[CATALYST maker]

they are out now. Go get them and post thoughts and comments in this thread.

[Zardon]

Performance:

• Driver efficiency has improved considerably for both Direct3D and OpenGL.
• Numerous D3D games show 2-3% gains at low resolution. The small batch size tests in 3DMark05 show improvements as large as 15% on some products.
• In OpenGL, several game titles show improvements in the lower settings. Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, for instance, shows gains as large as 15% in low resolution (driver-bound) cases. Doom III performance improves 5-10% at low settings. Call of Duty improves 5-6%.
• Half-Life 2 performance also improves as much as 20% over Catalyst 4.11 in certain sections of the game.

Features:

• Problem Report Wizard for CCC – New menu item in CCC
• Overdrive 3 – for users of X850XT – manual overclocking tool with thermal protection

Stability:

• Half-Life 2: Playing the game on a system containing an Athlon XP CPU no longer results in missing textures occationally being noticed
• Half-Life 2: Intermittent psychedelic patterns are no longer seen when playing the game under Windows XP
• CounterStrike: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in display corruption being seen in the floor in de_chateau map
• Doom 3: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition no longer results in display corruption being seen when pressing CTRL+Alt+Delete followed by clicking Cancel
• Everquest: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition installed results in the game displaying a black screen when setting the texture quality to high and having all radio buttons selected
• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault: Setting the model detail to high and change the game resolution to high no longer results in the game failing to respond under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed
• Tron2.0: Setting the display device resolution to 1280x1024 32bpp and setting the display option for the game to 800x600 32bpp no longer results in display corruption being seen in the game cinematics
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Playing the game under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed no longer results in triple buffering failing when enabling the option in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
• Attempting to rotate the display 90 degrees and play an OpenGL game under Windows XP may result in the game failing to launch
• Enabling clone mode along with theatre mode option under overlay no longer results in WinDVD and the operating system failing to respond when dragging the WinDVD window around the desktop
• Display corruption is no longer noticed when playing a DVD using WinDVD and having subtitles enabled under Windows XP with an ATI RADEON™ X800 series installed
• Attempting to make a change to a saved profile within the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER no longer results in the Save button being greyed out
• Connecting a secondary CRT and clicking the X button to close the Enable this display window found in the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER Advanced view, no longer results in the window not closing
• Muting the audio during the playback of full screen HDTV video under Windows Media Center Edition no longer results in the video being paused
• Angle information in the rotation modes is now correct for the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER
• Enabling Overscan under Windows XP with an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER™ 9600 installed no longer results in the image not being centered properly on the display device
• Connecting a secondary CRT display device and extending the desktop, followed by unplugging the secondary device and hot-plugging a DFP device no longer results in the DFP remaining in the Additional display area when attempting to swap devices
• The Windows desktop brightness no longer dims when playing a DVD and having an HDTV connected as the primary display device
• Playing a DVD under Windows XP MCE with an ATI RADEON™ X800 XT installed no longer results in VPU Recover being activated when attempting to drag or resize the Media Center window
• An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to switch a secondary display device back to the primary display device when using the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER

Release notes

download

rate 4.12 CCC

rate 4.12 driver

[Warpy]

Super! Downloading now and thanks!

[area2000]

Nice!

And now the 5.1 beta please

[interspaced]

This set has finally fixed the courrpt textures i was getting in cs source and half life 2. Thank you very much ATI

[Dom]

Sounds good. Downloading now.

[Zardon]

Apologies for the short downtime, we had a DOS attack, had to block it.

[Warpy]

Well I have just tested CS and I have to say after 20mins I have had no lockups! I bet this will make many new peeps happy.

[Dark Lord]

any diffrence between these and the 4.12 betas?

[friedmonky]

So far these are the best for me. Still one problem though, black lines in the roads in Richard Burns Rally with AA enabled.

Thanks!

friedmonky

[phantommenace2]

Will Omega be releasing a driver set based on the official 4.12 drivers or is the 4.12 Beta driver package the only one we will be seeing from Omega until the 5.1 set in January?

these official 4.12 drivers sound pretty sweet

[Spyre]

Originally Posted by friedmonky

So far these are the best for me. Still one problem though, black lines in the roads in Richard Burns Rally with AA enabled.

Game bug

[Louiemaster]

Can you use the mobility modder beta 4.12 files for this?

[Derag]

While the psychadelic spots have disappeared from HL2, entirely, performance is complete crap for me. The game stutters both visually and audibly on any settings, every few seconds, although the framerate graph never reads low FPS. I tried uninstalling CCC, .Net framework, and the 4.12 driver, and installing the 4.11 driver, but that further destroyed performance, where the 4.11 driver used to have perfectly fine performance (before trying the 4.12 beta driver).

Abit AT7-Max2 mobo
AMD XP2700+
1 GB PC2700 Kingston value ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
DX9c
Windows XP Home SP1

[riles9262]

Any changes really from 4.12 beta/omega 4.12 beta?

[Warpy]

Originally Posted by Derag

While the psychadelic spots have disappeared from HL2, entirely, performance is complete crap for me. The game stutters both visually and audibly on any settings, every few seconds, although the framerate graph never reads low FPS. I tried uninstalling CCC, .Net framework, and the 4.12 driver, and installing the 4.11 driver, but that further destroyed performance, where the 4.11 driver used to have perfectly fine performance (before trying the 4.12 beta driver).

Abit AT7-Max2 mobo
AMD XP2700+
1 GB PC2700 Kingston value ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
DX9c
Windows XP Home SP1

But! Did you uninstall drivers and then without rebooting use Drivercleaner to remove the rest of the gear?

If you didnt, do that and see how you go!

[Mocca]

Sounds great, gonna try em out right away

[Volcom929]

So any improvements over the 4.12Beta Omegas? Any of you guys get any benchs done yet?

[Mocca]

CS:Source video stresstest:

Catalyst 4.12 official:
108.43fps
4xAA 8xAF - Graphics Highest

Omega 2.5.97:
104.49fps
4xAA 8xAF - Graphics Highest(and AA was borked).


Good set of drivers!

[deewdee]

Originally Posted by Volcom929

So any improvements over the 4.12Beta Omegas? Any of you guys get any benchs done yet?

Dunno about performance, but the 4.12beta-based Omegas didn't work at all on my computer (WinXP would freeze at boottime). The official 4.12 on the other hand work perfect and HL2 seems happier than with the older Omega set I was using...

[phoenixphylok]

I wish i could use these, but having problems getting them to work on laptop... and BOO i see you Cat Maker!

[ronnn]

On my 9700pro they seem to run much better than the beta 4.12 cat and omegas. But I have the stuttering issue at times and maybe the hour or so of playing was one of the better times.

[Mocca]

I wish someone could tell me a way to disable Catalyst AI once and for all without using the CCC...

[Vasot]

These drivers seem better from the 4.11



Sid meier Pirates runs smoother with 4.12
I am going to try more games and make some more tests

[Deviant25]

someone needs to make mobile support for this driver as botht he omega and dna dont work on my inspiron 9200's radeon 9700

[phantommenace2]

Originally Posted by Mocca

I wish someone could tell me a way to disable Catalyst AI once and for all without using the CCC...

if you are using the Omega drivers then you can just go into the Control Panel and disable Catalyst AI by going into the "Advanced 3D" Tab and then the "3D" Tab...only if you are using the official Catalyst drivers do you need to use the CCC....Omegas drivers have all the CCC features without having the CCC actually installed

Omega drivers all the way!!!!

*does anyone know if Omega will be coming out with a version based on these 4.12 official drivers?

[SDJ09]

Use ATI Tray Tools

Originally Posted by Mocca

I wish someone could tell me a way to disable Catalyst AI once and for all without using the CCC...

[Mocca]

I know you can do it in the Omega's, but I want to be able to do it in official CAT's without having to use CCC.

[Gnerma]

I see that ATi has switched a NSIS install package. Would this be to take advantage of LZMA compression? If so, great move. You'll save a lot of bandwidth.

[sk8caliguy00]

Originally Posted by Funky Monkey

But! Did you uninstall drivers and then without rebooting use Drivercleaner to remove the rest of the gear?

If you didnt, do that and see how you go!

So I should go to add/remove programs uninstall the old drivers and when it says it needs to restart click no and run driver cleaner. then still without restarting i should install the 4.12's?