ATI 11.4 Early Preview Drivers Out

And Asder already has a mobility modded version.

AMD Catalyst 11.4 Early Preview Win7 x86/x64 - Guru3D.com Forums

 

cool...thx...gonna install and post if I see any improvments... ....I love a new video driver...lol

 

Ugh...don't want to sound stupid but what happened to 11.3?

 

LOL i was thinking the same thing

 

sometimes it depends on what all they add...they might skip a number... ...but so far these work great....will get official ones once they come out but so far....black ops is working better for me.....gonna test a few more games...

 

Okay, I just read that 11.3 will be out next week but I'm going to give these a whirl.

Edit: Installation success. I can't test any games right now cause I'm at work.

 

I'll wait maybe for an official release or more feedback. I hope it helps with Crysis 2! Maybe with Bulletstorm too, would be good.

 

one thing with these drivers...the maps in black ops load very fast compared to what they used too....need too test more... ....very good driver IMO

 

haha josh you are so excited
like new bios was released

 

damn skippy!...lol...I love seeing the performance of a new driver.....just the nerd in me...lol

 

Why people hesitate in test a beta driver which is intended for preview the upcoming AMD FUSION processors, the news CPUs and APUs. For course the included GPU optimizations but they will be included in next CCC releases. This Catalyst included different CCCs depending the platform present in your unit (CCC, ECC or CPCC). Of course for us, it installs the normal CCCs.

 

This driver works much better for me than 11.2. Blacks Ops, TDU2, BFBC2, and a few other games run much smoother. I also noticed Black Ops seems to load faster than before. I may just skip 11.3 and stick with this one.

 

glad you notice the black ops loading too... ....thats 2 for 2...maps load much faster than before....and other games seem to be better aswell

 

I just started playing DA2 with these and everything seems nice and smooth so far.

 

Did you guys download the one linked by the OP or the mobility mod mentioned in their forums?

 

i would like to see some tests FPS with 11.2 and this driver
not to judge by looking at the game

 

For me, it's not about looking at the fps, it's about how smooth the game runs. Black ops is capped @ 85fps, before, the fps would be all over the map. Now I have a more steady frame rate. That's good enough for me.

 

Driver is great as hell!

 

AGREED...

 

Thanks!

Installed without problems, I couldn't get 11.2 to install for some reason.

Gonna run some games now. So far I'm reading good things

Edit:Holy crap!

I just played some BC2 and my frames have increased TREMENDOUSLY!

Amazing amazing amazing amazing drivers!!!!

Anyone else getting hard freezes in BC2 though? I'll play for 30 minutes and my laptop will just lock up :S

 

Definitely download the mobility mod version.

 

I currently get 38 fps avg in Crysis 2 with gamer 1080 settings in skyline with 11.2

I will post new avg fps with 11.4

EDIT : here is what I got with same settings/map avg 41 fps

 

nice..hopefully i dont have to do any crap to get around the drivers not being signed.

 

Easy install for me. I think my FPS In a few games might have stabilized a little bit, seem to not be seeing as many drastic fluctuations. But honestly, that could be in my head. So far they are 100% stable and the install was straight forward with no problems.

 

Is that the creative software lockup?

 

It was similar to that but it has never happened until I install 11.4.

EDIT: I went back to 10.11 and the issue still remains.

Anyone know how to fix this? I think it could be Creative related now.

 

Remove all creative software and test it out. It's not very painful to uninstall/reinstall that software.

 

i'll wait for 11.3... modified drivers nvr work for me.. However got to admit performance is quite good from what i'm reading.

 

I can still use my headphone jack if I uninstall Creative software right?

 

yes.

10 char

 

Alright thanks, I'll uninstall, remove with driver sweeper and then see if I still crash.


UPDATE:

I uninstalled creative but I still got the hard freeze.

I'm going to install 10.10 and see if it still persists, Anyone with BFBC2 and 11.4 can fire it up and tell me if you're getting the crash too?

It comes after 20-30 minutes of gaming.

 

Just played BFBC2. These drivers are absolutely disco for me. HUGE performance improvements. BFBC2 runs at 1080p HIGH @ solid 60-70 FPS. I used to run the same at 34 FPS on older drivers.

 

lol so much for the argument that ATI drivers are mature and won't improve much!

 

It was true for pretty much all the drivers before this one. I don't know what the boys at Guru3D did, but it's just stabilized all my games for me. Measuring with Fraps.

 

I got mouse lag bug with this driver, I never got this bug with another driver, but it can be fixed with disabling mouse shadow. Anyone got this bug too? or just me

 

Has anyone tried this driver with Dragon Age 2? Any improvements?

 

These drivers are Freakin' Awesome.

How awesome?

10.6 driver Clock 800/1100, 1600x900, 4AA [I did these last June]

Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle, Custom settings: 33.88fps
Resident Evil 5, Max: 69.7fps
Lost Coast Benchmark: 175.44fps
STALKER CoP, Extreme DX11, Low SSAO, Contact Hardening Shadows, 0AA:

Day: 41, 60.1, 86.9
Night: 37.1,58.2 92
Rain: 38.9, 61.5, 95.5
Sunshafts: 22.3, 30.2, 47.5



11.4 driver Clock 700/1100, 4AA

Just Cause 2 Concrete Jungle, Custom settings: 35.99fps
Resident Evil 5, Max: 69.9fps
Lost Coast Benchmark: 178.31fps

STALKER CoP, Extreme DX11, Low SSAO, Contact Hardening Shadows, 0AA:
Day: 34.5, 55.6, 80.4
Night: 35.6, 53, 78.1
Rain: 39.3, 57.3, 93
Sunshafts: 22.1, 29.7, 43.7

 

Agreed. In fact, I generally prefer nvidia, so seeing ATI drop a huge update this late in the game is refreshing.

 

just tried this 11.4 driver, there are definitely improvments on BFBC2, but from 34fps to 60fps sounds too good to be true.

i find out by turning off vsync and the HBAO thing, fps just doubled! however the graphic do looks better with them on

 

Yup, HBAO kills it. Dynamic shadows and all that.

 

A 200% performance improvement? Really?

At 1080p, 1xAA, 4xAF, HBAO off and vsync off, i dont get anywhere near that kind of improvement.....

 

30+ to 60-70 is about a 100% improvement not 200 ,

that being said, it did improve my performance quite abit but it gave me around 10 fps from 40+ to 50+,

still, very good though

 

If you read around, everyone's G73 is different. There are people who run Crysis 2 smooth on Hardcore mode, and some struggle with even gamer settings at 720p. For me, these drivers did in fact almost double my FPS. I'm sure the patches released for BFBC2 over the past year contributed to this as well.

 

That makes no sense. The GPU's are the same you know. Its probably due to overheating. Mine has no issues at all and runs cool.. Anyways where are the 11.3 drivers or there's not going to be 11.3?

 

How do I install them? I have a bunch of files displayed in winzip, many exes and dlls and such, which one should I install?

Also, do I need to perform a certain action to install it? Or is it needed to be installed 1 by 1?

 

Just run the setup.

 

What is the setup's file name?

 

Setup.exe 10char.

 

i couln't resist too
LOL

 

Found it already.

Thanks anyways!

Nice drivers, they improved my performance a lot!