ATI Catalyst 7.9 BETA Released

malware · Aug 20, 2007

AMD/ATI has leaked the latest unofficial Catalyst 7.9 driver. Coming in both Windows XP and Vista flavors, this beta version only adds support for the AGP versions of the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 series. The driver is dated August 1st. Use at your own risk!

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InnocentCriminal · Aug 20, 2007

Hmmm... interesting. If it's only adding AGP support for 2K series then that's pretty bland. Still, worth an investigation. Can't be worse than the 7.8's right?

HellasVagabond · Aug 20, 2007

From what i heard the 7.8 was a total disaster and thats why ATI got the 7.9 out so fast...

InnocentCriminal · Aug 20, 2007

They were only poor for AGP users, from what I've read from users here and on other forums. I'll give them a whirl tonight. Hopefully they won't suck as bad as the 7.8's.

devguy · Aug 20, 2007

I heard these are supposed to be Bioshock PC boosters, and that is why they've been released so soon.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 20, 2007

Where d'you hear that, you also mean leaked right?

erocker · Aug 20, 2007

Wait. 7.7's sucked bad that's why they released the 7.8's so fast. So the 7.8's suck so bad that the 7.9's are released already? I'm starting to see a trend.

Rurouni Strife · Aug 20, 2007

Actually, from what I heard the 7.8's were good, espically for 2600/2900 users. Havent tried them on my 1800gto yet.

HellasVagabond · Aug 20, 2007

No, the 7.8 had many many problems especially for X19, X29 users. Check in their support forums or google it to see.

Steevo · Aug 20, 2007

7.8 Betas work good for me. If I get Bioshock I might have to give these a try.

devguy · Aug 20, 2007

InnocentCriminal said:
Where d'you hear that, you also mean leaked right?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/PC-BioShock-demo-finally-available-Download-it-here-63149.shtml

http://pc.ign.com/articles/813/813748p1.html

They aren't leaked. And the softpedia page has the demo up for download, but it is really buggy. It just craps out on you at random points, so don't bother trying to get it thru them now.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 20, 2007

I see...

I tried to download them from the link provided but they crapped out at 60% so that was annoying.

VulkanBros · Aug 20, 2007

malware said:
AMD/ATI has leaked the latest unofficial Catalyst 7.9 driver. Coming in both Windows XP and Vista flavors, this beta version only adds support for the AGP versions of the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 series. The driver is dated August 1st. Use at your own risk!

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Source: TechConnect Magazine

Wrong...try download the files...."Coming in both Windows XP and Vista flavors"
yeah.....the flavors are WinVista and WinVista.....

VulkanBros · Aug 20, 2007

hmmm....
Vista:
http://visiontek.com/teksupport/drivers/DOWNLOAD/Cat_7.9/7.9_Vista_Full.exe

XP:
http://visiontek.com/teksupport/drivers/DOWNLOAD/Cat_7.9/XP_Full_7.9.exe

Avivo:
http://visiontek.com/teksupport/drivers/DOWNLOAD/Cat_7.9/XP_AVIVO_7.9.exe

Deleted member 24505 · Aug 20, 2007

i have the bioshock demo and it certainly doe not crap out,it is AWESOME.

InnocentCriminal · Aug 20, 2007

Did you need a key for the demo Tigger?

VulkanBros · Aug 20, 2007

tigger69 said:
i have the bioshock demo and it certainly doe not crap out,it is AWESOME.

where did you get it ?

Deleted member 24505 · Aug 20, 2007

you dont need no key and it was from *cough* rapidshare *cough*.it looks awesome really guys.oh and it has a dx10 option on graphics settings.

VulkanBros · Aug 20, 2007

http://chonnom0.filezaru.com/BioShockPCDemo.zip

FreedomEclipse · Aug 20, 2007

God Almigty Who ARt In Heavens layby new drivers already???? I only installed the 7.8's less then a week ago

DaMulta · Aug 20, 2007

FreedomEclipse said:
God Almigty Who ARt In Heavens layby new drivers already???? I only installed the 7.8's less then a week ago

It takes MS 2 weeks to sign the drivers/ They are always ahead

InnocentCriminal · Aug 20, 2007

Well these drivers didn't work for me. Wouldn't even install. Does say that the 24/2600 are the supported cards. Still, I tired.

OnBoard · Aug 21, 2007

HellasVagabond said:
No, the 7.8 had many many problems especially for X19, X29 users. Check in their support forums or google it to see.

I have a x1900xt and 7.8 catalyst, no problems. Bioshock also runs great, there are quickfix drivers for it, don't know if these are the same?

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894
2. 737-29041: BioShock: Users may experience stuttering with Preload, Missing surfaces and/or display corruption. 8/20/2007

WarEagleAU · Aug 21, 2007

Well, Ill need to update my graphics card to have these newer drivers offer any real performance benefit.

Wile E · Aug 21, 2007

HellasVagabond said:
No, the 7.8 had many many problems especially for X19, X29 users. Check in their support forums or google it to see.

Zero issues here. And they perform better for me, too.

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