Catalyst 10.6 Mobility is live

ATI Catalyst? Mobility Display Driver

Avivo Link isn't working, download from AMD Underground instead.
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/10-6_vista_win7_32-64_xcode.exe

Catalyst 10.6 Profiles:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/920...ion_profiles/10-6_ATICatalyst_AppProfiles.exe

Catalyst 10.6 Hydravision if you use that.
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/10-6_vista_win7_32-64_hydravision.exe

Catalyst 10.6 pushes ATi ahead of Nvidia for Video, a first:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...-benchmark-2-0-analysis-ati-nvidia-and-intel/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HQV/HQV_2.0/8.html
Also ATi Stream Technology live with Flash 10.1 update.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...e-flash-player-10-1-ati-stream-catalyst-10-6/

OpenCL is also supported with these drivers. Support Open Platforms!

 

OpenCL ftw!
This is great news.

 

Unfortunately the desktop transcode won't install on mobility, so we have to wait for them to fix the link.

I've already tweeted to CatalystMaker as that seems to be the only way to contact him. But I've noticed he seems to ignore any complaint about Mobility drivers and only focus on desktop. Bleh.

Maybe too busy mourning Greek's loss to South Korea, epic win.

 

Yup, not recognized by my cards

 

You have to wait for a Dell/Alienware driver release. It's a known issue and will probably be fixed soon. Not sure if it's a vBios/Bios or if Dell needs to have their hardware ID accepted by ATi or not.

 

Oh crap... seems they are offering the installer themselves now. I hope they haven't applied some kind of protection to it as well.

EDIT: Yup, i was right. The installer won't work on my VAIO

 

Reference drivers, generally, can only be installed on notebooks if the manufacturer gives the chipset manufacturer permission to do so. nVidia's reference drivers don't install on Sony VAIOs either, I'm afraid.

 

I clicked on Release Notes it opened Catalyst 10.5 Release Notes, how come ??

 

Hows it doing on the G73 so far ziddy?

 

Any word on what this fixes/improves over 10.5, or 10.1 for that matter..?

 

ATI Catalyst? 10.6 Driver ? What?s New? | AMD at Play
http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_106_release_notes.pdf

Video/OpenGL/Flash 10.1

Games

 

Crap! OpenGL support? Hot Damn I'm installing.

 

Cool, OpenGL + lots of 2D GPU Support, nice driver update.

 

These installed fine for me on my M15x with 5850. They fixed a lot of stability issues too.

 

Ok, installed it, works fine, those random pixel blocks when I fast forward videos in mkv are gone.

My 3Ds Max can run on openGL 4.0 as well now, woot.

 

so do these not install notebooks that use switchable graphics with an i5 like it says in the warning or is there a work-a-round?

 

That part is kind of misleading... it means no integrated (do they even make integrated ati chips for laptops anymore?). Those of you who have it installed, is there any temp or performance difference from 10.5?

 

Why don't you just install and see for yourself? It's not a big deal, waste maybe 5-10 minutes, if you don't like it, roll back...

 

My ati is still in the process of being ordered

Also, you left something out of the initial release notes that will make a lot of people happy here...

 

Oh.

...oh.


whelp. Not a problem then come whenever my new laptop shows up.

 

Won't install on my w870cu, says I already have the most up to date display driver.

 

You must be using 10.6a, uninstall it first.

 

This looks like one of the more major catalyst updates I've seen in awhile. Looks like they added alot of good fixes and stuff.

 

I'm using 10.4, 10.5 wouldn't install either. I will try uninstalling though.

 

Aw, darn. I guess it was only a matter of time til ATI plugged that loophole.. but I wish they didn't do it on a major update! Don't suppose anyone's found a way around it yet?

 

Can only say I'm glad my notebook brand is too lazy to bother to release their own version of GPU driver.

 

I am on my toshiba laptop with a 3650, if I download that 1mb file that checks my laptop it says it wont work, but if I download the EXE it installs with no problem. I checked device manager and the driver is installed!

But when I go play a HD video on youtube my GPU load is 0%. I reinstalled Flash 10.1 and still no go hmmm. and yes "hardware acceleration" is checked.

 

Video playback is a decoder on the card. It doesn't use stream processors to do it. So yes between 0-2% use from very poor quality youtube/flash up to the best 1080p, that's normal.

Only clear way to tell is to see you CPU usage.

If your CPU usage for video playback is around 0-2% then you know it's working. But it's hard to tell with youtube since it would normally use 0-1% CPU anyways... Have to test it with a decent 720 or 1080p video with a DXVA enabled video player.

 

Tested with a 1080P video, CPU usage stays under 1-4%, GPU temp increases, so I guess it means that it works.

 

I think this is the first driver that can beat the 10.3a one for a HD4570 ... however, the CPU usage still 30-40% when viewing 720p or 1080p video

 

The release notes don't specify the 5870m...but does this mean these drivers close the gap between the 5870m and gtx480m?

 

It has to be a DXVA enabled video player. You have to set it up...

Here is a guide to help you set that up: http://forum.notebookreview.com/6311590-post1.html

 

makes sense I guess, CPU is still up there with 70+% . Why does it work for some people and not others?

 

I followed the guide to the letter but still same GPU utilization 10-20% & CPU usage is 30-40% .... nice guide though I like the way the videos look now and the control over the sound channels & other stuff +rep m8

 

what media player are you using?

 

also if you aren't watching something that uses h264 (hd mkv stuff...ok h264 mkv stuff in general) it probably'll still use the processor.

 

I'm simply using windows media player 11 + combined community codec pack, 1-4% CPU usage.

 

These drivers seem to not function properly with Crossfire. Reading it all over the internet, mobility or not.

Here we go AGAIN. I finally think i'm going to get a bug fix for the BFBC2 load problem, but NOPE!! ATI s up their driver release AGAIN!. So what's going to happen? They're going to release a hotfix for desktop only, AGAIN!

Never again will i buy an ATI product. This is ing ridiculous. If they're going to release mobility drivers, SUPPORT THEM, how hard is it to release a mobility installer when they do a hotfix? seriously?

 

ok so I downloaded this H.264 1280x720p, 29.97fps Astronauts in Zero Gravity

CPU usage is around 30% GPU is 20-30%. I played it using VLC.

But if I play H.264 133megs Space Shuttle STS117 Launch 1920x1080i, 29.97fps

It cant play the video smoothly hmm, isnt my GPU suppose to be able play it fine? (see sig)

Edit: if I play it in WMP it works perfectly and my CPU usage dumps down. so hmm VLC

 

anyone have download link for windows xp 32bit ? i really need it


thanks for help

 

any direct links available for win7 x64 ??

 

Installed, and going back to 10.5. Really killed my fps in BF BC2.

 

omg is it really that bad

 

Increased my fps on most games i play .

Dude what the f? Did you even read first post? -.-

 

No, my FPS is the same for BC2.

 

I agree my fps in BC2 is the same essentially.

 

Take a look at these links and give the updated app profile a try.
Even though discussion was around XFire perfromance, it may help.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/6370383-post128.html

 

Hey, I just got a new Toshiba, with a Radeon 4250... where do I get newer catalyst drivers that will work on Toshiba? The official website says specifically that Tosh notebooks aren't going to be supported..

 

You get your drivers from Toshiba

 

I reverted to 10.5a on my desktop as well, 10.6 murdered my BC2 framerates. It would appear that's only the case on pre-5000 series card, though.