Download Driver For ATi Catalyst AMD64 beta

Video chip maker ATi has new Catalyst drivers released for Windows XP 64-bit systems using a Radeon or FireGL video card with an AMD64 processor. This release is spread over two downloads that together weigh just under 29MB. It first package consists of the Display Driver and takes up 12.19MB. Download number two contains the Control Panel and needs 16.56MB of your data limit. ATi also has the release notes available containing the following known issues:

Known Issues

• Running 3DLabs sample X29.exe under XP 64 AMD with an ATI FireGL X2 board installed results in the sample using Microsoft software OpenGL
• Direct 3D performance issues are noticed when running applications such as; 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark2003, Serious Sam 2, and AquaMark. under XP 64 AMD with an ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 series installed
• OpenGL performance issues are noticed when running applications such as; Serious Sam 2, and Quake 3. under XP 64 AMD with an ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 series installed
• Having the option Link Time Code Generation enabled results in an error message indicating that there is Insufficient Destination Size for Storage
• Entering the display properties and unchecking the option to Use DDC Information results in a dialog box being displayed indication Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close
• Entering S3 or S4 power state under a Windows XP64 system results in a machine check error message being displayed
• Installing the ATI software driver under Windows XP64 AMD results in the TV option tab not being displayed