Catalyst 9.8 Drivers x32/x64 - Leaked

[Captain Zero]

May I present to you (an otherwise, most excellent find, if you ignore the nay-sayer below) the Catalyst WHQL ATI 9.8 drivers in both x32 and x64 flavors. These feature great support for newer (and older games) and a much-needed interface improvement for the Catalyst Control Center. Enjoy.

Downloads:

Vista/Win7 Catalyst 9.8 x32

Vista/Win7 Catalyst 9.8 x64

WinXP Catalyst 9.8 x32

Installation Report:

Catalyst® Install Manager
Installation Report
08/16/09  19:44:45

Hardware information
NameATI  Radeon Graphics ProcessorManufacturerATI  Technologies IncDevice ID0x9441Vendor  ID0x1002Class Code0x030000Revision  ID0x00Subsystem ID0x2542Subsystem  vendor ID0x1002[URL="file:///C:/Program%20Files/ATI/CIM/Reports/Report.xml#otherdev"]Other  hardware[/URL]Existing  packagesCatalyst  Control CenterATI Catalyst Install ManagerATI  Display DriverHDMI Audio DriverAVIVOMicrosoft  Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable[B]Packages  for install[/B]
Catalyst Control CenterFinal Status:SuccessVersion  of Item:2009.0714.2132.36830Size:150  MbytesATI Catalyst Install ManagerFinal  Status:SuccessVersion of Item:3.0.736.0Size:20  MbytesATI Display DriverFinal Status:SuccessVersion  of Item:8.640.0.0000Size:90 MbytesHDMI  Audio DriverFinal  Status:SuccessVersion of Item:5.00.7000.05Size:1  Mbytes
[B]Other detected devices[/B]
ManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice  ID0xaa30Vendor ID0x1002Class  Code0x040300Revision ID0x00Subsystem  ID0xaa30Subsystem vendor ID0x1002ATI Radeon Graphics Processor
ManufacturerATI  Technologies IncDevice ID0x9441Vendor  ID0x1002Class Code0x038000Revision  ID0x00Subsystem ID0x2042Subsystem  vendor ID0x1002
[B]Error messages[/B]

 

[Antman]

These are not leaked, and they are not exclusive. And this post is late.

But thank you for an almost excellent find.

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/21065-ati-catalyst-9-8-a.html

 

[smarteyeball]

These are not leaked, and they are not exclusive. And this post is late.

But thank you for an almost excellent find.

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/21065-ati-catalyst-9-8-a.html

So too was that

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...atalyst-driver-windows-7-a-50.html#post224303

At any rate, they appear to be quite a good driver release.

P.S The new interface was released with Cat 9.7

 

[eli2k]

Going to wait a week to let them work out the kinks in the drivers =)

How did you guys install the new GPU drivers, just execute the EXE and let it do its job? I remember in the past there's always the uninstall the old drivers and the software fully, reboot, then reinstall the new drivers.

 

[smarteyeball]

Going to wait a week to let them work out the kinks in the drivers =)

How did you guys install the new GPU drivers, just execute the EXE and let it do its job? I remember in the past there's always the uninstall the old drivers and the software fully, reboot, then reinstall the new drivers.

You have to wait at least until a new Cat release for any kinks to be seriously worked out - even then it might take a few releases

Everybody's experience varies with installing Cat drivers. Sometimes it's as straight forward as installing straight over the top without uninstalling the previous drivers first.

If that doesn't work, then uninstalling/cleaning before installation is the next best method.

This release installed straight over the top for me. With other releases I've had to brute force the entire process.