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    ATI/AMD Official WHQL Drivers 11.4 Released

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Nekki, Apr 27, 2011.

  1. Nekki

    Nekki Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, official AMD drivers WHQL just released, here is the direct link:

    AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.4 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

    If anyone (as me) were using the 11.4 preview (April 5th 8.841) this released is basically the same, just WHQL.

    Happy downloading.
     
    Nekki, Apr 27, 2011
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  2. laptopfan88

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    It's not exactly the same. For desktop users it is.

    For mobile mod asder00 does not use the same files. He has to use a parts from other mobile drivers to make it work. He doesn't know how to modify the desktop drivers to make sure the CCC2 etc install properly. So he mish mashes different drivers together.
     
    laptopfan88, Apr 27, 2011
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  3. pato

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    Hmm my March23 release has the driver version 8.84.2-110322a-115845E
    , is this now the older or the same?
    Just aksing because you write the short form.
     
    pato, Apr 27, 2011
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  4. clstirens

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    Does this work ok on our G73's?
     
    clstirens, Apr 27, 2011
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  5. tijo

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    Just installed, everything work flawlessly so far. Of course, i have yet to test any games since i'm at uni right now.
     
    tijo, Apr 27, 2011
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    How firefox is working. Is there any problem with hardware acceleration?
     
    riomus, Apr 27, 2011
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    Driver page updated with current Mobility Links
     
    Chastity, Apr 27, 2011
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  8. BumbleBoner

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    Installed. No difference from the preview drivers performance-wise.

    OpenGL still borked. I'm humbly begging for the CS5 compatible OpenGL standalone package.

    Only way I can go around it is to uninstall the driver, put in the working OpenGL dlls, and re-install.
     
    BumbleBoner, Apr 27, 2011
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  9. KuroLionheart

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    It's still borked? AMD! *Shakes fist*
     
    KuroLionheart, Apr 27, 2011
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  10. BumbleBoner

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    Exactly. it.

    My pals on their GTX460ms and 485ms have fully working OpenGL support with their new drivers. =.=
     
    BumbleBoner, Apr 27, 2011
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  11. fugitiv3

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    the lag box at the top right still exists in this version!!
     
    fugitiv3, Apr 27, 2011
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  12. KuroLionheart

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    I used the method you posted in the other thread with the 11.2 drivers and it seems to be working fine.

    For those that are lazy, just put this in your System32: OpenGL DLL

    Everything should be fine then.
     
    KuroLionheart, Apr 27, 2011
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  13. mite_jan

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    so from which version are you taking the working opengl dlls?
    11.3?
     
    mite_jan, Apr 27, 2011
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  14. BumbleBoner

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    Its rather foolproof that plan, but I had that small tiny glimmer of hope, that just HOPED, AMD got their poo in order. But no. =.=

    I can't drag and drop into System32 to replace the file anyhoo. Lazy method does not work for me. The entire display driver has to be removed, the working dll placed in the extracted installation directory, and the setup re-run to install.

    Further. 11.2. Yea, I know right. Shaking my damn head.
     
    BumbleBoner, Apr 27, 2011
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    AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) SDK | AMD Developer Central

    Would this help?
     
    Chastity, Apr 27, 2011
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  16. mite_jan

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    i've put the dll into the setup (and i had to change the extension to dl_ not dll) and my scrubby zoom is grayed still
    then i've copied the atio6axx.dll into system32 and still my scrubby zoom is grayed ...
     
    mite_jan, Apr 27, 2011
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  17. BumbleBoner

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    Not the actual dll. The dl_ from the original extracted installation files of 11.2.

    The installation process compiles the dlls. You gotta think outside the box. lol

    Someone go look for my instructions in the other thread lol. Tied up right now.

    Pretty sure that would install the latest version of it, and that doesn't work. Only working version I've seen is 11.2's :/
     
    BumbleBoner, Apr 27, 2011
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  18. mite_jan

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    well i've missed those instructions anyway i have copied the exact dll file and same (but not restarted)
     
    mite_jan, Apr 27, 2011
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    Spam CatalystCreator on Twitter about the issue. I'll spam him also about it.

    Anyone else suffering from this same issue, do the same. Just bombard him with it so he can't ignore it.

    http://twitter.com/#!/catalystcreator
     
    laptopfan88, Apr 27, 2011
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  20. KuroLionheart

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    11.4...can suck it. It broke my CCCP...again:

    [​IMG]

    I don't know why it does it but it makes my CCCP not work ever again after installed. Okay I installed 11.4, because of what happened with the preview I watched a few vids and they all worked perfectly. 11.4 installed, all borked. Uninstalled and reinstalled 11.2, borked still, reinstalled my codecs, NADA. Nothing I did worked.

    This folks is why you never disable System Restore, I restored back to when I uninstalled 11.2, reinstalled it and everything is perfect again. I have NO idea why it does that, I noticed that it only borks vids encoded in h.264 because some still work.

    It's a shame too because everything else was fine but I can't live without watching videos. :/
     
    KuroLionheart, Apr 27, 2011
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  21. laptopfan88

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    Use your CCCP settings and reregister your filter settings again... 11.4 doesn't bork your CCCP.

    [​IMG]
     
    laptopfan88, Apr 27, 2011
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