AMD Catalyst 11.1a Hot-Fix Drivers Coming Today!

[trickson]

HMM I am going to run tessmark after installing them and see what i get then .

 

[joeyck]

plz do let us know my card is coming in less then a hour so its either 10.10e or the 11.1a / 11.1

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Tess slider is 6000 series only though? I have no clue offhand so I'm asking...

Yeah I got 650 or so more points with Tess off via slider in 3DM11 with 11.1 beta. 6x gave me 200 more than 10.12. Didn't try any others as yet.

 

[Flak]

So since 11.1 and 11.1a were both officially released today, what is the difference between the two sets?

 

[theubersmurf]

11.1 out now. Not sure if it's been posted yet, didn't see it on tpu homepage. Link to amd's site.

 

[johnnyfiive]

I wonder if these will fix the subpar performance in Rift... cause from what I'm reading in the Rift forums, ATi users are experiencing crappy performance.

 

[95Viper]

I don't know if it has been posted yet; but, anyway...

AMD Site:AMD Catalyst™ 11.1a hotfix for AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics cards installed in a Windows 7 based system

Article Number
GPU-96


AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.1a Hotfix Features:
Performance improvements for AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 & AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics cards
AMD Catalyst Control Center – New Tessellation controls
Gives users control over the tessellation levels used in applications
AMD Catalyst AI Texture Filtering updates
The High Quality setting remains unchanged: This setting provides reference quality filtering from AMD hardware
The Quality setting now matches the High Quality setting in all respects but one: it enables an optimization that limits tri-linear anisotropic filtering to areas surrounding texture mipmap level transitions, while doing bilinear anisotropic filtering elsewhere. This optimization offers a way to adjust filtering performance without visibly affecting image quality
The Performance setting has also been updated. It now provides a smooth filtering option that is designed to eliminate most shimmering while preserving the detail provided by anisotropic filtering.

 

[Flak]

I wonder if these will fix the subpar performance in Rift... cause from what I'm reading in the Rift forums, ATi users are experiencing crappy performance.

I have been playing rift since beta event 3 and have not experienced crappy performance at all. And this is on multiple computers as well.

 

[trickson]

Well I have now found out the hard way never to fuck with drivers again . this set BSOD on me every time fucked every thing up . Tried to install 10.10e off disk get nothing but errors ! Man I have never had this kind of shit happen when I was on nVidia cards what a load of crap . I have no idea other than to reinstall my os again to fix this fuck up ! GOD what a joke !

 

[johnnyfiive]

I have been playing rift since beta event 3 and have not experienced crappy performance at all. And this is on multiple computers as well.

Question is.. ATI cards or Nvidia?

 

[copenhagen69]

When I install 11.1a drivers GPUz still shows 10.12 driver.... is this because GPUz is just not updated yet?

 

[meran]

When I install 11.1a drivers GPUz still shows 10.12 driver.... is this because GPUz is just not updated yet?

me too

 

[95Viper]

Seems they did not update the version driver string.
You can change Catalyst_version registry string.... if you want.

 

[H82LUZ73]

look at the version numbers.the 11.1 that came out 2 weeks a go are the 11.1 ones on AMD`S site rite now,going to install 11.1a see if they are newer.
the 11.1 that were out 2 weeks ago are 8.822

Yep 11.1a is still8.82.2 version number.The CCC2 is newer.

 

[copenhagen69]

look at the version numbers.the 11.1 that came out 2 weeks a go are the 11.1 ones on AMD`S site rite now,going to install 11.1a see if they are newer.
the 11.1 that were out 2 weeks ago are 8.822

Yep 11.1a is still8.82.2 version number.The CCC2 is newer.

lol so what are you trying to tell me?

I downloaded the 11.1a from guru3d today they said they just came out on the 26th or something like that so I thought they were the newest.

 

[Zen_]

I'm so confused as to why AMD has the normal 11.1 drivers on their download site and 11.1a hotfix drivers at another obscure location where you will only find them from a tech forum.

Running the 11.1a drivers, have the tessellation slider, performance and MLAA is good in BC2.

 

[copenhagen69]

does GPUz show them as 10.12?

I'm so confused as to why AMD has the normal 11.1 drivers on their download site and 11.1a hotfix drivers at another obscure location where you will only find them from a tech forum.

Running the 11.1a drivers, have the tessellation slider, performance and MLAA is good in BC2.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Well I have now found out the hard way never to fuck with drivers again . this set BSOD on me every time fucked every thing up . Tried to install 10.10e off disk get nothing but errors ! Man I have never had this kind of shit happen when I was on nVidia cards what a load of crap . I have no idea other than to reinstall my os again to fix this fuck up ! GOD what a joke !

The only joke here is blaming your issues on AMD as if it's their software thats the main issue. No problems here man and generally speaking none elsewhere too. I'll even put my 5850 back in to prove it to you if I must. Oh, in the interest of total honesty, I did get a BSOD once recently but that was after trying to install the 11.1 beta on top of Von Modded 10.12. Not really surprising that it didn't like that too much.

If you would just settle down and troubleshoot this patiently and properly it will surely be fine. Though it sounds like something is mucked up pretty good on your system at this point. I suggest running Von's TwL Cleaner to purge all the crap for sure. Follow these instructions for it and download from the link below:

1. Uninstall AMD Catalyst Suite from Control Panel. Don't Express Unintall if you have an AMD chipset motherboard.

REBOOT IN SAFE MODE http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chsafe.htm

2. Open Device Manager (Control Panel> System and Security> System> Device Manager). Uninstall all devices in "Display adapters" class.Tick "Delete the Driver Software for this Device" also if available. DON'T right-click "Scan for hardware changes" afterward (we will do it later, we want the Display adapters class to be empty for now). Minimize Device Manager window.

3. Run latest "AMD Catalyst TwL Cleaner 3.9.2.cmd". Say yes to all deletion asked. Delete the pinpointed registry GUIDs (important). Don't reboot.

4. Go back to Device Manager windows. Right-click "Scan for hardware changes".

Reboot in Normal Mode.

5. Install your new AMD Catalyst driver.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=332395

I'm so confused as to why AMD has the normal 11.1 drivers on their download site and 11.1a hotfix drivers at another obscure location where you will only find them from a tech forum.

Running the 11.1a drivers, have the tessellation slider, performance and MLAA is good in BC2.

Yeah good question what's the hotfix exactly then? I gotta read more posts at G3D I guess.

 

[trickson]

Fuck AMD/ATI ! I just had to redo MY OS ! I am DONE with this crap I am going back to nVidia ! I have never EVER had this kind of shit happen to my system with a driver update ! Now this shit ? Man I am sooooooooo done with AMD ? ATI FOREVER !

 

[DannibusX]

99% of computer errors are sitting in front of their monitor.

 

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Fuck AMD/ATI ! I just had to redo MY OS ! I am DONE with this crap I am going back to nVidia ! I have never EVER had this kind of shit happen to my system with a driver update ! Now this shit ? Man I am sooooooooo done with AMD ? ATI FOREVER !

i think maybe an NV fan anyway but to be honest ive had the odd BSOD with11.1a not more then 3 times in last week and i couldnt honestly say i wasnt messing with at least all the settings i could at the time hence i blame me mostly them AMD tards oh and ive my 5870 with working morpho tess slider surface optimisations and eqaa(not sure if actually doing anything but lower fps?) using 11.1a hotfix and some heavy registry tweeks

ps dont get me wrong i like NV they ok wi me my physx rocks in both games ati gfx detail and qual better for render card tho

 

[Mussels]

to those asking: the beta drivers rarely include a version number, so the version number you see is a remnant from the last installed official driver.

 

[joeyck]

I just installed 11.1a and 11.1 and neither of them is giving me the option to tweak voltages on my Asus Direct CU 6870... there is a voltage control on this card, as stated on box and on new egg so why cant i use after burner? i have the 2.1.0 beta 6 version maybe it is incompatible with the new drivers? it worked on my last HIS reference 6870 on 10.12

here is a screen shot :

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Fuck AMD/ATI ! I just had to redo MY OS ! I am DONE with this crap I am going back to nVidia ! I have never EVER had this kind of shit happen to my system with a driver update ! Now this shit ? Man I am sooooooooo done with AMD ? ATI FOREVER !

I had some choice words for what I think of you and your computer skills but it's so not worth another infraction.

I even tried to help you in-depth. And now you will further mistakenly think your new NV card has such awesome, problem-free drivers but that will be because you are installing it on a clean OS.

Some people. Why do I even bother?

 

[trickson]

I had some choice words for what I think of you and your computer skills but it's so not worth another infraction.

I even tried to help you in-depth. And now you will further mistakenly think your new NV card has such awesome, problem-free drivers but that will be because you are installing it on a clean OS.

Some people. Why do I even bother?

DUDE ! I had to reinstall my fucking OS because the drivers gave me 3 BSOD !!! Now just how the hell is that my fault ? What I DL the drivers I uninstall the " Old ones " I install new ones how hard is that ? This was nothing more than a DRIVER issue that fucked my OS no end and you say I have no computer skills ? Just what the fuck was I supposed to do write the code my self ? I mean you make it sound as if I should have ! You got lucky I have 2 HD5770 cards and it was a complete fubar for me ! Just because some one els may not have the same issue as me is irrelevant as well maybe they have a core i7 i5 or newer setup look at my spec's ! I tried to install them the same fucking way I have been for years and now my skills are in question? I do not think so !

Sorry I sound so PO'ed but man this is just wrong on all levels in my book .