Download Driver For ATi Linux Driver 8.30.3

ATi released new display drivers for Linux a few days ago. They have been given the version number 8.30.3 and will work for all video cards that use the Radeon 9550 or later. Support for the Radeon 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, and 9250 has been dropped since version 8.29.6 of the ATi Linux Drivers, forcing them to remain at version 8.28.8. The list of changes and outstanding issues for version 8.30.3 is as follows:

Resolved issues:

• Users with X Server X.org 7.1 can now play video using XV. The ATI AVIVO Video adapter is now present. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22852
• When failing to change the TV format the aticonfig –tv-info no longer report the failed TV format. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-23431
• Using the MPlayer to play a video file followed by dragging any window over top of the player no longer results in corruption being noticed and the video file pausing. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-23432

Known issues:

• Attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver on distributions that have updated certain 3D components outside of the stock XOrg 6.8.2 may result in the driver not initializing 3D applications properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20868
• Loading the XVideo Extension on 64-bit Xorg 6.9+ systems causes the X Server to segfault on launch with ATI Radeon X1K products. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22837
• A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059