CATs 8.10 Drivers Released

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Catalyst Control Center? Fan speed control

This release of the ATI software driver version 8.54 introduces the ability for users to control the speed of the GPU fan when running in accelerated graphics.



Force Component Video Detection

This release allows users the option in Catalyst Control Center to force Component Video detection in the Display Options aspect. By selecting this option user are able to adjust the Component Video property settings (without a device being physically attached) allowing user to change format and frequency to a desired value. The selected values will be applied to the display once a component video display device get connected. The feature is applicable for all AMD products supporting Component Video.

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst? Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Some video corruption might be noticed when playing certain Blu-ray titles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38293
* Disconnecting an HDMI display device during DVD playback may result in Windows Vista failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308
* Flickering may occur on the primary display when two dual link displays are used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38295
* Playing some video file formats under Windows Media Player 11 can cause a time delay response. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38926.
* City of Villains: Flashing observed in the game when super AA is enabled in Catalyst Control Center and the resolution is at 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38301
* When desktop rotation enabled in OS:Vista Greek some text is cutoff in the default monitor.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38302
* Performing an express un-install of the display driver on some ATI Radeon HD 48x0 series devices, may intermittently result in the display device failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst? Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

* Catalyst Control Center Avivo Gamma control fails to function when playing a DVD using MS Windows Media Player or Cyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28294
* Opening Catalyst Control Center while playing back a HD/SD title with Cyberlink will cause display to go blank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38305

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst? . These include:

* Some video can become corrupt after random seek using the Cyberlink player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38297
* Enabling Catalyst Control Center AA-4x and Filter-Edge detect settings can cause some video corruption in OpenGL applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38304

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

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

* Color corruption can occur when playing some interlaced contents without having Catalyst Control Center installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38299

Release Notes.

 

[Adam8281]

hot! Do you think it's best to use manual speed now, or do you think they've also fixed the "adaptive fan speed" to be better than it was with earlier driver versions, where the fan would practically be idle, then shoot to 100% for a few seconds, then idle, then 100%, etc. Because ideally I'd like to not have to set a manual speed, but just have the fan gradually adjust as needed.

 

[dguy6789]

Yay fan control!

 

[Electric Amish]

Still busted in LOTRO when indoors and running AA = driver crash.

 

[Keysplayr]

Are the fans not automatically controlled according to GPU temperature?

 

[nerp]

Nice.

 

[Hauk]

Sweet! Just in time for my 1 gigger arriving tomorow...

 

[soybeast]

holy crap, you don't have to uninstall the old drivers OR reboot! that's friggin amazing. ati's drivers have come a long long way! (Vista 64 here btw)

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Are the fans not automatically controlled according to GPU temperature?

Yes they are, but ATI felt that less noise is better then higher temperatures, so that didn't went good with some people cases and hot rooms and of course, with overclocking. There is a good Riva Tuner guide, for better fan speeds.

Anyway, I find that manual fan control option to be a joke. You always have to set it before playing or find a suitable level that works good in both idle and gaming.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Are the fans not automatically controlled according to GPU temperature?

Yes they are, but ATI felt that less noise is better then higher temperatures, so that didn't went good with some people cases and hot rooms and of course, with overclocking. There is a good Riva Tuner guide, for better fan speeds.

Anyway, I find that manual fan control option to be a joke. You always have to set it before playing or find a suitable level that works good in both idle and gaming.

or, set it on 65%, idle at 35C and load at 45C

 

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Are the fans not automatically controlled according to GPU temperature?

yah, go figure, huh?

seems like after 20 years of making drivers and cards with fan control, they would put this on their newest top-dollar hardware.

8.6 thru 8.9 missed it, but i think it's in with 8.10 now. heheh

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Are the fans not automatically controlled according to GPU temperature?

Yes they are, but ATI felt that less noise is better then higher temperatures, so that didn't went good with some people cases and hot rooms and of course, with overclocking. There is a good Riva Tuner guide, for better fan speeds.

Anyway, I find that manual fan control option to be a joke. You always have to set it before playing or find a suitable level that works good in both idle and gaming.

or, set it on 65%, idle at 35C and load at 45C

Yup and enjoy your vacuum cleaner sound in your pc, all day long.

I used 60-70% fan speed on my card and the fan was covering all the sound from games. I had to use my speakers on high to be able to game and that is an inconvenient during the night.

 

[Bateluer]

Downloading now . . .

 

[postmortemIA]

lame, manual fan control disables auto fan control, so your fan is stuck at one speed. if you put too small percentage it is gonna overheat more in games than it would do with auto fan control.

what we really need is ability to tweak auto fan control, along with manual control... but I guess this is better than nothing.

 

[apoppin]

i didn't have trouble after Cat 8.9 was released .. fans work fine

and thankfully, i finished all my benching with Cat 8.9 and will start to redo them with 8-10

i am most looking forward to improved CF X3 scaling

 

[Hauk]

Originally posted by: apoppin
i didn't have trouble after Cat 8.9 was released .. fans work fine

and thankfully, i finished all my benching with Cat 8.9 and will start to redo them with 8-10

i am most looking forward to improved CF X3 scaling

+1 (fingers crossed)

 

[TheUnk]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
lame, manual fan control disables auto fan control, so your fan is stuck at one speed. if you put too small percentage it is gonna overheat more in games than it would do with auto fan control.

what we really need is ability to tweak auto fan control, along with manual control... but I guess this is better than nothing.

Yeah it's stuck at 1 speed until the GPU goes above 100c and then it will kick in 100% to cool it off. The manual fan control is a joke unless you are willing to put up listening to a vacuum while surfing.

All I want from it is the ability to control the minimum speed of auto fan control. If mine would idle at 31% speed instead of 27% then temp would drop about 10c and the sound increase is acceptable for me.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: videogames101

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Are the fans not automatically controlled according to GPU temperature?

Yes they are, but ATI felt that less noise is better then higher temperatures, so that didn't went good with some people cases and hot rooms and of course, with overclocking. There is a good Riva Tuner guide, for better fan speeds.

Anyway, I find that manual fan control option to be a joke. You always have to set it before playing or find a suitable level that works good in both idle and gaming.

or, set it on 65%, idle at 35C and load at 45C

Yup and enjoy your vacuum cleaner sound in your pc, all day long.

I used 60-70% fan speed on my card and the fan was covering all the sound from games. I had to use my speakers on high to be able to game and that is an inconvenient during the night.

I have all 8-fans on my Antec 1200 case at 100%, plus my nirvana cpu cooler@100%, and m psu fan, plus the 4870's fan at 65%, can you tell, I don't care about sound? I use headphones, loud, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

 

[GaiaHunter]

Good thing my fan is barely audible at 75% and under that I've too look either at the card or at the temperature control to see if its spinning or not.

While its not perfect, its a step in the right way. I'm enjoying not to be bothered with profiles anymore.

 

[QuadDamage2k]

Damn, these drivers suck for me. keep crashing all my games all the way to system restart

going back to 8.9

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: TheUnk

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
lame, manual fan control disables auto fan control, so your fan is stuck at one speed. if you put too small percentage it is gonna overheat more in games than it would do with auto fan control.

what we really need is ability to tweak auto fan control, along with manual control... but I guess this is better than nothing.

Yeah it's stuck at 1 speed until the GPU goes above 100c and then it will kick in 100% to cool it off. The manual fan control is a joke unless you are willing to put up listening to a vacuum while surfing.

All I want from it is the ability to control the minimum speed of auto fan control. If mine would idle at 31% speed instead of 27% then temp would drop about 10c and the sound increase is acceptable for me.

Yep would be nice to have an auto speed setting of your choice,anyway the 8.10s are solid for me in gaming so far, no stability issues to report.

 

[postmortemIA]

I don't think that manual fan control works properly, my temperature has been as high as 85C with setting that yields higher % than default (22%)

 

[firewolfsm]

I have a Zalman anyways, not really very useful for me. Is performance up at all?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
I have a Zalman anyways, not really very useful for me. Is performance up at all?

+1. I dont think there is any performance improvements but a few bugs fixed that is totally irrelevant to me. Hence why im still using 8.8s..

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
I have a Zalman anyways, not really very useful for me. Is performance up at all?

+1. I dont think there is any performance improvements but a few bugs fixed that is totally irrelevant to me. Hence why im still using 8.8s..

I got 3 extra fps in warhead.