Asus G73 - Official ATI 10.5 released

Hi!

The ATI 10.5 version has been officially released!
The Win 7 64 bit version can be directly downloaded here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-64.aspx
Thx to Kalim for the updated link.

 

anyone see the changelog?

Edit: someone in the forums is reporting long load BC2 times back with 10.5

Edit2: this is as close to a changelog as I can get: http://blogs.amd.com/play/2010/05/26/ati-catalyst™-10-5-driver-–-what’s-new/

 

http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_105_release_notes.pdf

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.5 5
�� Windows XP Media Center Edition
�� 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.


New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI
Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:
�� Support for 120 Hz displays on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series and ATI
Radeon™ HD 3000 Series
�� ATI Overdrive enhancement – full support for multiple display configurations
Support for 120 Hz displays on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000
Series and ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series
�� ATI Catalyst™ now supports 120 Hz Displays for the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 and
ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series
ATI Overdrive enhancement – full support for multiple display
configurations
�� ATI Overdrive has been enhanced – delivering full support for over-clocking
functionality on supported ATI Radeon™ HD graphics accelerators connected to
multiple display configurations
Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows. These include:
�� "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" maps no longer takes unusually long to load
�� Enabling hardware shaders (perfect mode) no longer causes text and on-screen menu
corruption while loading missions in "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946" game
�� Re-logging into a system after a Remote Desktop connection no longer results in
"Catalyst Control Center is not supported..." warning message or the Graphics menu
for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view to go missing
�� HDTV resolutions are now properly reported by the tooltip when the mouse cursor
hovers over the CV display icon under "Desktops & Displays" in Catalyst Control
Center
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.5 6
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:
�� Alt-Tabbing to desktop and back into "Mass Effect 2" game no longer causes the
display to go black
�� In-game Anti-Alias can now be applied when other in-game options like Volumetric
Effects are enabled in "Empire: Total War" and "Napoleon: Total War" games
�� Enabling Anti-Alias in "Empire: Total War" no longer causes a performance drop
Running "Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0" in wireframe mode with tessellation
enabled no longer causes the application to fail on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series cards
�� Changing in-game resolution in "Alien vs. Predator" no longer causes the screen to
flicker under Multi-GPU configurations
�� Catalyst Control Center now remembers the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity
group
�� Black screen no longer observed with "Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0" application
with OpenGL mode settings
�� Enabling dynamic contrast in Catalyst Control Center video settings no longer causes
vertical stripes to appear during XVID content playback


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:
�� Corruption may be observed during "Bioshock 2" gameplay in DirectX 9 and
DirectX 10 mode with CrossFire™ enabled
�� PowerDVD may exhibits blue/pink tint and might not display smooth transition when
adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray
content
�� Grass and crop may be rendered randomly at unusual locations in "Battlefield 2: Bad
Company" game scenes
�� [Windows 7 64-bit] Under specific Multi-GPU configurations, "Desktop Window
Manager has stopped working" error may appear after driver installation and will not
be enabled until after restart
�� [Catalyst Control Center] Customized Avivo video settings may revert to default
values after resuming from sleep/hibernation during SD or Blu-ray playback
�� Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video
synchronization issues and deinterlacing lines when viewed on some devices
�� Under Multi-GPU configuration with Crossfire™ enabled, setting both "Shaders
Quality" and "Post-Processing Quality" to "Enthusiast" may cause the frame rate to
drop in "Crysis Warhead" DirectX 9 game
�� 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
�� Assigned hotkeys may fail to be retained for "Desktops & Displays" after Catalyst
Control Center restart

...skipping this.

 

Thanks, I'll sit back on the update and see what happens.

 

+1 Still waiting...

Cheers,

 

I test it: GSOD after booting up upon getting home

before that it ran grat in the office for 2.5 hours

when it boot up and it has some blinking, I know that GSOD is coming

 

which BIOS version do you use?

 

the machine BIOS? 206

or the Graphics one: VER012.017.000.004.035992

 

I don't think the driver release notes apply to us.

The desktop 10.5 drivers are 8.74, the ones in this package for mobile is 8.732.

I have no idea what ATi is doing but looks like we get the shaft on these monthly updates.

 

Click here for the actual Mobility page.

 

thx Kalim. updated the link

 

worked great for me !!!

 

no more GSOD's?

 

Not everyone has GSOD, the vast vast majority do not. GSOD are the very small, puny minority.

 

Hi all,

finally get this driver 10.5 installed in my G73 and I get the GSOD (black in my case). I start split second twice and the screen flick twice and go black 10 second after in the title. Unplugged and restart twice for this problem. The third time the laptop freeze in the desktop, black screen with white strips. Back to the stock drivers....

Update, as everyone I think, I downloaded the wrong version (not the mobility). I will test the one provides by Kalim I will give my report.

Update2: the drivers install nice. Do reboot and i test the game split second. The game freeze with with strips on the screen.

Do hard reboot and when windows shows the desktop the screen flick once, the desktop reappeared and now I'm writing this post. I'm still on 10.5 and I'm not sure now if stay in 10.5 (mobile) or move back to the stock drivers....

I'll give the drivers a new chance but at the first flick move back to stock... crossing my fingers guys.

 

bet if you had it, you would not call them puny minorities

 

I just did a clean install of the new driver. Worked without problems. Fixed the wire frame mode in Heaven demo. I didn't have GSODs before but I had some small problems that were ignorable. Seems to have fixed them. If your curious I'm using the leaked 209 BIOS and 012.017.000.004.035992 Asus vBIOS.

 

I am very curious if anyone who has historically gotten the GSOD can use these and not crash...

From what I am experiencing Asus doesn't consider your G73 busted if you can run their 4 version old stock drivers... frustrating to say the least.

 

UPDATE 3: back to stock drivers. During 10.5, the desktop had some small problems and random flickering. Seems to be stable but when I start a different game the screen of death came up. Now I'm back with stock and game runs as normal.

If you need to know, I'm with BIOS 206 (the system came with this) and vBIOS Version 012.017.000.004 (as CCC indicated). I will not update until asus says so. Hopefully soon.

 

Quick aside, if I may.

When I look in Device Manager, my display driver is ver. 8.683.0.0, dated 12/17/2009.

Yet on the Asus site, the latest driver is ver. 8.683.0.0, dated 2010/01/29 (which is: 01/29/2010).

Whats with this? Any difference? Should I install this one off the Asus site?

Thanks - and do forgive the intrusion.

 

I think you'll find that the difference in the dates is when ASUS released their version of the 9.12 drivers.

 

OK.....and where can I find Asus 9.12 drivers? The different dates I refer to, appear to be for the same driver.

Is the 9.12 Asus official latest?

Or does Asus refer to their 9.12 also as 8.683?

Thanks.

 

has there been positive increase in performance for those who installed this driver?

 

Official ASUS gpu driver page states new nvidia drivers:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

So I think there's a slight chance that we would get asus update of ATI drivers soon.

I hope so, at the very least.

 

Could someone please point me where I can get "official" Asus 9.12 drivers.

Tired of searching!

Thanks.

 

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

 

Thanks Mike.....

I've been all over there. The latest VGA driver is showing as v8.683. Is that actually 9.12?

 

See the link in my sig, then go to "The Conclusion" section.

Ah, oops. There was more.

Do this:

1. Press WIN+Pause keys.
2. On the left side click "Device Manager".
3. Open "Display Adapters" branch and double-click "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870".
4. Click the "Driver" tab.
5. Read Driver date.

If you have 9.12 installed it will read 200 9- 12-17. Did you notice the connection to the version? ATI drivers are usually released once a month. So, driver 10.4 is 20 10-0 4, 10.5 is 20 10-0 5 and so on.

 

yes it is, 8.683 is the driver version and the catalyst version is 9.12

 

Kalim.......I never stop learning from you! Thanks for pointing out how to recognize a driver version from its date.

My driver is dated 12/17/2009, so I can assume it IS in fact v9.12.

Mike, thanks for your assist as well......appreciated.

Hmmm.......now 10.05. To try or not to try? That is the question.

 

Hey guys. I downloaded and installed 10.5 driver and it was working fine till I didnt try Crysis. GSOD appeared and Im realy sad now Ok I gonna search how to solve it. Cheers

 

you are looking at 3 options (some more dangerous than others...I will leave it up to you to decide).

Option1: Roll back to the 9.12 or 10.1 from Asus.........coz apparently everything else will cause GSODs...

Options2: Venture into flashing your vbios with the clevo or the msi ones, to find out that the HDMI or VGA port will no longer work (and god knows what else). You may also BRICK your laptop in the process. Also, flashing your vbios with msi or clevo is a surefire way of voiding your warranty (unless u flash back before you rma)

Option3: RMA the unit hoping that the next one u get (assuming you do convince them to fix it), does not GSOD on the new catalysts.

If there are any other way to solve this.........im all ears!

 

if the driver is anythings above 8.70 seems to cause GSOD

but RMA it's a luck of the draw, because to ASUS it's only broken if the 9.12 or 10.1 dis not work, but obviously those version work fine.

The last option is wait for asus to come up with a vbios upgrade, but i'm not counting on it.

 

I've been running 10.4 since it came out and it's been running great (hours upon countless hours of gaming).
Hesitant to try 10.5 now. Doesn't seem like enough significant changes anyway.

 

Thank you so much Hasib for such a fast response to my post. I uninstalled 10.5 drivers and installed one from Kalims thread about fresh install.m Everything is working great just I can clearly see less FPS in Crysis but that no problem after all. Im so glad to know you guys. Thank you one more time Hasib Cheers.

 

hmm, gotta say I'm glad to see they actually finally fixed the IL2 1946 graphics issue! Didn't think they ever would, but glad to see they actually do care, atleast a bit!

Guess I'll try them out, I've been running the 10.4's since the day they were released without issues.

EDIT: For those with any confusion on driver numbers, just installed the 10.5's, and are dated 5/4/2010 version 8.732.0.0

 

Ok after testing, with stock vbios, 10.5 drivers have no GSODs

 

Congratulation

 

Working for me, 4 hours of starcraft 2 and several hours of split/second and no problems.

Although I do get some flickering/flashing while windows is loading.

 

So you used to have the GSOD on the reference drivers and now you don't?

 

You are quite welcome and yep, that's correct.

BTW, I just realized that the default Windows US Date format is displayed in the manor in which you included in your post (ie: 12/17/2009 or MM/dd/yyyy). I absolutely dislike that format and it was one of the first things I changed in Windows. So, I kind of forgot that not everyone see the same thing. Oops.

To keep the date format consistent with other things and to sort correctly, I use the ISO 8601 standard date format (ie: 2009-12-17 or yyyy-MM-dd). If you are interested, this can be changed in "Control Panel" with the "Region and Language" properties.

Just thought I would throw that in there.

 

No, I didn't have GSOD before, guess I have one of the majority without GSOD problems.

 

I GSOD playing Borderlands. I was about 20-30 mins in and suddenly GSOD with striped lines. :| wanted to monitor if any improvement in temps.

 

I still GSOD with 10.5. 'Tis frustrating.

 

Is 10.1 really that bad? I mean, is it worse than getting GSODs?

 

For the games that I play, 10.1 is fine, however, I find it irksome that a gaming machine has issues with updating video drivers.

 

Not bad, it's just testing if latest drivers work. I mean updates generally are supposed to be better, so we want to upgrade. There's no problem trying it out.

btw, where do you get 10.1 from? When I go back to stock I install from drivers/utilities disc provided by Asus, which is 8.63 or something.

 

VGA drivers 10.1 (v8.692.1.0) can be downloaded <del>here</del> and was released on 2010-04-15.

 

I understand, but the changes that ASUS made to their card unfortunately make the reference drivers not 100 percent compatible. Stability and 100 percent functionality is important to me, so I just keep what I have as I would rather not deal with a GSOD. Although, I don't know if I would have one since I have not updated.

 

Hmm I can't install this. The installer crashes when it's detecting my hardware