ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7

**MIG-31** · Apr 28, 2010, 09:45 PM

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows. These include:

�� Desktop mouse cursor will no longer intermittently appear enlarged
�� Pressing the "Page Down" button while configuring the last display in Eyefinity group will now properly switch to the next display instead of closing the bezel user interface

�� Shortcut keys to configure the bezel now functions properly

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

�� Audio playback devices now properly displays "ATI HDMI Output" when a HDMI display is connected
�� Display no longer flashes black when high settings of 19x12 are applied to in-game settings for "Dawn of War 2"

�� Corruption no longer visible during full screen playback with Flash Player 10.1 on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series

�� A high CPU

Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

�� Loading time between maps in "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" may be long for ATI Radeon™ HD 2000, 3000 and 4000 Series

�� "Catalyst Control Center is not supported..." warning message may appear and Graphics menu for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view may be missing after relogging into system after a Remote Desktop connection

�� Utilizing hardware shaders (perfect mode) may cause text to become corrupted and unreadable while loading any mission in "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946" game

Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:
�� Alt-Tabbing to desktop and back into "Mass Effect 2" game may cause the display to go black
�� Catalyst Control Center might not remember the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity group ATI Catalyst
Performance drop (approximately 34%) may be observed in "Empire: Total War" with anti-alias enabled on some cards
�� Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video synchronization issues and deinterlacing lines when viewed on some devices
�� Under multi-GPU configuration with Crossfire™ enabled, setting both "Shaders Quality" and "Post-Processing Quality" to "Enthusiast" may cause the frame rate to drop in "Crysis Warhead" DirectX 9 game.

Windows Vista/Windows 7: 32 Bit / 64 Bit

Robert McClelland · Apr 28, 2010, 10:08 PM

Looks like they don't have AGP hotfix for win 7 out yet only xp very weird unless they have them all together under win 7 now?

Dyre Straits · Apr 29, 2010, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert McClelland

Looks like they don't have AGP hotfix for win 7 out yet only xp very weird unless they have them all together under win 7 now?

Robert, check them out here....

Catalyst AGP Hotfix - Radeon HD 4000 Radeon HD 3000 and Radeon HD 2000 Series AGP products

And, if you already found them, you should have updated your post.

Robert McClelland · Apr 29, 2010, 02:57 AM

I guess there a bug in opera with links again lol

BlueMak · Apr 29, 2010, 03:48 AM

Nothing for me here.
I wish they fix the loading time issue with the 4800 series under vista.

Spartan 666 · Apr 29, 2010, 12:28 PM

Where is it possible to download the notebook version of these drivers?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found them.

Liqourice · Apr 29, 2010, 08:44 PM

Is OpenGL 4.0 included in this set?

Dyre Straits · Apr 30, 2010, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liqourice

Is OpenGL 4.0 included in this set?

Ready, Willing and Able ? AMD Supports OpenGL 3.3 and OpenGL 4.0 | AMD Developer Central Blogs

Liqourice · Apr 30, 2010, 08:31 AM

Dyre, that wasn't quite what I was asking!

There has been an OpenGL 4 preview driver, it wasn't included in the 10.3 set, so I just wondered if it's included in this instead.

If not I won't install 10.4.

Dyre Straits · Apr 30, 2010, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liqourice

Dyre, that wasn't quite what I was asking!

There has been an OpenGL 4 preview driver, it wasn't included in the 10.3 set, so I just wondered if it's included in this instead.

If not I won't install 10.4.

If you're needing the latest OpenGL 4.0 Preview driver, it's here.....

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...ew-driver.aspx

Whether or not ATI are including this in the 'regular' driver package, I have no idea. But, FWIW, I can run the Unigine Heaven and Sanctuary demos/benchmarks just fine using OpenGL.

Liqourice · Apr 30, 2010, 02:03 PM

I know it's there, have it installed already. I gather it's not included in the full driver set then. I wonder why?

Everything works fine without it, I just see some improvements in performance with the 4.0 driver.

It's a bit backwards since I guess installint the new 10.4 means it overwrotes the OGL driver with the older version so I have to install the 4.0 again. That's why I would like it to be included so I don't have to do it twice.

Liqourice · May 3, 2010, 11:03 AM

Well, I've tested these now and they don't work well for me.

I have some flickering glitches now and then and sometimes I get a blue striped screen and have to reset the system to get out of it.

Dyre Straits · May 3, 2010, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liqourice

Well, I've tested these now and they don't work well for me.

I have some flickering glitches now and then and sometimes I get a blue striped screen and have to reset the system to get out of it.

Not good at all. Is the VaporX an OC'ed card? And, by how much if so?

Before reverting to previous drivers, I really highly recommend you try the 10.4 Preview drivers that ATI put up. These are actually newer than the official ones linked here. The only thing is that they are not WHQL but they are working really well for several who reported problems.

ATICatalyst10.4Preview

Liqourice · May 4, 2010, 12:23 AM

It's factory overclocked to 875/1250. I had it overclocked to 900/1300 myself but when I lovered it to card defaults the problems went away.. however, it worked fine at that overclock with the previous drivers.

I'll have a look at that driver.

Dyre Straits · May 4, 2010, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liqourice

It's factory overclocked to 875/1250. I had it overclocked to 900/1300 myself but when I lovered it to card defaults the problems went away.. however, it worked fine at that overclock with the previous drivers.

I'll have a look at that driver.

Just quite frankly, from what I've read about the OC'd cards, here and on other forums, I, personally, won't invest in a factory OC'd card. I'm quite pleased to do my own overclocking.

And, as far as performance goes, I'm content with default clocks as long as the games I play perform smoothly enough that I don't have to resort to OC'ing.

Liqourice · May 5, 2010, 01:34 AM

Didn't get this card for the factory overclock, I got it for the fan design. It's VERY quiet.

BlueMak · May 5, 2010, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liqourice

Didn't get this card for the factory overclock, I got it for the fan design. It's VERY quiet.

SCREW YOU!

ok, I am sorry, not your fault. I am just so tired of the vacuum cleaner in my PC case.
You are cool, here is some rep.

Liqourice · May 5, 2010, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

SCREW YOU!

ok, I am sorry, not your fault. I am just so tired of the vacuum cleaner in my PC case.
You are cool, here is some rep.

LOL, then get a Vapor-X as well, it rocks!

mgroeneweg · May 7, 2010, 04:45 PM

For those interested:
I put the 10.4 set on my Acer 7535G laptop (ATI Mobility Radeon 4570) and it works great: GPU switching, HDMI out in much better quality on my LCD TV.

Radeon4200 · May 13, 2010, 09:21 PM

A Radeon 4200 embedded graphics it is better than an Geforce8300 integrated graphics -on the same processor and memory.
Anyway, I still not understood why windows 7 gives a lower score to ATI Radeon 4200 comparing to Nvidia Geforce8300 - both are running the latest drivers

Are the Nvidia drivers better than the ATI drivers ? at least in Win7 ?

IvanV · May 13, 2010, 09:29 PM

I don't know which is faster, but you really shouldn't pay much attention to the Windows 7 score, God knows what it measures to produce the results. The ATI drivers are generally fine and Windows 7 is currently their primary "target" OS, so, unless you get strange behaviour in games, there's nothing to worry about.

Apr 28, 2010, 09:45 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows. These include: �� Desktop mouse cursor will no longer intermittently appear enlarged �� Pressing the "Page Down" button while configuring the last display in Eyefinity group will now properly switch to the next display instead of closing the bezel user interface �� Shortcut keys to configure the bezel now functions properly Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include: �� Audio playback devices now properly displays "ATI HDMI Output" when a HDMI display is connected �� Display no longer flashes black when high settings of 19x12 are applied to in-game settings for "Dawn of War 2" �� Corruption no longer visible during full screen playback with Flash Player 10.1 on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series �� A high CPU Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include: �� Loading time between maps in "Battlefield 2: Bad Company" may be long for ATI Radeon™ HD 2000, 3000 and 4000 Series �� "Catalyst Control Center is not supported..." warning message may appear and Graphics menu for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view may be missing after relogging into system after a Remote Desktop connection �� Utilizing hardware shaders (perfect mode) may cause text to become corrupted and unreadable while loading any mission in "IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946" game Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include: �� Alt-Tabbing to desktop and back into "Mass Effect 2" game may cause the display to go black �� Catalyst Control Center might not remember the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity group ATI Catalyst Performance drop (approximately 34%) may be observed in "Empire: Total War" with anti-alias enabled on some cards �� Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video synchronization issues and deinterlacing lines when viewed on some devices �� Under multi-GPU configuration with Crossfire™ enabled, setting both "Shaders Quality" and "Post-Processing Quality" to "Enthusiast" may cause the frame rate to drop in "Crysis Warhead" DirectX 9 game. Windows Vista/Windows 7: 32 Bit / 64 Bit __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 28, 2010, 10:08 PM	#2
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Looks like they don't have AGP hotfix for win 7 out yet only xp very weird unless they have them all together under win 7 now? __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

Apr 29, 2010, 02:57 AM	#4
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 I guess there a bug in opera with links again lol __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

Apr 29, 2010, 03:48 AM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Nothing for me here. I wish they fix the loading time issue with the 4800 series under vista. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Apr 29, 2010, 12:28 PM	#6
Spartan 666 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Where is it possible to download the notebook version of these drivers? EDIT: Nevermind, I found them. Last edited by Spartan 666; Apr 29, 2010 at 12:48 PM.

Apr 29, 2010, 08:44 PM	#7
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Is OpenGL 4.0 included in this set?

Apr 30, 2010, 08:31 AM	#9
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Dyre, that wasn't quite what I was asking! There has been an OpenGL 4 preview driver, it wasn't included in the 10.3 set, so I just wondered if it's included in this instead. If not I won't install 10.4.

Apr 30, 2010, 02:03 PM	#11
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 I know it's there, have it installed already. I gather it's not included in the full driver set then. I wonder why? Everything works fine without it, I just see some improvements in performance with the 4.0 driver. It's a bit backwards since I guess installint the new 10.4 means it overwrotes the OGL driver with the older version so I have to install the 4.0 again. That's why I would like it to be included so I don't have to do it twice.

May 3, 2010, 11:03 AM	#12
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Well, I've tested these now and they don't work well for me. I have some flickering glitches now and then and sometimes I get a blue striped screen and have to reset the system to get out of it.

May 4, 2010, 12:23 AM	#14
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 It's factory overclocked to 875/1250. I had it overclocked to 900/1300 myself but when I lovered it to card defaults the problems went away.. however, it worked fine at that overclock with the previous drivers. I'll have a look at that driver.

May 5, 2010, 01:34 AM	#16
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 Didn't get this card for the factory overclock, I got it for the fan design. It's VERY quiet.

May 7, 2010, 04:45 PM	#19
mgroeneweg HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 For those interested: I put the 10.4 set on my Acer 7535G laptop (ATI Mobility Radeon 4570) and it works great: GPU switching, HDMI out in much better quality on my LCD TV.

May 13, 2010, 09:21 PM	#20
Radeon4200 HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Timisoara Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 A Radeon 4200 embedded graphics it is better than an Geforce8300 integrated graphics -on the same processor and memory. Anyway, I still not understood why windows 7 gives a lower score to ATI Radeon 4200 comparing to Nvidia Geforce8300 - both are running the latest drivers Are the Nvidia drivers better than the ATI drivers ? at least in Win7 ?

May 13, 2010, 09:29 PM	#21
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Display Driver for Windows Vista/Win 7 I don't know which is faster, but you really shouldn't pay much attention to the Windows 7 score, God knows what it measures to produce the results. The ATI drivers are generally fine and Windows 7 is currently their primary "target" OS, so, unless you get strange behaviour in games, there's nothing to worry about. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).