you are doing

are you using the drivers off the CD?

just return the card ... the GTS is a much more powerful and expensive card
-and don't worry about the retailer ... they don't lose a thing

 

[dreddfunk]

egandt - I'd have the same questions as keys. I kind of thought of Purevideo and AVIVO as hardware + software decoder combinations. Here is a reference article on Purevideo and AVIVO from Tom's Hardware Guide: Link. What do you mean when you say that you are using Purevideo?

On the sound issue, here is what AT's review of the HD2400/2600 said:

"The higher end cards will come with an HDMI converter that includes sound, but AMD has given board partners the ability to chose whether or not to include this with lower end parts (even though all the boards will support the feature). " I wasn't aware that there was another on-GPU "high definition audio bus." Did your x1800xl have such an audio bus? Were you able to route sound through it?

So, there are a couple of things I'd check out. First, find out if your card actually has the HDMI converter that includes sound. Second, I'd go to ATI's website and download their latest drivers, regardless of the drivers that have come on the CD with your card. With such new parts, even the drivers on the CD may not have the latest patches & fixes, etc. You can uninstall your current driver, use Driver Cleaner if you prefer, and reinstall the latest Catalyst drivers.

Truthfully, I'm not completely sure what can be done about the power saving issue. It is possible that you simply have a bad card. It's also possible that the drivers haven't been installed correctly.

Cheers and good luck.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

well one of the selling points of R600 and its derivatives was the ability to process audio. im not sure if this was a pass thru where it applied post process effects or whether it basically replaces your sound card, i.e. two solutions in one.

so far, i have heard nothing about this audio processing ability for any of the R600 based boards, so the first question is... does it actually exist? does it work? is it another "whoops the PVP on the 6800's is bust"?

 

[Sable]

Errr. This is a somewhat odd post.

So I got my X2600XT today to replace an old x1800XL

Isn't an X2600XT a downgrade from an X1800XL? Or at least a sidestep.

Update 120minutes later: System crash when watching Video using Nvidia's Pure Video decoder

Eh? Coulda sworn you said X2600XT. Which would be an ATI card.

 

[dreddfunk]

otis - I think they were speaking of HDMI audio support, which all the cards have. Unfortunately, in their infinite wisdom (and I'm being sarcastic here), ATI left it up to board partners whether or not to include the actual HDMI audio converter for some of their 'low end' parts.


So there are really a couple of questions. Is this what was meant by 'audio processing' in the R600? Does the 2600XT that egandt has purchased have this converter?

I honestly don't know the answer, but I was trying to clarify some of the questions for egandt.

 

[MarcVenice]

Sounds like a ill constructed jab at ATI. By the way, I don't understand why topic titles like these are allowed? For cyring out loud, he's trying to use nvidia's pure video instead of ATI's AVIVO, on a fairly new OS, that's 64bit and has reported problems with both ATI and NVIDIA.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Sounds like a ill constructed jab at ATI. By the way, I don't understand why topic titles like these are allowed? For cyring out loud, he's trying to use nvidia's pure video instead of ATI's AVIVO, on a fairly new OS, that's 64bit and has reported problems with both ATI and NVIDIA.

i don't know ... as i said he sounds pretty clueless - because he just wanted to RANT ... not fix the problem

if he asked for help it would be a completely different story

that's why i think nvidia is for him ... he will buy a card that is 3 times more expensive ... and then complain he can't get it working with CCC and that nvidia is stupid

is there a reason i should not lock it?

 

[Keysplayr]

I'd like to hear from the OP. I would want to hear what he has to say about our comments. But, if he doesn't turn up, I'd say lock it.

 

[apoppin]

i don't think he will be back

he can always email us

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: apoppin
i don't think he will be back

he can always email us

thank-you for contacting us .... and updating and editing this thread

it is open again for comment

 

[nullpointerus]

The 7.6 drivers cause my rig to stutter horribly and then BSOD when the AVIVO deinterlacing/scaling features of the HD2900XT are used--as in MPEG2 playback. By contrast, the 7.5 drivers just do massive smearing and artifacting (except for the "Bob" setting) without the stuttering and BSOD's. This was the case on two different setups (i.e. different CPU, mobo, RAM).

So for now I would use the 7.5 drivers w/ AVIVO Quality set to "Bob" although I personally found image quality to be inferior to my 7900 GTO on stock Vista MCE settings/decoders. Or you could do a test install of XP on a clean partition w/ 7.6 drivers to see if it's a driver or hardware issue. IIRC, the 7.6 driver's video playback worked fine for me on XP 32-bit.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: nullpointerus
The 7.6 drivers cause my rig to stutter horribly and then BSOD when the AVIVO deinterlacing/scaling features of the HD2900XT are used--as in MPEG2 playback. By contrast, the 7.5 drivers just do massive smearing and artifacting (except for the "Bob" setting) without the stuttering and BSOD's. This was the case on two different setups (i.e. different CPU, mobo, RAM).

So for now I would use the 7.5 drivers w/ AVIVO Quality set to "Bob" although I personally found image quality to be inferior to my 7900 GTO on stock Vista MCE settings/decoders. Or you could do a test install of XP on a clean partition w/ 7.6 drivers to see if it's a driver or hardware issue. IIRC, the 7.6 driver's video playback worked fine for me on XP 32-bit.

The HD2600xt gpu completely (for the most part) removes vc1 & h264 (HD-DVD) processing off the cpu. The OP has a problem with a 64-bit driver. The SAPPHIRE 100208L Radeon HD 2600XT promotes HDMI with 5.1 surround sound audio thru a DVI to HDMI Adapter.

I'm not aware of the hardware, mod or workaround that allows 5.1 surround sound to be passed thru a vid card DVI connector, to a DVI to HDMI Adapter and then to an HDMI cable. Maybe somebody dreamed up a way to port surround sound thru the Analog pins on the DVI connector. You'd think we'd hear something about that . . . .

I think the Sapphire marketing department needs to talk with the Sapphire engineers.

And I think that the OP needs to enable the audio on his mobo and forget about the driver until a manufacturer puts a HDMI connector on the back of the card

 

[L00PY]

You do realize the HDMI connector has 19 pins and a DVI has 29 pins? And that the audio data is carried on the TDMS channel for which all the pins appear on both connectors? I suspect the harder part is figuring out how to transmit the CEC / side band signals.

 

[Zstream]

You do know the 7.7 drivers have been released?


New Features
This section provides information on new features introduced in this release of the Catalyst? software suite. These include:

New Catalyst? Control Center Avivo features
12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon? HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon? HD 2600 Series
New Catalyst? Control Center Avivo features
Catalyst? 7.7 releases a number of new Avivo features and enhancements which optimize video playback and display configuration. These include

-Enhanced video color pages with two new color controls1: flesh tone correction and color vibrance
-Enhanced video quality pages with easier to use deinterlacing controls and layout
-Simplified Theater Mode2 controls, layout and now supporting Windows Vista
-Enhanced quick settings for video controls (available through the basic layout in Catalyst? Control Center)
-Easy to use display scaling controls2 when outputting to display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces
(1These features are only available on the ATI Radeon? HD 2000 series using Windows Vista.)
(2These features are only available on the ATI Radeon? X1000 series and HD 2000 series)

12x and 24x Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon? HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon? HD 2600 Series
-This release of Catalyst? introduces support for 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon? HD 2900 XT, and ATI Radeon? HD 2600 Series. These new Anti-Aliasing settings are available through the new Anti-Aliasing Edge Detect Filter. Selecting 4X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter deliver the equivalent of 12X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 8X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter deliver the equivalent of 24X Anti-Aliasing.

Performance Improvements
The ATI Radeon? HD2400, HD2600 and HD2900 (single and CrossFire?) can see performance improvements of 13.2% or more in various Far Cry maps.

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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:

- Call of Juarez: Enabling AA no longer result in occasional corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28455
- Doom3: Flashing is no longer observed when loading the game, or during some of the cinematic, or during game play when Catalyst? AI is disabled, AA is set to 8x, and CrossFire? is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28460
- Lost Planet: Corruption is no longer noticed after a short time period of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28456
- Monsters.Inc: Enabling DXVA no longer results in certain scenes being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28465
- Pacific Fighters: Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling superAA. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28448
- Prey: A blank screen is no longer displayed when trying to load game if AA is set to either 4x or 8x and filter wide tent is used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28461
- Quake 3 and 4: Resuming from a standby state no longer results in the display image appearing too bright. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28437
- Quake 4: Playing the game with CrossFire? enabled no longer results in corruption being noticed after a short time of game play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28459
- Playing a DVD under the Windows Vista operating system using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the DVD failing to play when switching between display devices using the hot-key function. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24472
- The desktop shortcut to the Catalyst? Control Center no longer disappears after performing a Windows Anytime Upgrade on some hardware configurations running Vista. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27078
- Playing a DVD using the Windows Media Player and enabling subtitles no longer results in the playback of the DVD flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28417
- The button sizes found in the Catalyst? Control Center (Japanese version) are no longer displayed as different sizes than the previous versions of the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28432
- The Avivo preview video no longer appears blank when changing from extended desktop mode to single desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28433
- The SuperAA values found in the Catalyst? Control Center->All Setting->3D aspect page are no longer reset to zero when rebooting the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28434
- Catalyst? Control Center: Connecting a secondary display device no longer results in the display device failing to be selected in all of the aspect pages of the Catalyst? Control Center where the Graphics Adapter drop down menu exists. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28435
- The select a skin aspect page found in the Catalyst? Control Center is now localized for all supported languages. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28438
- Making changes to the Avivo aspect, but not applying the changes no longer results in OverDrive? becoming unlocked. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28439
- Capturing video to AVI format no longer results in the recording function failing to work. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28440
- HDMI audio stutter is no longer heard when playing MPEG clip at certain resolutions on specific HDMI device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28444
- The display resolution of 2048x1536 60Hz. is now available within the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28449
- The edges of the subtitles no longer appear transparent when playing a DVD using DVD 8.0 or Windows Media Player 11. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28450
- Playing HD DVD content followed by attempting to hot unplug a display device and then hot-plugging the same display device to a different port no longer results in the HD DVD playback failing to resume. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28451
- Catalyst? Control Center: Attempting to change the Core clock settings within the OverDrive? aspect no longer results in the new setting failing to be applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28452
- Connecting two display devices and performing a mode change no longer results in the change taking an extraordinary long time to complete. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28453
- Connecting a Lenovo 19" Wide Slim LCD display device to either an ATI Radeon? HD 2600 or 2400 and setting the display resolution to 1440x900 60Hz. no longer results in an image failing to be displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28454
- The cancel button is now translated to Chinese-Traditional within the ATI Catalyst? Install Manager. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28457
- Connecting a secondary display device and enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in the Catalyst? Control Center->Avivio Basic aspect options failing to be applied when watching a DVD using either WinDVD or PowerDVD on the secondary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28458
- Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 or 2048x1563 no longer results in line flicker being noticed when resizing the media player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28462
- Blinking video is no longer observed when using PowerDVD to playback 1080i content in the 30 FPS mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28463


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:

- Call of Duty 2: Setting the in-game resolution to 640x480 no longer results in visual static and interrupted audio during cinematic and within the menus. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28468
- Google Earth: The fog is displayed in the image no longer has a checkered effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28467
- Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide no longer exhibits missing textures on characters under some circumstances on some hardware configurations. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28471
- Enabling CrossFire? on a system containing the Radeon? HD2900 XT no longer results in an error message and CrossFire? not being enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-28188
- Launching the release notes under the Japanese or Chinese version of Windows no longer results in the release notes displaying a blank page. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26749
- Pixilated corruption is no longer observed while running the game Prey while hovering over the health packs from a distance on some hardware configurations running Win XP. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27091
- The system no longer become unresponsive when randomly moving the Video Player window from primary to extended desktop under certain hardware configurations. This issue was known to occur when the second adapter is an ATI Radeon? X1200/1250/1270 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27092
- Corruption is no longer noticed when playing certain DVD titles when hardware acceleration is enabled on ATI Radeon? HD 2900 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27624
- Connecting a TV using an S-video cable and a CRT display device using a dual VGA adapter cable no longer results in intermittent noise being observed when playing a video using the Windows Media Player or a DVD using PowerDVD. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28469
- Playing a Blu-ray or HD-DVD no longer results in corruption being noticed if several application windows are open and the application windows are dragged around the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28470
- Connecting an HDTV using the Component Video connector no longer results in a double image being noticed when pressing the ALT+Enter keys. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28473
- Jittering is no longer noticed in cinepak video playback when using the Windows Media Player and having the desktop resolution set to 1280x1024 75Hz or higher. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28474


Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on known issues associated with the ATI Catalyst?. These include:

- The default audio device may be set to ATI HD Audio after installation of the display driver for the ATI Radeon? HD2900, HD2600, and HD2400. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28483
- 3DMark06: An error message may be displayed when running the application for an extended period of time (6-8 hours or more). Further details can be found in topic number 737-28494
- City of Heroes: Attempting to play the game on a system with a dual link panel connected to it may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28495
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter: Pressing the Alt+Tab keys when playing the game may result in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28491
- Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x may result in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
- Resuming from an S3 state may result in a longer than expected time for the Windows Vista operating system to resume. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25798
- Hot-plugging a CRT to a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon? X1100/1150 series of product may result in extended desktop mode failing to be applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25801. This issue is resolved in Catalyst? 7.8
- Enabling CrossFire? followed by disconnecting and then reconnecting the CRT display device may result in duplicate video options being seen within the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27457. This issue is resolved in Catalyst? 7.8
- Catalyst? Control Center->OverDrive?: The OverDrive? setting are not retained for individual accounts. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25805
- Enabling CrossFire? followed by setting AA to 14x and AF to 16x may result in the AA showing a setting of 0x level when disabling CrossFire? and unchecking the AA option in the 3D aspect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27458. This issue is resolved in Catalyst? 7.8
- Making changes to the Color aspect found in the Catalyst? Control Center without applying the changes may result in the Reactivate ATI color controls button remaining active after the Catalyst? Control Center is closed and then re-launched. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27459. This issue is resolved in Catalyst? 7.8
- The Record function currently fails to work when using an ATI All-In-Wonder X1300 and time shifting is enabled. Further information can be found in topic number 737-22014
- A blank screen may be displayed after unchecking all the Component Video formats except when the 480i30 custom mode is applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27620
- Enabling CrossFire? followed by setting the OverDrive? clocks to their maximum settings may result in the Catalyst? Control Center failing to accurately report the requested OverDrive? values. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27621. This issue is resolved in Catalyst? 7.8
- A green or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE to ATSC mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27622
- Setting the Avivo Video De-interlacing setting to auto, motion adaptive or vector adaptive may result in certain DVDs, menu videos and some special features failing to benefit from the options. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27196
- The Enable ATI OverDrive? clocks for 3d applications may be available on non supported products such as the ATI Radeon? HD 2600 series of product. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28477
- Performing an un-install of the display drivers on a CrossFire? configured system may result in extended desktop mode becoming active resulting in all of the desktop icons failing to appear. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28478
- Catalyst? Control Center->3D->Anti-Aliasing: Unchecking the option to Use Application Setting found in the 3D aspect page when CrossFire? is enabled may result in the maximum AA setting being 6x. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28479
- Performing either a custom or express install of the display driver may result in the system failing to respond and the installation of the driver failing. This issue is known to occur when using an ATI Radeon? X1950 CrossFire? Edition product installed on in a system containing an Intel975 and nForce590. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28481
- The 3D aspect may appear blank when launching a second instance of the Catalyst? Control Center?. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28482
HDMI audio stutter may be heard when playing MPEG clip at certain resolutions on specific HDMI device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28484
- The color depth may change to 8bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire? for the first time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28485
- Connecting a TV followed by removing the display resolution of 640x480 from the mode table may result in the both the TV and LCD failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28490
- The Catalyst? Control Center version number may fail to be updated after the installation of a newer Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28493
- Dragging player window to secondary display while playing back HD content and moving it back to primary may result in blank player window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28496
- Windows Media Player: Playing a DVD in full screen mode may result in vertical bar corruption being noticed during playback. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28497


Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst?. These include:

- City of Heroes: A fatal error message may be displayed when exiting the game and attempting to launch the Catalyst? Control Center? in Advanced mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28514
- Star Wars knights of the Old Republic 2: Corruption may be seen when running the game when using an ATI Radeon? Xpress 1200/1250/1300 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28518
- Enabling CrossFire? may result in display corruption being noticed when playing a DVD or media clip using either WinDVD 7, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD 6. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22806
- Catalyst? Control Center->OverDrive?: The OverDrive? setting are not retained for individual accounts. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25805
- Connecting two display devices to an ATI Radeon? X1600 series product may result in the device manager failing to detect the secondary display device. Further information may be found in topic number 737-21266
- PowerDVD: Playing a DVD on a system containing an ATI Radeon? HD 2400 series of product may result in missing pixels being noticed on the DVD menu selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28511
- Catalyst? Control Center?: The CrossFire? aspect may inadvertently be visible while in dual adapter mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28512
- Installing the Catalyst? Control Center on a previously installed version may 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28513
- On certain products playing back VC-1 and H.264 content with display resolution set at 1360x768 or higher may result in screen flashing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28515
- On certain products, dragging player window from primary to secondary display no longer results in hardware acceleration being disabled which resulted in the CPU usage increasing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28516
- With some h.264 titles that have MPEG2 introductions; playback may switch from hardware accelerated to software once the introductory content is finished. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28517
For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care.

 

[egandt]

Yep the driver issues were solved by 7.7 in the nic of time as I had to send back the card tomorrow.

On a down note AVIO or whatever it is called does not accelerate Video (Power DVD or pureVideo) under windows x64 (but works under vista).

ERIC