Latest AMD Catalyst Video Driver for Windows 7

[sygnus21]

Thanks but like I said I'm not going to lose sleep over it as I like my overall settings just the way I have them set, especially my power plan.

Again the only issue I have is a slight delay when right clicking desktop items, which is not worth changing my PC settings over.

I was just curious if anyone else had this... some did some didn't.

Thanks.

 

[profdlp]

You might try shutting down non-essential processes and other start-up items to see if there is a conflict with anything. The fact that this seems to be an isolated incident might mean that it's something to do with your particular configuration.

 

[brianzion]

i have it working ok. i notice the icon disappears in the notification area if the ccc is not being viewed i use the context menu on the desktop to open ccc its quicker i have sent my findings off to AMD as a bug.

 

[Matt2488]

Anyone else having problems with games crashing with the latest driver?

I tested it in Mass Effect 2, Civilization 5, Stalker Clear Sky, and Dragon Age Origins during gameplay they all crash to a black screen randomly.

This is not the case in the 10.8 or earlier driver, because I have tested. Anyone know what could be causing this? I've got all my latest updates, except the video driver now - if you need more information on my system specs just check my profile.

Thanks.

 

[Seven Eleven]

Anyone else having problems with games crashing with the latest driver?

I tested it in Mass Effect 2, Civilization 5, Stalker Clear Sky, and Dragon Age Origins during gameplay they all crash to a black screen randomly.

This is not the case in the 10.8 or earlier driver, because I have tested. Anyone know what could be causing this? I've got all my latest updates, except the video driver now - if you need more information on my system specs just check my profile.

Thanks.

Mine works ok. Playing Mass Effect 2 every day.

Do you have Crossfire setup? Maybe that's the case.

 

[Matt2488]

Anyone else having problems with games crashing with the latest driver?

I tested it in Mass Effect 2, Civilization 5, Stalker Clear Sky, and Dragon Age Origins during gameplay they all crash to a black screen randomly.

This is not the case in the 10.8 or earlier driver, because I have tested. Anyone know what could be causing this? I've got all my latest updates, except the video driver now - if you need more information on my system specs just check my profile.

Thanks.

Mine works ok. Playing Mass Effect 2 every day.

Do you have Crossfire setup? Maybe that's the case.

Yes I have Crossfire enabled. Even if disabling Crossfire solved the issue I wouldn't want to use the latest driver version since I couldn't make use out of my second card.

I've been using ATI cards for about a year now, since then I've only had minor problems. But until recently with the new Catalyst drivers 10.8 and later, my stability has went to crap. I can't get anything to run right, with 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, or 11.1. I revert back and all my problems are solved though. I've never had this many issues when I was using Nvidia.

 

[belikexp]

Anyone else having problems with games crashing with the latest driver?

I tested it in Mass Effect 2, Civilization 5, Stalker Clear Sky, and Dragon Age Origins during gameplay they all crash to a black screen randomly.

This is not the case in the 10.8 or earlier driver, because I have tested. Anyone know what could be causing this? I've got all my latest updates, except the video driver now - if you need more information on my system specs just check my profile.

Thanks.

Mine works ok. Playing Mass Effect 2 every day.

Do you have Crossfire setup? Maybe that's the case.

Yes I have Crossfire enabled. Even if disabling Crossfire solved the issue I wouldn't want to use the latest driver version since I couldn't make use out of my second card.

I've been using ATI cards for about a year now, since then I've only had minor problems. But until recently with the new Catalyst drivers 10.8 and later, my stability has went to crap. I can't get anything to run right, with 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, or 11.1. I revert back and all my problems are solved though. I've never had this many issues when I was using Nvidia.

Grab an empty hard drive and reinstall Win 7. Don't use windows update to install drivers. Maybe there's a new bios update. Don't overclock. mAKE SURE ITS NOT A RAM PROBLEM. Make sure you have the bios set up correctly instead of using the preload setup. Then try the new ATI drivers.

Try here these guys really know their motherboards. http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/

 

[mpcrsc562]

Something I have done caused me to get frequent BSOD's -- so I cannot conclusively say that the BSOD's I was getting when I first installed 11.1 was the fault of the drivers as I stated in my last post.

That being said, I reinstalled Windows and used 11.1... No problems at all.

 

[Matt2488]

Mine works ok. Playing Mass Effect 2 every day.

Do you have Crossfire setup? Maybe that's the case.

Yes I have Crossfire enabled. Even if disabling Crossfire solved the issue I wouldn't want to use the latest driver version since I couldn't make use out of my second card.

I've been using ATI cards for about a year now, since then I've only had minor problems. But until recently with the new Catalyst drivers 10.8 and later, my stability has went to crap. I can't get anything to run right, with 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, or 11.1. I revert back and all my problems are solved though. I've never had this many issues when I was using Nvidia.

Grab an empty hard drive and reinstall Win 7. Don't use windows update to install drivers. Maybe there's a new bios update. Don't overclock. mAKE SURE ITS NOT A RAM PROBLEM. Make sure you have the bios set up correctly instead of using the preload setup. Then try the new ATI drivers.

Try here these guys really know their motherboards. GIGABYTE

Didn't work previously before I upgraded and I just did a fresh Windows 7 install last week. I download all my drivers manually.

I did a lot of testing, I tried each card out separately in each PCI-E slot just to verify my cards were still good and my expansion bays weren't damaged. I didn't notice any abnormal pixels or video artifacts, but I did not play any games. Now I have one video card in my main PCI-E slot and all my games run with our crashing.

Tomorrow I'm going to put my second card back into the other PCI-E x4 slot and bridge them together, however I will disable crossfire. IF the games continue to crash, I believe I might be suffering a power issue.

My PSU has barely enough power to support both cards, plus it's a cheaper Corsair version - not to mention I have multiple (4)120mm case fans, 2 500GB SATA drives, Quad core AMD processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, plus a water cooler and radiator.

I think I'm exceeding the maximum limit of my power supply, it says its max is "700ws" but that doesn't mean it can achieve 700ws and still continue to run efficiently.

I'm looking at a few great power supplies ATM, because I intend to upgrade my video cards at a later date and will need a much better PSU anyway.

I'm hoping it's a power issue, because I can fix it immediately, otherwise I have to do more tedious testing.

 

[Airbot]

February 15, 2011

11.2 Released.
Driver version: 8.821

Downloads
ReleaseNotes

 

[brianzion]

February 15, 2011

11.2 Released.
Driver version: 8.821

Downloads
ReleaseNotes

@airbot

thanks for posting

http://twitter.com/#!/CatalystMaker

 

[Brink]

February 15, 2011

11.2 Released.
Driver version: 8.821

Downloads
ReleaseNotes

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[Matt2488]

So what's the news on the latest driver?

I tend to stay aware from ATI updates these days until I've heard enough feedback from the community.

 

[Brink]

Hello Matt,

So far I've not had any problems with the 11.2 version on my system.

 

[Chiumiento]

I have had it since the day it came out. I have had zero problems either. Though I have honestly not ever had one problem I can think of with any of my CCC's Or the drivers or anything from ATI.

 

[Matt2488]

I have had it since the day it came out. I have had zero problems either. Though I have honestly not ever had one problem I can think of with any of my CCC's Or the drivers or anything from ATI.

I normally had minor problems some of the ATI updates. That's why I wait a week or two for community feedback and such before I update. I just started using ATI last year, I like the Catalyst control panel better than Nvidia but I had a lot less driver problems from Nvidia, however at the expense of costly video cards that perform at the same level or even below the cheaper ATI cards. I switched mainly because ATI is better bang for buck ratio.

Everything after Catalyst 10.7 has caused me some major problems, but I believe I remedied the situation, hopefully anyway.

I'll update my driver then and see how things go.

 

[bassfisher6522]

I just got it today, granted I only have a 48xx series card, I didn't see anything significant in performance. So far so good. Generally if it's buggy is shows right away.

 

[smarteyeball]

Generally if it's buggy is shows right away.

It showed for me

Over the top 10.10e installation, it disabled Crossfire.

Re-ran the installation, it black screened forcing a reset. Crossfire is back, but the Install manager is not in the unistall programs list. Great...

The flickering multi monitor bug is back and I have the 'mouse lag' issue in the top right of screens.


With my setup it's a case of 'so far, so fail'.

 

[jr26]

Appear to be working alright here so far. No install issues. Only tested BFBC2 so far tonight. Will test more tomorrow.

Remember to un-install old drivers before installing newer.

 

[BugMeister]

blimey, these 11.2 drivers are excellent..!!