AMD Catalyst 12.9 Beta XP 32-bit Download

bernek

2012-09-27 05:42

Is anyone modding INFs to support 4870 cards ? I cant update past 12.6 ... please send me some info ! thanks in advance, Bernek

#4418971

MerolaC

2012-09-27 06:04

CCC works SO much better now. It opens REALLY fast, like I never seen before. I like these 😀

#4419055

The Mac

2012-09-27 09:05

i get no artifacts in witcher 2, so that an improvement...

#4419058

Derko1

2012-09-27 09:12

I have the same issue as with the other 9.s... I get windows explorer stopped working errors.

#4419107

juzz

2012-09-27 10:42

If that is the case, the non-NET framework 4 download must use NET Framework 3.5 for the CCC, so for Windows 8 it would be idealistic to use the NET Framework 4 version. Still, the driver should not have the old NET Framework 4 installer, it should have 4.5 since 4.5 directly replaces NET Framework 4. The included NET Framework installer on Windows 8 will do nothing, and on Windows 7 it would install if not installed already, but would be of a big disadvantage over using 4.5. I hope that makes sense! I don't know if anyone can get that feedback back to AMD (about 4.5 vs 4).

This shouldn't be true. NET 4.5 completely replaces and obsoletes 4.0 and when you install 4.5 over 4.0 it even removes 4.0 in win 7. And driver (and CCC) works just fine with framework 4.5 in win 7 so, don't see reason why it wouldn't work with win 8 also. EDIT: the difference between 12.9_beta and 12.9_beta_dotnet4 is that dotnet4 package has framework client installer included. They both require framework 4 as far as I know.

#4419127

Cynic

2012-09-27 11:21

ARMA 2 OA flashing shadows with this set

#4419140

Newbie2012

2012-09-27 11:47

I have been on the Unofficial BETA for a while now. These drivers the same? I have had zero issues so far. Best drivers since 12.4 for me. Not sure about performance numbers but played RAGE, witcher 2, Skyrim, Sleeping Dogs without a hitch.

#4419227

The Mac

2012-09-27 14:28

i got artifacts with 12.8, bur not this one.

#4419280

Faruk

2012-09-27 15:49

Look at the GPU Usage and Core Clock. It is not stable and slowdown to GPU clock 450MHz. Horrible since 12.8! http://www.abload.de/img/ekranalnts69oo8.png

#4419296

Faruk

2012-09-27 16:11

I think this issue specifically seeing on 7800 series. Someone mentioned same issue on previous page.

#4419547

pogostickio

2012-09-27 23:56

thanks asder. 🙂 will try them on one of Hallryu's 5850's and report back.

#4419549

TheOriginalTO

2012-09-28 00:02

Got them installed and running on my 5870m, no games tested yet, but it looks like from furmark there will be a slight performance drop.

#4419584

millibyte

2012-09-28 01:10

In Skyrim, shadows have disappeared outside when set to Ultra (although they work indoors), they come back if I switch back to High but that doesn't look so great. I reinstalled the 12.8 set and Ultra shadows work outside again. Has anyone else experienced this?

#4419609

ClockClocker

2012-09-28 02:52

Installed and uninstalled 5 minutes apart. In a browser scrolling down the page the screen goes bonkers, like it jumping all over the place. So 12.8 whql and no problems.

Did you disable Aero? Happend to my old AMD when i was on "Basic".

#4419655

chispy

2012-09-28 06:44

Working flawlessly here on DiRT3 and NFS The Run , objects and overall everything looks better , sharper image , fps stay the same but image quality really improved. No problems to report runnig Crossfire 2x HD6950s. Good Drivers , Keepers for me 🙂.

#4419674

CPC_RedDawn

2012-09-28 08:14

Good drivers. Min fps in BF3 went up from 45fps when high up in jets which was the lowest I saw with 12.8 with these lowest Ive seen is 50fps.. only 5fps more but hey its an improvement. This is all at ultra 1080p. I normally only play on high though, with motion and dof disabled as I hate these effects and normally got 62fps min but with these drivers its 68fps min. Keepers. Will test more games later. Has anyone tried these in borderlands 2?

#4419695

Exostenza

2012-09-28 09:09

Installed and uninstalled 5 minutes apart. In a browser scrolling down the page the screen goes bonkers, like it jumping all over the place. So 12.8 whql and no problems.

Same deal.

#4419821

GhostXL

2012-09-28 14:31

These are the best drivers I got since my HD7k purchase. (along with the other D3D: 9.14.10.0926 drivers earlier available from Asder00:dave: = Thanks! ) With all the drivers from 12.1 to 12.8 I came across all sorts of BSODs with the games I play, futhermore often with crossfire enabled, and even Firefox and Chrome and even windows sleeeeeep :sleep2: was hard crashing bad: But now, most of the biggest issues I was facing are fixed. No more BSODs It feels like I'm out of the alpha drivers phase of these CGN graphics cards!!! and FPS improved a lot compared to 12.4 WHQL I don't have any newer games than Max Payne3, but most of my older demanding games run good now with their max graphics and Anti-aliasing enhanced with AMD's EQAA and Adaptative AA @2560x1440 res: Alan Wake Alien VS Predator Assasin's Creed series Batman AA&AC Battlefield 3 Bioshock1&2 Crysis1&2 Dead Island Dirt 2-3-Showndown Just Cause 2 Left4Dead 2, Portal2 and TF2 Lost Planet2 Mafia2 Metro2033 RAGE (openGL) Serious Sam BF3 Trine1&2 ...+more forgettable games... **Note that for Metro 2033 and Crysis2, 2560x1440 is still too much for a dual radeon HD7000 and I have to reduce to 1920x1080 p.s. Batman Arkham City and Crysis2 over abused of tessellation ! OMG ! ex: In Arkham City, If i stick my face to the church's exterior walls or the big robot dinosaur in the museum entrance@1440p: 100% GPU utilisation and 15 FPS ! Being that heavy to render for a not so better looking result is not worth it, In My Opinion or course... I would rather have better detailed and varied textures

Great post. I totally agree with you. While past sets worked, they had bugs. This set is flawless for me as well. This GCN driver is definitely the proper driver we have been waiting for. Reading through many forums Nvidia/AMD/ATI alike, it's pretty apparent that both companies released their cards wayyyy before their drivers were ready for them. Nvidia is having driving issues, as well as AMD on their new cards. Nvidia's adaptive Vsync is still having issues even now. They are working on totally redoing the drivers for it. Well, I hope both companies learned a lesson from releasing hardware too early, or falling behind in driver development.

#4419885

The Goose

2012-09-28 16:18

I too had an install error but it wasnt on the report page and the driver and ccc seems to be fuctioning properly,have experienced a little screen tearing but no crashing or driver stop responding,tdu2 runs nicely when there is no one is range to give me lag,graphics maxed @ 1080p with avg 80fps,still got filter issues with arma2

#4419910

Lowki

2012-09-28 17:23

These are the best drivers I got since my HD7k purchase. (along with the other D3D: 9.14.10.0926 drivers earlier available from Asder00:dave: = Thanks! ) With all the drivers from 12.1 to 12.8 I came across all sorts of BSODs with the games I play, futhermore often with crossfire enabled, and even Firefox and Chrome and even windows sleeeeeep :sleep2: was hard crashing bad: But now, most of the biggest issues I was facing are fixed. No more BSODs It feels like I'm out of the alpha drivers phase of these CGN graphics cards!!! and FPS improved a lot compared to 12.4 WHQL varied textures

. Im just curious How crossfire 79 are with that CPU since its about the same as mine. Ive seen alot of Intel NVIDIA fanboys claim dual gpus on amd CPU to not be worth it. Too bad we cant crossfire cpus lmao. But yeah i was thinking about crossfiring sooner or later.