Secret "Official" catalyst drivers for mobility users

eurojonny · Dec 14, 2004, 10:28 AM

Hello to you all,

I'm a newcomer to this forum and, seeing all the difficulties that mobility radeon users have with drivers (the omega drivers are great but some prefer official catalysts which don't install without a modder), I felt compelled to share this discovery with you, which I've never seen mentioned before on this forum. On ati's webpage is a link which is almost impossible to find unless you know of it:
http://www.ati.com/products/embedded/sw.html
On this page are some official drivers for mobility users (scroll down to Radeon drivers), last updated yesterday (so they are pretty recent). I have these installed on my S series Vaio (ATI m9700) and they work fantastically well.
My only question is : why have ati hidden this page so well?
Hope it helps,

Eurojonny

pr0digal jenius · Dec 14, 2004, 10:33 AM

welcome to DH, and thank you for this contribution

I'm sure many a user will be thrilled to pieces to see this

Shuflie · Dec 14, 2004, 02:26 PM

I'm sure that we are all thrilled, but perhaps we souldn't broadcast the link just in case the laptop gestapo (sorry, I mean manufacturers) find out about it and make ATI hide their laptop drivers in an even more obscure and harder to find location. I wonder are these the mobility optimised drivers that Terry has hinted at but was never allowed reveal.

csl1010 · Dec 14, 2004, 02:32 PM

You Are The First Man Who Reveal This Website.
On Behalf Of All Ati Mobility Users I Wish To Give You A Big Thanks!
You Are Our Hero!!!!!!!!
Your Name Will Be In Genius Record!!!

Shuflie · Dec 14, 2004, 02:51 PM

Just in case anyone is interested you can download the latest CCC for use with these drivers, just grab it from the dial up section of the regular ATI driver download page. It even recognises that you have a laptop chip and gives a section in the CCC for notebook panel display that lets you decide whether to scale the image to full screen or have a centered unscaled image.

No_Style · Dec 14, 2004, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shuflie

I'm sure that we are all thrilled, but perhaps we souldn't broadcast the link just in case the laptop gestapo (sorry, I mean manufacturers) find out about it and make ATI hide their laptop drivers in an even more obscure and harder to find location. I wonder are these the mobility optimised drivers that Terry has hinted at but was never allowed reveal.

LOL! Great post

"laptop gestapo" Love it!

Great find, eurojonny! Welcome to DH!

I'll have to test these out!

Update: Well I just tried these with my Radeon Mobility IGP320 and it was a no go.

Oh well.

Samir · Dec 14, 2004, 03:25 PM

Great news, people! Many thanks!

vulkan · Dec 14, 2004, 04:17 PM

wow are these really the same exact 4.12 officials?? can anyone confirm this..

or are they based on an earlier version of cat.. it seems like its based on 4.11??

need omega.. hehehehe

greenguy99 · Dec 14, 2004, 04:48 PM

yay!!! i'll give these a go

highkick · Dec 14, 2004, 05:24 PM

All I can say is WOW!

Thanks, eurojonny, for the link (you are definetely the man of the hour). Interestingly, the Radeon drivers don't mention the 9600Pro Mobility. Can anyone confirm if these drivers work with the 9600Pro Mobility??

Also, can anyone confirm if there are any Sleep Mode/Hibernation issues?

How do these drivers perform with Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Half Life 2, Rome Total War, and other DX9 games??

I can't wait to here more user comments.

Again, WOW!

Thanks in advance

Shuflie · Dec 14, 2004, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highkick

All I can say is WOW!

Thanks, eurojonny, for the link (you are definetely the man of the hour). Interestingly, the Radeon drivers don't mention the 9600Pro Mobility. Can anyone confirm if these drivers work with the 9600Pro Mobility??

Also, can anyone confirm if there are any Sleep Mode/Hibernation issues?

How do these drivers perform with Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Half Life 2, Rome Total War, and other DX9 games??

I can't wait to here more user comments.

Again, WOW!

Thanks in advance

I can confirm that they work for the mobility 9600pro, its a work laptop though and I didn't have time while at work to do any extensive testing.

patje · Dec 14, 2004, 06:01 PM

Actually, these drivers are for systems that have a mobility chipset but aren't used in laptops.
Systems like slot machines, or airport terminals, or whatever needs an ati video card.
A very friendly man from ATI was so kind to explain this to me

But as you discovered these do work on laptops aswell. Not all chipsets are supported but if you are lucky them might work for you. they are official 4.12's

oh and the laptop gestapo won't mind as these are not intended to OEM machines, but we are ( i mean ATI is) taking a step in the right direction! Whohow!

*CATALYST maker* · Dec 14, 2004, 06:20 PM

webpage? what webpage??

BlackBirdSR · Dec 14, 2004, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

webpage? what webpage??

now.. I was thinkin of dl them later this day.
I didn't because I wanted to dl them on my notebook.

And now?

You don't happen to have an alternative link?

*CATALYST maker* · Dec 14, 2004, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackBirdSR

now.. I was thinkin of dl them later this day.
I didn't because I wanted to dl them on my notebook.

And now?

You don't happen to have an alternative link?

sorry man, the powers that be were reading DH and saw this thread...

Just run patje's tool, the end result will not be different. And since I have the mobility crowd in this thread, I hope you guys read my interview on DH last week. I gave a hint that would interest you

Dec 14, 2004, 10:28 AM	#1
eurojonny DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Secret "Official" catalyst drivers for mobility users Hello to you all, I'm a newcomer to this forum and, seeing all the difficulties that mobility radeon users have with drivers (the omega drivers are great but some prefer official catalysts which don't install without a modder), I felt compelled to share this discovery with you, which I've never seen mentioned before on this forum. On ati's webpage is a link which is almost impossible to find unless you know of it: http://www.ati.com/products/embedded/sw.html On this page are some official drivers for mobility users (scroll down to Radeon drivers), last updated yesterday (so they are pretty recent). I have these installed on my S series Vaio (ATI m9700) and they work fantastically well. My only question is : why have ati hidden this page so well? Hope it helps, Eurojonny

Dec 14, 2004, 03:25 PM	#7
Samir kX Lover Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 521 Rep Power: 0	Great news, people! Many thanks! __________________ MU3NKA 3A HAPO6!

Dec 14, 2004, 05:24 PM	#10
highkick DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 74 Rep Power: 0	All I can say is WOW! Thanks, eurojonny, for the link (you are definetely the man of the hour). Interestingly, the Radeon drivers don't mention the 9600Pro Mobility. Can anyone confirm if these drivers work with the 9600Pro Mobility?? Also, can anyone confirm if there are any Sleep Mode/Hibernation issues? How do these drivers perform with Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Half Life 2, Rome Total War, and other DX9 games?? I can't wait to here more user comments. Again, WOW! Thanks in advance __________________ ATI 9600 Pro (Retail BBA)

Dec 14, 2004, 06:01 PM	#12
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 52	Actually, these drivers are for systems that have a mobility chipset but aren't used in laptops. Systems like slot machines, or airport terminals, or whatever needs an ati video card. A very friendly man from ATI was so kind to explain this to me But as you discovered these do work on laptops aswell. Not all chipsets are supported but if you are lucky them might work for you. they are official 4.12's oh and the laptop gestapo won't mind as these are not intended to OEM machines, but we are ( i mean ATI is) taking a step in the right direction! Whohow! __________________

Dec 14, 2004, 10:33 AM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	welcome to DH, and thank you for this contribution I'm sure many a user will be thrilled to pieces to see this

Dec 14, 2004, 02:26 PM	#3
Shuflie DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Belfast Posts: 269 Rep Power: 0	I'm sure that we are all thrilled, but perhaps we souldn't broadcast the link just in case the laptop gestapo (sorry, I mean manufacturers) find out about it and make ATI hide their laptop drivers in an even more obscure and harder to find location. I wonder are these the mobility optimised drivers that Terry has hinted at but was never allowed reveal.

Dec 14, 2004, 02:32 PM	#4
csl1010 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 45 Rep Power: 0	You Are The First Man Who Reveal This Website. On Behalf Of All Ati Mobility Users I Wish To Give You A Big Thanks! You Are Our Hero!!!!!!!! Your Name Will Be In Genius Record!!!

Dec 14, 2004, 02:51 PM	#5
Shuflie DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Belfast Posts: 269 Rep Power: 0	Just in case anyone is interested you can download the latest CCC for use with these drivers, just grab it from the dial up section of the regular ATI driver download page. It even recognises that you have a laptop chip and gives a section in the CCC for notebook panel display that lets you decide whether to scale the image to full screen or have a centered unscaled image.

Dec 14, 2004, 04:17 PM	#8
vulkan DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	wow are these really the same exact 4.12 officials?? can anyone confirm this.. or are they based on an earlier version of cat.. it seems like its based on 4.11?? need omega.. hehehehe

Dec 14, 2004, 04:48 PM	#9
greenguy99 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	yay!!! i'll give these a go

Dec 14, 2004, 06:20 PM	#13
CATALYST maker ATI driver guru Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: ATI, Canada Posts: 678 Rep Power: 49	webpage? what webpage??