catalyst 11.10 released

[poohbear]

I cannot get 11.10 to install PERIOD.

It wouldn't install over 11.9, so I uninstalled 11.9, rebooted, ran Driver-sweeper, rebooted, reinstalled 11.10 - FAILED. Re-downloaded 11.10 and tried all this again...fail.

Reinstalled 11.9 right then and it went through the first time.

Sounds like an installer error in the 11.10 package.

no i believe driver sweeper cleans out some .dll files tha u need to install Cat drivers. I did that once with win7 and it totally screwed up my installation. Driver sweeper, uninstalling, and safe mode, all that nonsense was for the WinXP days. now, from AMD themselves, u just instally the driver after downloading it over the old drivers, the cat installation will automatically uninstall the old ones and do all is necessary. its 2011, installation is very simplified now and all those old school steps of uninstalling, driver sweeper, safe mode, yadda yadda totally screw up ur installtion.

 

[Dankk]

no i believe driver sweeper cleans out some .dll files tha u need to install Cat drivers. I did that once with win7 and it totally screwed up my installation. Driver sweeper, uninstalling, and safe mode, all that nonsense was for the WinXP days. now, from AMD themselves, u just instally the driver after downloading it over the old drivers, the cat installation will automatically uninstall the old ones and do all is necessary. its 2011, installation is very simplified now and all those old school steps of uninstalling, driver sweeper, safe mode, yadda yadda totally screw up ur installtion.

Speaking as someone who's constantly updated their drivers on a monthly basis for the past couple of years, doing the whole Uninstall/Driver-Sweeper/Safe-Mode ordeal: I can confidently say I've had zero problems with this method.

 

[(sic)Klown12]

Anyone know where I can re-download the 11.9 drivers? Ever since 11.10 I seem to be getting some weird audio squealing in FEAR 2 with Vsync turned off, although it might just be me.

It's probably just the game, but I'll check to make sure.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2796

 

[Obsoleet]

Speaking as someone who's constantly updated their drivers on a monthly basis for the past couple of years, doing the whole Uninstall/Driver-Sweeper/Safe-Mode ordeal: I can confidently say I've had zero problems with this method.

I do that, but I don't think it's necessary with either AMD or NV anymore. I do it for peace of mind when I'm issues with something like a beta install, and want to be sure all traces of the betas are gone.

Judging from driversweeper tho, there aren't many traces left after an uninstall. Nothing is ever left behind that would interfere from what I can tell.

 

[Mistwalker]

Speaking as someone who's constantly updated their drivers on a monthly basis for the past couple of years, doing the whole Uninstall/Driver-Sweeper/Safe-Mode ordeal: I can confidently say I've had zero problems with this method.

Seconded.

It's not a big ordeal (takes an extra 4-5 minutes once a month) and "better safe than sorry." A lot of users post problems with various driver releases and I haven't been affected by a one, so I must be doing something right...

 

[apoppin]

Seconded.

It's not a big ordeal (takes an extra 4-5 minutes once a month) and "better safe than sorry." A lot of users post problems with various driver releases and I haven't been affected by a one, so I must be doing something right...

superstitious
:whiste:

Driver sweeper can cause more issues than it is supposed to fix. i never use it. It is unnecessary in almost every case and i change drivers many times a day in some cases - dozens of times every month.

AMD and Nvidia both have their own uninstall utility included with every driver set.

So far, Cat 10-10 is a mixed performance bag. Nice improvements in some games with HD 6970 and HD 6770/5770; broken HD 6970 CF in others. My performance analysis versus 11.9 (and Geforce 286.62 with GTX 590/GTX 580 and GTX 550ti) will be up this afternoon with 22 games.

 

[Stuka87]

To those that were getting BSOD's in the 11.10pr builds (as I was also), are you still getting these with the final release? I am still using 11.09, and would like to use 11.10 since I play BF3 a lot. But constant BSOD's are not something I like.

 

[7earitup]

These drivers work fine for me - constant 40+ FPS in BF3 with mixed High/Ultra settings, no AA, max AF.

 

[Dominato3r]

This might seem like a stupid question but how do I get default settings back on overdrive? I changed the fan speed from 27% to 35%, but when I hit default it doesnt revert back to 27%. This is my first AMD card... should I just manually move it back to 27% or is there some secret way for do it properly?

 

[thelastjuju]

Is it bad that I'm still using the 9 point something drivers?

Every single game I have ever installed, even new releases work 100% perfectly.

I had a bad experience updating a video card driver once, and now I just don't fix it unless its broken.

(I'm also running XP 32 bit with a 6870 if this makes a difference)

My biggest fear is that newer drivers will interfere with the more "classic" PC titles I love to play.

 

[Red Hawk]

Wait, you're running a 6870 with drivers from 2009? That shouldn't even be possible. The 6870 didn't even exist then, so the drivers don't support it. Unless you mistyped and meant to say 5870.

If so, running 2 year old drivers isn't bad, per se, but you are missing out on optimizations for recent games that would make them run better on your hardware.

 

[Dankk]

My biggest fear is that newer drivers will interfere with the more "classic" PC titles I love to play.

That shouldn't happen.

And if it does happen for one reason or another, there are fixes for it. "Install old drivers" shouldn't be a solution for anything.

 

[thelastjuju]

Wait, you're running a 6870 with drivers from 2009? That shouldn't even be possible. The 6870 didn't even exist then, so the drivers don't support it. Unless you mistyped and meant to say 5870.

If so, running 2 year old drivers isn't bad, per se, but you are missing out on optimizations for recent games that would make them run better on your hardware.

Oh man, I totally messed that up.

I have an HTPC with the 4850 in it, and my desktop has the 6870.

The 4850 is running the 9 point somethings, the 6870 is actually at the 10.10 drivers..

I'll upgrade them in time for Skyrim at least I suppose.

 

[Stuka87]

I still get constant BSOD's during BF3 with these drivers. Once again rolled back to 1109 :/

 

[danno3]

Any attempt to play flash video regardless of browser (or standalone FLV player) resulted in a block of green instead of video and the browser/player would hang. I used the flash uninstaller and reinstalled to no avail. I was forced to disable hardware acceleration in Flash (latest 11.0.1.152 version) to solve that problem.

I also tried System Restore (Win 7x64 Pro) back 2 weeks (that's all I had) - no success.

I tried installing the latest 11.10 Catalyst driver and the problem is still there. I'm not sure when or what version or Catalyst broke Flash.