AMD Catalyst 12.6 (8.980.0 June 11) AMD Official WHQL

[EAK]

Ok..Did they fix the HDMI disable thing in this whql or not.......it is fixed in the 12.6 beta...I dont want to touch it if it doesnt contain that fix.

[EAK]

Originally Posted by Colt M4

Didn't see it in the release notes but know they fixed it in the 12.6 beta. In this driver is the HDMI tv fix included?

I know..the hdmi thing has been messing with me since 12.3 I hate it. I am not loading the whqls until i get confirmation that it is fixed. Its fixed in the 12.6 beta. I may just stay with that.

[Colt M4]

It seems fixed I have restarted my computer multiple times and my tv still shows up in the selection.

[EAK]

Originally Posted by Colt M4

It seems fixed I have restarted my computer multiple times and my tv still shows up in the selection.

I loaded them. They are the same drivers. It'll probably be fine. Thanx man. Its just that this hdmi bug is and was a pain in the @$$ forever.

[Colt M4]

Well here is a little comparision 12.4 vs 12.6 http://3dmark.com/compare/3dm11/3763578/3dm11/3632130
defiantly a improvement there.
I still want to see how much faster the 12.7 betas are though since AMD is saying they are quite a bit faster than the 12.4 just not sure how much quicker they are compared to these.

[The Goose]

Originally Posted by ClockClocker

I really think that has something to do with OC. I also didn't want to believe it because my 7850 ran at 1050mhz core. But with ANY Beta Driver after 12.4 and with this 12.6 it seems to cause issues on desktop when overclocking. I don't know if it is the card (since i can't overclock any 7850 anymore without crashing) or if the drivers are the issue. It's sad because games never caused Issues with my overclocking.

does it at stock clocks,eitherway cpu doesnt go above 40-45c even @4.6ghz and gpu 62c @stock,have no issues oc`ing with 12.4

[Yxskaft]

I'd like to see some sites doing driver performance tests on the HD5000 and HD6000 series as well, and not only the HD7000 series.

AMD said that by moving the HD2000-HD4000 to legacy, they would be able to focus on improving their DX11 GPUs. Would be interesting to see if the HD5000/6000 actually are getting improved as well.

[egounix]

any bsod with flash /gsod/ or striped gray white screen with this release?

[Colt M4]

Well new audio bug WMP doesn't work over HDMI even though they said they fixed it.

[wlw_wl]

Does "7600M Series" include 7650M, because 7670 and other are listed separately?

[ClockClocker]

Originally Posted by egounix

any bsod with flash /gsod/ or striped gray white screen with this release?

no, now it's TDRs.

BTW. To sort that issue out. Could any of you guys with a HD7XXX please do a burn-in Test with sisoft sandra?

Go to Tools -> Burn-In -> uncheck all tests but Bandwidth GP (GPU/CPU/APU).

I can't finish that test with 12.4 - sisoft crashs. With 12.6 i get a TDR(screen gets black for a short moment).
If your screen freezes wait for a while and check if your HDD still runs it's not crashed.

I guess we can solve it that way to see if it has anything to do with the Drivers itself.

[Daftshadow]

So ATI decided to not support newer drivers for 4800s and below? What is this?!? Marketing tactic to force people to buy their newer cards to have access to the latest Catalyst drivers? Just another reason for me to buy an Nvidia card the next time when my current 4870 dies. Have owned this card for about three years w/o hardware issues.

[RonyS]

OK! here is the thing i am so pissed off.. and i have only 2 words GOODBYE AMD and Wellcome Nvidia! after aloooooooong friend ship with AMD since the ATI Radeon 9550 Pro 128MB time.


Cuz Nvidia is way better it is so true! i am not a fan of none but really! driver support from AMD it is not a good move at all!

[asder00]

Originally Posted by ronys

ok! Here is the thing i am so pissed off.. And i have only 2 words goodbye amd and wellcome nvidia! After aloooooooong friend ship with amd since the ati radeon 9550 pro 128mb time.


Cuz nvidia is way better it is so true! I am not a fan of none but really! Driver support from amd it is not a good move at all!

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[Yxskaft]

Ok, AMD has fixed the release notes and link now. They no longer mention the HD2000-HD4000 series and you are directed to the 12.4 driver instead

Originally Posted by Daftshadow

So ATI decided to not support newer drivers for 4800s and below? What is this?!? Marketing tactic to force people to buy their newer cards to have access to the latest Catalyst drivers? Just another reason for me to buy an Nvidia card the next time when my current 4870 dies. Have owned this card for about three years w/o hardware issues.

It was announced already when 12.4 came. It does suck however, these cards are still decent enough, and Nvidia's DX10/10.1 cards still continue getting new features.

Nvidia's Windows 8 driver even supports their Geforce 6 series, AMD's Win8 support for their DX10/10.1 cards will only be the one that Win8 comes with

[Tieumuoi]

Originally Posted by egounix

any bsod with flash /gsod/ or striped gray white screen with this release?

.fixed.

[JaLooNz]

DXVA corruption with this set, same as the betas... can anyone confirm if this is fixed in 12.7?

[Colt M4]

Originally Posted by JaLooNz

DXVA corruption with this set, same as the betas... can anyone confirm if this is fixed in 12.7?

dxva whats that?

[heffeque]

Just installed the 12.7 beta on my Zotac AD04.

It's got an E-450 (Radeon 6320).

Uninstalled old 12.3 drivers, rebooted, did Driver Sweeper 3.2.0, rebooted, installed 12.7, rebooted and...

Here's the surprise:


Driver Packaging Version: correct.
Catalyst Version: 12.3 (WTF?)
2D Driver Version: correct.
Direct3D Version: correct.
OpenGL Version: correct.
AMD Vision blablabla: correct.

Although the driver versions are all correct, the Catalyst Version shows as 12.3.

Should I have used something different from Driver Sweeper?

Haven't been on AMD/ATi for some time and I didn't have these kinds of problems with Intel/nVidia (though did have other kinds of problems, I'm not ranting at all).

Originally Posted by JaLooNz

DXVA corruption with this set, same as the betas... can anyone confirm if this is fixed in 12.7?

I'm getting random corruption every once in a while on VLC so... it seems that dxva is broken

Edit: though working ok MPC-HC.

Edit 2: just tried this video on 1080p and it works ok.

So it seems that it only brakes dvxa on VLC (at least on my humble system).

Edit 3: I just saw this: http://forum.guru3d.com/showpost.php...1&postcount=32

It seems that the installation was ok, but that number in particular isn't set correctly, so modifying it by hand does the trick. Also seems that Driver Sweeper didn't do its job completely. Will use Atiman Uninstaller next time.

[Pill Monster]

^You have 12.7 installed, not 10.7.

[heffeque]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

^You have 12.7 installed, not 10.7.

Corrected the typos.

Also... I wouldn't let CCleaner near my system.

Edit: I see you also edited your post

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by heffeque

Corrected the typos.

Also... I wouldn't let CCleaner near my system.

What do u mean, why not?
It's prob the most widely used application of it's kind......

[heffeque]

Originally Posted by Pill Monster

What do u mean, why not?
It's prob the most widely used and most versatile application of it's kind......

I used to use RegCleaner back in the Windows 98 days. Haven't used generic registry cleaners sense then. They give me the creeps.

It may delete a registry that's actually vital for the computer and you'll regret using it.

Good thing Windows now a days lets you go back in time and undo some of that stuff.

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by heffeque

I used to use RegCleaner back in the Windows 98 days. Haven't used generic registry cleaners sense then. They give me the creeps.

It may delete a registry that's actually vital for the computer and you'll regret using it.

Good thing Windows now a days lets you go back in time and undo some of that stuff.

It's not a registry cleaner in that respect....I would never use a reg cleaner myself.

CCleaner is very safe to use I promise you....began using it around 2005.

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by Colt M4

dxva whats that?

DirectX Video Acceleration, and yes it's fixed.