Catalyst 7.4 is out

[AnotherGuy]

for both vista and xp at ati.amd.com

 

[Matt2]

Hopefully these will fix my STALKER crashes.

 

[n7]

7.3 fixed my Q4 issues of not being able to play w/o disabling secondary display, but i had to disable some CCC service to prevent BSODs on Vista startup, which leaves me with no CCC options.

So here's hoping these will run nice in Vista.

 

[Matt2]

Originally posted by: n7
7.3 fixed my Q4 issues of not being able to play w/o disabling secondary display, but i had to disable some CCC service to prevent BSODs on Vista startup, which leaves me with no CCC options.

So here's hoping these will run nice in Vista.

zOMG!!!

You mean ATI's drivers have problems in Vista too?

Herecy!

 

[AnotherGuy]

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:

* Battlefield 2: A momentary split screen is no longer seen when launching the game with AA enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27052
* City of Heroes: Changing the display resolution to 2560x1600 or higher no longer results in the game failing to run. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25518
* Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Undrentide: Attempting to play the game under the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version) no longer results in the opening cinematic failing to play when using an LCD display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25521
* Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Under tide: Attempting to play the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon? X800/850 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in game failing to respond after playing the opening cinematic. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25512
* Quake 4: game corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system when using an ATI Radeon? 9800 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25510
* Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI: Texture corruption is no longer noticed in the terrain of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27049
* Unreal Tournament 2004: Playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon X1600 and running the Vista operating system no longer results in display corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27053
* OverDrive? now functions as expected under the Windows Vista operating system when running an OpenGL application. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25524
* The Reactivate ATI color controls option found in the Catalyst? Control Center->color aspect no longer remains greyed out when attempting to reactivate the option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26682
* Catalyst? Control Center: Making changes to the color depth for the first time no longer results in the color depth reverting to 8bpp. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26684
* Attempting to run TV in the Windows Vista media center no longer results in the operating system rebooting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26748
* Connecting a TV as a secondary display device no longer results in the extended desktop feature failing to be applied on the first attempt. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27055
* Catalyst? Control Center: The 60Hz option is no longer listed twice in the Display Option->3D Refresh Rate Override. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27056
* Catalyst? Control Center->Color aspect: An unhandled exception error is no longer displayed when clicking both the mouse buttons on the sliders. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27057
* Catalyst? Control Center->Video->Color Page: The Help page is now displayed when pressing F1. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27058
* Catalyst? Control Center->Basic View->3D: Setting the slider to Balanced mode followed by exiting the Catalyst? Control Center and then re-launching the Catalyst? Control Center no longer results in the slider position moving to High Performance. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27059
* Catalyst? Control Center->Basic View->Incorrect Current Setting is no longer shown in Content Viewing Selection for Component Video aspect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27060
* The product name no longer fails to be displayed when editing the custom view of the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27061
* Catalyst? Control Center->Hotkeys Manager: The option to Toggle Internal Panel Scaling modes is no longer listed when connecting a non-LCD display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27062
* The ATI OverDrive? Defaults button is now enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27063
* Multiple entries are no longer listed for some the aspects found in the Catalyst? Control Center Help contents. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27064
* The Force TV option is no longer active after deselecting the option and then re-launching the Catalyst? Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-23547
* The LCD brightness level is now be retained when resuming from an S3 or S4 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27044
* Attempting to resume from an S3 state no longer results in the display remaining blank and only the mouse cursor becoming active. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27045
* Connecting a CRT and a TV to a system containing an ATI Radeon X1200/1250 series of product no longer results in the TV going blank when changing the TV format from NTSC to PAL or visa versa. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27046
* Connecting a CRT to a system containing an ATI Radeon X1200/1250 series of product no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system may fail to respond when attempting to resume from an S3 state by pressing the power button. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27047
* The Catalyst? Control Center no longer fails to launch under the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27048
* The Windows Vista operating system no longer reports and incorrect amount of shared system memory on 512MB integrated systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27050
* Performing a custom un-install of the graphics driver no longer results in the Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27051
* Connecting a TV using an S-Video cable to a system containing an ATI Radeon X1650 series of product no longer results in a blank display when attempting to resume from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-27054

 

[davidos]

7.3 rendered my Vista Home Premium DOA... Had to reinstall the whole mess. Staying with 7.2 for a while. Once bitten...

 

[AnotherGuy]

I installled 7.4 on vista 32.... everything seems fine so far i played a game to see if better performance and i think its a lil better than 7.2 that i had... but not sure. I only played like 2 times on vista before so i cant remember. But at least theres no problems with these new drivers.

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy

* Quake 4: game corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game under the Windows Vista operating system when using an ATI Radeon? 9800 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25510

It still happens, you just don't see it.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Anyone notice the up to 30% gains in opengl with high end cards? Could it be that these drivers already include the opengl performance for R600? Thats pretty impressive

 

[Cheex]

Is FIFA 07 written in DX9 or OpenGL2?

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: AnotherGuy
for both vista and xp at ati.amd.com

And for Linux.

 

[Munky]

From the release notes, it looks like lately Ati has been improving OpenGL performance, but only in Vista. Too bad, because the majority of gamers still use XP.

 

[Zenoth]

Originally posted by: munky
From the release notes, it looks like lately Ati has been improving OpenGL performance, but only in Vista. Too bad, because the majority of gamers still use XP.

I installed 7.4, I had 7.3, I use Windows XP SP2, and according to my humble tests my performance in Prey at 1024 x 768, with 4x AAA and 8X HQ AF has increased noticeably. I used to get an average of 40 fps when the first level loads up after the intro (in the public bathroom at the bar), and now I get around 48 fps, and I haven't changed anything in the in-game settings. Either ATi isn't telling us all the changes made in 7.4, or 7.3 had some serious issues that were never shown in the known issues changelog that I was never aware of.

Oh and my 3DMark05 score increased by 123 points over 7.3.

 

[SynthDude2001]

I wonder if I should even bother trying out the 7.4's (running a 9700 Pro and Vista x64 here). I've found that the 7.1's are actually the fastest for me (out of 7.1-7.3), in Direct3D anyway. OpenGL didn't even work for me in that release so I use the atioglxx.dll from the 7.3 set.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Zenoth

Originally posted by: munky
From the release notes, it looks like lately Ati has been improving OpenGL performance, but only in Vista. Too bad, because the majority of gamers still use XP.

I installed 7.4, I had 7.3, I use Windows XP SP2, and according to my humble tests my performance in Prey at 1024 x 768, with 4x AAA and 8X HQ AF has increased noticeably. I used to get an average of 40 fps when the first level loads up after the intro (in the public bathroom at the bar), and now I get around 48 fps, and I haven't changed anything in the in-game settings. Either ATi isn't telling us all the changes made in 7.4, or 7.3 had some serious issues that were never shown in the known issues changelog that I was never aware of.

Oh and my 3DMark05 score increased by 123 points over 7.3.

Hmm... I didn't test it myself, but it's nice if XP users get higher performance too. I'll check it out.

 

[Schadenfroh]

that was quick

 

[Stumps]

sooo do these drivers improve S.T.A.L.K.E.R's performance under Vista?

 

[BFG10K]

From the release notes, it looks like lately Ati has been improving OpenGL performance, but only in Vista. Too bad, because the majority of gamers still use XP.

The improvements are to get Vista OpenGL as fast as the XP version.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

These STINK with Crossfire...

AA keeps resetting and for BF2 forcing AA or AF in any way = no AA or AF

Damn I can't wait to get rid of Crossfire...

Hope a single HD2900xtx or 8900 will do the job for me.

 

[hardwareking]

do these drivers support folding@home?

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: hardwareking
do these drivers support folding@home?

The release notes had an entry about folding@home, so it sounds like they are supported.

 

[Ulfhednar]

I wish that Nvidia would release WHQL drivers like this, beginning to miss ATI.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Originally posted by: gersson
These STINK with Crossfire...

AA keeps resetting and for BF2 forcing AA or AF in any way = no AA or AF

lol hey Gerson the only game that i tried under vista was AA btw, and i think it played a little smoother... glad to see plp playin AA

 

[F1shF4t]

My only problem is when will they support x1700 lappy cards.
This card has been out for 6 months.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: Dark Cupcake
My only problem is when will they support x1700 lappy cards.
This card has been out for 6 months.

never, regular catalyst is not for mobile chipsets.