Catalyst 10.11 driver released

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No support for 6xxx series. :hmm:

Performance Improvements:

The following performance improvements were observed with this release of AMD Catalyst 10.11:

· Battleforge™ : Performance increases up to 3% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations with anti-aliasing disabled.

· STALKER – Call of Pripyat™ benchmark: Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations

Resolved Known Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 10.11 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

* Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
* Primary display no longer blanks out intermittently during "World in Conflict™: Soviet Assault" DirectX10 gameplay with CrossFire and Dual Monitor enabled
* "Stone Giant" DirectX 11 demo no longer intermittently fails in fullscreen mode with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
* Task switching out of "Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2" and then back into the game no longer causes CrossFire to become disabled
* Wrap-around corruption is no longer visible with 120 Hz panels during some resolution changes in 120 Hz mode on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
* Enabling in-game Anti-Aliasing and utilizing Edge-Detect filters no longer causes smoother lines but blurry textures when compared to the Standard filter on some cards
* Desktop line corruption is no longer observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on some cards
* Enabling Overdrive through the Catalyst™ Control Center for single display systems no longer results in GPU clocks running at high levels in non-GPU intensive scenarios


Resolved Known Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

* Running fullscreen DirectX 9 applications/games after enabling Aero effects and rebooting no longer causes the system to randomly stop responding
* When "World of Warcraft" is launched via TriDef® 3D and hardware cursor is enabled, the mouse cursor no longer intermittently flickers and disappears
* Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display no longer causes the display to turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback


Known issues under the Windows 7 operating system
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

* Task switching to desktop and then back into "Far Cry 2" DX10 game may result in performance drop with CrossFire enabled under Multi-GPU configurations
* Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show de-interlacing lines
* Display may intermittently turn blank on launching "Enemy Territory™: Quake Wars" or during game play under Multi-GPU configurations on some cards
* With CrossFire enabled, flickering may be observed in OpenGL games when refresh rate is set to 100Hz or higher on some cards
* Desktop may dim after exiting "Mafia™ II" game on some cards
* Under multi-adapter configuration, various rotated displays in Eyefinity set up might not be retained after reboot
* Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
* Tearing corruption may be visible in specific "StarCraft II" game campaigns at low resolution settings (1024x768) on some cards
* Switching from 32-bit to 16-bit colordepth during WMV media playback may cause the video to go blank on some cards
* "Need for Speed: Shift" may intermittently display tearing corruption if races are played back-to-back without exiting the game on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
* Enabling CrossFire in "Far Cry 2" DirectX 9 may result in low performance and benchmark failing to complete on some cards
* "Tom Clancy's Endwar™" may stop responding during game cut scenes on some cards
* Enabling anti-aliasing in "StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™" may cause outline highlights to be rendered incorrectly on some cards
* Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are changed in "Metro 2033" game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
* Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all resolutions except 640x480 to go missing
* Windows Media® Center application may stop responding or system may intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2x2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode


Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista
operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

* Corruption might be visible in "Doom™ 3" and "Quake™ 4" with ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series
* All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
* Performing bezel compensation on 3x2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel group (resolutions) to go missing
* "Left 4 Dead™ 2" may fail to launch and will generate an error message when desktop is set to portrait mode on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series


Known Issues under All Windows Operating Systems
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

* Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays
* Switching the preferred display in specific Eyefinity configurations may cause the displays to become disabled
* With Super Anti-Aliasing enabled, Crossfire logo might not appear during "StarCraft® II" game launch on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

Release Notes
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/1011releasenotes.aspx

Download
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx
 

Dankk

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I can tell I have no life, because the highlight of my day is a new graphics driver update.
 

Rhezuss

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I heard the 10.10e hotfix has newer components in them andshould be used with HD 6800 series.

The 10.12 will fully support 6800 series...

It's weird though...
 

WaTaGuMp

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I heard the 10.10e hotfix has newer components in them andshould be used with HD 6800 series.

The 10.12 will fully support 6800 series...

It's weird though...

This is what Spyre is saying over at Rage3d. I am still using the 10.10c.
 

Qbah

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I can confirm the 10.11s refuse to install anything on a HD 6850. Just sitting in front of one right now. 10.10s install fine. 10.11 don't install anything. Custom installation says up-to-date driver is already installed for the display.
 

IGemini

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Wow, AMD got this driver to Microsoft for Windows Update before they released it themselves, there's a change. Got driver 8.791 maybe 2-3 days ago.
 

busydude

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Hey Silverforce, what is your response to this?

I know I might get an infraction for this, but you have left no choice.. and this is not personal.. I am pissed off about your posts in which you project your opinions as facts.

Can you atleast cut the crap from now on.....Please?

yeah that explains the low #, 10.11 gives the 6K series a huge boost. i'm surprised AMD did not made these drivers public for launch.

edit: AIBs had time to sample the cards with 10.11 and it was much faster than 10.10, to clarify.

Stop misleading the public in the future.
 
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Hey Silverforce, what is your response to this?

I know I might get an infraction for this, but you have left no choice.. and this is not personal.. I am pissed off about your posts in which you project your opinions as facts.

Can you atleast cut the crap from now on.....Please?



Stop misleading the public in the future.

Maybe you should check the drivers first.. these are older than the current betas out for a month. Come back and talk once Cayman is benchmared with new drivers.

Edit: Terry would like to tell enthusiasts to stick to the beta drivers. 10.11 is old. MS takes ages to certify. http://twitter.com/CatalystMaker
 
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Teizo

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More than likely there is no need to update for me, but is there any way I can check the driver version for AHCI, USB, and North Bridge Filter in this driver? I updated the last few times, and my mobo/chipset drivers all stayed the same. The only thing that changed was CIM version, which is moot.

If there is a way to check, I would greatly appreciate being made aware.
 

Demo24

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I guess I'll try this and see if BC2 is finally stable. 10.9's white screen crash. 10.10's random CTD. Sadly these offered good smooth performance when it does run. Previous drivers were not so smooth, but I didn't crash.
 

zerocool84

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I guess I'll try this and see if BC2 is finally stable. 10.9's white screen crash. 10.10's random CTD. Sadly these offered good smooth performance when it does run. Previous drivers were not so smooth, but I didn't crash.

I've never had any problems running BC2 at all on any drivers.
 

Demo24

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I didn't have any issues until crossfire. Doesn't seem to like it. My other games are stable and I've run stress tests on both systems. Considering 10.5's will work for hours it can only be drivers. Seen this on other boards too.
 

busydude

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Maybe you should check the drivers first.. these are older than the current betas out for a month. Come back and talk once Cayman is benchmared with new drivers. Edit: Terry would like to tell enthusiasts to stick to the beta drivers. 10.11 is old. MS takes ages to certify. http://twitter.com/CatalystMaker

Just go back to that thread I quoted and read your comments and compare it to what you have said now. It does not make any sense to me.