ATI Catalyst 9.6 WHQL

[spajdr]

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

* Company of Heroes – až 25% nárůst u karet HD 4600 a slabších, 10% u HD 4800
* Crysis – až 13% nárůst v multi-GPU zapojení
* Crysis Warhead – až 11% nárůst v multi-GPU zapojení
* World in Conflict – až 30% nárůst výkonu v nastaveních limitujících CPU

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for all Windows OS. These include:
-Opening Crossfire pages no longer causes Catalyst Control Center to stop responding
-Catalyst Control Center: With some multi adapter systems in clone mode, disabling the primary display is now possible
-Changing the bitrate slider values, while transcoding WMV files, no longer causes Catalyst Control Center to stop responding
-Catalyst Control Center: On some systems configurations, the Overdrive options no longer fails to display
-Catalyst Control Center content no longer appears interlaced when automatic deinterlacing is enabled
-Catalyst Control Center: Display settings no longer missing when hot plugging a CRT display in clone mode
-Catalyst Control Center: Scaling option slider is no longer inadvertently enabled
when using a non-HDTV resolution
-Fixed a regression in ATI CAL that caused certain IL kernels that compiled and executed properly with Catalyst version prior to 9.4 to no longer work properly with Catalyst 9.4 or later

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:
-On some configurations, video artifacts are no longer visible during playback of transcoded video files
-Second adapter will now run at default minimum clock values, instead of custom GPU clock values, without requiring the user to launch and exit the 3D game in full screen mode
-Corruption and flickering no longer

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:
-Catalyst Control Center: Scaling option slider is no longer incorrectly enabled when using non-HDTV resolutions
-System instability no longer observed when task switching to desktop when playing "Tom Clancy's HAWK"
-Catalyst Control Center: On some configurations, the scaling options are no longer missing for HDMI or component video displays
-Team Fortress 2 some slowdowns no longer occur during gameplay

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:
-Some systems with both a component video display and a secondary display, it is now possible to duplicate the displays using the display settings
-Catalyst Control Center: Graphics corruption no longer visible when updating the ATI Graphics Power settings
-Catalyst Control Center: System no longer fails to set the Component Video modes
-Catalyst Control Center no longer shows Crossfire as disabled
-Catalyst Control Center: Default HDTV modes can now be enabled properly
-Enabling CrossFire under specific system configurations no longer causes Catalyst Control Center to stop responding
-Intermittent corruption no longer visible throughout Enemy Territory Quake Wars levels

Known Issues for All Windows Operating System
This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under all Windows operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
-Garbled text may appears on resume splash screen after hibernation with some ASICs
-Catalyst Control Center: Advance Color page, when enabling the advanced color settings the preview window may blank out
-Opening Catalyst Control Center may result in an error message when using Dual Adapters with a non-ATI ASIC and ATI ASIC
-Catalyst Control Center: Enable dialog reposition does not show on proper monitor when system is configured with 4 displays
-Confirmation dialog box might not appear when applying HDTV 720p and 1080i formats; the resolution will be applied automatically
-Interlaced modes might not be applied on HDTV supported DFP panels even when forced via Catalyst Control Center
-Catalyst Control Center: The wrong help pages are displayed for Component video properties
-Catalyst Control Centre may fail to launch when CrossFire has been disabled on some multi-adapter systems
-Catalyst Control Center: Text in some of the panels may be cut when running on a Russian operating systems
-Catalyst Control Center: Some text in the Basic View may be cut after using the “Rotate Desktop” options

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
-On some system configurations, a delay may be noticed when task switching between the desktop and a game in progress
-Some system configurations may prevent the playback of Blu-ray content on DVI ports at 1920x1080 and 1280x720 display modes
-[Vista 64] Re-installing the graphics driver may cause a “No ATI Graphics driver installed…” error dialog on reboot
-HDMI audio may not be enabled in some DX10 games when Crossfire is enabled

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
-A performance drop may be observed on Enemy Territory Quake Wars, Doom3 and Quake4
-With some multi-adapter configurations, the Catalyst Control Center AVIVO options may become disabled
-Catalyst Control Center image scaling options, "Maintain aspect ratio" and "Use centered timings" may not function on some DVI displays
-Catalyst Control Center may show a “System restart required..." message for some multi-adapter CrossFire configurations

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:
-Playing back Blu-ray content in extended desktop might not switch to primary display after unplugging the secondary display
-Power Cinema may have to be launched twice to start Blu-ray playback
-Catalyst Control Center may report Crossfire as disabled for some quad crossfire configurations
-Catalyst Control Center: Some of the default HDTV modes may not be enabled with particular monitors

[Krteq]

THX

Podle zvěstí kolujících po zahraničních fórech by tento release měl opravovat tzv. "video memory fragmentation". Upozornil na to ohara (vývojář z Bohemia Interactive ) - BI forums

[Sobo]

Nějaký leak? Na game.amd.com stále vidím jen Catalyst 9.5.

[Krteq]

jj leak, jako vždy rflair

Patch pro uživatele Win7
http://wright-pc.com/pyr0/Win7_9.6/Win7_9.6.zip

XP 32/64
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YCI4WVZ9


//staženo, nainstalováno - večer otestuju

[spajdr]

Fallout 3 HDR Bug in crossfire is fixed
EDIT.: tak je to pořád buglé

[KarlosK]

nevim co dělám špatně ale po instalaci mi CCC furt ukazuje že mám verzi 9.5
(windows 7) - stáhl jsem si tu správnou to vím

[Krteq]

Podívej se do záložky Information Center -> Graphics Software a mrkni na verzi buildu (Driver Packaging version). Pokud je tam 8.62-090505x-xxxx je vše OK.

[KarlosK]

Verze balení ovladače 8.612.1-090428a-080157C
takže se asi něco nepovedlo

[Krteq]

Zkus ten Win7 Patch co jsem linkoval. Složku extrahuj do adresáře kam jsi rozbalil instalační balík s ovladači a soubory přepiš.

[KarlosK]

nějak to furt neběží, dokonce se mi vytuhlo po reinstalu pc. no počkám si na ofiko vydání.. tím nic nezkazím

[[CZ]mike]

nějak to furt neběží, dokonce se mi vytuhlo po reinstalu pc. no počkám si na ofiko vydání.. tím nic nezkazím

nemas ve sluzbach zakazany framework? Kdyz si ho zakazu tak se mi tez neupdtauji ovladace

[KarlosK]

nějak to furt neběží, dokonce se mi vytuhlo po reinstalu pc. no počkám si na ofiko vydání.. tím nic nezkazím

nemas ve sluzbach zakazany framework? Kdyz si ho zakazu tak se mi tez neupdtauji ovladace

to nemam, před časem sem si tam dělal nějaké úpravy a i když jsem se tam díval teď tak je to v pořádku... tj catalysty 9.5 šly nainstalovat normálně

[Krteq]

Zkus je ještě updatovat manuálně přes správce zařízení, mělo by to jít.

[KarlosK]

Zkus je ještě updatovat manuálně přes správce zařízení, mělo by to jít.

tak to píše že nejnovější software je nainstalován takže si myslím že jde jen o chybu zobrazování novější verze v ccc

[Krteq]

Taky je možné, že se nechtějí nainstalovat/aktualizovat kvůli chybějící WHQL certifikaci, ale nejsem si jistý.

Jinak uživatelé na zahraničních fórech reportují nárůsty FPS ve hrách Company of Heroes, World in Conflict.
U mě celkem solidní zlepšení v CMR: Dirt, s předchozími drivery jsem měl kolem 45 - 55 FPS, po nainstalování těchto se pohybuju okolo 50 - 60 FPS.

Vypadá to na další "performance release"


//EDIT:
prý je opraven PP bug u "nestandartních" CF konfigurací (např. HD4850X2 + HD4850 apod.) - Guru3D forums

Catalyst 9.6 WHQL by měly oficiálně vyjít příští týden - Terry "CatalystMaker" Makedon

//EDIT2:
Další měření:
Videocard: 4870 1GB
Processor: Q6600
Mainboard: ASUS P5k Premium
Memory: 4GB DDR2 OCZ
OS: Vista x64

Bioshock
9.5 = min 70, max 187, avg 116.6
9.6 = min 73, max 192, avg 113.6

Fallout 3
9.5 = min 66, max 98, avg 90.5
9.6 = min 73, max 100, avg 92.6

CoDWaW
9.5 = min 46, max 94, agv 74.4
9.6 = min 48, max 94, avg 76.5

Guru3D forums

[Lister88]

lidi ... vydali vubec v ATI nejaky driver pro zlepseni GTA IV ? ....nVidia to udelala skoro hned po vydani.. a ATI nic takoveho .. to to podle nich neni potreba? ... optimalizovat drivery pro neoptimalizovanou hru?

[Krteq]

Některé optimalizace (no spíš opravy chyb) pro GTA IV byly už v Catalyst 8.12.

Jen tak mimochodem, balík Catalyst 9.6 (8.62) obsahuje celkem slušně vylepšený OpenGL driver (10 nových extenzí pro OpenGL a neobsahuje "tweak" pro FurMark )

Graphics driver information:
- Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit SP2
- Drivers Version: 8.620.0.0 - Catalyst 09.6 (5-5-2009)
- ATI Catalyst Version String: 09.6
- ATI Catalyst Release Version String: 8.62-090505a-080607E-ATI
- OpenGL Renderer: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
- OpenGL Version: 3.0
- GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Version: 1.30
- ARB Texture Units: 8
- Vertex Shader Texture Units: 16
- Pixel Shader Texture Units: 32
- Geometry Shader Texture Units: 0
- Max Texture Size: 8192×8192
- Max Anisotropic Filtering Value: X16.0
- Max Point Sprite Size: 8192.0
- Max Dynamic Lights: 8
- Max Viewport Size: 8192×8192
- Max Vertex Uniform Components: 1024
- Max Fragment Uniform Components: 1024
- Max Geometry Uniform Components: 512
- Max Varying Float: 68
- Max Vertex Bindable Uniforms: 15
- Max Fragment Bindable Uniforms: 15
- Max Geometry Bindable Uniforms: 0
- MSAA: 1X
- MSAA: 2X
- MSAA: 4X
- MSAA: 8X

Geeks3D - ATI Catalyst 9.6 (BETA): A Stack of New OpenGL Extensions!

[slaava]

to je pekny, ze obsahuje vylepseny driver pro OpenGL, ale kdyz pod nim nefunguji hry, byt starsi, tak je mi to celkem lito... konkretne se tedy jedna o chybu atikmdag.sys v COD1 s kombinaci Vista64bit (mozna i 32, tim si nejsem jistej), na XP je vse v poradku.

[Krteq]

Ta chyba atikmdag.sys se projevuje i s touto verzí driveru?

[slaava]

Ano, bohužel s tim AMD/ATi nic neudělalo a tato chyba na mne stále vyskakuje... Nestačím se ani rozkoukat v menu hry a už se hra kousne a zčerná obrazovka. Pěkně mne to štve