ATI Catalyst 12.10 Legacy Performance Driver

[dellon132]

If you are currently experiencing problems with these drivers, Opencl may be the culprit. Please uninstall or avoid installing the Opencl drivers if you are experiencing any problem. I will Re-Upload all drivers with Opencl support from the Previous Legacy driver at a later date.

These drivers were created to address performance and stability issues. All drivers were tested with games such as Mafia 2, Prototype 2, Saints Row the Third and several other games.

Installation Guide

1.Download
2.Extract
3.Launch the setup.exe
4.Install the drivers normally.

Ati Catalyst 12.10 Legacy x32 Bit Driver

Windows 7 32bit and Vista users
http://www.mediafire.com/?qy4uni2u8lw6j8z

Windows 8 32 bit
http://www.mediafire.com/?p913fpzpf4quz0c

This driver should not be used in any other operating other than windows 8 because it will break windows performance index.



Ati Catalyst 12.10 Legacy x64 Bit Drivers

Still working on them but you can check about the Beta drivers for Windows 7
and Windows vista Users.


BETA Drivers

Ati Catalyst 12.10 x64 Bit Beta Drivers

For Windows 7 and Vista
This driver was tested in an x64 bit environment and is confirmed to install
and run as intended. However overclocking has not been tested.

Download Link
http://www.mediafire.com/?63lc28c3y1mrrxd

[polondo]

is it possible to make the same modded driver for win7 64?

thx in advance!
p.

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by polondo

is it possible to make the same modded driver for win7 64?

thx in advance!
p.

yes it is possible. I already made one but I have no way of testing it. I'll upload it for you to test, please report back when your finish.

[Mikedogg]

This is great what you are doing, but how does this driver differ from what this guy is doing?

Tis nice to have another modder in the works though.

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by Mikedogg

This is great what you are doing, but how does this driver differ from what this guy is doing?

Tis nice to have another modder in the works though.

This driver allows you to install ATI Catalyst Normally including all apps. There should also be better performance but its kinda hard to judge since every ATI cards differ.

[Mikedogg]

Well that is interesting. Would you be keen at some stage on writing up an explanation on how to mod ATI drivers? as some people aren't aware yet that it's not just as simple as adding your own hardware id's.

Would really help out the community.


Also, your link for x64 needs updating, I am getting 'wrong IP'.

[Shaneus]

Yeah, he copied the wrong link into the OP. Rather than the generic one, it's the direct link which creates a hash that only works for his IP (or for a limited time or whatever).

[Shaneus]

Bumping the thread so folks know the link now works

[polondo]

ok tried to test that driver...

unfortunately i dont get it to install correctly in win7 64bit for my 4890.
After setup it wants me to restart for proper driver installation. A restart results in messed up drivers.

any idea?

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by polondo

ok tried to test that driver...

unfortunately i dont get it to install correctly in win7 64bit for my 4890.
After setup it wants me to restart for proper driver installation. A restart results in messed up drivers.

any idea?

what do you mean by messed up driver?

ok I will look into it. thanks

[Death_Lord]

OpenGL games doesnt work, Direct3d Driver is older than legacy driver.

[polondo]

Originally Posted by dellon132

what do you mean by messed up driver?

device manager shows a yellow exclamation mark.
driver seems not to install like it should.

regards
p.

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by Death_Lord

OpenGL games doesnt work, Direct3d Driver is older than legacy driver.

what about your directx 11 driver?

[Death_Lord]

If I remember right 4xxx series card dont support DX11, so I dont know what you are talking about. Direct3D games work, but they dont offer any improvement over 12.6 legacy, theres no point of installing this set, if I wanted to run older Direct3d libraries I would simply install some older drivers.

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by Death_Lord

If I remember right 4xxx series card dont support DX11, so I dont know what you are talking about. Direct3D games work, but they dont offer any improvement over 12.6 legacy, theres no point of installing this set, if I wanted to run older Direct3d libraries I would simply install some older drivers.

sorry I meant the DX10 driver which games use as DX11. Then tell me what the newer Direct3d driver offers that the old ones does not. If it offers something significant then i will try my best to include it.

[vejn]

Will there ever be official legacy driver ?

[Death_Lord]

Diablo 3 for example doesnt benefit at all from old libraries, the performance improvements came with the 12.7 drivers and forward.

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by vejn

Will there ever be official legacy driver ?

I don't know, that's something that only ATI can decide. However I hope they do develop another official driver to iron out performance issues and bugs presented by the current legacy drivers experienced by some users.

[polondo]

dellon132 my friend you did a PERFECT job with the latest update.
driver works perfectly. performance is as good as the older legacy drivers.

thanks and waiting for more ;O)

tested on win7 64bit + ati 4890 overclocked at MAX (bios oc)
games tested:
- the war z
- war inc
- arma 2
- the hunter

solid performance. no crashes, no flickering no whatever...

P.S: is it possible for you to show us how to modify the ati drivers?
What do we have to do if we want to install the ati 12.11beta for example?
Is there a tutorial available?


Thanks &
regards
p.

[riska]

Any download link for the 64bit version that works?

[MichaelT]

Any chance for Windows 8 x64?

[antheus]

None of the download links work

[dellon132]

Originally Posted by MichaelT

Any chance for Windows 8 x64?

I did not create one for Windows 8 64 bit because I am still working on the Windows 7 64 bit version.

[MaxiM]

Thanks, gonna give'm a whirl today ;]

EDIT: So far so good. GJ.

[far-cough]

Originally Posted by dellon132

I did not create one for Windows 8 64 bit because I am still working on the Windows 7 64 bit version.

hi dell have you finished the x64 bit driver win 7 yet??