ATI Catalyst 10.7 WHQL Software Suite Released

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 27th July 2010, 5:22 AM

As promised last week, AMD has now rolled out this month’s Catalyst driver release, the 10.7 version which features WHQL certification, and support for the Radeon HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000 and HD 5000 series cards, and the Radeon HD 3000 and HD 4000 series IGPs.

Full release notes can be found via the download link below, after you have clicked on the version you are after.

Downloads can be found here: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloa...downloads.aspx

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Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

ATi have just released the new beta 10.7a driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

This update brings Anti-Aliasing support (which must be enabled through the ATI Catalyst Control Center) for StarCraft II, as well as a performance enhancement for Eyefinity users running with Quad ATI CrossFireX configurations.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...etaDriver.aspx

So any StarCraft II users that want AA grab these drivers and see how you go!

SilverSilence · 27th July 2010, 5:30 AM

Awesome!

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And finally, ATI CrossFireX now supports rotated displays, which was particularly longed for by users of ATI Eyefinity setups that make use of rotated physical displays.

TaroT · 27th July 2010, 6:28 AM

been there done that

the beta ones that were leaked had a different feature added....video used on internet video in the avivo settings but these don't.
as for performance...mahhh for me on a single card its the same

LostBenji · 27th July 2010, 6:44 AM

So basicly, no gains unless you're using Eyefinity and rare CF setups or happen to still use VLC............

Not really ground-breaking.

SilverSilence · 27th July 2010, 7:13 AM

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Performance Improvements:
Borderlands -
Performance increases 3-5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon HD 5970 single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 and ATI Radeon HD 5500 series single card configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled
Performance increases 2-10% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled

Not ground breaking, but at least they're commited to regurlarly updating drivers

TaroT · 27th July 2010, 7:17 AM

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Performance increases 3-5% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 and ATI Radeon HD 5700 series single card and CrossFire configurations when anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering is enabled

well 25 points in vantage does not equal 5 percent to me.
have to test other games but i swear there is a little bit of graphical anomolies going in in the shadows in things like batman arkham asylum where there wasn't before...so the *extra* 5 % i fear is them doign a shonk.

oh also vlc 1.1 hardware acceleration...have,nt tested that one yet

SilverSilence · 27th July 2010, 7:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TaroT

well 25 points in vantage does not equal 5 percent to me.
have to test other games but i swear there is a little bit of graphical anomolies going in in the shadows in things like batman arkham asylum where there wasn't before...so the *extra* 5 % i fear is them doign a shonk.

oh also vlc 1.1 hardware acceleration...have,nt tested that one yet

Those improvements are for borderlands only

demon1300 · 27th July 2010, 7:33 AM

Just downloaded at work

Anyone know if the 2D clocks are ok?

Regards, Rob

Linkin · 27th July 2010, 8:39 AM

Downloading now, will report of any issues after installation

Frag · 27th July 2010, 9:43 AM

Hows BF2 and BF2 in CF?

Metro?

anthonyl · 27th July 2010, 10:02 AM

From the early feedback im getting, these drivers cause problems with clock speeds not returning to idle after 3d gaming...

Full 3D clocks on both GPUs but only one GPU returns to idle/2D clocks on exit, GPU2 remains at 3D clocks:

and

Only one GPU switches to 3D clocks, the other remains at idle/2D clocks

And various users are reporing BSOD problems...yet again!!

Anyone want a pair of 5870's?

Intensity · 27th July 2010, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by anthonyl

Anyone want a pair of 5870's?

Haha only if there free :P

RedPill-FTW · 27th July 2010, 11:48 AM

Just uninstalled my 10.6 Version and threw on 10.7 (Uninstalled, Rebooted into safe mode, DriverCleanerPro removal, rebooted, Installed 10.7 and rebooted)

Here is a before and after of 3dmark06 at standard 3dmark settings:

Note, Nothing else was changed in the before and after tests except for the driver version.

SM2 Scores are a bit higher, thats a nice improvement IMO. My screen still flickers with the GPU OC'd with my dual monitors

I thought they were going to fix that!

10.6 Drivers:

10.7 Drivers:

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 27th July 2010, 2:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frag

Hows BF2 and BF2 in CF?

Metro?

If you meant Bad Company 2, then i haven't really had any issues with the game in crossfire. Clock speed scales down and GPU usage is consistent between the GPU's.

DivHunter · 27th July 2010, 2:28 PM

Did they fix the CF lockups?

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anthonyl Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,875	From the early feedback im getting, these drivers cause problems with clock speeds not returning to idle after 3d gaming... Full 3D clocks on both GPUs but only one GPU returns to idle/2D clocks on exit, GPU2 remains at 3D clocks: and Only one GPU switches to 3D clocks, the other remains at idle/2D clocks And various users are reporing BSOD problems...yet again!! Anyone want a pair of 5870's? __________________ I7-2600k \| Antec h2O 920 water cooled \| 16Gb G.Skill RipJaws \| Asus P8P67 Pro \| Dual Gigabyte GTX 670's in SLI \| Samsung S27A950 \|Logitech G500..G15..G35..Z5500 \| X-Fi Titanium Fatality \| 250Gb Crucial M4 SSD \| Galaxy Note

27th July 2010, 11:48 AM	#13
RedPill-FTW Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 74	Just uninstalled my 10.6 Version and threw on 10.7 (Uninstalled, Rebooted into safe mode, DriverCleanerPro removal, rebooted, Installed 10.7 and rebooted) Here is a before and after of 3dmark06 at standard 3dmark settings: Note, Nothing else was changed in the before and after tests except for the driver version. SM2 Scores are a bit higher, thats a nice improvement IMO. My screen still flickers with the GPU OC'd with my dual monitors I thought they were going to fix that! 10.6 Drivers: 10.7 Drivers: __________________ GamesRig: i5 750 @4.0GHz [200*20] @1.365v \| Gigabyte P55M-UD4 \| NVidia 9600GT [needs updating!] \| GSkill 8GIG Kit [8-8-8-22 @1.60v] \| Kingston 128GIG SSDNow \| XSPC Detla V2 CPU \| XSPC RS140 \| DTek DB-1 \| XSPC 5.25" BayRes \| Antec P180 Mini Server: P4 S775 3.2GHz Prescott @3.4GHz \| Biostar A7 865PE \| NVidia MX4000 \| 1.5GIG DDR400Mhz \| WD640 x 3 RAID0 \| WD2TB \| WD1TB \| WD500 \| Coolermaster Stacker 810

27th July 2010, 6:44 AM	#4
LostBenji (Taking a Break) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Not around here anymore.. Posts: 5,298	So basicly, no gains unless you're using Eyefinity and rare CF setups or happen to still use VLC............ Not really ground-breaking.