AMD Catalyst 11.7 WHQL (8.872 July 7)

[Mustang]

AMD Catalyst 11.7 Release Notes

AMD Catalyst 11.7 Win 7 | Vista 64-bit driver

AMD Catalyst 11.7 Win 7 | Vista 32-bit driver

 

AMD Catalyst 11.7 Win XP (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst 11.7 Win XP 32-bit

 

AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.7 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

AMD Catalyst Mobility 11.7 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

 

AMD Media Codec 11.7 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD Media Codec 11.7 Win XP (32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD Media Codec Mobility 11.7 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

 

AMD HydraVision 11.7 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD HydraVision 11.7 Win XP (32-bit & 64-bit)

AMD HydraVision Mobility 11.7 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

 

 

Build info:

 

8.872-110707b-122569C-ATI

DriverVer=07/07/2011, 8.872.0.0000

Sign date: July 19 (Microsoft WHQL)

[Mustang]

Something else to note, AndrewD states on his Twitter page that a second driver could be coming soon after 11.7

 

http://twitter.com/#!/catalystcreator

 

rumours are going around that this could be the 'Mjölnir II' performance driver that has been spoken of lately, we'll see ;)

[Mud]

Thanks for the info, Mustang. Very much appreciated.

[wtfisgoingon]

:)

[Mustang]

AMD Catalyst™ Control Center / AMD Vision™ Engine Control Center 11.8 Driver Preview for Windows 7 64-Bit Edition

 

AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center 11.8 Driver Preview Features:

 

 

 

The following download provides the following features in addition to the AMD Catalyst Control Center / AMD Vision Engine Control Center 11.7 driver release

• Enables AMD HD3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays
  

Improves performance:

• Up to 10% in Crysis 2 DirectX 11 version for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products
  
• Up to 8% in Fear 3 DirectX 11 version with application enabled Anti-Aliasing on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products
  
• Up to 30% when AMD’s Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) is enabled through the Catalyst Control Center on AMD Radeon HD 6000 and AMD Radeon HD 5000 series of products
  

• Build Info:
  8.88.3-110711a-122259E-VisionTek
  DriverVer=07/11/2011, 8.880.3.0000
  

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst118DriverPreview.aspx

Edited July 27, 2011 by Mustang

[hassata]

Thanks Mustang. Anyone tried these yet?

[Druid_]

Are we not grasping at straws until AMD add support for DCS A10c to their list of optimised games? I have seen very little in the way of performance gains over the last 10 months. Having said that I am using a 5970 and not a 6 series card.

 

Maybe when DCS is out on DVD in states they might take a look, who knows.

[Mustang]

I'm on the 11.8 x64 preview driver with my 5770, it's doing fine so far :)

[Mud]

Are we not grasping at straws until AMD add support for DCS A10c to their list of optimised games? I have seen very little in the way of performance gains over the last 10 months. Having said that I am using a 5970 and not a 6 series card.

 

Maybe when DCS is out on DVD in states they might take a look, who knows.

 

Crossing my fingers for that one, mate!

 

On a side-note: I tried both 11.7 and the 11.8 preview and they both seem to reintroduce the white boxes flashing problem.

Can anyone confirm this?

[159th_Viper]

Cheers Mustang :)

[PoleCat]

Went straight to the 11.8 previews as well. Some nice improvements for the 5000 series listed there.

 

Out

[jazjar]

Mustang, what is your processor?

[Mustang]

I have a Core2Duo E7500, but i have it running at 3.90ghz (9x434)

[Mustang]

CAP1 for 11.7 has been out for a few days now, should be of interest to those that use Rise Of Flight with a Crossfire setup :)

 

Release notes:

 

New profiles added to this release:

- Hydrophobia Prophecy – Resolves image quality issues with CrossFire enabled

- Rise of Flight: Improves CrossFire performance

 

http://downloads.guru3d.com/AMD-Catalyst-Application-Profile---11.7-CAP1-download-2761.html

[Mustang]

AMD Catalyst 11.8 Windows XP 32 and 64-bit driver

AMD Catalyst 11.8 Win 7 | Vista 32 and 64-bit driver

AMD Catalyst 11.8 Linux 32 and 64-bit driver

 

AMD Catalyst™ Preview Driver Features:

 

Full support for the new OpenGL 4.2 specification. High-lights include:

• Enhanced support for generic read-write memory and high performance atomics in shaders (EXT_shader_image_load_store and ARB_shader_atomic_counters extensions), allowing advanced graphics algorithms to be implemented.
  
• Increased flexibility in how texture memory is allocated and managed (ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage and EXT_texture_storage extensions).
  
• Improved control and access to geometry instancing for improved performance (ARB_transform_feedback_instanced and ARB_base_instance).
  
• Improvements to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL).
  
• Added control over GPU optimizations related to depth testing (AMD_conservative_depth).
  
• Improved guarantees about the alignment of mapped GPU memory (ARB_map_buffer_alignment).
  

Build Info:

DriverVer=08/08/2011, 8.880.8.0000

8.88.8-110808a-123505E-ATI

[Mud]

Not a lot of feedback on this, but from my testing:

 

11.7 and 11.8 preview reintroduced the white flashing boxes with HDR enabled.

 

I rolled back to 11.6, and not only were the white boxes gone, but my framerate also improved. So I'm sticking with 11.6 for now.

[derelor]

So I'm sticking with 11.6 for now.

Me too...

[ФрогФут]

AMD Catalyst™ Preview Driver Features:

I have flickering on my second monitor, when i scroll the browser pages on the main. Though if i move the browser to the second one, no such issues.

[ФрогФут]

Not a lot of feedback on this, but from my testing:

 

11.7 and 11.8 preview reintroduced the white flashing boxes with HDR enabled.

 

I rolled back to 11.6, and not only were the white boxes gone, but my framerate also improved. So I'm sticking with 11.6 for now.

Could you post a track, where this issue can be seen please?

[Mud]

I assume a track won't show the white flashes if it's played back on different hardware?

 

I'll see what I can do tonight to post a video showing the problem. Even though I'm not tempted to reinstall Catalyst 11.7 or 11.8p to reproduce the anomaly. :)

 

Edit: Found someone who already made a clip showing the issue.

Not the same version of DCS or Catalyst, but it's exactly the same in 11.7 and 11.8p and pre-11.6. In 11.6 it's not present.

Edited August 11, 2011 by Mud
Edit: addition

[ФрогФут]

I already found one on youtube. I don't have such hardware, so i can't create a track. But the devs, who work on the graphics have. But they don't fly the sim, so someone need to create a track for them. That's why i asked you.;) To what is happening in the code only track will help.

[Mud]

Aha, now I get it.

I should be able to post one here in about 4-5 hours.

[Mud]

Here's a short track. The glitches happen during the last 10 seconds of the track. And every time I replay the track, they seem to occur at different locations.

 

Edit: Driver version used was 11.7

Flash.trk

Edited August 11, 2011 by Mud
Edit: Driver version used was 11.7

[Aries]

I tried both 11.7 and the 11.8 preview and they both seem to reintroduce the white boxes flashing problem.

Can anyone confirm this?

 

Yep, 6950 2GB here and the white flashing boxes are ba-aaack... Grrrr... :(

[Aries]

Catalyst 11.8 and white flashing boxes are still here... OMFG!!! :(