ATI Catalyst 9.2 XP|Vista Driver Discussion

v4npro

AMD has just released ATI Catalyst version 9.2, as always these drivers have been mirrored Guru3D.com
Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:

Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20%
World in Conflict gains up to 5% .

Now the new driver also enables Anisotropic Filtering for DirectX 10 applications in Windows Vista and fixes some minor issues that occured in previous versions. For the full list of fixes, please read the Catalyst 9.2 release notes.

Download:

ATI Catalyst 9.2 XP 32-bit WHQL

ATI Catalyst 9.2 Vista 64-bit WHQL

ATI Catalyst 9.2 Vista 32-bit WHQL

mwpeck · 02-20-2009, 09:23 | posts: 68 | User is Offline

Hah......just checked it myself and it is indeed over. Hopefully these work better in win7 than 9.1 did (all kinds of awkward problems in source-based games).

pekka · 02-20-2009, 09:26 | posts: 193 | Location: Sweden | User is Offline

damn i didn´t report it fast enough on the other 9.2 thread well at least they are out
is it safe to install on top of 9.1? vista 64?

sTOrM41 · 02-20-2009, 09:28 | posts: 71 | Location: Germany | User is Offline

isnt one thread enough?

Funky Doodle · 02-20-2009, 09:29 | posts: 431 | User is Online

yeah, release notes looks poor!

v4npro · 02-20-2009, 09:29 | posts: 501 | Location: Maryland | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by pekka

damn i didn´t report it fast enough on the other 9.2 thread well at least they are out
is it safe to install on top of 9.1? vista 64?

I installed ontop of 8.11 and same thing happens to me like the past 2 driver releases. cough code 43 cough

Eastcoasthandle · 02-20-2009, 09:31 | posts: 175 | User is Offline

no surprise from you LOL

pekka · 02-20-2009, 09:32 | posts: 193 | Location: Sweden | User is Offline

here is my info from CCC

Driver Packaging Version 8.582-090203a-075977C-ATI
Catalyst™ Version 09.2
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 7.01.01.871
2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
Direct3D Version 7.14.10.0643
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.8494
Catalyst™ Control Center Version 2009.0203.2228.40314

don´t know what this tell ya´ll but i will now bench crysis as it is the only game installed right now

v4npro · 02-20-2009, 09:43 | posts: 501 | Location: Maryland | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

no surprise from you LOL

You still going on about it is kinda funny. It shows your true age.

Eastcoasthandle

Check your C:\ (drive) to see if you see a folder called C:\ATI\ if so delete it before installing Cat 9.2. Although I am sure Cat 9.2 will do that automatically it doesn't hurt to make sure it's deleted manually 1st before installing Cat 9.2. Carry on...

kitch9

Installed over top with no issues, I still get flickering / missing textures in Source engined games after S3 sleep with CAT AI enabled though......

Its the only real problem I have with the drivers which is a shame.

mwpeck · 02-20-2009, 09:55 | posts: 68 | User is Offline

That was odd.....I couldnt get these to install at all on Windows 7 (I know I know, Vista drivers on win7)........I had to completely uninstall the old drivers (9.1) and reboot before these would install. Hope it fixes the issues I have been having though (source games randomly locking up, forcing me to force quit them only to have my monitor order reversed.....some source games not starting properly, forcing me to ctrl+alt+delete, cancel, then maximize back into the game before I see any output, etc).

vebero · 02-20-2009, 09:58 | posts: 44 | Location: Latvia | User is Online

I lost 500 points in Vantage. WTF?

8.12 ~ P2800
9.1 ~ P3200
9.2 ~ P2700

redrumy3 · 02-20-2009, 10:04 | posts: 265 | Location: New York Woot! | User is Offline

mm nice going to install them now

Pyr0 · 02-20-2009, 10:07 | posts: 313 | Location: UK | User is Offline

installed fine here, no errors or code 43's
i removed the 8.12's before installing these ones

Eastcoasthandle · 02-20-2009, 10:09 | posts: 175 | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by v4npro

You still going on about it is kinda funny. It shows your true age.

If you want to consider this an age issue (your admission of using an illegal copy of Vista and, admitting that using SP2 could have ill effects. Then changed your post ) then it would have been mature of you not to reply. Something to think about.
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In any case, I had no problem installing Cat 9.2.

chispy · 02-20-2009, 10:20 | posts: 4,644 | Location: Puerto Rico | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by v4npro

I installed ontop of 8.11 and same thing happens to me like the past 2 driver releases. cough code 43 cough

Same here bro, darn ATI code 43

, It was on a fresh installation of Vista 32bit. I will retry to install one more time if i dont succed on a freshly install of vista i will definitely sell my cards and go green ASAP.

pekka · 02-20-2009, 10:22 | posts: 193 | Location: Sweden | User is Offline

i never did get any errors installing cat 9.1´s or these new ones i have Vsita ultimate x64
legal though.
but i got 81fps something on HOC´s crysis bench andnow max 60 wonder why

redrumy3 · 02-20-2009, 10:23 | posts: 265 | Location: New York Woot! | User is Offline

uninstalled my 9.1 ran driver sweeper in safe mode, rebooted installed these rebooted again installed fine no problems on vista x64, going to test them later in l4d and other games

v4npro · 02-20-2009, 10:25 | posts: 501 | Location: Maryland | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eastcoasthandle

If you want to consider this an age issue (your admission of using an illegal copy of Vista and, admitting that using SP2 could have ill effects, changing your post in attempt to deny you said it, etc) then it would have been mature of you not to reply. Something to think about.
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In any case, I had no problem installing Cat 9.2.

I did have an illegal copy of Vista. SP2 would have an effect on the vista loader I was using which makes the vista genuine. I could of simply update the loader to be compatible with SP2. Easy to fix but don't have to deal with that thanks to a friend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chispy

Same here bro, darn ATI code 43

, It was on a fresh installation of Vista 32bit. I will retry to install one more time if i dont succed on a freshly install of vista i will definitely sell my cards and go green ASAP.

You must have an illegal copy of Vista according to Eastcoasthandle. (sarcasm)

Pyr0 · 02-20-2009, 10:34 | posts: 313 | Location: UK | User is Offline

4870X2 powerplay bug on 2nd core returns

Eastcoasthandle · 02-20-2009, 10:34 | posts: 175 | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyr0

installed fine here, no errors or code 43's
i removed the 8.12's before installing these ones

Yeah, that's what I do as well. I also remove the ATI directory if I spot it.

IcemaN22 · 02-20-2009, 10:34 | posts: 73 | Location: Norway | User is Offline

Taken from release noted pdf

Performance Improvements
Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are
CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:
• Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
• Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20%
• World in Conflict gains up to 5%

redrumy3 · 02-20-2009, 10:38 | posts: 265 | Location: New York Woot! | User is Offline

full log

Quote:

Performance Improvements
Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are
CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:
• Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
• Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20%
• World in Conflict gains up to 5%
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:
• Catalyst Control Center now enables Anisotropic Filtering for DirectX 10
applications.
AMD Chipset Product Support
AMD Chipset Product Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 3200 CrossFire
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Series AMD 690 Series Chipset
ATI Radeon™ 3100 Series AMD 580X Series Chipset
ATI Radeon™ 3000 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1150 Series
ATI Radeon™ 2100 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1250 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1200 Series ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1250 Series
Note: When installing the Catalyst™ Vista driver for Windows Vista,
the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator
rights in order to successfully complete the installation of the Catalyst™
Vista driver.
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note 5
• Resolved Catalyst Control Center displaying the following warning message
“The Catalyst Control Center is not supported by the driver version.”
• Catalyst Control Center, Display Manager correctly shows connected monitor
maximum refresh rates
• Catalysts Control Center, component video pixel format settings are retained
on system restart
• Minor screen corruption no longer occurs at the top left of some Samsung
panels when connected to ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
• In Call of Duty 4, some intermittent game corruption no longer occurs when
soften smoke edges is enabled
• Resinstalling the display driver using the INF method on a multi-display (ATI
Radeon HD 3870 X2, Radeon HD 3870) system does not cause the operating
system to fail
• Resolved minor flickering in the playback of a Blu-ray title that may be
noticed when moving to the extended desktop
• Catalyst Control Center, Crossfire Overdrive, changing the GPU Clock and
Memory Clock from the default settings no longer causes a failure in the Test
Custom Clocks test
• With Anti-Alias enabled Doom3 no longer intermittently fails to start on some
Crossfire systems
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars corruption observed in the globe in the main
menu no longer occurs
• The display driver no longer fails to load on some systems with more than 8
GB of system RAM
• Catalyst Control Center, some HDMI monitor are not longer incorrectly
reported back as DVI
• Resolved video displaying in black and white when playing back high bitrate
AVCHD files
• Playing back some Blu-ray content with video acceleration disabled on
Cyberlink Power DVD_Cinema no longer results in no video rendering
• Fixed H.264 videos not rendering (black video) when Closed Captioning was
enabled
• Overlay Theater Mode now enables with a component video or composite
video in extended modes
• Playing some Blu-ray DVD titles on PowerDVD no longer shows the lower
portion of the player window intermittently appear shaky when playing Special
Features
• Some video shake is no longer observed when fast forwarding with certain
Blue-ray titles
• Resolved intermittent system instability with catalyst 8.12 and some ATI
Radeon HD 4800 CrossFire configurations
• Video tearing no longer noticed when playing back some DVD titles on
WinDVD with all hardware acceleration options enabled
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note 6
• Creating any type of an OpenGL 3.0 context (normal or forward compatible)
and then requesting the version string no longer causes the driver to stop
responding
• The OS is no longer unstable while running auto-tune when Crossfire is
enabled
Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI
Catalyst™ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
• System instabilities no longer happens after mode switching in extended
mode while playing some copy protected DVDs
• Catalyst Control Center, CrossFire option can no longer be toggled on/off during
playback of video on a CrossFire enabled system
• Creating any type of an OpenGL 3.0 context (normal or forward compatible)
and then requesting the version string no longer causes the driver to stop
responding
• With Overlay Theater Mode and stretched desktop enabled, dragging media
player to extended desktop no longer shows corruption or causes system
instability
• High CPU usage and choppy playback issues have been resolved during
Blu-ray playback on WinDVD 9
• Catalysts Control Center, component video pixel format settings are now
retained on system restart
Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating
System
This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced
under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalyst™.
These include:
• AVIVO converter may fail to convert h.264 avi video to another format
• “Unsupported file formats” error message dialog may occur when selecting
H.264,.mp4 and VC1 file formats
• “CCC Host application...” error message dialog may occur when cancelling a
transcoding process
• Output media file size differs after transcoding multiple times to the same format
• Catalyst Control Center, advanced color page is grayed out and preview is
blank on some Radeon ASICS
• Drop frames may be noticed when playing interlaced DVD content
• The ATI AVIVO video transcoder does not currently use GPU acceleration
under Windows Vista 64-bit edition
• Catalyst Control Center: error message dialog 'CCC Host Application' may be
displayed when cancelling a transcoding process
ATI Catalyst™ Release Note 7
Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating
System
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced
under the Windows XP operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™.
These include:
• Transcoding a VOB DVD file (18min source file) results in 2.27min output
file
• Transcoding falls back to CPU after transcoding to DVD/ MPEG2 multiple
times in XP
• Media files transcoded using CPU instead of GPU in XP MCE OS
• AVIVO Video color settings may fail to be applied in the video when played
using PowerDVD
• Mode switching while playing videos with WinDVD7 may cause the video
color to become darker

WhiteLightning · 02-20-2009, 10:42 | posts: 6,549 | Location: Netherlands | User is Offline

meh i still had the desktop mouse cursor see through when i started burnout.