Wednesday, March 18th 2009

ATI Catalyst 9.3 Released

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AMD today released the latest version of their ATI video driver, Catalyst 9.3. The key addition with this release is official support for Windows 7, in the form of a unified graphics driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. As part of supporting Windows 7, Catalyst 9.3 supports WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) 1.1 for all ATI Radeon HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series of graphics cards. According to AMD, "this new WDDM 1.1 support utilizes DirectX 10 rather than DirectX 9 and can cut down your GPU memory usage by half when opening up multiple windows thereby enabling increased performance."

AMD have said the driver brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPU limited and using ATI Stream technology, owners of the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of graphics accelerators will see a performance boost in their Folding@Home scores when running the latest Folding@Home client. AMD only documented one performance improvement in the release notes:
  • Lost Planet: Colonies gains up to 20% on 4800 series products, and up to 50% on 4600, 4500 and 4300 series products
DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst version 9.3 for Windows XP/Vista/7 (32/64-bit versions)
Source: AMD Game!

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98 Comments on ATI Catalyst 9.3 Released

#76
mc-dexter
The 9.2 driver is the only one where i get no glitch's or Video problems with, kinda strange really, but i think i might be willing to try 9.3

Thanks for posting it on here, I'd of never of known other wise (well not as quick anyways).
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#77
Meltdown
i got it works in cod5 lookin good:toast:
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#78
Valdez
xp64:
9.3: BSOD
9.2: BSOD

back to 9.1 :(
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#79
mc-dexter
Valdezxp64:
9.3: BSOD
9.2: BSOD

back to 9.1 :(
Thanks for that info, i was thinking of upgrading to 64bit soon... now i know :) :toast:
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#80
Valdez
mc-dexterThanks for that info, i was thinking of upgrading to 64bit soon... now i know :) :toast:
Apart from these vga driver issues i have no problem with xp64, i like this OS.
But i suggest you, to wait for windows7 x64.

But if you like more the xp series than the vista series, then you should give a try to xp64 too :)
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#81
mc-dexter
Well i aqquired a propper disc from my friend :) so i already have it but i had Wlan driver issue's with the 64bit, but now i've recently found a 64bit driver for it :D
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#82
Valdez
mc-dexterWell i aqquired a propper disc from my friend :) so i already have it but i had Wlan driver issue's with the 64bit, but now i've recently found a 64bit driver for it :D
SP2? That's the latest service pack for xp64.
Good luck ;)
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#83
mrhuggles
omg...
PolarmanI'm hoping these will fix my DVI issue. Still using VGA.
what DVI issues were you having,... was it the red being sorta resized looking but the other colors being perfect? i was having these issues over HDMI which probably woulda been the same thing on DVI.
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#84
PCpraiser100
I had a terrible time with 9.3. I couldn't even manage to boot XP x64 after install. Had to go safe in order to uninstall and fix issue. I'm sticking to my old drivers.
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#85
mc-dexter
The driver i got on the motherboard CD was never to clever with XP, Although it worked perfect on vista for me. but as i said before, 9.2 is the best one on XP and my mobo. :)
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#86
freakshow
so are these good or back any improvement in vista x64 im currently using 9.2 soo just wanted to know if there is any improvement
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#87
ShadowFold
They're working good for me in VistaX64
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#88
Scrizz
working good here on vista x64
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#89
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
working great in vista x64 and 7 x64 here. zero problems whatsoever.
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#90
RadeonProVega
Using them now, no issues so far. I still do not have opengl 3.0 tho, its at 72%, using my 2400hd.
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#92
Silverel
u2konlineUsing them now, no issues so far. I still do not have opengl 3.0 tho, its at 72%, using my 2400hd.
You're not going to see much in the way of performance gains with a 2k or even 3k series GPU. At this point, they're kept in rotation for legacy purposes.
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#93
boise49ers
TheMailMan789.3 fixed something "major" for me. The halo effect on the water in CoD:WW. I used to get a white edge on all the puddles and water. With 9.3 that is now gone!

I read somewhere else on TPU another member was having the same issue. If someone comes across that post let them know would ya?
Yep me and another guy. I let him know already. Thanks
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#94
Steevo
100Pts less in Vantage than the "Vista X64 9.2" driver on either Vista or Windows 7.
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#95
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Update: supreme commander doesnt like these drivers.

Worked fine in 9.2, in 9.3 shorelines on most maps have an excessive glow. This can be fixed by disabling bloom, but its a bug that was introduced in 9.3

Anyone know how to report bugs to ATI? their reporting thing has a "survey expired" when you click to send.
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#96
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
Driver Sweeper, Driver Cleaner Pro, Tweakguides Catalyst Driver Removal Procedures, will make your machine as clean as possible, I just upgraded from 9.1s to 9.3s (Hotfix AGP), so far so good without problems, just gotta test in games.
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#97
Wile E
Power User
I had to roll back. I rolled back to 8.12. Once I installed my 4870X2 + 4870 1GB combo, 9.3 wouldn't give me any display options in Catalyst. Couldn't even set the resolution, let alone scaling and such. Tried cleaning and reinstalling them with no luck. I tried 9.1 as well, but my screen would randomly shut off. 8.12 is still the best Vista and Win7 x64 drivers for me.
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#98
eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
hmm odd, i wonder why i dont have problems with driver removals, but most are? WTF? The only problem i had with Driver Removals was Setpoint 4.7, it wouldnt even let you install previous version because LULNCHR.EXE would basically Spasm into a launch loop that would put multiple instances into the taskmanager until the system would run out of resources, when previous versions were installed.
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