ATI Official 10.6 Drivers

[Dyre Straits]

The latest official WHQL drivers are up and ready for download.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx


EDIT: Be sure to get the latest Application Profiles! They ARE recommended even for systems that are NOT Crossfire.

Click the link and then the Driver option to see the link for the profiles.

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

[rebelstar]

Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

[suiken_2mieu]

Still no 5x1 Portrait. I'm sad.

[Phoenixdancer]

Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Vsync works for me in Batman and JC2 mate :/

[Tamlin]

Lots of improvements according to release notes, but the largest one is about the video:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/adobe-flash-player-10-1-ati-stream-catalyst-10-6/

New Features

GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe® Flash Player 10.1

* AMD GPU acceleration of Adobe® Flash Player 10.1 delivers smooth high definition video playback and reduces system resource utilization
* Adobe Flash Player 10.1 can be accelerated on notebook and desktop platforms featuring AMD graphics including:
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series
o ATI Mobility ATI Radeon™ HD 400 series (and higher)
o ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 series integrated graphics (and higher)

Video De-blocking support

* Reduces blocking artifacts seen in low-bit rate video during playback
* Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Mosquito noise removal

* Reduces mosquito noise seen in highly compressed progressive video, during playback .
* Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3

* ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 4.0 on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* ATI Catalyst 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on the ATI Radeon™ HD Series


As for performance:
* 3DMark Vantage
o Overall scores improve up to 5% on a single ATI Radeon HD 5970
* Batman: Arkham Asylum
o Performance improves up to 5% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
* Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark
o Performance improves up to 4% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 10% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 3% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Company of Heroes – DX10
o Performance improves up to 7% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 5% with single card and CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
* Crysis Warhead
o CrossFire performance improves by up to 7% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* DiRT 2 – DX9
o Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 10% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 4% on single card ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena
o Performance improves up to 15% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 13% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products
* Unigine Tropics
o CrossFire performance improves by up to 8% on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series products
* World in Conflict
o Performance improves up to 6% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 8% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
* Wolfenstein
o Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series products
o Performance improves up to 18% on CrossFire and single card ATI Radeon HD 5970 configurations
o Performance improves up to 11% on CrossFire ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series products



People might want to remember to install the application update as well. :)

[McKie]

Once again, I had to go back to the 10.4 drivers. Still have the issue where my windows flicker when moving windows around or scrolling and the cursor bug is still present. Also after downloading the 10.6 drivers my BFBC2 game started crashing to desktop on a regular basis.

Really starting to consider going back to a single monitor at this point.

Crossfire and Eyefinity is broke. Plain and simple.

[TexasTango]

...... Crossfire and Eyefinity is broke. Plain and simple.

Well... not broken for everyone.

I can't go above 10.2, BUT with 10.2, my Crossfire and Eyefinity setup is rock solid, no glitches, flickers, dropouts, artifacts, aches, pains, or vomiting. Sweet, in fact.

3 screen (19"-22"-19" @ 3840x1024)
5850x2
Dell active DP--> DVI adapter

[rebelstar]

[quote]Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Vsync works for me in Batman and JC2 mate :/


I believe cuz of 5970? It's not working for anyone with 2 cards in crossfire. Giving 120 frames lock instead of correct 60. In any game, menu for example it's showing 120. When crossfire is disabled it's showing correct 60 frames.

[BajaPaul]

Once again, I had to go back to the 10.4 drivers. Still have the issue where my windows flicker when moving windows around or scrolling and the cursor bug is still present.

I had this problem but got it resolved. The driver is hanging on install. Then Windows tries to install the default WHQL driver. It is smart to set a restore point before install.

I think I went back to a "Default VGA" driver and then uninstalled everything ATI thru control panel. Then go on your install drive and delete all ATI directories. Then I wiped the system a few times with CCleaner. Restart and set a restore point. Then try to install 10.6. Just going from recall here, you may have an old restore point to go back to before 10.4 but that may be getting drastic!

[BajaPaul]

No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Everybody just needs to keep submitting those driver feedback forms! I have been told it is the only thing the driver team really monitors. Link here!

http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D27E29B0E3

This is what I have been submitting. I save it in a file and just keep pasting it with each new driver release! Feel free to use and modify!

[list]Please find a way to loosen the EDID size restriction of your Bezel Management feature. I am running three 24” Dell monitors, all at 1920x1200 resolution, a 2407WFP, 2407WFP-HC, and 2408WFP. All of these monitors were purchased at different times as graphics cards advanced. Monitor Asset Manager (MonInfo) shows the EDID size as slightly different between the two 2407’s and the 2408. 520x330 mm versus 520x320 mm. Therefore, I don’t get to do Bezel Management across my three identical looking monitors. It does work with the two 2407’s, but that defeats the purpose! I run a 3x1 setup in portrait mode. There are many other people in a very similar situation. Some people have even tried to overwrite their EDID profiles in their monitors by re-flashing. I really want this feature but don’t want to have to buy two new monitors or attempt to re-flash my existing ones! Please review this software restriction and see if you can implement it differently! It would also be nice if you set a System Restore Point before starting software installation of new drivers![/list:u]

[Tamlin]

Driver hanging on install might be due to windows UAC (have seen this being an issue before). Try to right-click on the driver and choose "run as administrator".

+1 on using the report form. If more people send in reports of their issue, the larger chance is there for these to be fixed!

[Phoenixdancer]

[quote][quote]Sucks as usual.
1. No vsync fix for crossfire + eyefinity
2. No bezel management for all kinds of monitors with the same screen size. It's still supports ONLY 100% indentical screens.

Vsync works for me in Batman and JC2 mate :/


I believe cuz of 5970? It's not working for anyone with 2 cards in crossfire. Giving 120 frames lock instead of correct 60. In any game, menu for example it's showing 120. When crossfire is disabled it's showing correct 60 frames.

I have a 5970 and a 5850 in Tri-Fire mate

Perfectly fine for me.

just been playing batman and FPS never went over 60.1Fps same on dirt2

[TJ]

Back to 10.5.

Epic Fail in Battlefield Bad Company 2 with 10.6 drivers: 50 % FPS down and map load time longer.

[Tamlin]

Fix for BFBC2 is coming later today:
http://www.kitguru.net/software/zardon/amd-talk-to-kitguru-badcompany-2-fix-is-coming/

Its an application profile update and not a hotfix, so no need to download new drivers.

[Abram]

My newly-made saved profiles aren't loading properly with this new drier set. My Eyefintiy profile never loads - a real pain in the ass. So back to 10.5 i go.

And they were progressing so well....

[Mihawk]

Oh my fucking god...
This driver broke everything.

Dirt 2 Window mode works (doesn't matter what resolution) - Fullscreen = flicker like hell (and I'm not meaning the monitor - the graphic is resizing [stretching] and bending)
Same with Just Cause 2 - I guess I'm out of luck with those shitload of drivers. Oh dear, I wish that ONE TIME a new release from ATI ist without Bugs (HOW THE HELL can some1 miss the bad company 2 bug in a WHQL driver? Hell yeah, must be some nice wages those programers get)

obvious - so obvious...
Catalyst A.I. is causing this issue...

Disabling it is disabling my issues - to bad that it's also disables my CrossFire (Hell yeah - 5970 without CF...)

[ouija]

Left4dead2 doesn't wok anymore on 10.6 - all other games also bsod - reverted to 10.5 and happy with it..

[r3v3nant]

Once again, I had to go back to the 10.4 drivers. Still have the issue where my windows flicker when moving windows around or scrolling and the cursor bug is still present. Also after downloading the 10.6 drivers my BFBC2 game started crashing to desktop on a regular basis.

Really starting to consider going back to a single monitor at this point.

Crossfire and Eyefinity is broke. Plain and simple.

this gives me sad face... I have been holding off getting another 5870 for a long while because of all the issues and they never seem to get sorted out. I think for now I will swap my 1gb 5870 for one of those Asus ROG 2gb ones.. and then some day in the future when CF and EF will play nice get another 2gb card.

[CheeWeez777]

[quote]Once again, I had to go back to the 10.4 drivers. Still have the issue where my windows flicker when moving windows around or scrolling and the cursor bug is still present. Also after downloading the 10.6 drivers my BFBC2 game started crashing to desktop on a regular basis.

Really starting to consider going back to a single monitor at this point.

Crossfire and Eyefinity is broke. Plain and simple.

this gives me sad face... I have been holding off getting another 5870 for a long while because of all the issues and they never seem to get sorted out. I think for now I will swap my 1gb 5870 for one of those Asus ROG 2gb ones.. and then some day in the future when CF and EF will play nice get another 2gb card.

I have NO troubles with Xfire and Eyefinity .. I have 2 of the Asus 5870s you are talking about.

The troubles come when you go to 3 GPUs or more... 2 scale great, and I don't have any games I have tried that DON'T use crossfire and use it well. (Shift, MW1&2, Crysis, WH, Just Cause 2, Bad Company 2, AVP, HAWX, Arma II, Half Llife 2....).

I LOVE my dual 5870 ROG setup. Faster than the 5970 I replaced, and the fastest dual GPU solution I could find for my Eyefinity rig! (3X22" Dell 2209WA IPS).

(running the 10.6s... I was on the 10.4s , and wanted to try these out. Kinda' 50/50 for me... lost a couple FPS in AVP, but gained about 5-7 in JC2, so a wash in my book... :D )

[dmanna]

I probably shouldnt even bother posting but I will anyway... The dreaded Blinking is still here with 10.6. That is 3 driver releases in a row that will not work properly with my active display port adapter. I mean I would have given up on this set up a long time ago, with all the crap I have tried to make it work properly, but luckily 10.3 does work perfect so it is really infuriating that whatever they did with 10.3 isnt present in there more current driver releases. GRRRRR...

The only 2 games I want to play on the pc atm is BC2 which takes a long ass time to load up the maps.. and Red FAction guerilla and the driver is conflicting with that game to the point where its unplayable with all the flashing and such... I will report this one more time and if 10.7 releases and it blinks then I will have to make some changes.

Someone said they know someone with a similar issue and they swapped out display ports with an apple one and no more blinking for them... But I already spent 100 bucks on a wire, no effing way am I spending another 100 bucks on another over priced wire. ahem adapter...