AMD Catalyst 12.8 (8.982.0 July 27) AMD Official WHQL

My framerates match yours in Skyrim and Witcher 2 but for some reason I only get between 30-40fps on Modern Warfare 3 with everything up at 1080p. Any idea why?

 

Just played it again. Its locked in at between 90-100fps. Not sure why yours are so low.

 

Well this fixed my problem haha. I forgot I had switched Enduro on for battery life yesterday. Just bumped it off and I'm getting between 90-135fps hahahaha. Why is Enduro so bad

 

I am able to install the drivers up to the point where in "device manager" under the 6900m series, it says that the driver version is 8.982.(which is 12.8) and the status says something like the driver signature can not be verified, or is not digitally signed. I know when I restart I have to select "Disable driver signature" option in the boot menu, however after I do this it does not load into windows, it only gives a bsod and mentions the file name "atikmpag.sys" as being the issue, has any one had this issue or know what this means and how to resolve it, thanks.

 

I have tried almost every possible way to install these drivers on 6990m, no luck yet.

 

My Skyrim is at 60FPS but my Witcher 2 is only at 30-45 FPS. Is it because my Witcher 2 is not updated?

 

Just tried out 12.8 and it rose my temp from 65C to 84C in bf3... still 99% utilization also, it's kinda sketchy cause 80's are kinda high to me. framerate is exactly the same too. ima stick with 12.7 for now.

 

The BenchmarkK3D modded version of this driver is out... So far so good!

 

I tried every possible way including the way Geo's link provided. It didn't work so went back to 12.7

 

How do you revert back to the old 12.7 driver? I'm running Crysis 2 at Ultra with DX 11 and High-Res texture pack at 27-40FPS. Is that bad? :/

 

Always create a restore point manually before trying any new driver, if it wont work, restore back.

 

What do you mean restore back? Restore back to factory state?

 

He means do a system restore to an earlier point in time (not a factory restore). Search for System restore on your start menu search box.

personally I would recommend uninstalling all the current drivers, until you are back on VGA then re-install 12.7 if you cant get 12.8 to work. Its a cleaner method and you wont be farting about with any left over files - which might mess with your config.

 

Nevermind, I'm quite happy with the performance now

 

if you're running the 7970m, this will be a huge improvement over 12.6, if you're running a 6900's card, you won't get that huge an improvement

 

Let me rephrase that, If you are running 6900's card, they wont install at all.

 

sherrypizza, have you tried the modded 12.8's? I don't know if it will make that much of a difference for you, but its worth a try

AMD Catalyst 12.8 WHQL – 7900 MOD – BenchmarK3D

 

Yep I did, as soon as they came out, same result

 

So, there's a lot of people claiming these drivers don't work for them. Can anyone confirm they have installed these over the stock Dell drivers on a R4 without issue?

Also, what are the benefit of the modded drivers over AMD's? The 7970M is my first AMD card in a long while so I've never used modded drivers before. Thanks!

 

I'd say installing over Dell stock is the best way to do it.

From what i can read, the modded drivers contain:

Unlocked Temporal AA
Unlocked High Quality AF
Unlocked Geometry Instancing
Unlocked LOD option
Unlocked Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Quality Slider (can be buggy)
Unlocked Test Custom Clocks and Auto-Tune options under OverDrive

Im using AMD's 12.8.

 

I dont think many people with an r4 (7970m) are having issues, it is mainly with r3 people, who have the 6990m that are seeing issues (like me).

 

They are not working for R3 with 6990m, fine with R4.

 

12-8_mobility_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc work glitch free on windows 8!

 

Sherrypizza, when you try and install the 12.8 whql drivers, do you get a bsod with an error issue on the bottom saying "Atikmpag.sys" file was the file with the issue? Just wondering to see if we have similar issues for our 6990m. Also did you try mobility 12.8 as well?

 

Xenn0X I installed these on Win8 and my 5870s are being reported as ATI FirePro, do you have the same problem?

 

Yep exactly the same error.

 

mmm, at least both cards are miss-identified and crossfire works

 

I can confirm the 12.8 drivers don't like the 6990m. I got a BSOD during install and corrupted my system. Atleast I finally had a reason to do a fresh windows install lol.

 

I have the same problem, R3 6990M BSOD

 

Always create a manual restore point before trying any new driver, if it wont work, restore it back from safe mode to save yourself from hassle of installing windows all over.

 

i have a 7970M and that one works fine. dunno about rest of the cards.

 

for any others with an m17xr3 and a 6990m, did the bsod mention that the error was with file "Atikmpag.sys"

 

Yup, that's the problem

 

don't know of a way to fix it either super frustrating!

 

I had a restore point, it got corrupted lol. 6990M owners, should I install 12.4 or 12.6 for best results?

Edit: BSOD with 12.8 and 12.6
12.4 it is. AMD isn't being too kind to the 6900 family lately

 

Only problem on 6970M so far is white screen on my Alienware when using with external display. Starcraft II works flawlessly. And WEI quite different from Windows 7 one ;-)

 

Just noticed that on my WEI, my GPU scores dropped from 7.9 to 7.0 going from 12.7 to 12.8. Not that it really matters to me, just weird.

 

I also have BSOD with 12.8 (Hp DV6T Quad with HD6770M). Tried all common combinations to update the driver. 12.7 beta installed fine though, but froze Skyrim quite a lot. I never had a problem with 12.4, btw.

EDIT: sorry, its a Dell thread, but maybe someone can suggest something useful

 

bsod for me with 12.8 r3 restored back to 12.6 runs fine

 

BSOD for me as well, with HD5650M.

 

6990m owners thanks for the reporting of the issue. I guess I will be sticking with 12.4 for now.

 

Just a quick heads up guys. My screen dim issue has gone away after installing the modded 12.8 drivers. Anyone else with a 7970M in an R3 notice this?

 

Is that with IGP enabled? Do you have a link to the modded 12.8's?

 

IGP is disabled and I think the link is on the 4th or 5th page. I'd link it for ya, but I'm on my cell. Also, Julient has stated that he is able to get switching working with these modded drivers. Check out his last post on the 7970M install for the R3 thread. Again, I would link it for ya, but on my cell. I did try his fix, but ended up with a BSOD. Hope you have better luck if you try.

 

I'll give the IGP a miss for the time being. Might try the modded drivers though.

 

Here you go !

AMD Catalyst 12.8 WHQL – 7900 MOD – BenchmarK3D

 

installed these modded drivers, can't run 3dmark11 anymore... will test a little further

 

There is a guy, who kinda "MADE" these AMD 9.00 drivers and claimed that these are the "Best" notebook drivers he ever used, with AMD 9.00 (June 12) Base (With mod) + 12.8 Driver Updates (Apps and files) + Firepro Driver (8.98.2.3) Updates. (Only for Windows 7 and 8 X64)

Download Link: 9.00 - Updated Driver.7z - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download - João Pinho

Anyone want to test, feel free and report the results here.

Build info:
DriverVer=06/12/2012, 9.00.0.0000
CCC: 2012.0806.1213.19931
D3D: 9.14.10.0924
OGL: 6.14.10.11806
OCL: 10.0.938.2
CAP: 12.7 CAP 3

 

I have never installed modded drivers for my HD 6770M. Would the modded driver work for me, or is it only specifically for those with the 7900 cards? cheers

 

Sorry guys, I lied. My screen dim issue wasn't fixed. It appears that it was working, but then when I shut down and turned it back on, I needed to run HWiNFO to fix the issue. My bad....