What happened to 10.1 Catalyst Driver

[bowenac]

I thought it was going to be released yesterday figures......

[JohnnyWakko]

I hear DX 11 is the next big thing, so if that holds true then 10.1 is now old news.

Gosh it just goes to show that DXxx is full of air. Buying hardware based on it's support of the latest DX is garbage. I remember when they were raving about DX10.1 just after I bought a DX10 card that didn't support DX10.1 and I was tempted to feel dissappointed before I remember that 10.1 would be full of Ese.Hach.Eye.Tee.

[skipclarke]

He may be talking about Catalyst drivers...

[bowenac]

He may be talking about Catalyst drivers...

Yea I was talking about the driver should have made that more clear.

[DaFox]

He may be talking about Catalyst drivers...

Heh I was kind of confused as well being a current nvidia user.

[Dave Baumann]

I don't know where you heard they were going to be released now, but generally you should look more towards the middle of the month for Cat releases.

[JohnnyWakko]

[quote]He may be talking about Catalyst drivers...

Yea I was talking about the driver should have made that more clear.

Indeed.

[bowenac]

I don't know where you heard they were going to be released now, but generally you should look more towards the middle of the month for Cat releases.

I actually could not tell you other then all over the place and I am being honest. There has been a lot of talk about 10.1 on many forums so I was just going off of that. I also thought I heard something on this forum or a ATI video on you tube showing a cedar 5350 or something that was mentioned to be released today as well.

Can you share anything about the next driver. Is anything being fixed for current 5 series cards with Eyefinity issues? Do you know if the shortcuts fix will make it into this driver or not? Performance increase maybe? Or is it just a driver to enable the 3D.

[Paradigm Shifter]

I don't think I've ever seen a Catalyst monthly release before the middle of the month in question, and a couple of times I've seen them come toward the end of the month (like, say, the fourth week...)

[Tamlin]

Can you share anything about the next driver. Is anything being fixed for current 5 series cards with Eyefinity issues? Do you know if the shortcuts fix will make it into this driver or not? Performance increase maybe? Or is it just a driver to enable the 3D.

I did find this which is good read. :)

AMD has supplied us with a document giving information on the improvements that will be implemented over the course of the next months in Catalyst drivers:

- CrossFire X profiles per application will now be in a separate XML file that it will be possible to update independently of the driver itself
- ATI CrossFire X with PowerPlay for the Radeon 5x00s: reduced energy consumption of additional cards
-AMD Dual Graphics: Possibility of combining performances of the IGP of the RS880 with the forthcoming entry level GPUs from the Cedar and Park ranges.
- 3D Stereoscopics: Update of the D3D driver so as to allow third party firms such as IZ3D to use their 3D solution with 120 Hz screens. Support for Bit Cauldron glasses.
- Eyefinity: Bezel Management
- Better GPU acceleration in Windows 7 Video Converter
- Support for DisplayPort Audio (already in the 9.12 hotfix)
- If laptop manufacturers allow it, possibility of installing the Catalysts on a laptop in Vista and 7
- Improvement of 2D performance in Linux
- Support for Ubuntu 9.10 and OpenSUSE 11.2
http://www.behardware.com/news/10636/catalyst-innovations-on-their-way.html

[01Boxer]

- Eyefinity: Bezel Management

Woohoo!

Now i just need a new computer, a 5870, three monitors and a buyer for my kidney.

[Mach1.9pants]

..and 3D as weel, although I don't know anything about the 3drd party 3D solutions?

[Paradigm Shifter]

Zalman do a 3D monitor. I played with it in a shop once, was kinda cool but 3D anything on a monitor gives me massive headaches.

But then, anything but ultra-lightweight sunglasses give me a headache. There's just something about pressure on the bridge of my nose that does it. :(

[thatdude90210]

Nice, bezel management.

Btw, how is the current state of 3D anyway? I had the old H3D shutter glasses, then a little later the Wicket3D eyescream drivers. I remember at the time, it was wasn't too impressive. The scenes may have been 3D, but the objects not so much. It was like one cardboard cutout in front of another. My current thought is "I'm not falling for that again."

3D TV could be interesting, though I can't imagine it going mainstream until you can do it without the need of special glasses.

[Mach1.9pants]

Well you'd hope this years games to include proper 3D support, like the image of BFBC2, but I don't know. But all the reviews I have seen of NV 3D vision have been pretty average, some games are great but all have flaws. Things like HUDs that are wrong, poor textures and some things just not being in the right 3d space. So maybe by next year it will be compelling unless you find a game or two you love that work well....

...Oh I will so tempted if BFBC2s implementation is good. That'll be hundreds of hours of gaming for me right there.

[Tamlin]

..and 3D as weel, although I don't know anything about the 3drd party 3D solutions?

Iz3d offers one. There is also a free version if you have those red and blue glasses (you'll get a headacke fast, but its fun to try anyway). For polarized glasses, you need a 3d monitor. Works on ATI cards and Nvidia cards.
http://www.iz3d.com/driver

The glasses for ATI's solution is most likely these:
http://3dvision-blog.com/bit-cauldron-to-offer-alternative-to-nvidias-3d-vision-shutter-glasses/

[Mach1.9pants]

Thanks for the info. Looks like it may work with normal monitors, is that a correct reading? :)

[Tamlin]

It works with normal monitors without any other hardware then red/blue(cyan) glasses in Anaglyph mode at least. It has support for other types of colored glasses in this mode, but not polarized. For that you need 3d monitor. :)

[Deke]

I tried the 3D thing at a store, and I didn't like it, headaches.

I really can't see anyone spending that much money on something just to get headaches.

Fun to try is about all it has going for it.

Deke