ATI 10.9 drivers are coming

Just checked AMD site for any updates of ATI video drivers. Mobile ones still shows 10.8, but desktop have 10.9 version. Here take a look at release notes. These fixes for sure will be in 10.9 package for mobile ones.

This release note provides information on the following:

z Web Content
z AMD Product Support
z Operating Systems Supported
z Catalyst™ Application Profiles
z Performance Improvements
z Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
z Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
z Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
z Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems
z Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System
z Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
z Installing the ATI Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver
z ATI Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback




ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.9 2
Web Content

The Catalyst™ Software Suite 10.9 contains the following:

z ATI Radeon™ display driver 8.771
z HydraVision™ for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
z Southbridge/IXP Driver
z ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.771


Caution: The ATI Catalyst™ software driver and the ATI Catalyst™
Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other.
However, for maximum stability and performance AMD
recommends that both components be updated from the same ATI
Catalyst™ release.


Caution: The ATI Catalyst™ Control Center requires that the
Microsoft .NET Framework SP1 be installed for Windows XP and
Vista. Without .NET SP1 installed, the ATI Catalyst™ Control
Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error
message.


Note: These release notes provide information on the ATI Radeon™
display driver only. For information on the ATI Multimedia
Center™, HydraVision™, HydraVision Basic Edition, Remote
Wonder™, or the Southbridge/IXP driver, please refer to their
respective release notes found at: AMD.com | Support & Downloads.


Note: ATI Eyefinity technology gives gamers access to incredibly
high display resolutions. As pixel count grows, the graphics
horsepower required to drive the displays at a reasonable frame rate
can increase dramatically. Depending on the game and system
configuration, users may notice texture corruption and reduced frame
rates when running games in multi-monitor Eyefinity modes.


Note: WDM drivers are no longer bundled in the ATI Catalyst™
software suite. The WDM drivers install bundle can be downloaded
independently through the AMD website.


Note: The Drag and Drop Transcoding feature is a beta level feature
provided only for evaluation purposes. The Drag and Drop
Transcoding feature is only supported on single and dual core CPUs,
and supported on devices that support Media Transfer Protocol
(MTP).



ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.9 3


Note: Although listed in the documentation,
ADL_Adapter_ClockInfo_Get is not available in the current version
of the ADL. The code for obtaining the clock information was
excluded due to inaccurate information being reported when the card
is over-clocked. Future updates of ADL SDK will reflect this change.
As an alternative, ADL_Overdrive5_ODParameters_Get() can be
used but this API is only supported on R600 and above ASICs.

AMD Product Support

The ATI Catalyst™ driver supports the following ATI Radeon™ products.

AMD Desktop Product Family Support

AMD Desktop Product Family Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 5900 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5500 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5400 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 X2 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4700 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series

AMD FireStream™ Product Family Support

AMD FireStream™ Product Support
AMD FireStream™ 9350 AMD FireStream™ 9250
AMD FireStream™ 9270 AMD FireStream™ 9170

AMD Chipset Product Support

AMD Chipset Product Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 4290 ATI Radeon™ 3200 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 ATI Radeon™ 3100 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4200 Series ATI Radeon™ 3000 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series




ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.9 4
Operating Systems Supported

The latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the
following Microsoft Windows platforms:

z Windows 7 32-bit version
z Windows 7 64-bit version
z Windows Vista 32-bit version
z Windows Vista 64-bit version
z Windows XP Professional
z Windows XP Home Edition
z Windows XP Media Center Edition
z Windows XP Professional x64 Edition


Note: When installing the ATI Catalyst™ driver for Windows, the
user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights
in order to successfully complete the installation of the ATI
Catalyst™ driver.

Catalyst™ Application Profiles

The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst™ 10.9:

z Aliens Vs. Predator – Profile update
z Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Profile update
z F1 2010 – Profile update
z Kane & Lynch 2 – New profile

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.9:

z STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark
ƒ Performance increases up to 20% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations with Enhanced full dynamic lighting (DX11) and
anti-aliasing enabled
ƒ Performance increases up to 12% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations with Enhanced full dynamic lighting (DX11) and
anti-aliasing enabled
z The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
ƒ Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
ƒ Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations
ƒ Performance increases up to 5% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations



ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.9 5
ƒ Performance increases up to 6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series single and
CrossFire™ configurations

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:

z UVD clocks will now return to normal speeds after switching from HD to SD content
z Flickering no longer visible while running 3D games on HDMI displays with Quad
CrossFire™ enabled
z Mesh corruption is no longer visible in "The Chronicles of Riddick 2: Assault on
Dark Athena" when SSAO in-game setting is set to high
z CrossFire™ now functions properly and in-game Anti-Aliasing can now be enabled
in "StarCraft II"
z Adobe Flash Player will no longer display green screen after resume from sleep
z Negative CrossFire™ scaling on "Final Fantasy-XIV" no longer occurs
z Intermittent perfomance drops no longer observed with harware cursor enabled in
"World of Warcraft" game in extended mode

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

z AVI video no longer lags during playback within Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck
z Desktop corruption no longer occurs during PowerDVD SD/Blu-ray content
playback on 120Hz displays
z Choppy HD playback no longer occurs while changing color vibrance and fleshtone
correction in Catalyst™ Control Center - Advanced Color

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:

z Copy protection message will no longer appear when viewing a DVD with Windows
Media Player on a Windows XP system with PowerDVD 9 installed

Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

z Catalyst™ Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor
when system is configured with 4 displays





ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.9 6
Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

z Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may show deinterlacing lines
z Desktop may dim after exiting "Mafia II" game on some cards
z PowerDVD may exhibit blue and pink tint and might not display smooth transition
when adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst™ Control Center when viewing
Blu-ray content
z Secondary (Slave) GPU and Memory Clock values might fail to increase when D3D
samples/games are running in full screen mode
z Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are
changed in "Metro 2033" game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
z Frame drops may be visible during WinDVD Blu-ray playback with display
resolution set to 25x16
z Changes to HDMI display scaling might fail to be retained after system reboot
z System may fail and display blue screen during HDMI audio driver upgrade if
existing version is not uninstalled prior to installation
z Rebooting a system with a CRT connected to the MiniDP port may cause all
resolutions except 640x480 to go missing
z Mouse cursor may intermittently be corrupt/missing in one of the displays under
Eyefinity configuration while playing games/samples
z Desktop corruption may be visible while viewing Blu-ray content on 120 Hz
displays; pressing Alt+F4 to close player application will restore desktop
z Windows Media Center application may stop responding or system may
intermittently fail while playing 1080p video in 2x2 & 4X1 Eyefinity mode
z Desktop line corruption may be observed after hotplugging the HDCP display on
some cards

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

z Corruption might be visible in "Doom 3" and "Quake 4" with ATI Radeon™ HD
4700 Series cards
z Performing bezel compensation on 3x2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel
group (resolutions) to go missing
z All but the primary display under Eyefinity configuation might become disabled
while changing the preferred display at lowest Bezel compensated resolution
z Hot swapping a HDCP display panel with a non-HDCP display may cause display to
turn blank after resuming from sleep/hibernate during Blu-ray disc playback[/I][/B]

Will upadate you when 10.9 will be avalable for our platform(mobile)

 

If you take a look at the thread on Furu3D about these drivers then it seems people are not happy.

Let's hope they held the mobility ones back to fix a few more things.

 

The CatalystGuy (whatever) basically said the big issue will be fixed in 10.10

 

What "big issue"? dx11 performance?

 

go read his twitter thread

 

10.9 is OUT!!!!!!

still waiting for the mobility version.

 

wake me when the mobility is up :SLEEP:

 

You mean CatalystMaker?

Terry Makedon (CatalystMaker) on Twitter

 

Yes, I meant him. thus the (whatever) moniker.

 

hmm But today while surfing i saw this
VG247 Blog Archive AMD and Valve team up for ATI Catalyst updates on Steam
it seams that our driver update will be done using steam

 

Nah there's just an option in steam for "cheack for driver updates" now, it's just a link to ATI's driver page really meant for people who don't update their drivers. I can't find whatever it was I was supposed to be looking for in that mess of a twit, Chas

 

You meant 11.0 right?

When do you think that will be released?

 

10.10 should be released mid October
10.11 should be released mid November
10.12 should be released mid December
11.1 should be released mid January 2011

and so on....

Sorry, no frame time available for for 11.0

 

Shouldn't the numbers go from 10.9 to 11.0?
10.10 is the same as saying 10.1.

 

No, the numbers aren't decimals like nVidia drivers for example. The first number is the year, the second is the month. So, 10.9 is September 2010, 10.10 is October 2010 etc.

 

That is I like from ATI/AMD. Drivers are organized and no more than 12 official releases by year. nVidia releases many drivers and much of them are confusing because of the number are not organized.

 

10.10 is never ever nowhere the same as 10.1.

10.1 is subversion 1
10.10 is subversion 10
10.100 is subversion 100

If anything 10.1 is the same as 10.01 or 10.001 but why would you use those zero's? Version 1 is also always written down as 1 and not 01 or 001.

 

Learning all this new stuff about ATI, never used their cards before this.

 

same here.. its way better than NVIDIA for sure.

 

Of course it is, mathemetically 10.1 is the same as 10.10, 10.100, 10.1000 etc. In driver versions, the . is not really a decimal point, it is as you say separating the subversions / build numbers and was really a very poor choice of convention back when somebody chose to use it that way...

 

One thing to learn about ATI's semi-fakey monthly drivers is that they don't always make things better. See 10.7 and the Borderlands crash bug, for example.

I say semi-fakey because they are not really up-to-the-moment updates. They have been running through testing for probably a couple of months by the time they are released. So there are always a few driver sets in the works over there at one moment. Because of how the process works, bugs can sneak in and not get fixed for several releases.

Read more about it. This thread got a little heated.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=58443

Not that NVIDIA doesn't blow things up too. They are definitely not perfect either.

 

I was talking about version numbers. A version number is not a mathematical number. It never was. People that treated it that way were just wrong and in the last 10 years they are really really wrong.

{majorversion}.{minorversion}[.{build}.{revision}]

Software versioning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A software version number consists of at least the first 2 parts( although the other 2 numbers have been commonly accepted) and every part is a number in itself.

It was always like that. A software version number eventhough it had 1 point was never a mathematical number. Only people that used it wrong did it like that.

 

On the tweeter thread CatalystMaker says there will be no 10.9 mobility "just use 10.8 while you wait for 10.10".

About Steam, that's not what it says it does. For Nvidia, there's just a link to the driver download page, but for AMD it is supposed to detect your drivers, download and install...

I have an Eyefinity Edition HD5870 2GB and an Nvidia 8800GTS (1GB Golden Sample GLH) for PhysX on my gaming desktop. I'll test tonight whether Steam auto-detect-installs the 10.9 or just gives me a link.

 

he sux. I was looking foward to 10.9

 

Bah looks like a simple .inf edit got the drivers to work on our cards. Though they must be installed manually and not through the installer. (So through Device Manager to manually update the driver version. Will need to have 10.8 installed already to have everything else)

Mobility 10.9 Modded INF Win7 64 - Guru3D.com Forums

Would not recommend this unless you are really good with drivers, especially betas. If 10.8 is working fine for you. There is no real need to mess with these.

I will try it tonight and report back to see if they offer anything worth mentioning.

 

I have no real issues with 10.8 on my N71JQ. I will wait for 10.10.

I used to do this inf moding method on the older notebook with ATI card before AMD started to make mobility drivers.
It usually used to work except for a few time where I got some issues with the moded drivers.

Mobility Modder was a good friend that did this process automatically.
( Mobility Modder - ATI Version, Install the Latest Drivers on your ATI laptop)

I think this tool was not further developed to support HD 5000-series as there is no need for that while AMD makes the mobility drivers themselves.

 

right, some software apps (particulary linux apps) use the date of the revision as the version number... so 10.1 and 10.10 are possible and would be totally different versions

 

So last night (on my desktop) steam told me "there is a new AMD driver for you (not ATI). It didn't say which version, but beeing the quick one I am, I knew it would be 10.9 ;-)
So, I clicked "do it" and laid back.

It downloads and installs automagically and didn't even ask to reboot. I checked and now I have the 10.9 installed.

Pretty smooth.