ATI Catalyst 9.3s Released

[Mem]

Link.

New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the Radeon? Display Driver. These include the following:

* ATI Catalyst? 9.3 Unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
* ATI Catalyst? 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements
* ATI Catalyst? 9.3 ? Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages
* New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK


ATI Catalyst? 9.3 Unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows
Vista

* AMD has delivered a single unified graphics driver for both Windows 7 and
* Windows Vista ? demonstrating AMD?s Windows 7 graphics driver leadership and focus on delivering a stable and robust Windows 7 experience on AMD hardware
* Delivers full WDDM 1.1 support under Windows 7 on the ATI Radeon HD 4000
* Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products
* Delivers improved gaming performance under Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista
* All future ATI Catalyst postings will deliver one single unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista


Performance Improvements
Catalyst? 9.3 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPUlimited. Some measured examples are:

* Lost Planet: Colonies gains up to 20% on 4800 series products, and up to 50% on 4600, 4500 and 4300 series products


Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

* Video combing effects no longer visible during movie playback while fast
* forwarding or rewinding Avivo Video Color Settings are now retained after resume from Sleep/Hibernate
* Overlay Theater Mode is now enabled with component video or composite video in extended modes
* Catalyst Control Center: Avivo Video Advanced Color page is no longer grayed out and preview is now functional
* OGL games now play properly with "Show Crossfire logo?" option enabled
* Rotation now works if Aero mode is turned off


Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

* Avivo Video Color Settings will now be applied in the video when played using
* PowerDVD
* FJ online game no longer changes resolution slowly in full screen mode with some ASICs
* Quake 4: Screen corruption no longer appears in CrossFire using two bridge cables with some ASICs
* Composite video no longer goes black when disabling Overlay Theater Mode using Catalyst Control Center
* Resolved issues for Open GL 3.0 "CreateContext" function
* Toggling between 3D games in full screen mode to the desktop is no longer slow when using the Alt-Tab key

 

[hclarkjr]

ahh mem 9.2 is still posted there

 

[hclarkjr]

at least for vista 64 bit for me

 

[zerogear]

Originally posted by: Mem
Link.

* ATI Catalyst? 9.3 ? Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages

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That convinced me to upgrade

 

[error8]

So they've added 20% more performance at Lost Planet something. Who cares about that now? Nobody plays Lost Planet today. It annoys me when ATi is doing this, improving performance a lot, in very old games. Why haven't they done this when the game was "important"?

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
at least for vista 64 bit for me

Just installed the 9.3s on my other PC,it's on first reboot so I give my feedback later(Vista x64 version).

Rage3D thread on 9.3s.

Btw if you got problems with Firefox try IE7/8.

 

[hclarkjr]

your original link took me to 9.2, the last link took me to the correct one. i am using IE7 BTW

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
your original link took me to 9.2, the last link took me to the correct one. i am using IE7 BTW

Weird,I just tried my original link on 2 different PCs with Firefox shows 9.3s ,anyway installed and all seems fine , still too early for real feedback .

 

[zod96]

Can't wait to try these on windows 7

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: zod96
Can't wait to try these on windows 7

Me too, i'll be trying them out tonight on my 64-bit copy of Windows 7.

 

[aggressor]

Everything with my copy of W7 64bit Build 7057 is going great with these new drivers. OpenGL games (Quake 3 and Quake Live) now perform as they should; no more 1fps!

 

[dguy6789]

9.3s working fine on Vista 64 here.

 

[CrystalBay]

Hi, I have problem with viewing a web page and using aero peak(show desktop)... I have a diagonal banding pattern (looks like god rays) on W7... It works fine if clicking to desktop ,but using the aero peak function = Banding... Can anyone else using Windows 7 confirm this...?

 

[soybeast]

all the new drivers past 8.12 I haven't been able to open CCC. Anyone else having this problem?


Radeon 4850 + Vista 64 here.

 

[habbakuk87]

DXVA is working with win xp sp2 with mpc-hc,finally.

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: soybeast
all the new drivers past 8.12 I haven't been able to open CCC. Anyone else having this problem?


Radeon 4850 + Vista 64 here.

Nope, none here. I've used 9.1, 9.2, and now these 9.3 on my Windows7 64 system and CCC opens fine for me with all of them.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: soybeast
all the new drivers past 8.12 I haven't been able to open CCC. Anyone else having this problem?


Radeon 4850 + Vista 64 here.

Nope ,I've been using monthly official builds of ATi drivers since 8.6s on my 4870 and Vista x64 combo.

Did you do a full uninstall via Control Panel/Programs and Features icon?...

 

[Bateluer]

Has anyone tested these in Fallout 3 yet? Does it still CTD constantly?

 

[ExcaliburMM]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Has anyone tested these in Fallout 3 yet? Does it still CTD constantly?

FO3 has been CTDing on me since 8.12 when I tried it and since FO3 1.0. I'm now on 9.3 and 1.4 and it still CTDs at random points.


Other than FO3, everything runs fine, XP SP3 32bit.

 

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[nestlewater]

Originally posted by: habbakuk87
DXVA is working with win xp sp2 with mpc-hc,finally.

I'm reluctant to install it, Are you sure it's working with ALL the things you watched with 8.12? Thanks for sharing.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: soybeast
all the new drivers past 8.12 I haven't been able to open CCC. Anyone else having this problem?


Radeon 4850 + Vista 64 here.

I've been pretty lazy about updating my drivers as of late. I used to update within days of each new release, but am still on 8.12. I've downloaded 9.3 so I can give those a go. But back to what you said, I'm on 8.12 and Vista 64, no problems what so ever with CCC. In fact, AMD's drivers as a whole have been perfectly trouble free for me since I made the Green -> Red switch well over a year ago now.

 

[habbakuk87]

Originally posted by: nestlewater

Originally posted by: habbakuk87
DXVA is working with win xp sp2 with mpc-hc,finally.

I'm reluctant to install it, Are you sure it's working with ALL the things you watched with 8.12? Thanks for sharing.

Yes ,all the stuff that ran fine with cat 8.12 runs fine with this one too, though all the stuff I have is encoded in AVC(h.264) I have no VC-1 videos or samples to test with.

 

[nestlewater]

Originally posted by: habbakuk87

Originally posted by: nestlewater

Originally posted by: habbakuk87
DXVA is working with win xp sp2 with mpc-hc,finally.

I'm reluctant to install it, Are you sure it's working with ALL the things you watched with 8.12? Thanks for sharing.

Yes ,all the stuff that ran fine with cat 8.12 runs fine with this one too, though all the stuff I have is encoded in AVC(h.264) I have no VC-1 videos or samples to test with.

Just installed it myself, VC-1 IS working for me. 2 x 30gb 1080p running with 25 cpu usage, opteron 144 2.9ghz

 

[bka4u2c]

I'm glad they made the 9.3 for Windows 7 64 bit too. Installed today at work and COD 4 and 5 run so much better than the beta drivers for Windows 7. When I get home I'll install on my vista 64 bit setup and see if any improvements exist.