ATI Releases Windows 7 Preview Driver and ATI Catalyst 8.12 Hotfix

Thursday, January 8 2009

Yesterday ATI released two updates to its Catalyst driver package, the one is actually being a whole new driver for Windows 7. The ATI Catalyst preview driver for Windows 7 includes drivers for all Radeon HD 2000, 3000 and 4000 series GPUs plus the ATI Catalyst Control Center with limited features support.
The ATI Catalyst release 8.12 hotfix is said to improve DirectX10 performance in various applications in multi-core CPU systems. It also resolves the BSOD issues using dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 in CrossFire mode.

DOWNLOAD: Windows 7 Preview Driver | ATI Catalyst release 8.12 HOTFIX

Source: AMD Customer Care

posted by malware - 11:36 AM | Related News |

User comments

by kenkickr (January 8th - 11:52 AM) - Reply

I just get a message the support portal has timed out. Is this a new 8.12 Hotfix or the one sitting at the top of their driver's page for the past almost month?

by tigger (January 8th - 12:05 PM) - Reply

Same here,some timeout thing.

by my-id (January 8th - 12:08 PM) - Reply

The techpowerup link doesn't work. but you can try http://support.ati.com and find "Most Recent Topics" at the bottom of the page. or use these :

vista 32bit 8.12 hotfix : https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/hotfix_vista32_dd_ccc_73402.exe
vista 64bit 8.12 hotfix : https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/hotfix/8-12-hotfix_vista64_dd_ccc_081215a-73652.exe

by kenkickr (January 8th - 12:08 PM) - Reply

Maybe this will help out, http://users.pcflive.co.za/12999/Downloads.html.

by malware (January 8th - 12:12 PM) - Reply

Try manually going there, first ATI Support page: http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?
then ATI Catalyst Driver release 8.12 HOTFIX. 1/7/2009, although the direct links work for me?

by truehighroller1 (January 8th - 12:33 PM) - Reply

I see it on their site though. I do wonder if this is any good. Like does the driver improve issues that I have been having with GTA IV? I also had some,, not many,, random crashes in other games as well. I wonder if it fixes those issues as well. I notice how they don't really delve into details to well here.

by spearman914 (January 8th - 12:35 PM) - Reply

Too bad CCC will have limited features.

by oli_ramsay (January 8th - 2:46 PM) - Reply

The Windows 7 driver isn't installing for me; after this window:

I get this error:

Anyone else getting this issue? I'm using build 7000 32 bit.

by spud107 (January 8th - 2:59 PM) - Reply

i get that with the normal vista drivers on 7, cant install ccc but got the driver installed ok.

by truehighroller1 (January 8th - 3:34 PM) - Reply

by: spud107
i get that with the normal vista drivers on 7, cant install ccc but got the driver installed ok.

I have a simple question for you guys. Can I play my games and install my office for like word exc. on Windows 7 with out any issues or? Thanks guys :toast:

by oli_ramsay (January 8th - 4:03 PM) - Reply

Yep, games that worked in Vista should work with 7, although I'm getting a lot of crashes while playing CSS. Office should install fine too.

by truehighroller1 (January 8th - 4:21 PM) - Reply

by: oli_ramsay
Yep, games that worked in Vista should work with 7, although I'm getting a lot of crashes while playing CSS. Office should install fine too.

Sweet, I should get this and try it out. I have been bored lately.

by TheMailMan78 (January 8th - 4:25 PM) - Reply

Any benches for the hotfix in Vista? Also how do I score a copy of the beta 7?

by oli_ramsay (January 8th - 7:52 PM) - Reply

by: TheMailMan78
how do I score a copy of the beta 7?

Go here tomorrow: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

The public beta will be released then :cool:

by TheMailMan78 (January 8th - 8:41 PM) - Reply

by: oli_ramsay
Go here tomorrow: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

The public beta will be released then :cool:

Does it still have a registry?

by oli_ramsay (January 8th - 8:44 PM) - Reply

yup

by TheMailMan78 (January 9th - 12:23 AM) - Reply

Well since it still has a registry it needs to be a service pack. They need to scrap the damn registry already.

by truehighroller1 (January 9th - 3:29 AM) - Reply

I tried the hotfix one and I just got like 400 less points in vantage, not that it really matters because I supposedly hold the top score among systems like mine any way so.. I still get issues with GTA IV RESC10 ERROR! I was playing COD 4 for awhile without any issues... That is as far as I have gotten so far with them.

by Hayder_Master (January 11th - 9:35 AM) - Reply

at last hotfix for 8.12 , cuz this driver is suck i hope some good fix here

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