Catalyst 9.11 out

[w0mbat]

http://twitter.com/futureisfusion/status/5804417046

release notes: http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalys...ease_notes.pdf

GPU Acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe Flash
Player 10.1 Beta
This release of ATI Catalyst™ supports the new Hardware Acceleration features of
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta for video encoded in the H.264 format. Adobe Flash Player
10.1 Beta introduces hardware-based H.264 video decoding to deliver smooth video
playback, reduce system resource utilization, and preserve battery life. Adobe Flash
Player 10.1 Beta is expected to be available for download from Adobe Labs
(labs.adobe.com) before the end of the year. This feature is supported on the ATI Radeon
HD 5800, ATI Radeon HD 5700 and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products.

sounds nice =D

[KingOfsorroW]

Thanks. Downloading now.........

[w0mbat]

And it seems like a automatic LOD correction for SSAA was implemented.

[xman01]

hmm. not bad

[hurleybird]

Cinematic mod 10 + 8x SSAA is sweet.

[ReverendMaynard]

thanks for the heads up, hopefully I can actually install these unlike the 10's or the beta 11's.

[hurleybird]

Heh, assuming that I can actually enable it, I think I'd take 4x or 8x SSAA over DX10 any day of the week. Once you get used to not seeing shader aliasing it becomes very obvious when it does occur. Now if only AMD could unlock SSAA with directx versions higher than 9 I'd have the best of both worlds.

[Piotrsama]

Some people have reported dramatic increases in 3Dmark 06.
Not that it really matters, but I'm curious to see if somebody here tested it also.

Edit: And NFS Shift also with big improvement.

[Blkout]

And it seems like a automatic LOD correction for SSAA was implemented.

It does appear that the blurring is gone. I tried SSAA in a few games and the texture detail seems to be very good.

[zalbard]

Looks like a decent release. Any CF scaling improvements?

[Omarko]

can anyone advise if this driver now enables 5870 Crossfire + Eyefinity?

[Roadhog]

Nm, fixed.

[SoulsCollective]

If you're playing Borderlands, give this a miss. The missing textures bug that plagued the 9.11 Beta is still present, and at least for me the game feels choppier as well.

[Migi06]

If you're playing Borderlands, give this a miss. The missing textures bug that plagued the 9.11 Beta is still present, and at least for me the game feels choppier as well.

http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.ph...2&postcount=13

[SoulsCollective]

Yes, but I hate doing that because damn ATi still haven't implemented a per-game profile editor a la nVidia, so disabling Cat AI therefore borks Crossfire in everything meaning you have to keep switching back and forth.

[psyside]

Hi. sorry for slight offtopic but knowing the nature of the news i don't think you will mind!!

the new 9.12 beta driver is insane in Crysis!!!!!!!!!

11.18.2009 16:06:40 - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

DirectX 10 ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1920 x 1200 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 35.60 Max: 73.98 Avg: 59.46 ]

9.12 beta



DirectX 10 ENTHUSIAST 2X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1920 x 1200 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 26.96 Max: 57.88 Avg: 46.69 ]

9.11 beta


*ucking awesomeeeeeeeeeee great job Ati!!! This is like 30% performance improvement! So ignore this 9.11 beta driver and dld this one 9.12 beta.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=309166

[Viss]

Tried cat 9.11 on both win7 32b and 64b and with 2x 5870 @1000/1200 i get about 800 points less in Vantage compared with 9.10

[Piotrsama]

We need some site to do a review of the different versions, some people report great increases, while others no change at all.
FUD, or real?

Tried cat 9.11 on both win7 32b and 64b and with 2x 5870 @1000/1200 i get about 800 points less in Vantage compared with 9.10

Have you tried 9.12 beta?

[Viss]

Not yet. Could be a CF bug in Vantage with this 9.11 driver (wouldnt be 1st time ). Wil test single card tomorrow

[Expat GriZ]

Tried cat 9.11 on both win7 32b and 64b and with 2x 5870 @1000/1200 i get about 800 points less in Vantage compared with 9.10

Thanks for that Bart!! Will stick with 9.1.

[Dami3n]

Crossfire still running like crap in many games

[BenchZowner]

Come on AMD, get those bloody 9.12 drivers right please, can't delay the review any longer...

[Pyr0]

8.663.1_Beta5_Hemlock_VistaWin7_Nov11.exe
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...n-hd-5970.aspx

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Won't even install properly on xp sp3.

Anyone having the issue where it'll say "installed with errors" then never prompts to restart? I can't get the drive to install now at all.

Its a 3650 radeon (for a work PC).

Any ideas?

[Mayke]

Im also going to stick to 9.10, halfway through the instalation I get a complete shutdown. I have tried it 5 times, same thing over and over.