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ATI Catalyst 4.12 drivers released today **OFFICIAL**

What`s fixed,
Fixed in this driver:

* Half-Life 2: Playing the game on a system containing an Athlon XP CPU no longer results in missing textures occationally being noticed
* Half-Life 2: Intermittent psychedelic patterns are no longer seen when playing the game under Windows XP
* CounterStrike: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X800 series installed no longer results in display corruption being seen in the floor in de_chateau map
* Doom 3: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X800 XT Platinum Edition no longer results in display corruption being seen when pressing CTRL+Alt+Delete followed by clicking Cancel
* Everquest: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X800 XT Platinum Edition installed results in the game displaying a black screen when setting the texture quality to high and having all radio buttons selected
* Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: Setting the model detail to high and change the game resolution to high no longer results in the game failing to respond under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X800 series installed
* Tron2.0: Setting the display device resolution to 1280x1024 32bpp and setting the display option for the game to 800x600 32bpp no longer results in display corruption being seen in the game cinematics
* Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X800 series installed no longer results in triple buffering failing when enabling the option in the CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER
* Attempting to rotate the display 90 degrees and play an OpenGL game under Windows XP may result in the game failing to launch
* Enabling clone mode along with theatre mode option under overlay no longer results in WinDVD and the operating system failing to respond when dragging the WinDVD window around the desktop
* Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing a DVD using WinDVD and having subtitles enabled under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON? X800 series installed
* Attempting to make a change to a saved profile within the CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the Save button being greyed out
* Connecting a secondary CRT and clicking the X button to close the Enable this display window found in the CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER Advanced view, no longer results in the window not closing
* Muting the audio during the playback of full screen HDTV video under Windows Media Center Edition no longer results in the video being paused
* Angle information in the rotation modes is now correct for the CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER
* Enabling Overscan under Windows XP with an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER? 9600 installed no longer results in the image not being centered properly on the display device
* Connecting a secondary CRT display device and extending the desktop, followed by unplugging the secondary device and hot-plugging a DFP device no longer results in the DFP remaining in the Additional display area when attempting to swap devices
* The Windows desktop brightness no longer dims when playing a DVD and having an HDTV connected as the primary display device
* Playing a DVD under Windows XP MCE with an ATI RADEON? X800 XT installed no longer results in VPU Recover being activated when attempting to drag or resize the Media Center window
* An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to switch a secondary display device back to the primary display device when using the CATALYST? CONTROL CENTER
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These drivers are excellent for HL2,fixed my problem where my refresh rate was stuck at 60Hz in HL2,yes I did set the refresh rate override in ATI control panel etc......anyway no problems to report.

🙂
 
For what its worth... i got almost 10 more fps (from 76.68 to 85.xx) in the CS:S stress test with a 9500 Pro @ 1280x960. 😕

 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Anyone know if these fix the strange Prime95 zero-CPU-usage problem that has suddenly popped up in post-4.9 Cats?
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That's weird, I don't have any such problems, and I've used the 4.9's, 4.10's and 4.11's.
 
Dunno VirtualLarry but I did see one thing in the new drivers that bother me:

They removed the WMV Acceleration checkbox from the Options Tab. At least they did in the Control Panels version of the 4.12 Cats. I wonder why? 😕
 
Really seem to have improved my performance with hl2. Will have to check out a few more levels....:beer:
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Dunno VirtualLarry but I did see one thing in the new drivers that bother me:

They removed the WMV Acceleration checkbox from the Options Tab. At least they did in the Control Panels version of the 4.12 Cats. I wonder why? 😕
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Maybe they just automatically activated it, I don't know anyone who has it off. 😕
 
Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Anyone know if these fix the strange Prime95 zero-CPU-usage problem that has suddenly popped up in post-4.9 Cats?
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That's weird, I don't have any such problems, and I've used the 4.9's, 4.10's and 4.11's.
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I was referring to this issue. Please, take a peek? Are you using an AMD or Intel CPU, and what chipset? I'm using an Athlon XP on a Via KT400/8235, and I do see the problem.

 
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
 
Originally posted by: LocutusX
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
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Weird. I ran the stress after I restarted and then uninstalled the 4.11s. Installed 4.12s and ran it. Did it again right now and I still got 85.xx fps. 😕 Heh. Maybe you're CPU limited... my 9500 Pro only gets around 4890 at 3dmark03 compared to your 7100.
 
Originally posted by: bR
Originally posted by: LocutusX
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
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Weird. I ran the stress after I restarted and then uninstalled the 4.11s. Installed 4.12s and ran it. Did it again right now and I still got 85.xx fps. 😕 Heh. Maybe you're CPU limited... my 9500 Pro only gets around 4890 at 3dmark03 compared to your 7100.
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85.xx fps? You wouldn't be using Vsynch now would you?
 
Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Originally posted by: bR
Originally posted by: LocutusX
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
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Weird. I ran the stress after I restarted and then uninstalled the 4.11s. Installed 4.12s and ran it. Did it again right now and I still got 85.xx fps. 😕 Heh. Maybe you're CPU limited... my 9500 Pro only gets around 4890 at 3dmark03 compared to your 7100.
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85.xx fps? You wouldn't be using Vsynch now would you?
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nope. 1280x960 everything on high but no AA/AF 😕
 
Originally posted by: bR
Originally posted by: LocutusX
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
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Weird. I ran the stress after I restarted and then uninstalled the 4.11s. Installed 4.12s and ran it. Did it again right now and I still got 85.xx fps. 😕 Heh. Maybe you're CPU limited... my 9500 Pro only gets around 4890 at 3dmark03 compared to your 7100.
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Actually, now I'm not 100% sure if my settings were truly identical before and after.

I say this because when I run ATI Tray Tools after 4.12final, one of the Tweak dialog boxes says that Catalyst AI is enabled and set on Low. But the Tweaks box in the Direct3D menu says that Catalyst AI is off.

In 4.12beta, both fields had the same value.

So, I'm not sure if Catalyst AI is set to the same level now as they were with 4.12beta (which was "Low", the default AI setting since that feature was introduced).

Either way, the drivers seem fine to me... I think you guys are safe to install the non-Catalyst Control Center version...

 
Originally posted by: LocutusX
Originally posted by: bR
Originally posted by: LocutusX
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
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Weird. I ran the stress after I restarted and then uninstalled the 4.11s. Installed 4.12s and ran it. Did it again right now and I still got 85.xx fps. 😕 Heh. Maybe you're CPU limited... my 9500 Pro only gets around 4890 at 3dmark03 compared to your 7100.
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Actually, now I'm not 100% sure if my settings were truly identical before and after.

I say this because when I run ATI Tray Tools after 4.12final, one of the Tweak dialog boxes says that Catalyst AI is enabled and set on Low. But the Tweaks box in the Direct3D menu says that Catalyst AI is off.

In 4.12beta, both fields had the same value.

So, I'm not sure if Catalyst AI is set to the same level now as they were with 4.12beta (which was "Low", the default AI setting since that feature was introduced).

Either way, the drivers seem fine to me... I think you guys are safe to install the non-Catalyst Control Center version...
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Hmmm... I don't use the one with CCC... I tried it when it first came out and it made my computer jerky. I don't if they've worked out the bugs yet... 😱
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Anyone know if these fix the strange Prime95 zero-CPU-usage problem that has suddenly popped up in post-4.9 Cats?
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That's weird, I don't have any such problems, and I've used the 4.9's, 4.10's and 4.11's.
Click to expand...

I was referring to this issue. Please, take a peek? Are you using an AMD or Intel CPU, and what chipset? I'm using an Athlon XP on a Via KT400/8235, and I do see the problem.
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Hmm, I don't seem to have anything of the sort, nor that weird HD problem where you say it sounds like it's searching like mad.

I'm on a P4 with HT on an IC7 (875P chipset) with a gig of dual channel DDR and a 74GB Raptor.

When I open one instance of Prime95 it's right where it should be: ~51% CPU usage. When I open two, it maxes out at 100%, just like it should.

Could it possibly be a probem with VIA chipsets?
 
Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Hmm, I don't seem to have anything of the sort, nor that weird HD problem where you say it sounds like it's searching like mad.

I'm on a P4 with HT on an IC7 (875P chipset) with a gig of dual channel DDR and a 74GB Raptor.

When I open one instance of Prime95 it's right where it should be: ~51% CPU usage. When I open two, it maxes out at 100%, just like it should.

Could it possibly be a probem with VIA chipsets?
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no this happened to me too (865PE). happened well after I installed official 4.11 drivers so I don't think they are to blame. It was just like one day (actually Thanksgiving) Prime95 stopped working. Had 0% cpu and didn't calculate. I uninstalled it but haven't retried it.. I think it may be non-ATI related.

 
Originally posted by: LocutusX
The Visual Stress Test in CSS went up by 2 fps. I did not change a single setting in my computer or in CSS (other than upgrading the driver from 4.12beta to 4.12final). ATI CP settings were left at the same values.
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Mine went up 11 fps without changing settings.
 
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