New ATI Beta Drivers 7.10s

clozak · Sep 23, 2007, 03:30 PM

Found these on another site. Fixes my desktop icon problems and I now have AGP acceleration versus 7.8s and 7.9 and my 1950 Pro AGP. Haven't tried rebooting or games like ETQW and Bioshock. Looks good so far though. Kudos to AMD/ATI if this is new technology and not 7.7s in a new wrapper.

ATI drivers & bios

PS. Sorry mods if I broke any rules like posting Betas. Just did it because it help my AGP problems... Please edit of lock if needed. Thanks.

Zardon · Sep 23, 2007, 04:45 PM

its fine to post them, but please be aware that if problems occur with these drivers then the AMD staff on this forum can't help as they won't be a public release as such. Totally unsupported.

eaa315 · Sep 23, 2007, 07:10 PM

Why are they 84 megs?

Tipstaff · Sep 23, 2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by eaa315

Why are they 84 megs?

They include everything. Dot Net, CCC, driver, Visual C++, and AMDs HDMI Audio Driver.

clozak · Sep 23, 2007, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

its fine to post them, but please be aware that if problems occur with these drivers then the AMD staff on this forum can't help as they won't be a public release as such. Totally unsupported.

Thank you sir. I'll report back regarding my experiences with reboot, which was fine after installation, and Bioshock/ETQW.

Edit: Only installed the drivers (~15 meg.). No C+++, Control PAnel, etc...

Shrink · Sep 23, 2007, 09:45 PM

By the way, folks - these are not 8.0's. To the best of my knowledge, the next Catalyst release is 7.10. These appear to be the last release candidate build towards 7.10.

Lelisevis · Sep 23, 2007, 10:15 PM

I was thinking that about the Cat 8.0 title. AMD/ATI work on 12 month cycles so these would be 7.10, January would see Cat 8's.

clozak · Sep 23, 2007, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shrink

By the way, folks - these are not 8.0's. To the best of my knowledge, the next Catalyst release is 7.10. These appear to be the last release candidate build towards 7.10.

I agree, but I just wanted to label them as shown.

Update: Bioshock will not start with these drivers. When starting the game, it shows the title, HDD working, then just goes right back to desktop. This happened with the 7.9s as well for me. Bioshock started with the 7.8s, but no AGP acceleration.

Went back to the 7.7s. You're on the right track AMD/ATI, but not there yet. As I said, desktop icons and reboot fixed, but still the remaining issues. Crossing fingers with the official 7.10 release.

Sep 23, 2007, 03:30 PM	#1
clozak DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	New ATI Beta Drivers 7.10s Found these on another site. Fixes my desktop icon problems and I now have AGP acceleration versus 7.8s and 7.9 and my 1950 Pro AGP. Haven't tried rebooting or games like ETQW and Bioshock. Looks good so far though. Kudos to AMD/ATI if this is new technology and not 7.7s in a new wrapper. ATI drivers & bios PS. Sorry mods if I broke any rules like posting Betas. Just did it because it help my AGP problems... Please edit of lock if needed. Thanks.

Sep 23, 2007, 09:45 PM	#6
Shrink Recovering Beta Tester Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bracebridge, Ontario Posts: 130 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	By the way, folks - these are not 8.0's. To the best of my knowledge, the next Catalyst release is 7.10. These appear to be the last release candidate build towards 7.10. __________________ Shrink "How come things that happen to stupid people keep happening to me?" Homer J. Simpson

Sep 23, 2007, 04:45 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	its fine to post them, but please be aware that if problems occur with these drivers then the AMD staff on this forum can't help as they won't be a public release as such. Totally unsupported.

Sep 23, 2007, 07:10 PM	#3
eaa315 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Why are they 84 megs?

Sep 23, 2007, 10:15 PM	#7
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	I was thinking that about the Cat 8.0 title. AMD/ATI work on 12 month cycles so these would be 7.10, January would see Cat 8's.