Download Driver For ATI Catalyst 8.5 hotfix for agp

ATI’s agp video cards suffer from problems with Catalyst 7.9 and higher. For example, users indicate that Directx games do not or hardly want to start and some video cards have difficulty achieving a score above 1.0 in the Windows Vista Experience Index. However, a hotfix was released some time ago that corrects these problems. This hotfix is ​​available for download for Windows XP and Vista, in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Below are the full release notes of the hotfix:

The information applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Display Driver 7.9 and higher
• Radeon HD3850 AGP series
• Radeon HD2600 AGP series
• Radeon HD2400 AGP series
• Radeon X1950 AGP series
• Radeon X1900 AGP series
• Radeon X1800 AGP series
• Radeon X1650 AGP series
• Radeon X1600 AGP series
• Radeon X1550 AGP series
• Radeon X1300 AGP series
• Radeon X1050 AGP series
• Radeon X850 AGP series
• Radeon X800 AGP series
• Radeon X700 AGP series
• Radeon X600 AGP series
• Radeon X550 AGP series
• Radeon X300 AGP series
• Radeon 9800 AGP series
• Radeon 9700 AGP series
• Radeon 9600 AGP series
• Radeon 9550 AGP series
• Radeon 9500 AGP series
• Windows Vista 32 bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64 bit Edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Symptoms:

• After installing Catalyst 7.9 or higher an error is received launching DirectX based games. The error indicates that Direct3D Failed to Initialize or similar.
• In Vista your Experience score will drop to 1.0.
• The DirectX Diagnostic tests will fail in both XP and Vista.

Solution:

Download Catalyst 8.5 Hotfix by clicking on the appropriate link below:
• Catalyst 8.5 Hotfix for Windows XP Professional and Home Edition
• Catalyst 8.5 Hotfix for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Catalyst 8.5 Hotfix for Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
• Catalyst 8.5 Hotfix for Windows Vista 64-bit Edition

Note: This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above.[break]