I tested your checklist on
http://zero-k.info/Wiki/AtiDriverswith:
Ati 5850 Mobilty
Mobile Catalyst 11.2 + CAP 2 (11.12)
Driver vision 8.892.0.0
Win 7 / 64 bit
Tested on sandbox
-I see all shadows from land ship, sub and aircrafts.
-I see all projectiles, but I could not test the AA
because of the Sandbox.
Tested and worked: Missle,Plasma,Naplam,Heatray,EMG,
Laser, Rockets, Gauss, EMP, Lightning and Slow.
Special Things Tested: Nuke, All Big Cannons, Missle silo (all)
Metor and all Mechs.
-I see all shields and cloaks corret and from far.
-I see air jitter on jet exhausts and shields and explosions and all other special effects I know
-I see shorewaves on water
-The antialiasing is stable for me I(Typ: Box)
I suggest that somebody check if my test is valid, befor adding it to the compatibility list.
I think AMD/Ati have do something in OpenGL because Rage use it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video_game) .
I hope I could help with my test :)
Logikfreak