CAT 9.9, increment on GPU VANTAGE and FIX RE 5 BENCHMARKING at AREA 3 dan 4, tested !

[initialised]

Odd.....Have Vista and haven't had to reboot after installing new Catalyst drivers in a loooong time....honestly, cannnot remember the last time installing new Cat. drivers required a reboot. And always have installed the new ones without uninstalling the old. Do the same on my XP machine, same outcome....no reboot required, not uninstall/reinstall crap.

Catalyst drivers just uninstall themselves and then install the new ones...no drama, no rebooting, nothing. They just work and have been for a long time now.

Might work for you but ATI recommends, uninstall & reboot than install and reboot.

Every time I've tried "over-the-top" installs with CCC I get problems like no crossfire or no CCC. I don't do it and I don't recommend it for nVidia either (I used to get BSODs after over-the-top installs with nVidia hardware).

[Kaotik]

Might work for you but ATI recommends, uninstall & reboot than install and reboot.

On XP, yes, on Vista, you don't need to do a single reboot, just update install on the old drivers and you're ready.
On Win7 it's the same as on Vista, though the CIM (Catalyst Install Manager) has had some issues, so I've usually used the commandline installer instead.

[jcool]

Did they fix Anno 1404 being unplayable from the 9.8? :>
I went back to 9.6 because ATI ed up big time with the 9.8

[RaZz!]

Did they fix Anno 1404 being unplayable from the 9.8? :>
I went back to 9.6 because ATI ed up big time with the 9.8

unfortunately not. it's listed in the known issues section of the changelog

[Pontos]

I've been installing new drivers over old ones ever since I'm using Win7 64bits.

The installer finds the old version of every component (CCC, Display Driver, ATI HD Sound Driver, Install Manager, etc) and tells you it will replace them with the new one.
The screen becomes black once when installing the Display Driver since it needs to unload the old, install the new, then load it again. No reboot needed at all, and i can fire any game right after the process.

Never had any issue and it always maintains my profile config (except Overdrive), so ATI did an excellent job with the install routine.


I don't have CF so no idea there, but honestly, more than half the problems I usually read about ATI and Nvidia drivers are multi-gpu related.
That is not really stable, isn't it?

[jcool]

unfortunately not. it's listed in the known issues section of the changelog

This is a joke, right?

[Gaul]

common see the defferent.....best ati driver 4 me...cat 9.9

[Xoulz]

Arma 2 just plays so bad, so clunky, makes the game not enjoyable, ive tried it even with gtx 295 quad sli, doesnt scale well at all.

Exactly!

That is why the original group splintered! Some didn't agree on the direction of the Franchise...

Operation Flashpoint is years ahead of ARMA, it's playability and action is superb. And thats why they left.. Graphics don't make a game, they just sell'em!

[charged3800z24]

edit:, posted twice LOL.. I am a tard.

[Eastcoasthandle]

I noticed increases in Vantage and Crysis Warhead. Specially in Vantage there were areas of the benchmark that ran better then with the previous driver.

[charged3800z24]

I have ben doing installs ontop of old with new for quite some time now. I only need reboots in XP and Win 7 64 has never needed a reboot. I have never had any major issues. I am running 9.9 now but never tested for performance diff's. Those results look nice, thanks for the post.

[SamHughe]

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor Performance Test Comparison

Hardware: see the sig

Res: 1920x1200 (every possible settings maxed)

Cat 9.8: Min= 36.6, Max= 62.9, Av= 58.8
Cat 9.9: Min= 47.7 Max= 61.6, Av= 58.9

P.S.:9.9 was installed over 9.8 and rebooted

[Wesker]

I have vista and always get the reboot now notice.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...eDriverWV.aspx

That link shows what you should do if you were previously running non ATI hardware, or if you were running a legacy version of ATI's drivers.

I haven't had to reboot ever since they released the Cat Install Manager.

[Eastcoasthandle]

I have to admit this driver does show some improves. Odd they are not mention specifically.

[Gaul]

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor Performance Test Comparison

Hardware: see the sig

Res: 1920x1200 (every possible settings maxed)

Cat 9.8: Min= 36.6, Max= 62.9, Av= 58.8
Cat 9.9: Min= 47.7 Max= 61.6, Av= 58.9

P.S.:9.9 was installed over 9.8 and rebooted

WOW huge different on MIN FPS here.....

[Leeghoofd]

again different CPU's Gaul ? different GPU clockspeeds... I can't get a decent comparison like that

[Gaul]

again different CPU's Gaul ? different GPU clockspeeds... I can't get a decent comparison like that

??? oh man. its on my rig....JUST one, only different CAT not defferent CPU

[Humminn55]

That link shows what you should do if you were previously running non ATI hardware, or if you were running a legacy version of ATI's drivers.

I haven't had to reboot ever since they released the Cat Install Manager.

Very true.......my Vista install process acts much like what's linked below:

why a system reboot is not required after installing an ATI Catalyst graphics driver within Microsoft Windows 7.

My Vista install acts just like updating drivers in Win 7. In fact, my lone holdout XP install rarely asks for reboots anymore with driver updates.

[Leeghoofd]

Really I see Q6600 and E8400 in the RE 5 comparison... if you make a comparison , such as this driver make it on the same platform always... I wonder what ATI really changed as the Min fps seem to go up so high with some reports...

[AndrewZorn]

what sucks is wanting to download this but wanting to install linux more, but then having to get the drivers for linux... and they are still at 9.8

[iTravis]

10 points increase in 3DMark06 from 9.8 LMAO

[AndrewZorn]

can 10pts even be considered an improvement? not saying it isnt much, but you can get a 10pt difference from the time of day it seems.

[SKYMTL]

Plays fine!

CoJ:BiB -> CF supported

Not on the HD 4870X2.

[breakfromyou]

My windows 7 performance index score went up from 6.5 to 6.7 on both graphics tests with 9.9. I like.

[Lightman]

Not on the HD 4870X2.

That's wired if you have problems ...

Well, I must admit first run of that game on new driver without Vista reboot had lots of artifacts on screen, but after restarting computer it went fine!
120-150FPS on uderclocked HD4870CF (700/700) @1920x1200x32 MAX detail

Anyway I'm selling my CF in anticipation for HD5xxx series