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還在用 Windows XP 32-bit 的老電腦,想玩遊戲或看影片卻發現畫面卡頓、顏色怪異,甚至有些程式一開就當機。你心裡知道問題可能出在顯示卡驅動程式,但打開裝置管理員看到「標準 VGA 圖形介面卡」,又不知道該去哪裡找對應的驅動。明明顯示卡是 AMD Radeon 系列,官網卻只放最新系統的驅動,下載回來安裝時直接跳出「不支援此作業系統」。

一般人遇到這種狀況,會先試 Windows 內建的自動更新,但 XP 早已停止支援,更新服務形同虛設。手動去裝置管理員更新驅動,系統往往回覆「已是最新」,實際上用的還是微軟陽春的通用驅動,3D 加速、HDMI 音訊、多螢幕輸出全都無法啟用。這類驅動工具的存在,就是為了補上這個缺口——讓舊系統能完整發揮顯示卡硬體功能,而不是只能顯示桌面而已。

01AMD Catalyst Drivers (XP 32-bit) 到底是做什麼用的?

這是 AMD 官方為 Radeon 顯示卡在 Windows XP 32-bit 系統上設計的驅動程式套件。安裝後,系統才能正確辨識顯示卡型號,啟用 DirectX 與 OpenGL 的硬體加速,讓遊戲、多媒體播放、繪圖軟體能呼叫 GPU 的運算能力。沒有它,顯示卡就只是個能輸出畫面的零件,3D 效能完全無法發揮。

02裝了這套驅動之後,我能多用到哪些功能?

根據官方說明,它提供多螢幕輸出設定、3D 畫質調整(反鋸齒、紋理過濾、紋理品質)、D-Sub 與 HDMI 連接設定、透過 HDMI 傳輸聲音、顯示卡溫度與風扇轉速監測,以及內建的 GPU 超頻工具。這些功能在未安裝驅動的狀態下都無法使用,特別是 HDMI 音訊,沒裝驅動就只會是靜音。

03我主要是玩遊戲,裝這個驅動對遊戲效能有幫助嗎?

有幫助。遊戲普遍透過 DirectX 或 OpenGL 與顯示卡溝通,而這套驅動正是負責讓這些 API 能完整存取 Radeon 顯示卡的運算資源。沒有正確的驅動,遊戲可能無法啟動、貼圖錯誤或嚴重掉幀。安裝後,系統才能將遊戲的繪圖指令正確交給 GPU 處理,效能才會恢復到顯示卡原本應有的水準。

04安裝過程會不會很複雜?我對電腦不熟。

官方說明指出,這套驅動採用精靈引導式安裝,照著步驟點下一步就能完成。安裝前建議先移除舊的顯示卡驅動,避免版本衝突。安裝完畢後重新開機,系統就會以新的驅動運作。整個過程不需要手動修改任何設定檔,對不熟悉電腦操作的人來說,門檻不高。

05它除了玩遊戲,對一般使用或看影片也有幫助嗎?

有。多媒體播放時,影片解碼與畫面輸出都需要 GPU 參與,正確的驅動能確保影片播放流暢、色彩正常。對一般使用者來說,穩定的驅動也代表桌面操作不會突然畫面凍結或出現雜訊。官方說明中特別提到,這套驅動能讓一般使用者、多媒體愛好者、遊戲玩家與專業設計師都能獲得各自需要的穩定性與功能。

06我還在用 XP 32-bit 的老電腦,適合裝這個驅動嗎?

如果你的顯示卡是 AMD Radeon 系列,而且系統是 Windows XP 32-bit,那這套驅動就是針對你的環境設計的。它收錄的版本從 2005 年到 2014 年,涵蓋多個世代的 Radeon 顯示卡,老電腦使用者可以在版本紀錄中找到對應自己顯示卡的驅動。安裝前先確認顯示卡型號,再挑選合適的版本即可。

07我電腦只是拿來上網和看影片,顯示也正常,還需要裝嗎?

如果目前畫面輸出正常、影片播放沒有問題,不裝也可以。但要注意,未安裝官方驅動時,系統用的是微軟通用驅動,HDMI 音訊輸出、多螢幕延伸、硬體加速等功能可能無法使用。如果你不需要這些功能,維持現狀不會有立即的危險;若日後遇到影片卡頓或畫面異常,再回頭安裝這套驅動即可。

08我的系統是 Windows 10,可以裝這個 XP 版本的驅動嗎?

不行。這套驅動明確標示支援 Windows XP 32-bit,不適用於 Windows 10。微軟的作業系統架構差異很大,舊版驅動在 Windows 10 上安裝可能會失敗,甚至造成系統不穩定。Windows 10 使用者應該尋找對應 Windows 10 的 AMD Catalyst 驅動版本,而不是使用這個 XP 專用版本。

09這個驅動很久沒更新了,裝了會不會有安全疑慮?

根據版本紀錄,這個驅動系列最後一次更新停在 2014 年,之後就沒有新版本釋出。這代表它不會再獲得任何修補或功能更新。Windows XP 本身也早已停止支援,系統漏洞不會再被修補。如果你只是離線使用或安裝在沒有連接網路的舊機器上,風險相對可控;若會連網使用,整體安全性需要自行評估。

10我的顯示卡是 NVIDIA 的,可以裝這個驅動嗎?

不行。這套驅動是 AMD 為自家 Radeon 顯示卡設計的,無法用在 NVIDIA 顯示卡上。NVIDIA 顯示卡在 XP 32-bit 系統上應該使用 NVIDIA Forceware 驅動,兩者不能互通。安裝前請先確認顯示卡品牌,裝錯驅動不僅無法啟用功能,還可能導致系統顯示異常。

11我的系統是 64 位元的 XP,可以裝這個 32-bit 版本嗎?

不行。這套驅動明確標示為 32-bit 版本,不支援 64 位元系統。64 位元的 XP 需要安裝對應的 64-bit 驅動版本,兩者的核心架構不同,混用會導致驅動無法載入。請先確認系統位元數,再選擇相符的驅動版本,避免安裝過程中出現錯誤訊息。

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What's new in this version:

This release of Catalyst® will provide software support for the following new ATI products:
- ATI Radeon® X1650 Pro
- ATI Radeon® 1950 XTX
- ATI Radeon® X1300 XT

New features
- HDR + Anti-Aliasing support for The Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Users no longer need to download and install the Chuck patch - the Direct3D driver now includes native support for High Dynamic Range and Anti-Aliasing with The Elder Scrolls Oblivion.
Performance Improvement
- As with most Catalyst® releases, performance has increased in various situations. In this release of Catalyst® Intel 965 Crossfire performance increases due to improvements of the Crossfire D3D driver in handling large vertex meshes. Gains of 6.7-15.8% can be seen in 3DMark2006, 9.7-10.5% in 3DMark2005 and 3DMark2003 performance improves as much as 7.1%.

Fixes
- 3DMark2006: Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 and AA to either 4x or 6x no longer results in display corruption being noticed when running the HDR1 test. This issue was known to occur on certain specific systems only. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23443
- Anarchy-Online: Screen corruption is no longer noticed when walking or running through the terrain. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22016
- Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods: Intermittent display corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game in a system containing an ATI Radeon® X1900 series and running the Windows MCE operating system when setting the graphics options within the game to high details. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23275
- Commandos Strike Force: Enabling CrossFire" and playing the game no longer results in display corruption being noticed when using an Intel 965 motherboard. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23444
- Godfather: Task switching between the game and the windows desktop no longer results in display corruption being noticed when playing the game at a display resolution of 1600x1200 (or higher) when having the in-game video options set to optimal quality. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23440
- Serious Sam 2: Playing the game on a system running the Windows MCE operating system and containing an ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire" Edition product no longer results in the operating system rebooting after approximately 20 minutes of game play when playing the game in a high setting windowed mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23445
- World of Warcraft: Playing the game for an extended period of time no longer results in the game failing to respond when using a Radeon® X800. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22632
- Catalyst® Control Center: Setting new clock values no longer results in the confirm changes dialog box failing to be displayed and clicking on cancel option may result in the new values still being applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23278
- Setting the display properties to prompt for a restart of the system when making a display resolution change, no longer results in the selected display resolution not being applied when clicking yes to restart the computer for the changes to take effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23279
- Connecting a CRT to a system containing an ATI Xpress 1150 series product followed by enabling extended desktop mode, no longer results in the both the LCD and the CRT failing to resume when attempting to resume from a standby state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23434
- The LCD Panel Setting no longer becomes Use centered timings when resuming from suspend mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23435
- Display corruption is no longer noticed when switching between normal screen and full screen mode when viewing either a video or a picture slide show under the Windows Media Center Edition operating system using the Media Center application. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23436
- Installing the Catalyst® software driver on a system running the Windows XP Japanese version operating system no longer results in the .NET Framework version requirement dialog box being displayed in English. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23253
- Setting the display resolution to 1400x1080 on a system running the Windows XP operating system and containing an ATI Xpress 200 series product, no longer results in the display appearing jagged. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23437
- Playing a DVD using WinDVD no longer results in display corruption being noticed within the player when resizing the player window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23256
- The ATI VPU Recover functionality no longer fails when using an ATI Radeon® X1900 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23438
- Catalyst® Control Center: Clicking the Enable ATI Overdrive clocks for 3D application only button followed by selecting the Preserve ATI Overdrive Settings at log on no longer results in a VPU recover event occurring when running the Automated Clock Configuration Utility. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23439
- CrossFire": Enabling Wait for Vsync within the Catalyst® Control Center no longer results in display corruption being noticed within the 3D->Anti-aliasing aspect page when setting the pre-view to full-screen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23441
- Catalyst® Control Center: Connecting a CRT and a TV to an ATI Radeon® X800 series of products no longer results in the display mode for the CRT being incorrect when selecting to swap the display devices and then cancelling the selection. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23442