AMD Catalyst 12.8 WHQL Software Suite Released

nt300 · Aug 24, 2012

the54thvoid said:
I just over install new drivers (don't bother with uninstalling old ones). Don't have any problems.

3DMark11 ran fine and so has BF3 and DayZ still runs.

No issues here.

Really? No issues at all. Then I should be trying this too, it takes alot of time to uninstall then install, then uninstall over and over again

erocker · Aug 24, 2012

This has been an outstanding driver for myself so far. With Catalyst 12.6/12.7, they worked fine but my overclock became limited and I would get an occasional flicker on my web browser. All of that is fixed now and with a nice performance boost in some applications to boot.

*Luckily, I'm not a FireFox user.

Mussels · Aug 25, 2012

erocker said:
This has been an outstanding driver for myself so far. With Catalyst 12.6/12.7, they worked fine but my overclock became limited and I would get an occasional flicker on my web browser. All of that is fixed now and with a nice performance boost in some applications to boot.

*Luckily, I'm not a FireFox user.

i'm a firefox user, and having no troubles.

eidairaman1 · Aug 27, 2012

Bros machine runs these drivers, installed ontop of 12.6s without any issues, Noticed however When Firefox Opens or Youtube runs, I notice a clock spike in Graphics Overdrive up to the factory 3D Clock speed of the 6770 no noticeable issues as of flicker or anything, Im thinkin the program would need a 2D Clock profile.

Im Thinkin a Graphics card needs to have a priority capability, meaning the GC will always be in 3D Clocks when a Game is launched and remains that way even when other programs are open or you switch windows to prevent performance dips.

Prima.Vera · Aug 27, 2012

Crossfire for 5870/5850 seems completely screwed up....Half of games don't work in Xfire anymore....

eidairaman1 · Aug 27, 2012

Prima.Vera said:
Crossfire for 5870/5850 seems completely screwed up....Half of games don't work in Xfire anymore....

did you happen to create a system restore point?

Also send a report to AMD with the games that dont work. Sounds like a profile issue

Prima.Vera · Aug 27, 2012

I installed the latest profiles....

eidairaman1 · Aug 27, 2012

Prima.Vera said:
I installed the latest profiles....

id create your own as those profiles are 1 fits all solution but that isnt always the case

If anything did you create a system restore point before installing those drivers?

m1dg3t · Aug 27, 2012

Werent the 5xxx series dropped from the list starting with this release?

Prima.Vera · Aug 27, 2012

eidairaman1 · Aug 27, 2012

m1dg3t said:
Werent the 5xxx series dropped from the list starting with this release?

Last I recalled AMD was to drop the 4 series and lower after they moved to the every other month driver updates (THought this was supposed to be every 3 months)

eidairaman1 · Aug 27, 2012

Prima.Vera said:
Noup

only thing I can suggest to you now is to completely remove the drivers and put in 12.6 or 12.4s

there is a guide on how to do it.

Mussels · Aug 27, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
Bros machine runs these drivers, installed ontop of 12.6s without any issues, Noticed however When Firefox Opens or Youtube runs, I notice a clock spike in Graphics Overdrive up to the factory 3D Clock speed of the 6770 no noticeable issues as of flicker or anything, Im thinkin the program would need a 2D Clock profile.

Im Thinkin a Graphics card needs to have a priority capability, meaning the GC will always be in 3D Clocks when a Game is launched and remains that way even when other programs are open or you switch windows to prevent performance dips.

flash is hardware accelerated, so it clocks up.

Prima.Vera · Aug 30, 2012

I just found out now, that with those drivers , the second GPU is always at max freq, and the fan is noisy as hell. What a hell???

eidairaman1 · Aug 30, 2012

is that at all times or when a program is open?

Prima.Vera · Aug 30, 2012

all the times

INSTG8R · Aug 31, 2012

Well I did think this was a pretty good driver but it's bit me on the arse. The OpenGL driver is wonky again. I finally got RAGE working again and decided to start a new game and it runs great maxed out.

BUT it borks my TrackIR AGAIN(Was an issue with the 12.3 thru 12.5) TrackIR uses OGL for the GUI. It won't even start...I guess I wait for the next set and hope it comes back again
1 step forward 2 steps back... :banghead:

eidairaman1 · Aug 31, 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeTrack

INSTG8R · Aug 31, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeTrack

All well and good eirdairman1 but I HAVE TrackIR the real deal. So using another program for it seems a little silly. Not to mention Free Track hasn't been updated in a couple years now. At least when TrackIR IS working properly it has updated game profiles and just "comes on" when a supported game is fired up.

The 12.7 previews worked fine if I recall. So not sure how they could break again with the WHQL drivers. I'm not sure whether to roll back and say have worse performance in Sleeping Dogs for example or have working TrackIR which I use when I play the Hunter or the odd time I fly IL-2 CLoD or War Thunder...:shadedshu

eidairaman1 · Aug 31, 2012

INSTG8R said:
All well and good eirdairman1 but I HAVE TrackIR the real deal. So using another program for it seems a little silly. Not to mention Free Track hasn't been updated in a couple years now. At least when TrackIR IS working properly it has updated game profiles and just "comes on" when a supported game is fired up.

The 12.7 previews worked fine if I recall. So not sure how they could break again with the WHQL drivers. I'm not sure whether to roll back and say have worse performance in Sleeping Dogs for example or have working TrackIR which I use when I play the Hunter or the odd time I fly IL-2 CLoD or War Thunder...:shadedshu

i was mentioning it as a possible solution

INSTG8R · Aug 31, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
i was mentioning it as a possible solution

Yeah I appreciate the effort. Free Track hasn't been updated since 2008.

Mussels · Aug 31, 2012

Prima.Vera said:
I just found out now, that with those drivers , the second GPU is always at max freq, and the fan is noisy as hell. What a hell???

thats not happening to me. my second card is behaving as expected.

Solaris17 · Aug 31, 2012

installed over 12.6s seems legit

eidairaman1 · Aug 31, 2012

Solaris17 said:
installed over 12.6s seems legit

legit as in what, good or bad, be specific.

Solaris17 · Aug 31, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
legit as in what, good or bad, be specific.

i thought everyone knew it ment it seemed ok? I installed them over 12.6s on a laptop with an ATI HD 4200 and everything is fine.

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