ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite

**MIG-31** · Apr 27, 2011, 06:31 PM

Performance Enhancements
A number of performance enhancements are seen with the AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series:

Call of Duty Black Ops – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single GPU configurations.
Battleforge – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Batman Arkham Asylum – gains of up to 20% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Aliens vs. Predator – gains of up to 8% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Civilization 5 – gains of up to 15% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Far Cry 2 – gains of up to 6% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Just Cause 2 – gains of up to 9% on single and multiple GPU configurations.
Lost Planet 2 – gains of up to 10% on single and multiple GPU configurations.

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

The GPU no longer shows high GPU usage after running Firefox 4 with hardware acceleration enabled.
Bioshock no longer displays random tearing and screen corruption with Vsync and MLAA enabled.
Water textures no longer flicker in Two Worlds II in Crossfire mode.
Bulletstorm lightshafts no longer appear broken when running on a HD 6970 series product.
Bulletstorm no longer displays random texture corruption when running in Crossfire mode.
FI 2010 no longer slows down intermittently when in Crossfire mode.
PowerDVD no longer crashes if Crossfire is enabled / disabled during playback of a BD title.
WinDVD no longer displays corrupted BD playback when the monitor is rotated to portrait mode.
Crysis Warhead corruption is no longer randomly observed when launching the game.
Running the Heaven benchmark no longer displays graphics corruption during DirectX 11 tests.
Catalyst Control Center Avivo settings are now correctly displayed after connecting a secondary display.
The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness.

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 software suite for Windows Vista. These include:

Mpeg2 video clips now use hardware acceleration when played using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center.
Adding bezel compensation to a 2x1 Eyefinity configuration no longer causes both displays to blank out.
The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness.

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 AMD Catalyst. These include:

PowerDVD may randomly crash if HDMI 8 channel audio is enabled.
The image may freeze if HD video is played over an extended period of time.
Some BD content my not playback smoothly using WinDVD.
Star Wars Jedi Knight II / Jedi Academy may randomly crash during game launch.
OpenGL acceleration may not always function with Adobe Photoshop CS5.
High GPU clock speeds may be retained after exiting a 3D application.
PowerDVD my display random jitter when playing a 1080i BD video with Aero mode turned off.

Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include:

Windows Aero may be disabled after installing the driver.
Doom 3 and Quake 4 may display random corruption with HD 4770 series products.

Download: AMD

mkk · Apr 27, 2011, 07:13 PM

As far as I can see there are no notable changes from the "preview" 10.4 driver, but at least it has a slightly higher version number.

Notable was however that my desktop was pretty messed up after the installation, couldn't right click on the rightmost part of the desk and some icons were jumbled, and background resized. After a reboot however everthing was back in working order. So I'd recommend being prepared to reboot right after the installation of this one.

Erroneus · Apr 27, 2011, 09:16 PM

I wonder if they have fixed the 2d clocks being to low on dual monitor systems, when enabling overdrive.

Robert McClelland · Apr 28, 2011, 12:41 AM

Blur on messeger is back

still has issue lol I'll just used trillian for now.

IvanV · Apr 28, 2011, 01:15 AM

Do you, by any chance, have Morphological Filtering (MLAA) enabled?

Robert McClelland · Apr 28, 2011, 01:17 AM

That disable also still get same blur issue I did posted issue amd forum.

mkk · Apr 28, 2011, 01:33 AM

Try again. The only way I can see it with my 5850 is with Morphological on.

By the way, in case anyone encounters problems in Photoshop CS5, switch the OpenGL acceleration to Basic mode. I've usually run with that mode and haven't noticed a difference yet, apart from better performance and in the case of this driver version no screen corruption.

Robert McClelland · Apr 28, 2011, 01:38 AM

On mine it's on or off lol. No matter what I try it's blurrie just used trillain for now hehe.

Robert McClelland · Apr 28, 2011, 06:26 AM

It's fix you have restart your system to take effect lol.

Erroneus · Apr 28, 2011, 08:54 AM

Crap they are identical til 11.4 preview, hoping for working 2d clocks in 11.5

Liqourice · Apr 28, 2011, 11:17 PM

And I'm still getting a 1776x1000i with black border during 3D playback in PowerDVD 10 Ultra. I can live with 1000i but I would prefer to be able to adjust the picture to use full screen but I can't find any way to do that in CCC or in PowerDVD.

To me this seems to be a driver issue, not a problem with PowerDVD.

IvanV · May 9, 2011, 08:19 PM

A heads up: Cats 11.5 are available at the usual place and the 11.5a hotfix is also out. Here are the release notes for both.

**MIG-31** · May 9, 2011, 08:56 PM

Thanks for the heads up... Stickied threads have now been created for each os...

As for this one please continue Here Closed.

Apr 27, 2011, 06:31 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite Performance Enhancements A number of performance enhancements are seen with the AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series and AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series: Call of Duty Black Ops – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single GPU configurations. Battleforge – gains of up to 15% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations. Batman Arkham Asylum – gains of up to 20% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations. Aliens vs. Predator – gains of up to 8% with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering on single and multiple GPU configurations. Civilization 5 – gains of up to 15% on single and multiple GPU configurations. Far Cry 2 – gains of up to 6% on single and multiple GPU configurations. Just Cause 2 – gains of up to 9% on single and multiple GPU configurations. Lost Planet 2 – gains of up to 10% on single and multiple GPU configurations. Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 software suite for Windows 7. These include: The GPU no longer shows high GPU usage after running Firefox 4 with hardware acceleration enabled. Bioshock no longer displays random tearing and screen corruption with Vsync and MLAA enabled. Water textures no longer flicker in Two Worlds II in Crossfire mode. Bulletstorm lightshafts no longer appear broken when running on a HD 6970 series product. Bulletstorm no longer displays random texture corruption when running in Crossfire mode. FI 2010 no longer slows down intermittently when in Crossfire mode. PowerDVD no longer crashes if Crossfire is enabled / disabled during playback of a BD title. WinDVD no longer displays corrupted BD playback when the monitor is rotated to portrait mode. Crysis Warhead corruption is no longer randomly observed when launching the game. Running the Heaven benchmark no longer displays graphics corruption during DirectX 11 tests. Catalyst Control Center Avivo settings are now correctly displayed after connecting a secondary display. The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness. Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst 11.4 software suite for Windows Vista. These include: Mpeg2 video clips now use hardware acceleration when played using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center. Adding bezel compensation to a 2x1 Eyefinity configuration no longer causes both displays to blank out. The Catalyst Control Center screen no longer flickers while adjusting screen brightness. 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 AMD Catalyst. These include: PowerDVD may randomly crash if HDMI 8 channel audio is enabled. The image may freeze if HD video is played over an extended period of time. Some BD content my not playback smoothly using WinDVD. Star Wars Jedi Knight II / Jedi Academy may randomly crash during game launch. OpenGL acceleration may not always function with Adobe Photoshop CS5. High GPU clock speeds may be retained after exiting a 3D application. PowerDVD my display random jitter when playing a 1080i BD video with Aero mode turned off. Known Issues under the Windows Vista Operating System The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of AMD Catalyst. These include: Windows Aero may be disabled after installing the driver. Doom 3 and Quake 4 may display random corruption with HD 4770 series products. Download: AMD __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 27, 2011, 07:13 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite As far as I can see there are no notable changes from the "preview" 10.4 driver, but at least it has a slightly higher version number. Notable was however that my desktop was pretty messed up after the installation, couldn't right click on the rightmost part of the desk and some icons were jumbled, and background resized. After a reboot however everthing was back in working order. So I'd recommend being prepared to reboot right after the installation of this one.

Apr 27, 2011, 09:16 PM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite I wonder if they have fixed the 2d clocks being to low on dual monitor systems, when enabling overdrive. __________________

Apr 28, 2011, 12:41 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 11.4 Software Suite Blur on messeger is back still has issue lol I'll just used trillian for 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 28, 2011, 01:15 AM	#5
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite Do you, by any chance, have Morphological Filtering (MLAA) enabled? __________________ 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).

Apr 28, 2011, 01:17 AM	#6
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 11.4 Software Suite That disable also still get same blur issue I did posted issue amd forum. __________________ "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 28, 2011, 01:33 AM	#7
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite Try again. The only way I can see it with my 5850 is with Morphological on. By the way, in case anyone encounters problems in Photoshop CS5, switch the OpenGL acceleration to Basic mode. I've usually run with that mode and haven't noticed a difference yet, apart from better performance and in the case of this driver version no screen corruption.

Apr 28, 2011, 01:38 AM	#8
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 11.4 Software Suite On mine it's on or off lol. No matter what I try it's blurrie just used trillain for now hehe. __________________ "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 28, 2011, 06:26 AM	#9
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 11.4 Software Suite It's fix you have restart your system to take effect 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 28, 2011, 08:54 AM	#10
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite Crap they are identical til 11.4 preview, hoping for working 2d clocks in 11.5 __________________

Apr 28, 2011, 11:17 PM	#11
Liqourice HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,727 Rep Power: 98 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite And I'm still getting a 1776x1000i with black border during 3D playback in PowerDVD 10 Ultra. I can live with 1000i but I would prefer to be able to adjust the picture to use full screen but I can't find any way to do that in CCC or in PowerDVD. To me this seems to be a driver issue, not a problem with PowerDVD.

May 9, 2011, 08:19 PM	#12
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite A heads up: Cats 11.5 are available at the usual place and the 11.5a hotfix is also out. Here are the release notes for both. __________________ 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).

May 9, 2011, 08:56 PM	Thread Starter #13
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Re: ATI Catalyst 11.4 Software Suite Thanks for the heads up... Stickied threads have now been created for each os... As for this one please continue Here Closed. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here