Where did Catalyst 8.13 go?

It would be 9.1, and it's coming soon.

I looked in the Catalyst history, and this (will be) the latest release in over a year. I worry that they ran into issues as this was supposed to be another miracle driver. Not to mention the holiday vacation in Dec./Jan. Hopefully all of this extra time will result in a much more stable driver (I heard some issues about 8.12, I just stayed with 8.11).

PS, if you're itchy there's demo drivers you can use at your own risk;

http://wright-pc.com/pyr0/ATI/

ah ok.. that clears up a lot. I was looking at the pattern in which they release (usually within first 2 weeks of every month) and now we're hitting the 3rd week and still nothing yet so I'm getting a bit anxious

Ive heard DX10 in quad opts are being done. They must be having problems, as I thought for sure theyd be out last week

What I meant is, we should see quad optimisations in DX10 with these drivers, meaning better quad core threading

There was beta driver releases where a few sites did some benching on them, and other sources

what GPU are u using scotteq?

a 4870x2


I suspect it's an issue with Catalyst, moreso than the driver itself. No hard evidence, tho - Just what I think. What happens is it randomly hard Locks the computer while gaming, - might be 5 minutes, might be 5 hours - but I have to use the reset button to get it back. And, of course, when you have to do that you don't get a .dmp file to look at.

It's all on a separate drive from my main installation, and it's Beta software after all. And I dutifully reported what I know to MSFT.

It's not a big deal. Just a matter of what I'll do, and when.

- I monitor the temps with Everest Ultimate, outputting to a gadget on my secondary monitor. With the fan set at 35%, they never exceed 70c, and the readings are consistent between 7 and Vista. So I can assure you that heat isn't the problem. Good suggestion though.

For more detailia: My Win 7 install is on the exact same computer, running the exact same clocks, and the same type/series (Seagate 7200.11. No raid. Just a pair of HDDs) hard drive as Vista 64. The issue doesn't happen under Vista at all. And given that 7 is more... efficient would be a good word since they run roughly the same number of processes... it would be logical to presume Video stress should be a bit less if not equal. But Vista is stable, while 7 locks. From my own troubleshooting, I'm reasonably sure it's a driver/software issue. While I don't have a .dmp to examine for hard evidence, what I've found in Technet and elsewhere tends to confirm. (Stuff like a given game running fine in Windowed mode but not at all on full screen, or fine on one comp yet buggy on another, and other random weirdness. This is besides some Crossfire headaches, and the X2 is basically a crossfire card on one PCB, so...)


For sure, I'd be singing a completely different tune were it all presented as Production Ready, but like I said before - My primary install is on another hard disc. So it's not a big deal, just what happens when playing with Beta Drivers on a Beta OS. Take notes, send them plus whatever data you collect to Microsoft, and keep playing with it.

here it is wensday and still nothing

at this rate it might be worth skipping 9.1 and going 9.2?

seems a bit tight if they're going to rush it like that. In this case, I'm not expecting 9.2 to have much improvements over 9.1. I would think of it as "9.15" lol..

**EDIT**

I TAKE THAT BACK!! IT'S OUT!!! EVERYONE DOWNLOAD NOW!

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

**EDIT#2**

ok... well it's still listed as 8.12 on the actual downloads... I'm thinking it will be out tmr... check frequently guys!

Still point to 8.12 (at the time of this writing) after you follow the original link.

Front page says 9.1, but takes you to the 8.12 driver packages.

Although offical links aren't out yet, there are alternatives.

here's one

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=286359

Credits to Chipsy for the link.

**EDIT**
Some users from guru3d are talking about how the supposed new drivers didn't bring any performance increase. They're now suspecting that the drivers they've posted are in fact Candidate Releases so use them at your own risk.

here's a look at GTA 4 Performance on 9.1 drivers during a 3 star cop chase.

Very stunning!!!

ATI 4870 1GB + E8400:

Settings:
26, 51,31, 5
Everything at high/very high rendering

Old driver performance:
Approx 20 fps.

alright so I got WS10 error shortly after and I reinstalled the game. I did another benchmark run and it's running at 29.99 fps on the settings of

View Distance: 25
Draw distance: 51
For got what this option was called: 31
For got what this option was called: 5

Everything is on very high or high depending on what I'm allowed to set.

I guess the game is more playable now =)

Hmm.. for some reason the link isn't working on my firefox... not sure what the case is.. but yes the link is working on google chrome.

They've also taken notice that on 64bit drivers, AVIVO doesn't use stream to convert videos! Finally they've heard our cries!

haha. i like your dedication.

Thanks for the update!! Great release! Crysis 20% increase and lots of fixes for vista regarding CCC

Here's an Alternative link if the official ATI link isn't up yet.

Catalyst 9.3 released.

Windows 7 9.3 drivers released as well.


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


Release notes: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/920 [...] _notes.pdf

9.5 released. game.amd.com

read this first: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/ [...] ndex8.html

Performance drops are seen with most graphics cards. Especially the 4850. Not sure how crossfire is scaling yet though.

I'd recommend running a few benches with 9.4, installing 9.5, running the same benches and comparing the difference. If 9.5 performs poorly for you, too, then revert to 9.4.

It would be great if everyone shared the benches.