Is Catalyst 8.4 coming out soon?

kenkickr · Apr 11, 2008

I went to do my windows updates since I just installed office last night and low-and-behold there is a driver update for my 3870 which states it was released yesterday. I'm not going to try it but just thought that was pretty interesting.

ShadowFold · Apr 11, 2008

Dont get 8.3, if you already have it DO NOT get the hot fix for 8.3 it did nothin but bad for me.. AA wouldnt turn on games ran like crap.. it was a mess. I think 8.4 should come out in May. 8.3 came out in April right?

HTC · Apr 11, 2008

ShadowFold said:
Dont get 8.3, if you already have it DO NOT get the hot fix for 8.3 it did nothin but bad for me.. AA wouldnt turn on games ran like crap.. it was a mess. I think 8.4 should come out in May. 8.3 came out in April right?

Actually, 8.3 came in March. They name their versions as 8, as in year, and 3, as in month. 8.4 should be coming soon ...

alexp999 · Apr 11, 2008

The 8.3 Hotfix came up as Cat 8.4. So I'm assuming they were the 8.4 betas. And yeah like HTC said, first digit is the year, second is the month. Drivers are usually released around the middle of the month, so shouldnt be too long now.

intel igent · Apr 11, 2008

sapphire has had the 8.4's for a while http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/driverfiles/421.ZIP

HTC · Apr 11, 2008

alexp999 said:
The 8.3 Hotfix came up as Cat 8.4. So I'm assuming they were the 8.4 betas. And yeah like HTC said, first digit is the year, second is the month. Drivers are usually released around the middle of the month, so shouldnt be too long now.

Correct. Ofc, sometimes there are hotfixes that can be made available in between cat versions, like the one you mentioned.
Personally, and unless it would be fixing a major issue, i would wait for the next cat version.

alexp999 · Apr 11, 2008

intel igent said:
sapphire has had the 8.4's for a while http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/driverfiles/421.ZIP

That is the cat 8.3 hotfix. Which shows up as cat 8.4. I think it is the beta tho, cus it is not whql.

InnocentCriminal · Apr 11, 2008

intel igent said:
sapphire has had the 8.4's for a while http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/driverfiles/421.ZIP

Oooh... any issues or anything? I can't seem to find them on their site, on the FTP I presume.

-iceblade^ · Apr 11, 2008

why the heck is the file 235 mb?

InnocentCriminal · Apr 11, 2008

I'm so not with it today.

CrackerJack · Apr 11, 2008

-iceblade^ said:
why the heck is the file 235 mb?

that's sapphire for you and cause that is the cd drivers. And plus they are 8.1 drivers, there dated 01/09/2008

intel igent · Apr 11, 2008

InnocentCriminal said:
Oooh... any issues or anything? I can't seem to find them on their site, on the FTP I presume.

not shure, kainXS linked me those in my 3850 thread and im still not operational as of yet so.......

Steevo · Apr 11, 2008

I am using the 8.4 betas and they work OK, but I still get BSOD or hard locks, last night while using Google Earth. But it gained me a hundred points in 3D06 and made EP2 more stable when using the flashlight.

fullinfusion · Apr 12, 2008

I'm using 8.3 with the hot fix and she runs flawless... It just keeps getting better n better...
:rockout:

CrackerJack · Apr 13, 2008

just heard 8.4 will be or should be out next week!!!! :rockout:

ShadowFold · Apr 13, 2008

Thats good.. I did not like 8.3. I hope 8.4 is more of 8.2/8.1

alexp999 · Apr 13, 2008

CrackerJack said:
just heard 8.4 will be or should be out next week!!!!

Where you hear that?

kureng · Apr 13, 2008

i just found the 8.3 Hotfix, when install CCC shows version 8.4

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=33033

CStylen · Apr 13, 2008

For people using 8.3's in XP - stick with 8.2. However 8.3 seems to run quite well in Vista.

The "hotfix" with a clean install made all of my DX10 games crash.

I've also heard that new drivers are coming out either middle or late net week.

alexp999 · Apr 13, 2008

CStylen said:
For people using 8.3's in XP - stick with 8.2. However 8.3 seems to run quite well in Vista.

The "hotfix" with a clean install made all of my DX10 games crash.

I've also heard that new drivers are coming out either middle or late net week.

Where you people getting this info from??

erocker · Apr 13, 2008

alexp999 said:
Where you people getting this info from??

I have personally tried it several times, with and without crossfire and he is correct. In XP use 8.2's and in Vista use the 8.3's and/of hotfix if you like. I have not heard anything from AMD about new drivers being released.

Morgoth · Apr 13, 2008

intel igent said:
sapphire has had the 8.4's for a while http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/driverfiles/421.ZIP

works good for me

alexp999 · Apr 13, 2008

erocker said:
I have personally tried it several times, with and without crossfire and he is correct. In XP use 8.2's and in Vista use the 8.3's and/of hotfix if you like. I have not heard anything from AMD about new drivers being released.

Lol, forgot to edit his quote, Want to know where people are getting the info about new drivers next week. They just say it with no source. I know amd often releases their drivers around the middle of the month. but saying I heard... . i just wanted to know where they heard it from. :confused:

CStylen · Apr 13, 2008

alexp999 said:
Lol, forgot to edit his quote, Want to know where people are getting the info about new drivers next week. They just say it with no source. I know amd often releases their drivers around the middle of the month. but saying I heard... . i just wanted to know where they heard it from.

I have no official source only speculation.

InnocentCriminal · Apr 13, 2008

I wants me 8.4s!

>.<

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