catalyst 10.8 posted

[hclarkjr]

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_108_release_notes.pdf

 

[OCGuy]

Can someone confirm if this gets Xfire working on BF:BC2 correctly?

 

[footballrunner800]

New Features
z OpenGL ES 2.0 support
z Video Quality default options
z Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX™ configurations
z Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.8 6
Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX™
configurations

Performance has been greatly improved for users running with ATI Eyefinity on a
Quad ATI CrossFireX™ configuration

Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II

ATI Catalyst™ Control Center enabled Anti-Aliasing is now available for StarCraft
II
Catalyst™ Application Profiles
The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8:
z Singularity – CrossFire™ profile update
z Mafia 2 – CrossFire™ profile update
z Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark – new CrossFire™ profile
z Lord of the Rings Online – new CrossFire™ profile
z Aliens Vs. Predator – CrossFire™ profile update

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8:
z Far Cry 2
ƒ Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
ƒ Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
ƒ Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
z Left 4 Dead 2
ƒ Performance increases 3-5% on CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series and
CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series configurations
z Stormrise
ƒ Performance increases 5-10% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 series and ATI
Radeon™ HD 5500 series configurations

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows. These include:

z HDMI default refresh rate now appears properly as 60 Hz under HDTV in Catalyst™
Control Center


Will try these out and give feedback.

 

[lavaheadache]

hopefully these will actually work on my rig. 10.6 and 10.7 were completely unusable on my win 7, 5870 cfx rig.

 

[Alienwho]

Is there a mobile version of this? I've been using 10.7 on my desktop, but had to go back to 10.4 on my laptop to get it to work with starcraft 2.

 

[GearJunkie]

Hmmm... I'm real curious to hear if these will replace the 10.4's as the standard for BFBC2. 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7 all seem to have had some sort of issues with it.

Anxiously waiting...

 

[GearJunkie]

... still waiting ; )

 

[Skurge]

... still waiting ; )

For crossfire or for single cars too?

 

[Madcatatlas]

Is there a mobile version of this? I've been using 10.7 on my desktop, but had to go back to 10.4 on my laptop to get it to work with starcraft 2.

I belive Catalyst is now 1 driver for both mobile and desktop cards.

Not 100% sure though

 

[arredondo]

Can someone check for a fix of a bug that has been in the last few driver releases?

With ATI Overdrive turned on in CCC, the broken drivers will rev up your card's Core and Memory clocks (I have a 5770), even if you are idle. In earlier firmwares, if you are idle the current values stay very low like they are supposed to.

Did they fix that in 10.8?

 

[Sylvanas]

Hmmm... I'm real curious to hear if these will replace the 10.4's as the standard for BFBC2. 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7 all seem to have had some sort of issues with it.

Anxiously waiting...

Try them yourself?

I belive Catalyst is now 1 driver for both mobile and desktop cards.

Not 100% sure though

That is the case, but if your laptop vendor has opted out of the program then you will still have to rely on the manufacturer for updates.

Good to see more solid gains this month from ATI.

 

[Skurge]

Can someone check for a fix of a bug that has been in the last few driver releases?

With ATI Overdrive turned on in CCC, the broken drivers will rev up your card's Core and Memory clocks (I have a 5770), even if you are idle. In earlier firmwares, if you are idle the current values stay very low like they are supposed to.

Did they fix that in 10.8?

Hmmm, I installed my bros 5770 while i was still using 10.7. I just installed 10.8 and CCC seems to think its still a 4870, 750mhz, 500mhz at idle, etc

but other programs say the clocks are running as they should be, 157mhz at idle.

 

[arredondo]

With 10.7, I was getting 157/300 idle with Overdrive unchecked, and 400/1300 idle with Overdrive checked. I'm not clear from your post if that has been addressed.

 

[GearJunkie]

For crossfire or for single cars too?

I think most of the probs were related to crossfire, but I thought I remember reading about various issues for single cards, too. Related to clockspeed increases at idle, and vsync issues...

 

[zerocool84]

Can anyone confirm if these fix the Borderland issues at all? 10.7a still freezes on me and I can't even play the game for longer than a few minutes.

 

[crisium]

Starcraft II AA, but not performance optimizations? Iirc, Nvidia cards are much faster in SC2.

 

[spinejam]

tx op!

 

[arredondo]

Can someone check for a fix of a bug that has been in the last few driver releases?

With ATI Overdrive turned on in CCC, the broken drivers will rev up your card's Core and Memory clocks (I have a 5770), even if you are idle. In earlier firmwares, if you are idle the current values stay very low like they are supposed to.

Did they fix that in 10.8?

Just checked it myself, it is still broke. To 10.4 I go.

 

[Chiropteran]

Can someone check for a fix of a bug that has been in the last few driver releases?

With ATI Overdrive turned on in CCC, the broken drivers will rev up your card's Core and Memory clocks (I have a 5770), even if you are idle. In earlier firmwares, if you are idle the current values stay very low like they are supposed to.

Did they fix that in 10.8?

I have a 5850, using 10.7 that does not occur. Just testing with a mild OC 780mhz core 1050 RAM, and the GPU still idles at 400mhz.

 

[arredondo]

The core goes up to 400 regardless it seems (up from 157), but the Memory shoots up to the max custom setting while idle with all of the recent FWs, raising the temperature with it.

With FW 10.4, the core goes to 400, but at least the memory stays at 300, so the temps stay low until I do something that naturally raises it. What is your current value while idle for the memory with Overdrive checked?

 

[Cogman]

Any news on the "Crashes playing flash after sleep" bug?

 

[Chiropteran]

. What is your current value while idle for the memory with Overdrive checked?

Ah I see, RAM runs at full speed if it's OCed at all. Didn't seem to adversely affect temperatures so I didn't notice it, but I guess it is a little annoying if it's a bug.

 

[ModestGamer]

upgraded from 10.6 and I did see some in game play improves playing dirt 2 but nothing to indicate any issues with single cards. Maybe try cleaning up your OS ?

 

[lavaheadache]

what do you know.... These drivers are still broken for me using crossfire. Been borked for 3 straight months now... WTF!


Does anybody have a link to where i can voice my opinion to someone directly at ATi/AMD ?

This is complete and utter bullshit. 10.4 works fine, 10.5 works fine. 10.6, .7 and now .8 all have flickering in some games, well all the ones i have installed currently.

EDIT. For those who are wondering.... why update? because new drivers are supposed to bring improvements!

 

[AlucardX]

sounds like i'll be staying on 10.4