ULTIMA VERSIONE UFFICIALE (17/08/2011): 11.8
Release notes:
Spoiler:
Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 Windows release include:
New Features
- AMD Overdrive has been enhanced to include both CPU and GPU over-clocking controls within the AMD Vision Control Center
- CPU over-clocking is only supported on AMD Black edition CPUs
Performance Highlights
- Improves performance up to 10% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
- Improves performance up to 8% in Fear 3 DirectX 11 version with application enabled Anti-Aliasing on the
AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series- Improves performance up to 30% when AMD’s Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) is enabled through the
Catalyst™ Control Center on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series- Improves performance up to 20% in Call of Duty Black Operations for single GPU and Multi-GPU configurations on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 software suite for Windows 7. These include:
- The option to “Apply current video quality settings to internet video" is no longer randomly missing from the AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / AMD Vision™ Engine Control Center.
- 3DMark 11 no longer intermittently generates a BSOD error when run using a standard user account.
- Playing HD video content overnight using Windows Media Center no longer causes the system to hang or generates a BSOD error.
- Random graphical corruption is no longer experienced when playing Crysis 2 in a Crossfire environment.
- Image stabilization is now correctly applied to DivX clips when using Windows Media Player.
- Enabling AntiAliasing when playing Starcraft 2 no longer causes random screen blackouts.
- Video corruption is no longer seen when scrolling through DivX 5 video files using Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player.
- Menu corruption is no longer seen when running F.E.A.R 3 in DirectX 11 mode.
- Video playback now functions correctly after enabling hardware acceleration in VLC version 1.1.10.
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:
- PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen when playing back BluRay content with Crossfire enabled.
- BSOD errors are no longer intermittently experienced after installing the driver with Crossfire enabled.
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.8 software suite for Windows XP. These include:
- PowerDVD no longer randomly displays a blank screen during video playback when switching from extended display mode to cloned display mode.
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 AMD Catalyst™. These include:
- STALKER - Call of Pripyat may randomly hang when entering a new or saved game.
- Random corruption may be observed when running the Unigine Heaven benchmark in Fixed High Performance mode.
- F1 2010 may randomly hang on application launch.
- Battlefield – Bad Company 2 may randomly hang after a period of game play.
- Dungeon Siege 3 may randomly hang on application launch.
- Dead Rising 2 may randomly hang on application launch.
- Random flashing may be observed while playing F1 2010 and Dirt 2.
- OpenGL acceleration may not function within Photoshop CS5.
Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst™. These include:
- Windows Aero options may not be available after installing the driver.
- Doom 3 and Quake 4 may experience graphical corruption.
- Performing Bezel compensation in certain Eyefinity configurations may cause some bezel groups to not appear.
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 AMD Catalyst™. These include
- Enemy Territory – Quake Wars may experience random graphics corruption.
- Quake 4 may experience random graphics corruption.
FONTE: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...easeNotes.aspx
Download versione 11.8:
PC Desktop
PC Portatili (Mobility)
Oppure: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
VERSIONI HOTFIX e PREVIEW:
Spoiler:
- 11.8 preview + OpenGL 4.2 beta driver (29 agosto 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
nuova versione degli 11.8 preview, contiene una versione ancora più aggiornata degli opengl beta 4.2.
Se non vi servono le ultime open gl potete evitare benissimo di installarli, in quanto gli 11.8 ufficiali sono più nuovi
Downloads:
> Windows 7/Vista <
> Windows XP <
- 11.8 preview + OpenGL 4.2 beta driver (10 agosto 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
AMD Catalyst™ Preview Driver Features:
- Full support for the new OpenGL 4.2 specification. High-lights include:
- Enhanced support for generic read-write memory and high performance atomics in shaders (EXT_shader_image_load_store and ARB_shader_atomic_counters extensions), allowing advanced graphics algorithms to be implemented.
- Increased flexibility in how texture memory is allocated and managed (ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage and EXT_texture_storage extensions).
- Improved control and access to geometry instancing for improved performance (ARB_transform_feedback_instanced and ARB_base_instance).
- Improvements to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL).
- Added control over GPU optimizations related to depth testing (AMD_conservative_depth).
- Improved guarantees about the alignment of mapped GPU memory (ARB_map_buffer_alignment).
Download
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/A...Win7_Vista.exe
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/A...port_WinXP.exe
- 11.8 preview (27 luglio 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center 11.8 Driver Preview Features:
The following download provides the following features in addition to the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center 11.7 driver release
- Enables AMD HD3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays
- Improves performance:
- Up to 10% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products
- Up to 8% in Fear 3 DirectX 11 version with application enabled Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products
- Up to 30% when AMD’s Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) is enabled through the Catalyst Control Center on AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products
Download
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...erPreview.aspx
- 11.6b Hotfix (7 giugno 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
AMD Catalyst™ driver 11.6b Hotfix Features:
- Resolves the following issues:
- Blue screen erorrs (BSOD) seen when connecting a HDMI and DisplayPort based display to an AMD Radeon HD graphics product when using AMD Catalyst 11.6
- Screen flickering when the system is idle
- Mouse pointer corruption found in previous AMD Catalyst releases
- AMD Catalyst driver support for systems with the following AMD products installed:
- A8-3850 - AMD Radeon™ HD 6550D
- A8-3800 - AMD Radeon HD 6550D
- A6-3650 - AMD Radeon HD 6530D
- A6-3600 - AMD Radeon HD 6530D
Download
- AMD Catalyst 11.6b Hotfix for Windows 7 & Windows Vista 32-bit / 64-bit Edition
- AMD Catalyst 11.6b Hotfix for Windows XP 32-bit / 64-bit Edition
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...16bHotfix.aspx
- 11.6a Hotfix (30 giugno 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
AMD Catalyst driver 11.6a Hotfix Feature:
- AMD Catalyst driver support for systems with the following AMD products installed:
- A8-3850 - AMD Radeon HD 6550D
- A8-3800 - AMD Radeon HD 6550D
- A6-3650 - AMD Radeon HD 6530D
- A6-3600 - AMD Radeon HD 6530D
Download
- AMD Catalyst 11.6a Hotfix for Windows 7 & Windows Vista 32-bit / 64-bit Edition
- AMD Catalyst 11.6a Hotfix for Windows XP 32-bit / 64-bit Edition
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...16aHotfix.aspx
- 11.7 preview (29 giugno 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
Questa release è poco adatta a chi gioca, è pensata sopratutto per gli sviluppatori.
Vi rimando a questa discussione per i dettagli http://forum.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=347058
Al momento è consigliabile rimanere con gli 11.6 ufficiali
- 11.6 preview (4 giugno 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
- fixato il bug del lag del mouse
- nuova versione dei driver D3D, 2D e OpenGL
Download
Win7 e Vista
- 11.5b hotfix RC5 (25 maggio 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.5b Hotfix Features:
- Includes performance optimizations and resolves various quality issues for the upcoming release of Brink™
- Resolves transcoding video lagging issues seen when converting multiple H.264 clips to MPEG2 Blu-ray video
- Resolves the intermittent mouse cursor lag issue seen by some users
- Resolves intermittent flickering issues seen in the following applications in a system using an AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series graphics card with DDR3 memory and running in DirectX® 9 mode:
- Civilization 5
- Dead Rising 2
- Fallout 3
- Mafia 2
- NBA 2010
- ShenGuiChuanQi
- Starcraft 2
- Warcraft III
- World of Warcraft
- Support for additional Stereo 3D-capable displays:
- Viewsonic V3D241wm-LED
- 3D Projectors
- Enables AMD CrossFire™ scaling for Brink
- Enables AMD CrossFire scaling for The Witcher 2
- Improves performance for Dirt 3
Download
Win 7
Win XP
- 11.5a hotfix RC3 (16 maggio 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
NB: Questi sono drivers apposta per aumentare gli fps in BRINK (su singola GPU), se non giocate a BRINK potete rimanere sui 11.5a RC1 o al massimo sui RC2 se usate il 3D
Download
amd_catalyst_11.5a_hotfix_8.85.6rc3_win7_may16
amd_catalyst_11.5a_hotfix_8.85.6rc3_winxp_may16
- 11.5a Hotfix RC2 (12 maggio 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:
AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.5a Hotfix Feature:
Includes performance optimizations and resolves various quality issues for the upcoming release of Brink™
Resolves transcoding video lagging issues seen when converting multiple H.264 clips to MPEG2 Blu-ray video
Resolves the intermittent mouse cursor lag issue seen by some users
Resolves intermittent flickering issues seen in the following applications in a system using an AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series graphics card with DDR3 memory and running in DirectX® 9 mode:
- Civilization 5
- Dead Rising 2
- Fallout 3
- Mafia 2
- NBA 2010
- ShenGuiChuanQi
- Starcraft 2
- Warcraft III
- World of Warcraft
Support for additional Stereo 3D-capable displays:
- Viewsonic V3D241wm-LED
- 3D Projectors
Download
Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows Vista FIX (Extract this in the directory of the driver and install everything via setup.exe, if the driver fails, install via device manager.)
- 11.5a Hotfix RC1 (5 maggio 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.5a Hotfix Feature:
- Includes performance optimizations and resolves various quality issues for the upcoming release of Brink™
- Resolves transcoding video lagging issues seen when converting multiple H.264 clips to MPEG2 Blu-ray video
- Resolves the intermittent mouse cursor lag issue seen by some users
- Resolves intermittent flickering issues seen in the following applications in a system using an AMD Radeon™ HD 6600 series graphics card with DDR3 memory and running in DirectX® 9 mode:
- Civilization 5
- Dead Rising 2
- Fallout 3
- Mafia 2
- NBA 2010
- ShenGuiChuanQi
- Starcraft 2
- Warcraft III
- World of Warcraft
Download
- 11.4c Hotfix (27 aprile 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4c Hotfix Feature:
Resolves intermittent flickering issues seen in the following applications in a system using an AMD Radeon™ HD 6600 series graphics card with DDR3 memory and running in DirectX® 9 mode:
- Civilization 5
- Dead Rising 2
- Fallout 3
- Mafia 2
- NBA 2010
- ShenGuiChuanQi
- Starcraft 2
- Warcraft III
- World of Warcraft
Download:
Win 7/Vista x86/x64
Widows XP x86/x64
- 11.4 Early Preview (5 aprile 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4 early Preview Features:
A number of performance optimizations, as highlighted here:
- Up to 23% performance improvement in Aliens vs. Predator
- Up to 22% performance improvement in Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Up to 15% performance improvement in Battleforge
- Up to 72% performance improvement in Civilization V
- Up to 59% performance improvement in Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Up to 26% performance improvement in FarCry 2
- Up to 35% performance improvement in Lost Planet 2
- Up to 30% performance improvement in Metro 2033
- Up to 11% performance improvement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Up to 19% performance improvement in Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Performance enhancement for Shogun 2 (DX11 version) when running Anti-Aliasing
- Enhancements to the AMD Catalyst Control Center™
- New task based Display Management controls
- Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
- New Eyefinity setup group
- Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
- New branding (based on system configuration)
- AMD based platform – AMD VISION Engine Control Center
- Discrete AMD GPU with Intel CPU – AMD Catalyst Control Center™
- AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
- Please note this functionality is not yet enabled, but will be in a future AMD Catalyst release
- This feature will be used to notify users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
- Includes fixes where Dragon Age 2 would hang in DirectX11 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series products.
- Includes fixes where MediaEspresso 6.5 and 6.0 may crash while initializing
- Includes a fix for game corruption issues in BulletStorm
- Includes a fix for the AMD Catalyst Control Center install; resolves the issue of not being able to aunch CCC after Catalyst has finished installing
- Includes a fix for the Tessellation slider sometimes setting the incorrect value
Download:
Desktop Win 7/Vista
Desktop Xp
- 11.4 Early Preview (23 marzo 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4 early Preview Features:
A number of performance optimizations, as highlighted here:
- Up to 23% performance improvement in Aliens vs. Predator
- Up to 22% performance improvement in Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Up to 15% performance improvement in Battleforge
- Up to 72% performance improvement in Civilization V
- Up to 59% performance improvement in Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Up to 26% performance improvement in FarCry 2
- Up to 35% performance improvement in Lost Planet 2
- Up to 30% performance improvement in Metro 2033
- Up to 11% performance improvement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Up to 19% performance improvement in Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Performance enhancement for Shogun 2 (DX11 version) when running Anti-Aliasing
- Enhancements to the AMD Catalyst Control Center™
- New task based Display Management controls
- Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
- New Eyefinity setup group
- Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
- New branding (based on system configuration)
- AMD based platform – AMD VISION Engine Control Center
- Discrete AMD GPU with Intel CPU – AMD Catalyst Control Center™
- AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
- Please note this functionality is not yet enabled, but will be in a future AMD Catalyst release
- This feature will be used to notify users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
- Includes fixes where Dragon Age 2 would hang in DirectX11 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series products.
- Includes fixes where MediaEspresso 6.5 and 6.0 may crash while initializing
- Includes a fix for game corruption issues in BulletStorm
- Includes a fix for the AMD Catalyst Control Center install; resolves the issue of not being able to aunch CCC after Catalyst has finished installing
- Includes a fix for the Tessellation slider sometimes setting the incorrect value
Download:
Win 7 x86/x64
- 11.4 Early Preview (9 marzo 2011)
Release notes e downloads:
Spoiler:AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4 early Preview Features:
A number of performance optimizations, as highlighted here:
- Up to 23% performance improvement in Aliens vs. Predator
- Up to 22% performance improvement in Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Up to 15% performance improvement in Battleforge
- Up to 72% performance improvement in Civilization V
- Up to 59% performance improvement in Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Up to 26% performance improvement in FarCry 2
- Up to 35% performance improvement in Lost Planet 2
- Up to 30% performance improvement in Metro 2033
- Up to 11% performance improvement in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Up to 19% performance improvement in Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Performance enhancement for Shogun 2 (DX11 version) when running Anti-Aliasing
- Enhancements to the AMD Catalyst Control Center™
- New task based Display Management controls
- Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
- New Eyefinity setup group
- Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
- New branding (based on system configuration)
- AMD based platform – AMD VISION Engine Control Center
- Discrete AMD GPU with Intel CPU – AMD Catalyst Control Center™
- AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
- Please note this functionality is not yet enabled, but will be in a future AMD Catalyst release
- This feature will be used to notify users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
- Includes fixes where Dragon Age 2 would hang in DirectX11 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series products.
- Includes fixes where MediaEspresso 6.5 and 6.0 may crash while initializing
- Includes a fix for game corruption issues in BulletStorm
- Includes a fix for the AMD Catalyst Control Center install; resolves the issue of not being able to aunch CCC after Catalyst has finished installing
- Includes a fix for the Tessellation slider sometimes setting the incorrect value
Download:
Win7/Vista x86/x64
WinXP x86/x64
Win7/Vista Mobility x86/x64
VERSIONI UFFICIALI PRECEDENTI:
Spoiler:Windows 7 - Vista 64bit
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...w_vista64.aspx
Windows 7 - Vista 32bit
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...w_vista32.aspx
Windows XP 32bit
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...eonaiw_xp.aspx
GUIDE:
Spoiler:Come installo correttamente i miei catalyst?
Spoiler:1- Scaricate innanzitutto dal sito ati/amd la versione dei drivers che vi interessa (per i links vedi sopra).
2- Rimuovere la versione corrente dei catalyst installata:
- andate nel pannello di controllo windows e disinstallate tutto il software ati
- riavviate
- cancellate tutte le cartelle ati/amd rimaste sul pc
- riavviate in modalità provvisoria (per avviare in modalità provvisoria premere F8 durante le scritte del bios)
Ora che siete in modalità provvisoria avete 2 possibilità:
A- cancellare manualmente dal registro di windows tutte le chiavi ati: cliccate esegui, scrivete regedit, cercate le parole "ati" (senza ") e cancellate tutti i risultati;
B- usare un pulitore (ad esempio Driver Sweeper) che faccia al vostro posto ciò che ho scritto sopra. E' importante usare il pulitore sempre in modalià provvisoria, altrimenti farete casino coi drivers e non si installeranno più constringendovi al format (esperienza personale);
3- Riavviate e procedete con l'installazione della nuova versione dei drivers desiderata, seguendo le semplici istruzioni che appaiono su schermo.
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