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    ATI Catalyst 10.6 announced!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Aranthira, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. Aranthira

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    Yep, it's going to be great news if it works...
     
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    hum how great nothing for the 4xxx serie LOL i guess this to is about to be moved to legacy hardware XD
     
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  4. Tristan

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    Oh can't wait
     
    Tristan, Jun 16, 2010
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    directx 11 is the new kid on the block. there are no 4870 optimiztions because it already runs extremely well ;)


    what surprised me is that they were able to adress coil noise ( of that's what mosquito noise is to them) with just a driver update.
     
    Lozz, Jun 16, 2010
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    Installed no problem.
     
    Tristan, Jun 16, 2010
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    awesome, I'm glad we won't have to rely on dell drivers.
     
    Desertf0x9, Jun 16, 2010
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    Can you run some benchmark and games to see if you have BSOD.
     
    Joebarchuck, Jun 16, 2010
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    didnt install for me just the catalyst :(
     
    kcuk, Jun 16, 2010
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    Great news you already put it through some testing.

    Which system do you have currently?
     
    Mandrake, Jun 16, 2010
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    No go for me...
     
    danp224, Jun 16, 2010
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  14. Tristan

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    Putting up scores in a sec. Nothing special it seems...with Vantage at least.
     
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    As long as it works I'll be happy.
     
    Mandrake, Jun 16, 2010
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    i7 5870cf no install and now only 7fps on vantage on first run so i cancelled vantage and will try to uninstall and try again. well it goes through the motion but no driver install just whipes through and say finished.
     
    kcuk, Jun 16, 2010
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  17. Tristan

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    I saved my scores but now the file won't open? I'll try to fix it, but until then i'll just say gpu score was under 12k :( It must just be me

    As a side note, it ran surprisingly cool.
    LCD Overdrive works now
    Edit Again: A-ha! Wrong powerplay. Rerunning Vantage again now
     
    Tristan, Jun 16, 2010
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    Well it's good to see you were able to actually install them.
     
    Megacharge, Jun 16, 2010
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    Yeah install and no BSOD is great news. I suspect the others have issues due to registry conflicts...

    They need to install the drivers manually.
     
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  20. Tristan

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    Nothing special, but it works
     

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    I am so pissed off with AMD and Dell right now. The first level tech 1 at AMD was not even aware that AMD had Catalyst mobility drivers for laptops. He was quite suprised as he thought they just provided links back to the laptop manufacturers site. After I finished educating him on something he clearly should know, I spoke with a level 2 tech over at AMD and he wouldn't give me a shred of information on the Catalyst Mobility 10.6 driver and compatibility. "Maybe it will maybe it won't was all I was told, we have no idea whether it will work with your hardware". Asked to talk to a level 3 tech and was told they don't go any higher than level 2. Than I took a different tactic and asked okay which brands of laptop are these drivers designed for? Again no clear answer.

    Have lost a lot of respect for both Dell and AMD. The whole thing seems like a massive, PR compaign wrapped in vapourware to sell hardware. The only thing he said was it depends on your hardware configuration and that it would work for some and not work for others. If other people on this site get it to work I will probably back up my system and give it a try. I think the mobility catalyst is nothing more than a come on to help sell their hardware. As far as I can see neither Dell nor AMD are offering straight answers just headgames.

    Can anyone provide detailed installation instructions on how they managed to get it to work? Thanks
     
    FalconMachV, Jun 16, 2010
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    You're still using the old drivers. :(
     
    Mandrake, Jun 16, 2010
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    Yep, I was checking that also...
     
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  24. Tristan

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    Wait what? How? It said it installed and everything...grrr brb
     
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    I'm going to try it. Maybe it'll fix my GPU crashing issue, but I doubt it.
     
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    Drivers worked fine for me, though i am using 4870s.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Anyone confirm that it's working on the 5870s yet?
     
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    It isn't being recognized now :confused: when i right click my desktop the option doesn;t come up, and searching My Computer yields nothing either
     
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    thought this was happening,
     
    kcuk, Jun 16, 2010
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    Does not recognize my 5870.

    Didn't Joker mention something about AMD fixing this with the 10.6 release?

    bummer.

    Rolled back to the stock drivers.
     
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    GPU-Z crashes everytime now as well...
     
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    After you uninstalled the 10.6 drivers, did you run CCleaner and Driver Sweeper before installing the stock drivers?
     
    Skatehouse, Jun 16, 2010
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    Installed ATI Mobility Catalyst 10.6 just fine on my ATI Moblity Radeon HD 5650. GPU-Z doesn't crash on me either.
     
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    what driver does it say you're using?

    Wait do you even have 5870's?
     
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    Installed fine for me, I have the 5850.
     
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    AMD will definitely fix this, it may not have made it into this release. Has anyone else that's experienced with driver installs tried installing it yet? Mandrake? I'm in Atlanta right now so I don't have the M17x accessible for testing.
     
    5150Joker, Jun 16, 2010
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    Yeah but we already know the catalyst work on the 4870's...
     
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    I guess that means we need to wait for 10.7 before they work on the 5870
     
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    might be a bit too soon to call that. Worst case, hopefully dell can adapt 10.6 for us.
     
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    How long in between releases usually?
     
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    messed my system up trying to install that, vantage = 7fps now gpuz =bsod rrrrr
     
    kcuk, Jun 16, 2010
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    A month or so. ATI promised monthly catalyst releases, 10.x is for 20(10) and the x is the month.
     
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    Anybody got a link for the 10.6 crossfire profile .AMD site is giving me some nonsense i.e
    Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Windows SharePoint Services-compatible HTML editor such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer. If the problem persists, contact your Web server administrator.
    Which seems like a site issue .
    Already dl 10.6 but cannot find xfire profile .Link i was using is

    http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx
     
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    hot fix should comme preatty fix but next month befor 10.7
     
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    as somone else suggested, typically 3 weeks to approve and get it on thir site. hopefully they will expediate this one, of which I would expect it to be up within 7-10 days with a hotfix
     
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    BSOD for me just like 10.5
     
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    Maybe I spoke too soon. I need to do some tests...

    [​IMG]
     
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    Installed not done much testing yet but seem ok.
     

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