Latest AMD Catalyst Video Driver for Windows 7

[skunksmash]

Do they fix the wonky 2nd card issue?

the what...????

You know, the 2nd cards clocks randomly changing, causing sensors to freeze the PC etc

You noticed it yourself...

ahh..... the 2D down-clock issue

yes its solved most ppl's problem in this regard....... its the primary card or core down-clocking that's the issue, the slave card or core is fine at whatever clock as it never gets used in the 2D environment..

its when the primary card or core attempts to match the 2D clocks of its partner thats when the trouble starts...

for dual monitors the primary core clock must remain @ 400mhz while idle...

for single monitors im sure ATI power-play should set the primary core to 300mhz (on 5 series cards anyway)

but yes...... these new drivers do have the clocking issues resolved, but if you try to OC it'll revert both cores back down to 157mhz again , so there's still work to be done...

 

[Crispy]

Beta 10.1 http://downloads.guru3d.com/ATI-Catalyst-10.1-Beta--Windows-7-|-Vista-(32|64)-download-2455.html Yes I know its not from the ATI site but I dont own a ATI card and I cant find the beta download section for there drivers.

 

[stormy13]

I cant find the beta download section for there drivers.

That would be because they don't have one. ATI very rarely if ever releases a beta driver, the majority of them are leaks from somewhere else.

 

[Impulse Fire911]

CATALYST 10.1 BETA for both Windows Vista/7 (x86 and x64 as well):

Link:

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

   Warning

These are not from the official ATI website in the first post.

Enjoy.

just ''FYI''.....


these are not the 10.1 BETA drivers, they're a polished version of the official 9.12 Hotfix drivers..

im running these myself & i show a synthetic benching drop (vantage / 3dmark06), but gaming shows a serious improvement...

check out these ''Dirt 2'' pics & the framerate......

maxed out...ultra settings.

2048x1152

8xAA

this is EXCELLENT performance for DX11, so these are CERTAINLY worth the install.


were still waiting on the 10.1 revision, according to ''Catalyst Maker'' on Twitter, were expecting to see them surface sometime this week...

OMGGGGG HOW DID U GET FRAPS TO WORK ON THAT?!!! when i uopen up dirt 2 Fraps shows nothing its nowhere!!!! it works on all my other games. im angry

 

[Airbot]

Come on AMD, what is taking so long with 10.1.

 

[Wishmaster]

Come on AMD, what is taking so long with 10.1.

For real

I expected it to be released by now. for the most part, they are almost always on target for monthly driver updates ..

 

[Airbot]

10.1 available now.

Graphics Drivers & Software

 

[jfar]

Thanks for the information, there will probable be a stampede to the ATI site.

 

[Brink]

Thank you Aaron. First post updated.

 

[pguy2009]

ATI Catalyst Driver

Anyone know when these new drivers will be available from DELL.

 

[swarfega]

Why not download them from the above link?

 

[smarteyeball]

Anyone know when these new drivers will be available from DELL.

You are better off using the NON-Dell adjusted drivers.

 

[rvbfan]

Great, my monitor wont sleep now.

 

[smarteyeball]

Have you re-checked your power options in case it got disabled by the driver update?

 

[XweAponX]

I'm using an ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO - The drivers either installed with Win 7 or it automatically downloaded when I did the first "Windows Update" - The driver that it gave me was just the basic driver, no CCC - Can I install just the CCC or do I have to re-install the whole kaboodle? Not used to ATI cards, usually use nVidia.

 

[rvbfan]

Have you re-checked your power options in case it got disabled by the driver update?

Yah, first thing I checked.
Minor problem though, and looking at other
forums, I'm not the only one.
Submitted it to the Catalyst Feedback Program, we'll see
if anything comes of it. First issue I've ever had with
ATI drivers.

 

[Wishmaster]

Anyone else notice the WEI score drop with 10.1 drivers?

Im running a 4890 and it dropped to 6.0 for some reason with the 10.1 drivers. (Done in place upgrade)
i uninstalled all ATI software, ran driver sweeper, re-installed 10.1 and same thing. 6.0 in WEI although game perf. didnt seem to really change.

un-installed and rolled back to 9.12 and all OK again. 7.6

I know the WEI isnt all that, but still just curious why it done this, or if anyone else noticed it

 

[swarfega]

Also note that when you update graphics drivers you will need to refresh your WEI score.

 

[skunksmash]

the official 10.1 release is still thwart with issues, they dont report being WHQL & they still list 9.12 due to ATI forgetting to alter the ''inf'' file :sarc: ........ anyone having issues with this driver may want to try these....

this is the 8.70 RC2 (supposed 10.2 revision string)

im running these myself with no problems, the 3 driver sets....

2D driver version
Direct3D version
Open GL version

are all newer than the official 10.1's (here's an image of the 10.2 RC2)

apparently 10.1 (8.69 revision string), will not add any new features...... these will only address a few bugs.

the 10.2 (8.70 revision string) will contain all the goodies, so i'd recommend giving these BETA's a try...

source

 

[rvbfan]

the 10.2 (8.70 revision string) will contain all the goodies, so i'd recommend giving these BETA's a try...

source

Seems to have fixed the monitor sleep issue.