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As I thought of new and exciting topics for this blog, it dawned on me last week (while I was chatting with Terry Makedon – the “father” of the ATI CatalystTM software suite) that we don’t say enough about all the great features and benefits of our monthly driver update. So starting in March and every month after I intend to write a blog outlining all the great performance improvements and features that come with the monthly driver release.
Marketing sound bite: ATI CatalystTM 9.3 driver - the industries first Unified graphics driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
I like it when it’s easy and for you gamers that means you now have a single ATI Catalyst driver for both Microsoft Vista and Windows 7. This driver allows you to swap back and forth between OSs with the same driver set; it makes for an easy, clean Windows 7 experience – without the hassle of multiple drivers, versions, etc.
Another exciting part about a unified driver is that moving forward our ATI software gurus plan to continue to deliver a single unified driver for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Great news for all!
Also, ATI Catalyst delivers full WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model) 1.1 support under Windows 7 for all ATI RadeonTM HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series of graphics cards. So, in benefit speak, this new WDDM 1.1 support utilizes DirectX 10 rather than DirectX 9 and can cut down your GPU memory usage by half when opening up multiple windows thereby enabling increased performance.
Marketing sound bite: ATI Catalyst 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements *
Here is a very noble cause improvement, Folding@Home. You’ll experience outstanding Folding@Home scores when running ATI Catalyst 9.3 and the most recent F@H client. We utilize ATI Stream technology which means you must have an ATI RadeonTM HD 4000, HD 3000 or HD 2000 series GPU to take full advantage of these enhancements.
And last but surely not least, my favorite community: Linux ATI Catalyst 9.3
We have support for new operating systems:
- RedFlag DT 6.0 sp2 production support
- RedFlag DT 7.0 support (early look)
- SLED and SLES 11 support (early look)
So, what does this all really mean, to you, the gamer? It is a continued commitment from us to deliver monthly updates for your ATI Radeon based GPUs. It means that you will have ease of driver management during the introduction of Windows 7 and it means an improved experience with Windows 7 and of course, if you are a Linux user, a broader set of platform support.
See you next month!
Cheers!
Ian “Cabrtosr” McNaughton
Ian McNaughton is senior manager of advanced marketing at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such linked sites and no endorsement is implied.
*Download the appropriate client
- For CPU http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download
- For GPU http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther
- For Playstation 3 its in your system menu already
Join team 51394 after you install and run the client for the first time.
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#1 by William Peltola - March 18th, 2009 at 14:02
Very cool! Thanks for all the info Ian.
#2 by Ian McNaughton - March 19th, 2009 at 14:22
@William – Thanks, looking forward to writing about Catalyst on a monthly basis and the resulting discussions as well!
#3 by Zbigniew L. - March 18th, 2009 at 15:00
Hello Ian, thank you for mentioning Linux.
Linux ATI Catalyst 9.3 link is broken.
There is:
http://http//game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
but should be:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx
and I could not find Linux driver there. The only place where I can find Linux Catalyst is:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
where there is still 9.2 only
#4 by Ian McNaughton - March 19th, 2009 at 14:21
@Zbigniew – Appologies, I actually fully published this blog from my Blackberry bold. Links are fixed now. Linux release is targetted for next week.
#5 by Jaren Peterson - March 25th, 2009 at 15:33
@Ian McNaughton,
Its been a week now, is the linux release still on track?
#6 by Ian McNaughton - March 26th, 2009 at 14:34
@Jaren – Still targetted for this week release…
#7 by Dimitris - March 18th, 2009 at 16:19
I have just installed the 9.3 Catalyst driver and CCC and, even though my HD4850 CrossFireX setup was recognised without problems, there is nowhere an “Overdrive” section. Is something wrong or isn’t “Overdrive” available with this driver?
#8 by Ian McNaughton - March 19th, 2009 at 14:20
@Dimitris – There is not any known issue that we are aware of with Overdrive not being enabled. It works on my PC. The best thing to do is contact our customer support (or the customer support department of your card manufacturer). Another great source for self help is the forums on game.amd.com – make sure you check them out
#9 by buzzword - March 19th, 2009 at 08:09
What about Avivo for Vista x64??? We’ve been seeing Coming Soon for months. As far as I’m concerned you’ve engaged in false advertising and I’m getting close to the point of contacting the FTC.
#10 by Ghislain Harvey - March 19th, 2009 at 08:40
So, what does this all really mean, to you, the gamer? you said?
Not really much.
Having a look at the Cat release not, you barely mention any game fix.
Only 1 improvement on a not verry popular game.
While Other games like COmpany of heroes still have long loag time and in some rare occasion flickering in the tactical map…
But great work for windows 7 tho.
#11 by Ghislain Harvey - March 19th, 2009 at 08:41
The long load time is in comparison to a nVidia card when using DX10.
Ati take approx 10+sec to load a map.
Take a look at the game. the long time is near the 3/4 load of the map.
#12 by Ian McNaughton - March 19th, 2009 at 14:19
@Ghislain – I will talk to the lab guys about CoH and see if there is an issue, I am currently not aware of an issue but will reply back once I confirm.
#13 by Aleksey Nogin - March 19th, 2009 at 09:48
ATI Catalyst 9.3 for Linux?
The URL you provides is broken and I can not find ATI Catalyst 9.3 for Linux anywhere on the site
. I want to use AMD Stream SDK 1.4 beta with AMD FireStream 9250 under Red Hat EL 5.3 (64 bit) and according to http://developer.amd.com/gpu/ATIStreamSDK/pages/ATIStreamSystemRequirements.aspx I need 9.3, I only could find 9.2 on the site…
TIA for any pointers.
#14 by Ian McNaughton - March 19th, 2009 at 14:17
@Alexsey – The link points to where the Linux drivers will be (we are targetting) next week. Once they post, I will update my blog.
#15 by Jeff Hatch - March 19th, 2009 at 16:45
A word of caution. I have a brand new machine (1 week old) w/Saphire 4870 running WinXP 64 bit. All worked well with Catalyst stuff off the Saphire CD. No problem with games of development activity (Visual Studio, etc). However I just tried to upgrade to the new ATI 9.3 drivers & CC (64 bit, of course), and could no longer load WinXp. I was in a constant re-boot loop. Went into safe mode, blew away 9.3 and reinstalled fromt he Saphire CD and am running again. Not all is well with 9.3 on 64 bit WinXp.
#16 by Ian McNaughton - March 23rd, 2009 at 09:00
@Jeff – Thanks for the heads up – please click here to report your issue: http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx
For all support oriented issues, we want to make sure we track them via 1 single support site, this blog is not meant to replace our normal support process (but I will help where I can)
#17 by Michael Cain - March 19th, 2009 at 20:53
Ian, could you possibly shed some light on the “Increases in F@H?”
I’ve seen a small handful of users reporting any kind of a boost, and on my HD 4870, there was no boost.
I even used the .dll rename trick, no cigar.
#18 by eamuila - March 20th, 2009 at 06:47
i’m kinda new to this site, forgive me for my naivety but would ATI Catalyst 9.3 make my card support pixel model 3
#19 by Ghislain Harvey - March 20th, 2009 at 07:39
Thanks Ian
#20 by lllvette - March 20th, 2009 at 11:46
I purchased 4 4870 ATI cards and only 1 of them has the Fanspeed control in the Catlyst Overdrive section… Why. And how do i get it on the rest of my systems, Is it a function of the drivers? All of them are running the same driver….
#21 by Ian McNaughton - March 23rd, 2009 at 09:01
@Illvette – who is the manufacturer of your GPU’s?
#22 by lllvette - March 24th, 2009 at 11:19
@Ian McNaughton, Radeon, and Vision Tek Cards.
The Radeon card is the only one with the fanspeed control.
#23 by Jaren Peterson - March 20th, 2009 at 13:53
Are there release notes available some place for the different driver versions?
I’m hoping for a fix for the linux 4870 via hdmi underscan issue.
#24 by bala - March 20th, 2009 at 21:30
ATI drivers for 64-bit windows always have problems. It all started from 8.12…either u get a bsod or you cant into windows at all… seriously this sucks and the problem persists all the way until 9.3
#25 by Joel Bontuyan - March 21st, 2009 at 05:01
This release still has not addressed the issue of black screen when Windows Vista or Windows 7 loads.
This problem has been bugging ATI cards since 2007 and up to now there is no remedy. It’s pathetic.
The thread in the AMD game forum has more than 400 posts and it still has not merited a reply from AMD. Still, there are several similar threads on the issue and not to mention the almost countless other postings all over the internet.
Just in case you can help make AMD wake up, point them to the link below:
http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=96981&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear
#26 by Alexandr82 - March 21st, 2009 at 07:53
Problem with 3D clocks on second GPU in 2D after system boot still exists.
#27 by İlhan - March 22nd, 2009 at 15:38
Mr Ian McNaughton im planning to buy new Powercolor HD4670 AGP card. But i found some comments that: ATI drivers does not support old legacy hardware like: AMD Athlon XP processors? Why? I still have a AthlonXP processor and i want to buy new Ati radeon agp card. Please inform us this issue.
Best regards İlhan.
#28 by Ian McNaughton - March 23rd, 2009 at 09:06
@Ilhan – THank you in advance for your continued support. The HD4670 is supported by our latest drivers and will continue to be for quite some time.
#29 by brownman350 - March 22nd, 2009 at 15:52
i would like to know if some one can help me to find a software’s name .it is a software that ATI sent me by email when i register my ATI GRAPHIC card.you can use that software to douwnload games ,to make updates and when you open it you can see all the games you already have .when you open it the color of the window iws grey.so every time you want to play you have to open it cause if you don’t it’s impossi ble to play.please some one help me to find it.because i already have my name ,profile and games on it .
#30 by Ian McNaughton - March 23rd, 2009 at 09:08
@brownman350 – are you refering to Steam? How exactly did ATI supply this software to you?
We have partnered with Valve in the past and used Steampowered.
#31 by Luis Rico - March 22nd, 2009 at 20:15
Catalyst 9.3 TV wonder 650 usb are BROKEN!…
I installed it on a CLEAN system and Vista Media Center won’t even get to the scanning of digital channels. It crashes upon trying to scan immediately. Nothing helped, nothing changed. I ‘downgraded’ to the 9.2 version and was able to use the digital and analog tuner without any major problems. (Other than the time-tested crash when recording simultaneous analog/digtial, and stopping the digital recording while watching the analog recording – media center stops recording with ehrecvr error)
#32 by Patrick - March 23rd, 2009 at 04:45
Its not uncommon for drivers to be never updated on a laptop manufacturers website. rarely do they have time or money to spend to have someone work to get the best out of a driver for a single model of a laptop. Especially when they have so many different varieties of laptops. This has been the case with any laptop I have bought. At least MSI is nice enough to point you to a mod program to modify your downloaded files to work with your laptop. However this has changed for ATI cards. ATI has changed their driver model and their INF structure. not once now but twice. 9.2 catalysts could not be modded since the inf was changed to a new format. so the mod tool had a beta patch made by a volunteer guy who doesn’t even get paid to do this. This worked if people would spend the time digging through forums to find this patch on his website. Now 9.3 came out they changed it again to a “Unified” structure. well that means an entirely new format to the inf file. and the mod tool is once again completely useless. ATI/AMD will not support laptop GPU’s they in turn tell you to goto the manufacturer and get updates from them. Manufacturer has no resources dedicated to this and refers you to a ‘hack’ program by a guy who does it as a hobby. Why can’t ATI just release a “GENERIC” driver like the desktop class. why must i have to plow through inf files to get support for a GPU made by a manufacturer who won’t support any laptop class GPU’s yet Laptop sales now outpace desktops. so >50% of thier customer base has *NO SUPPORT* and the laptop manufacturer cannot afford to spend the incredible man hours to support over 100’s of different models of laptops they carry every time the GPU manufacturer throws up an update. later most games will not run if they are patched unless you use X version of driver so in the end. The consumer is left holding the bag with this problem. something needs to be done. Somehow ATI *MUST* find a way around this dilemna. Its their GPU. It’s their drivers so the responsibility lies with them.
laptops i have Asus G2p Radeon X1700 (hah hah no support or listing on website for this GPU at all for the last 3 years)
MSI GT725 Radeon HD 4850 (Guess what can’t install any drivers)
#33 by Ian McNaughton - March 23rd, 2009 at 09:11
@Patrick – We have driver support for our mobile GPU’s. It is the OEM who chooses to update or enable their customer base, not AMD/ATI. Also, I can see why an OEM is not comfortable allowing a 3rd party to enable a “mod” for updating a part of their PC platform, it may cause unwanted support calls.
#34 by Tom - March 26th, 2009 at 19:49
@Ian McNaughton,
@Ian – Ok. I can see support for mobile GPU’s. Why isn’t the X1700 supported? I’ve been modding drivers for my x1700 for 18 months and not a single issue. Just very upsetting to shell out mega bucks for a gaming rig and no support for the GPU. Like Patrick I also have an ASUS and their support is questionable at best. But searching around I have seen other laptop companies reference the x1700 GPU with little or no support.
#35 by Gary F - April 18th, 2009 at 05:52
I echo the disappointment for the lack of X1700 driver support. I will never buy a laptop with ATI graphics again. At least new NVidia drivers support all of their chipsets over the years even if they’re integrated into a laptop.
ASUS VGA drivers for my laptop are over 2 years old (I just checked again). I’ve been waiting for an update to stop display corruption but it just hasn’t happened. I’ve reinstalled drivers so many times.
#36 by Wilfred Laurier - March 23rd, 2009 at 16:31
I think it’s great that you are going to talk about your driver releases.
Personally, I think it’ll be interesting if you talked about some of the process that goes on to create a driver release. For example, how do you prioritize bugs and which games deserve attention to get performance gains, and which operating system? Is it user input, how do you know accurately what users are playing, how much of a say do developers get and does money change hands for more attention? (I’ve always wondered how come GTA IV hasn’t been singled out in the release notes for performance boosts yet.) Do you generally place more attention on your newer currently selling GPUs first or concentrate on older GPUs that might have a larger user base? Are Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux driver teams separate or do they cross-collaborate, particularly on OpenGL fixes. How does Steam SDK fit in, like do optimizations of GPGPU operation compete or conflict with optimizations for games and other applications?
We invariably see the end results, but it’ll no doubt be enlightening to see what goes on behind the scenes of each driver release.
#37 by Ian McNaughton - March 26th, 2009 at 14:33
@Wilfred – Thank you for the blog ideas, I agree and will try to put together a blog to answer all your questions…
#38 by Teco01 - March 26th, 2009 at 14:25
Since Windows 7 Beta was released at the begging of this year, I’ve been using this OS as my primary OS (despite being a beta is so stable and functional that kicked Vista). The 8.12 beta Catalyst drivers were a complete deception, but you guys did your work well and 9.1 versions and above have been fully compatible.
Thanks and keep up the good work!
#39 by Ian McNaughton - March 26th, 2009 at 14:35
@Teco01 – Thank you! I use Win7 on my work DT and enjoy the experience as well.
#40 by Teco01 - March 26th, 2009 at 14:40
Since Windows 7 Beta was released at the beginning of this year, this has been my primary OS (despite being a beta, is so stable and practical that kicked vista). Catalyst 8.12 beta drivers were a deception, but you guys did very well with 9.1 drivers and above as they are fully compatible with windows 7. I’m also pleased with the effort from ATI to develop new drivers and constantly improve what is done.
The only drawback of Catalyst drivers are that they don’t work with Solid Edge (at least in V19 and V20), and thats something vital for me (it’s weird to see an Shapphire ATI HD4870 1GB Toxic edition struggling to move a simple 3D part with 2X AA).
Let’s hope that to be solved on future driver editions. And keep up the good work!
#41 by ::Patrick:: - March 27th, 2009 at 02:28
Has a list been compiled of supported ATI cards for Catalyst 9.3 Linux? This would be most helpful.
#42 by gorneman - March 27th, 2009 at 16:42
Hi, why mobility radeon HD 3400 series are not supported in catalyst for linux yet ? This is a fastidious problem and is not a right way to achieve clients
#43 by Ian McNaughton - March 28th, 2009 at 08:42
Catalyst 9.3 Linux Drivers now available for download!
#44 by Ely Assogba - March 28th, 2009 at 19:13
Are you guys planning to put out notebooks drivers from now on like Nvidia? Because OEM drivers are usually antiquated and having to use Mobility Modder every time I want to update to the latest Catalyst is starting to get annoying….
#45 by Abu - March 29th, 2009 at 09:17
Hi, in Calalyse 9.2 (AGP HOTFIX), I mentioned I can’t adjust the 24-bit Z Buffer…
How about Catalyst 9.3 ?
#46 by Michael - March 29th, 2009 at 10:07
There is a Bug/Glitch when clicking on the All Programs menu in Windows 7 Betas.
The very edge of the last item appears for an instant and then get displaced by the separator. Looks like a tiny bug/glitch that it is showing there. The separator should show up at the same time as the list (or at least the last item should never draw).
Please have a look at this video to see what I mean
http://rapidshare.com/files/209100872/All_Programs_bug.avi
As you can see when clicking on the All Programs menu the lastfolder shows for a second then just dissappers.
Hope this bug will be fixed in newer ATI drivers to come!
Some more info here http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=734624
And here http://www.jcxp.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=33690&st=0&gopid=377951&#entry377951
#47 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 12:24
@Michael – Please report your issue here – http://support.amd.com/us/contacts/Pages/GraphicsTechnicalSupport.aspx
#48 by Stony - March 31st, 2009 at 02:19
MMACEPrev.exe is not responding.
That is what I get when I open CCC.
I have to reboot to close CCC.
I cannot open it at all now.
Nothing but trouble with this software.
Error code after error code.
Second Life will not run at all.
Video quality sucks.
I use an AMD Phenom quad core with 8 gig ram and an ATI 3870 graphics card and Vista 64.
I seems I made the wrong choices here.
They tell me to swap the card?
Does that mean I have to buy another one and maybe end with two junk video cards?
Nvidia will be my swap if this thing can’t be corrected without buying another card!
#49 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 12:23
@Stony – Please report your issue here – http://support.amd.com/us/contacts/Pages/GraphicsTechnicalSupport.aspx
#50 by JD - April 1st, 2009 at 23:06
I have to say that the 9.3 driver for linux changes the game in linux graphics. All the troubles I have been having went out the window, even using an old x850 to do dual-monitors at 1080 each. Great work guys and thank you for putting the same dedication into a linux drivers as you do for windows.
#51 by Firi - April 2nd, 2009 at 15:12
Hi Ian, there is a problem with Catalyst drivers running Autodesk Maya. The problem is that the rotate tool in Maya doesn’t work well using newer drivers. Basically, I can’t select a particular axis from any view in Maya using rotate tool.
These guys: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=65487 are running Maya 2009 with Catalyst 9.2 and have a same issue.
I have an HIS Radeon HD4850 IceQ running Maya 2008 and installed the new Catalyst 9.3 from clean Windows Vista installation, and still have the same problem. I know that Maya doesn’t support gamer cards and recommending only pro video cards like FireGL. But there are a lot of people, including me, who can’t afford that much money to spend on pro video cards.
And since the solution for this problem so far is by downgrading the Catalyst to version 8.12, I believe that this is just a matter of the driver. Not the type of the card.
No matter what the OS I use (WinXP, Vista X86, Vista X64), it’s still happen even on the newest Catalyst 9.3. Please take this into ATi consideration and I hope this will be fixed in the next driver. Thank you…
#52 by Dan - May 19th, 2009 at 07:48
Found any fixes for this FIRI ?
#53 by Jane - April 4th, 2009 at 01:34
Ian does this also not work with pre-2000 generation cards (I mean X1900 etc, not year 2000!), like 9.2? I had 9.1 and mobility modded it for my laptop (X1900 M), worked fine. 9.2 didnt do anything, and I remember seeing they removed support for pre-2000 cards, COMPLETELY. If so, why not include the latest driver as well! Even selecting X1900 in the ATI site still points me to the 9.2 release.
#54 by amongoo - April 4th, 2009 at 09:34
HI ALL
I use the driver 9.3 in my 3D SOFTWARE SKETCHUP 7
BUT i CAN’T use the OPENGL 3.0, why?
IS this driver didn’t support the GOOGLE SKETCHUP7 JUST ONLY FOR GAME USEing?
#55 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 11:32
@amongoo – not sure, I have not used Google Sketchup 7, I suggest you send in a driver support ticket to solve this issue. I will ask internally and see if I can also in tandem find an answer.
#56 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 12:19
@amongoo – I have asked internally and was told that you should report the issue here – http://support.amd.com/us/contacts/Pages/GraphicsTechnicalSupport.aspx
#57 by dave - April 6th, 2009 at 04:20
hallow
i have notebook
asus x51rl
with ati radeon xpress 1100
everytime i download new catalyst start in number 8 version doesnt want detect my hardware n said its not compatible with chips vdeo inside my notebook
wats goin on here?
plz let me know if im failed to install or something else
i really like 2 update my catalyst
i dont want spent my times download new n new one again catalyst if it can be use for x1100
thnx u
(my catalyst running now is still old one come from my asus cd driver)
thnx agaiin
#58 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 11:26
@Dave – it is recommended that you use the ASUS mobility drivers for updates
#59 by PJ - May 4th, 2009 at 08:45
@dave,
I have the same ASUS X51RL. I recently update my drivers Catalyst 9.3 from .inf file using ‘Have Disk…’ option in Windows Device Manager Update Driver dialog. Browse to C:\ATI\Support\Display\Driver\??_INF\, and select one of two .inf (I don’t remember, which one of them really needed), then find in Product List ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100 Series and select it. The driver will be installed. Previous versions of Catalyst doesn’t work for me by this way and I needed to use drivers from ASUS site.
#60 by dave - April 6th, 2009 at 04:22
correcting > i dont want install new catalyst if cannot be use for x 1100
#61 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 22:27
@Dave – http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2342476,00.asp
#62 by dave - April 6th, 2009 at 04:24
plus info: im running in window xp SP3
thnx u
#63 by FM - April 6th, 2009 at 20:39
Why isnt it possible for ATI to fix the OpenGL bugs? Since i have my HD4870 the performance is not just bad and this in ALL!! OpenGl applications who use OpenGl. And dont tell me again its my power supply… Just to show how bad it is, my old Nvidia 7800gt was or better is still faster in OpenGL then my HD4870 … whats worng with you guys? Cant be so impossible to fix this. Oh and btw i was testing all drivers who are possible for this card in XP and Vista. I am sure there are much more out there who have this problem so please just fix this performance problem with your drivers. Thank you.
#64 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 11:17
@FM – Which games are you having performance issues with exactly?
#65 by Snowblower - April 6th, 2009 at 23:04
Mr. Ian, I have an issue with HDMI sound output from ATI 4850.
Every sound at the first several second will always disappears such as when I am playing mp3, I will hear the music start at 1 or 2 second not start at first sound of the song.
another issue is it seems like vsync option in CCC does not working.
When I select always on this option, the picture in some games that have no own vsync option still occur tearing. So I have to use 3rd party software to override d3d vsync then tearing will disappear.
Please solve these issues espectially the 1st one,
Thx
Snowblower
#66 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 10:51
@Snowblower – have you swapped out the HDMI cable with a different/new one?
#67 by Snowblower - April 15th, 2009 at 23:24
@Ian McNaughton,
I found many of the ati customer found the sound issue like me too.
Please find the example link below,
(the solution in the link is a very non senses way ^^ eiei)
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=16183820
#68 by Snowblower - April 15th, 2009 at 23:30
@Snowblower,
Another one
http://forums.hexus.net/ati-multimedia-care-hexus/150510-4870-hdmi-audio-not-usual-problem.html
PS. I connected Sony bravia 32W400 with ATi 4850 directly
#69 by Ian McNaughton - April 17th, 2009 at 09:57
@Snowblower – here is the right link to report the issue: http://support.amd.com/us/contacts/Pages/GraphicsTechnicalSupport.aspx
#70 by Snowblower - April 8th, 2009 at 21:22
Why my post about HDMI issue and vsync issue was disappeared??
#71 by Ian McNaughton - April 9th, 2009 at 10:33
@Snowblower – Not sure I have seen the commnet, could you please recomment?
#72 by Ian McNaughton - April 10th, 2009 at 17:48
We invented the concept of mobile drivers with the introduction of Catalyst Mobility many years ago. However we fell into roadblocks with OEM’s not permitting us to update drivers for their users. In essence we were limited to provide drivers only for non major OEM laptops. We are very interested in providing updated drivers to our users (as evidenced by our industry leading commitment to monthly driver updates). At this point we will have to talk to our OEM’s and find out why they gave permission to Nvidia to do this. We are very excited with the possibility of providing Catalyst to our mobile users if it is possible, but in the meantime checkout mobility modder found on driverheaven.net
#73 by radu - May 11th, 2009 at 11:45
@Ian McNaughton,
Microsoft’s Windows 7 drivers are able to be installed despite the OEM not wanting updated drivers. I don’t understand why the OEM wouldn’t want the EU to be able to update the drivers. Did they provide any justification to you when they told you they weren’t going to allow it?
Why not simply let the drivers override or force an install?
#74 by brownman350 - April 13th, 2009 at 00:15
yes it is steam that i was talking ’bout,i’m going to see if can have it again or do you think that there is a new place like steam. Please can answer me by email .thank you for your help.
#75 by Hun73r - April 15th, 2009 at 21:57
So you have a blog here and another one on twitter then you have forums at game.amd.com tha you dont use meny a there and want to help you but it seems like you dont care about your trusty buyers.
I have been running AMD for meny years and what i see now is just that we pay you just lets us down
why isent there eny devs on the forum there a reading about peoples problems no one to anser us we a getting more and more frustraded about your way to handle your costumers.
#76 by Ian McNaughton - April 17th, 2009 at 10:02
@Hun73r – AMD is committed to being accessible, we have senior people on Twitter, senior people blogging and a team of customer care people managing all customer issues.
If this blog, twitter and gamd.amd.com do not allow you to get an answer to your question or concern, please call us @ http://support.amd.com/us/contacts/Pages/GraphicsTechnicalSupport.aspx – we would be happy to discuss.
#77 by Hun73r - April 17th, 2009 at 20:37
@Ian McNaughton,
The problem is you drivers a getting slower and slower in games and the other problem is catalyst IA its outdated we need to be able to make oure own profiles my system isent the same as the one your test on…
#78 by Hun73r - April 17th, 2009 at 20:41
@Hun73r,
and by the way no staff is on game.amd.com
ither you lie or they just never show there faces
and stop using twitter its for small kids
and use your game.amd.com forums instead
#79 by Dan - May 19th, 2009 at 07:45
Hello,
i have an issue with the ATI radeon 4870 card. I run Autodesk Maya 2009, and what i could understand is that due to some Open GL upgrades the rotation tool is bugged. You can only rotate if the axis you want to rotate on is facing the camera.
Anyone found a fix on this ?
#80 by Johnny - July 9th, 2009 at 17:11
ati catalyst 9.3 doesn’t work on windows 7 rc 32 bit for my radeon 9600xt. Now I use a prerelease driver wddm 1.0 downloaded by windows update. Any device for my problem?
Thanks