Wednesday, August 25th 2010

AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 10.8 WHQL Software Suite

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AMD kept up with its monthly driver update cycle, and released the ATI Catalyst 10.8 software suite. The software installs the latest WHQL-signed drivers for ATI Radeon GPUs, AMD Chipsets, and other ATI Multimedia products. The new version packs a set of game-specific performance improvements, and a few feature updates. To begin with, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Stormrise, each got GPU configuration specific, mostly single-digit performance increments.

New features include full-support for the OpenGL ES 2.0 API, greater control over video quality by means of a checkbox control from Catalyst Control Center. This is particularly of importance, as AMD seems to have taken notes from the press coverage, such as our Video Enhancement Quality Tests. There are image-quality improvements for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, that includes anti-aliasing support. An update also claims to greatly improve overall performance of Eyefinity setups that use 4-way/Quad CrossFireX (or CrossFire involving four GPUs).

DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst 10.8 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit

A detailed list of important updates follows.

New Features:

OpenGL ES 2.0 support
  • ATI Catalyst 10.8 delivers full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 specification
  • Enables 3D accelerated graphics within a web browser that supports OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
Video Quality default options
  • The Default video options for ATI Catalyst have been greatly enhanced to deliver the best quality video viewing experience. Users can also choose to apply these settings to Internet Video via a new checkbox control within the ATI Catalyst Control Center.
Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX configurations
  • Performance has been greatly improved for users running with ATI Eyefinity on a Quad ATI CrossFireX configuration
Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II

Performance Improvements:

Far Cry 2
  • Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire configurations
  • Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire configurations
  • Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series single and
    CrossFire configurations
Left 4 Dead 2
  • Performance increases 3-5% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 series and CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 series configurations
Stormrise
  • Performance increases 5-10% on ATI Radeon HD 5600 series and ATI Radeon HD 5500 series configurations
For more details, please refer to the Release Notes document.

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122 Comments on AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 10.8 WHQL Software Suite

#51
cadaveca
My name is Dave
SteevoSo, perhaps you should review any crap software or other PC issues you have before blaming W1zz, or the drivers/card. In short, your troll post is a troll post. Go troll elsewhere. Or here is a idea, make a thread of your very own so you can get help.
Maybe you missed that ATI says they fixed this problem with 10.8?
perhaps you should review any crap software or other PC issues you have before blaming W1zz
Hmm, the problem is ATi driver/hardware. Just because you do not have the issues doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And he's not blaming W1zz for the problem...he's calling out ALL REVIEWERS for failing to miss such an obvious issue.

Personally, I blame them for not doing Eyefinity reviews...and I've said this before. If these reviews were done, they'd ahve seen these issues, and I feel pretty confident that W1zz would have reported it...that wouldn't look good for AMD.


If anything, I think YOU are trolling here, not him.
Musselsi ran dual monitor for weeks before experiencing my first cursor corruption issue. most reviewers only have a few days to test a card, at most - and most of that time is spent running benchmarks and stability tests. They don't sit there for a week playing games, watching movies and testing for every possible problem reported on the internet.
Yeah, It took me many months to find triggers for this behavior. I just simply assume most reviewers only used a single monitor, and as such, wouldn't notice it at all.

I guess, in the end, we should be blaming ATi for not providing monitors to reviewers so they could test Eyefinity...I almsot want to say it seems like AMD made no mention of Eyefinity a priority...with the single "source" of Eyefinity reviews being [H], it's very easy for them to control.
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#52
mav2000
Any idea if the idle issue has been solved...am still at 10.4 because all the new ddrivers dont run idle too well. Memory does not underclock and gpu stays around 500.
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#53
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
mav2000Any idea if the idle issue has been solved...am still at 10.4 because all the new ddrivers dont run idle too well. Memory does not underclock and gpu stays around 500.
thats never going to be fixed, its a feature.

if you OC with overdrive, the idle clocks raise to UVD clocks to help prevent issues some people had.
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#54
grunt_408
About to download and give them a try.
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#55
buggalugs
AMD should give us 2D clock control like they do with 3D clocks in CCC. Its obvious different speeds work better for different cards. I'm still on 10.4 too because my card works perfectly on low 2D clocks, even with an overclock.
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#56
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
buggalugsAMD should give us 2D clock control like they do with 3D clocks in CCC. Its obvious different speeds work better for different cards. I'm still on 10.4 too because my card works perfectly on low 2D clocks, even with an overclock.
BIOS flash it, and you can have them whatever you want.
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#57
SK-1
Still no BC2 reports?
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#58
ShogoXT
Borderlands crash is indeed fixed as it says, but I think they dropped the AA performance improvements that were in 10.7 . Could just be because of how the drivers are made (every other month development).

So far nothing else has exploded as others said.

As well I have a 5870 and ive never had multi display freezing. Only issue I have had is small things with initial setup (never being able to get 1:1 on some displays), but I figured it out.
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#59
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
ShogoXTBorderlands crash is indeed fixed as it says, but I think they dropped the AA performance improvements that were in 10.7 . Could just be because of how the drivers are made (every other month development).

So far nothing else has exploded as others said.

As well I have a 5870 and ive never had multi display freezing. Only issue I have had is small things with initial setup (never being able to get 1:1 on some displays), but I figured it out.
i've never figured out why they default the overscan to 15% on HDMI, makes no bloody sense...
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#60
jcgeny
it is great that you relay download with your fast servers .
why you do not have the "ATI Catalyst™ 10.8 Profiles Update" ?
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#61
grunt_408
All good here working good on my 5970 if anyone wants to know.
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#62
buggalugs
MusselsBIOS flash it, and you can have them whatever you want.
Ya, i have done that in the past, in fact thats how i stumbled onto this website years ago. But i'm saying if AMD want to avoid complaints they should offer this option. Most users dont want to flash bioses and dont even know about it.
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#63
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
buggalugsYa, i have done that in the past, in fact thats how i stumbled onto this website years ago. But i'm saying if AMD want to avoid complaints they should offer this option. Most users dont want to flash bioses and dont even know about it.
the whole reason for the higher clocks being forced, is due to complaints from users who'd OC'd and had issues due to the low idle clocks - hell, a few companies released cards with BIOS's locking the clocks higher to 'fix' the problems themselves.
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#64
pantherx12
Musselsthe whole reason for the higher clocks being forced, is due to complaints from users who'd OC'd and had issues due to the low idle clocks - hell, a few companies released cards with BIOS's locking the clocks higher to 'fix' the problems themselves.
Yeah but most people who over-clock would be quite capable of setting 2d clocks don't you think?

I've got in contact with AMD about this anyway via their suggestion thingy.

I asked them to either have a separate 2d clock option or allow custom profiles to override settings. ( how I used to fix the problem)
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#65
wolf
Performance Enthusiast
Musselsi've never figured out why they default the overscan to 15% on HDMI, makes no bloody sense...
I remember this now! using HDMI into my 40" HDTV, it was always 15% overscan, had to go into CCC and slide it down to 0%, how very odd indeed.
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#66
TheMailMan78
Big Member
pantherx12Criticism is not trolling, also though he specifically mentions wizard he clearly states "and other reviews" he's about as troll like as I am a sexy blonde woman.

Seriously I left for a bit because of how badly everyone takes something negatively : /
You're a sexy blond woman? Can I put it in your pooper?
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#67
bobseptic
bc2 10.8

this release of 10.8 is the best driver so far for me on 5970 oc with bad company2

FPS up 5+ to 12 and the previous lows of some explosions have improved by 20fps.

i had previously been using the 10.5 hotfix as everything after that has been rubbish for bc2.

all settings on max and DX11

pleased with this driver. might even try eyefinity again.
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#68
buggalugs
Who would like to see something like this:



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The 2D fan control probably isnt needed but 2D clock control would be sweet.
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#69
pantherx12
TheMailMan78You're a sexy blond woman? Can I put it in your pooper?
Erm... well I guess just this one time is fine :laugh:
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#70
char[] rager
So, every time I upgrade my graphics driver, I have to upgrade my motherboard northbridge/southbridge drivers?

I have an X58 Asus P6T-Deluxe, what should I do?
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#71
pantherx12
char[] ragerSo, every time I upgrade my graphics driver, I have to upgrade my motherboard northbridge/southbridge drivers?

I have an X58 Asus P6T-Deluxe, what should I do?
Those drivers only get installed if the installer detects that you have AMD chipsets.

You don't should be fine : ]
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#72
Steevo
Perhaps I never had the issues as I made a custom BIOS for my card short after it arrived. I did have the big cursor issue with single screen setup, but from the thread I was guessing only about 5% of users had the issue, and for me the custom BIOS allowed me the control over it I wanted and thus it was a no brainer to do. I have been doing it since the 9XXX series.


If he has a issue then perhaps instead of bitching and calling reviews that are almost a year old into question he needs to get help for it by creating a thread. Really how constructive is flaming reviewers and reviews that old, that only apply to a few percent of people, and of those perhaps 10% have the same issue. We are talking out of a million cards, [perhaps a couple thousand people. It is still a legitimate complaint, however in this thread, at this time, it is far from constructive, beneficial, or on topic IMO.

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These drivers work great for me, I needed a reboot anyway since it had been over a month without a reboot. Installed and had to reconfigure my TV, but it took all of 5 minutes of setup to make everything work like a charm.
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#74
FilipM
have they fixed the idle clocks issue when overclocking with these drivers?
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#75
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
FilipMhave they fixed the idle clocks issue when overclocking with these drivers?
thats been answered already.
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