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Catalyst 10.8 WHQL released to the wild

27 Aug

 

Downloads all oses: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloa…downloads.aspx
Release notes : http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalys…ease_notes.pdf

 

New Features:

-OpenGL ES 2.0 support – ATI Catalyst™ 10.8 delivers full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 specification
-Enables 3D accelerated graphics within a web browser that supports OpenGL ES 2.0
-Supported on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

Video Quality default options

-The Default video options for ATI Catalyst™ have been greatly enhanced to deliver the best quality video viewing experience. Users can also choose to apply these settings to Internet Video via a new checkbox control within the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center
-In the “Advanced Color” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
Color vibrance (default = 40)
-Flesh tone correction (default = 50)
-Brighter Whites
-In the “Advanced Quality” section, the following defaults are now enabled:
-Edge-enhancement (default = 25)
-De-noise (default = 64)
-Mosquito Noise Reduction (default = 50)
-De-blocking (default = 50)

Performance enhancement for Eyefinity Quad ATI CrossFireX™
configurations

-Performance has been greatly improved for users running with ATI Eyefinity on a Quad ATI CrossFireX™ configuration

Anti-Aliasing support for StarCraft II

-ATI Catalyst™ Control Center enabled Anti-Aliasing is now available for StarCraft II

Catalyst™ Application Profiles – The following application profiles are available with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8

-Singularity – CrossFire™ profile update
-Mafia 2 – CrossFire™ profile update
-Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark – new CrossFire™ profile
-Lord of the Rings Online – new CrossFire™ profile
-Aliens Vs. Predator – CrossFire™ profile update

Performance Improvements – The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst™ 10.8:

-Far Cry 2
-Performance increases 2-6% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations
-Performance increases 2-4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations
-Performance increases 3-8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series single and CrossFire™ configurations
- Left 4 Dead 2
-Performance increases 3-5% on CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series and CrossFire™ ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series configurations
-Stormrise
-Performance increases 5-10% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 series and ATI Radeon™ HD 5500 series configurations

I have tested these a little and things that work.

  • Starcraft 2 has AA but takes a big hit, but also so far no corruption like older drivers and seems alot smoother.
  • Internet video is definately filtered now and flash videos seem better.

haven’t run any real benches yet but will.

 
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SIMS 2 double deluxe free from EA for a limited time

01 Aug

http://eastore.ea.com/store/eaapac/en_AU/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.99571900/pgm.64954300

Use your EA downloader or sign up for an account and you get it for free but be quick.

ok hopefully you were quick as it is back to 29.99 so times up people

sorry if you missed it.

 
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Starcraft 2 inspired ATI Catalyst 10.7a beta drivers

01 Aug

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATICat107aBetaDriver.aspx

i,m yet to try them as i am loving the OTHER beta drivers but i,ll throw these on and try my tests again.

ATI Catalyst™ 10.7a beta driver features:

?Starcraft II: Support for Anti-Aliasing through the ATI Catalyst Control Center when using a Windows® 7, Windows Vista® or Windows XP based system with an:
?ATI Radeon™ HD 5xxx series graphics card or ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI Radeon HD 4xxx series graphics card or ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series graphics card or ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI Radeon HD 2xxx series graphics card or ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?Improved performance for Quad ATI CrossFireX™ for Eyefinity™ supported configurations

 
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Catalyst 10.7 Beta from ATI review

30 Jul

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU74ATICat107PreviewDriver.aspx

anyone try these yet.

now i had no real issues with 10.7 but thought what the hell,

these upgraded drivers and ccc etc so they seem newer than the whql.
all went fine then i started testing games.
first thing i did though was change AA mode to adaptive, now in most games that do AA i new this may make a difference but in the past it has never been much, but in these drivers at least for me it makes a big difference in games like
batman arkhum asylum and UT3 which don’t *use* AA supposedly but swapping this setting in some cases doubled performance and visually apart from a  few jagged pills looked the same.

also testing farcry2 and not as huge a difference but it was there none  the less.

i,ll give a few more a run and see how i go.

ok after some testing as seen below seems these drivers are doing very nicely for me at least.

i have benchmarked alot of games and ones like resident evil 5 just sit on 60 smooth as silk completely maxed out.

BUT

this is using 4x box AA and

adaptive anti aliasing…honestly they look great but not too sure how the AA is holding up, i,ll try and get some closeups to compare.

ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 Beta OpenGL ES 2.0  Back
 
Last Updated
7/26/2010   
 
Article Number
GPU-74  
 
ATI Catalyst™ 10.7 Beta Driver Feature:
The release of this software driver from AMD delivers support for the OpenGL ES 2.0 industry standard being developed to bring plug-in free 3D graphics to the Internet through open-source web browsers.
Instructions:
Download and install the ATI Catalyst beta driver from the following location:

?ATI Catalyst 10.7 beta driver for Windows® 7 / Windows Vista®
?ATI Catalyst 10.7 beta driver for Windows® XP
Refer to Article 20870 for detailed instructions on how to properly install the ATI Catalyst beta driver

Note! This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing and is only a beta driver.

Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configuration(s):

?Hardware
?ATI Radeon™ HD 5xxx and ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI Radeon HD 4xxx and ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI Radeon HD 3xxx and ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI Radeon HD 2xxx and ATI Radeon Mobility equivalent series of products
?ATI FirePro™ Professional series of products
?Software
?ATI Catalyst Control Center
?Operating System(s)
?Windows 7 32-bit Edition
?Windows 7 64-bit Edition
?Windows Vista 32-bit Edition
?Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
?Windows XP Professional / Home
?Windows XP Media Center Edition
?Windows XP 64-bit Edition

 

just did a run with crapsis warhead and got some goodish results as well.
DX9 GAMER
 

 

Quote:
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor @ 3919 Mhz
CPU ID: AMD64 Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Physical memory: 8.00 GB
Display adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 1024 MB
Driver version: Catalyst 10.7 (8.753.2-100718a-102539E)================================================== ============
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 3502, Recorded Time: 92.69s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 80.00s, Average FPS: 43.78
Min FPS: 24.95 at frame 75, Max FPS: 60.22 at frame 955
Average Tri/Sec: 6423163, Tri/Frame: 146731
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 3.56
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 75.98s, Average FPS: 46.09
Min FPS: 24.95 at frame 75, Max FPS: 60.22 at frame 955
Average Tri/Sec: 7702331, Tri/Frame: 167100
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 3.12
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 75.91s, Average FPS: 46.13
Min FPS: 24.95 at frame 75, Max FPS: 60.22 at frame 955
Average Tri/Sec: 7648514, Tri/Frame: 165786
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 3.15
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
================================================== ============//////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\07/31/2010 09:50:55 – Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

DirectX 9.0c GAMER 3X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1920 x 1080 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 24.95 Max: 60.22 Avg: 46.11 ]
sorry had an old result i,ll rerun dx10
ENTHUSIAST
 
 

 

Quote:
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor @ 3919 Mhz
CPU ID: AMD64 Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Physical memory: 8.00 GB
Display adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 1024 MB
Driver version: Catalyst 10.7 (8.753.2-100718a-102539E)================================================== ============
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 3502, Recorded Time: 92.69s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 106.23s, Average FPS: 32.96
Min FPS: 21.49 at frame 2263, Max FPS: 42.56 at frame 746
Average Tri/Sec: 20087678, Tri/Frame: 609366
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.86
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 105.59s, Average FPS: 33.16
Min FPS: 21.49 at frame 2263, Max FPS: 42.56 at frame 746
Average Tri/Sec: -19396880, Tri/Frame: -584867
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.89
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 105.74s, Average FPS: 33.12
Min FPS: 21.20 at frame 2263, Max FPS: 42.56 at frame 746
Average Tri/Sec: -19386174, Tri/Frame: -585363
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.89
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
================================================== ============//////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\07/31/2010 10:47:48 – Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

DirectX 10 ENTHUSIAST 3X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1920 x 1080 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 21.35 Max: 42.56 Avg: 33.14 ]

DX10 Gamer

Quote:
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor @ 3919 Mhz
CPU ID: AMD64 Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Physical memory: 8.00 GB
Display adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 1024 MB
Driver version: Catalyst 10.7 (8.753.2-100718a-102539E)================================================== ============
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 3502, Recorded Time: 92.69s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 73.77s, Average FPS: 47.47
Min FPS: 31.29 at frame 1739, Max FPS: 63.32 at frame 749
Average Tri/Sec: 7015451, Tri/Frame: 147773
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 3.53
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 72.29s, Average FPS: 48.44
Min FPS: 31.29 at frame 1739, Max FPS: 63.67 at frame 720
Average Tri/Sec: 8091635, Tri/Frame: 167034
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 3.13
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 72.05s, Average FPS: 48.61
Min FPS: 31.29 at frame 1739, Max FPS: 63.67 at frame 720
Average Tri/Sec: 8105788, Tri/Frame: 166760
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 3.13
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
================================================== ============//////////// Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\07/31/2010 10:22:54 – Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

DirectX 10 GAMER 3X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1920 x 1080 AA 4xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 31.29 Max: 63.67 Avg: 48.53 ]

DIRT 2
all settings maxed 4x aa
average min_fps=”59.456482″ av_fps=”61.637863″ min_fps_ms=”16.819023″ av_fps_ms=”16.223795″
track
settings name=”battersea” route=”route_1″
car name=”sti”
car name=”bmw”
car name=”e9r”
car name=”cr4″
car name=”sor”
car name=”sti”
car name=”350″
car name=”mer”

results samples=”5306″ min_fps=”59.456482″ av_fps=”61.637863″ min_fps_ms=”16.819023″ av_fps_ms=”16.223795″

 

Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.0

FPS:
29.1
Scores:
733
Min FPS:
16.5
Max FPS:
63.2

Hardware

Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release Mar 7 2010
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:
AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor
CPU flags:
3919MHz MMX+ 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4A HTT
GPU model:
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 8.753.2.0 1024Mb

Settings

Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
1920×1080 4xAA fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
4x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Replication: disabled
Tessellation:
normal
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2010

 

AvP D3D11 Benchmark Report
==========================

**************************************************
* Report Created: 2010-07-31 @ 18:57:02
**************************************************
* Executable Build: V1.03, Apr 19 2010
**************************************************

*DX11 Hardware Detected*

Using Default Video Settings:

Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Texture Quality: 2
Shadow Quality: 3
Anisotropic Filtering: 16
SSAO: ON
Vertical Sync: OFF
DX11 Tessellation: ON
DX11 Advanced Shadows: ON
DX11 MSAA Samples: 1
Benchmark Summary:

Number of frames: 3655
Average Frame Time: 28.7ms
Average FPS: 34.9

 
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ATI Catalyst 10.7 Scooby moment

23 Jul

As in…where are you? we need some help from you now.

of course anyone who don’t know scooby don’t get the reference and therefore AIN’T cool  :)

one site is spouting the 26th July Monday USA time of course…’cause theirs is the best time “sarcasm active”

http://www.legitreviews.com/news/8599/

now this would tie in with VLC and the all amazing accelerated features but time will tell.

one thing is for sure if all i have read around the traps is true, if they fail to fix the crossfire and other issues with this release there is going to be a bit of a jump ship happenning…you can live only so many months on a a 4 month old driver before it starts to smell.

 
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ATI Catalyst 10.6 WHQL drivers released

20 Jun

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Don’t forget to grab the right batch and avivo drivers which still ahve that stupid marketing page to dig through.

So far for me on a 5770 and a 5450 these drivers are workign fine, can’t say they are great or worse yet as haven’t done a lot of testing BUT thy installed perfectly over the top of the 10.5 and 10.6 preview drivers without a hitch.

Video playback wise they definately see to work with Total meda theatre 3 blu ray edition better, especially with the new 3d video plugin :) just need som ebetter galsses and a beter monitor.

Exerpt of chnages.

I have now got a 5870 vapor-x and it runs fine so far on these drivers.

setting up avivo is a bit of a challenge with the new features especially getting deblocking and noise reduction right.

Apart from this all game sso far run very well especially battlefield bad compamy 2(load times are instant no lag in a single card setup for me)

can’t wait for the catalyst 10.7 though

New Windows Features

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 Windows release includes:

GPU acceleration of H.264 video content using Adobe® Flash Player 10.1

  • AMD GPU acceleration of Adobe® Flash Player 10.1 delivers smooth high definition video playback and reduces system resource utilization on notebook and desktop platforms featuring AMD graphics including:
    • ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 and HD 5000 series Graphics
    • ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4000 series (and higher) Graphics
    • ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 series integrated graphics (and higher)  

 

Video De-blocking support

  • Reduces blocking artifacts seen in low-bit rate video during playback  
  • Supported on  ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 series Graphics

Mosquito noise removal  

  • Reduces mosquito noise seen in highly compressed progressive video, during playback  
  • Supported on  ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 series Graphics  

 

Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3

  • ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 4.0 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 series Graphics  
  • ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on ATI Radeon™ HD series Graphics 

 

New Linux Features

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ driver for Linux 10.6 release includes:

Official support for OpenGL 4.0 and OpenGL 3.3

  • ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 4.0 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 series Graphics  
  • ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 delivers official support for OpenGL 3.3 on ATI Radeon™ HD series Graphics 

Support for new Linux operating systems

  • This release of ATI Catalyst™ driver for Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems: 
    • RHEL 5.5 production support

2D performance enhancements

  • ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 delivers a new architecture for 2D acceleration.  The new 2D architecture delivers fast windows resizing with Compiz/Visual-Effects and general 2D performance improvements in all AMD supported Linux distributions.

For more information on ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 (for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux versions), including all of the resolved issues in this release, please see the ATI Catalyst™ 10.6 release notes.

 
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itsnotcheating australia changes again

20 Jun

It must be Tuesday….

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/itsnotcheating/default.aspx

Itsnotcheating australia has changed the setup again so now you get office 2010(office14) pro version for $99 BUT it is the acedemic version.

All well and good for the students it is aimed at but the idea of education is to go out…get a job…start a buisness etc.

So going from a full retail commercial use ultimate 2007 office to a acedemic use only whilst enrolled/emplyed as teacher etc is in my opinion both a backward step and a slap in the face PLUS it costs more.

Office 2010 in the rela world is actually cheaper than 2007 so why is this dearer…

Anywho, it is not all doom and gloom .

They ahve dropped the price of Windows 7 proffesional back to $49.95 for a 32 or 64 bit copy so thats good news.

Oh and as a side note if you were lucky enough to buy during the free upgrade period AND activate it then the free office 2010 upgrade is the commercial 2010 proffesional edition.

Have fun kids.

itsnotcheating australia

its not cheating australia

 
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Catalyst 10.5 ATI Driver WHQL released

27 May

UPDATE 2.1

Hotfix drivers 10.5a have been released in regards to BC2 load times get them here

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-Hotfix.aspx

update

ok little caveat if you use the SB drivers

they totally screwed my usb up there is something seriously amiss with them

went back to the 10.4 for NB/SB usb drivers and all workign now thanks to remote desktop.

grrr

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

some have not uploaded yet so you may get a 404

Seems to be a bugfix release as opposed to nvidias alleged performance monster of a driver release.

win7 avivo

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa…-download.aspx

release notes
http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalys…ease_notes.pdf

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.5 5
z Windows XP Media Center Edition
z Windows XP Professional x64 EditionNote: When installing the ATI Catalyst™ driver for Windows, the
user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator rights
in order to successfully complete the installation of the ATI
Catalyst™ driver.New FeaturesThis section provides information on new features found in this release of the ATI
Radeon™ Display Driver. These include the following:z Support for 120 Hz displays on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series and ATI
Radeon™ HD 3000 Series
z ATI Overdrive enhancement – full support for multiple display configurationsSupport for 120 Hz displays on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000
Series and ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series

z ATI Catalyst™ now supports 120 Hz Displays for the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 and
ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series

ATI Overdrive enhancement – full support for multiple display
configurations

z ATI Overdrive has been enhanced – delivering full support for over-clocking
functionality on supported ATI Radeon™ HD graphics accelerators connected to
multiple display configurations

Resolved Issues for All Windows Operating Systems

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows. These include:

z “Battlefield 2: Bad Company” maps no longer takes unusually long to load
z Enabling hardware shaders (perfect mode) no longer causes text and on-screen menu
corruption while loading missions in “IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946″ game
z Re-logging into a system after a Remote Desktop connection no longer results in
“Catalyst Control Center is not supported…” warning message or the Graphics menu
for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view to go missing
z HDTV resolutions are now properly reported by the tooltip when the mouse cursor
hovers over the CV display icon under “Desktops & Displays” in Catalyst Control
Center

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.5 6
Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™
Software Suite for Windows 7. These include:

z Alt-Tabbing to desktop and back into “Mass Effect 2″ game no longer causes the
display to go black
z In-game Anti-Alias can now be applied when other in-game options like Volumetric
Effects are enabled in “Empire: Total War” and “Napoleon: Total War” games
z Enabling Anti-Alias in “Empire: Total War” no longer causes a performance drop
Running “Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0″ in wireframe mode with tessellation
enabled no longer causes the application to fail on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series cards
z Changing in-game resolution in “Alien vs. Predator” no longer causes the screen to
flicker under Multi-GPU configurations
z Catalyst Control Center now remembers the position of fourth monitor in Eyefinity
group
z Black screen no longer observed with “Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0″ application
with OpenGL mode settings
z Enabling dynamic contrast in Catalyst Control Center video settings no longer causes
vertical stripes to appear during XVID content playback

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:

z [Catalyst Control Center] Avivo basic color controls in the “All Settings” page can
now be applied and will not shift to default values
z HBR (high bit-rate) audio now functions properly
z “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction” no longer fails during game play for ATI
Radeon™ HD 2000 and 3000 series cards

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:

z “Resident Evil 5″ now launches properly with a HDMI display connected to an AGP
card
z PowerDVD no longer exhibits blue and pink tint when adjusting brightness and
contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray content

Known Issues Under All Windows Operating Systems

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

z Disabling CrossFire™ for the first time may cause the “Contrast” value to change to
zero in Catalyst Control Center – Display Properties Color page

ATI Catalyst™ Release Note Version 10.5 7
Known Issues Under the Windows 7 Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows 7 operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

z Corruption may be observed during “Bioshock 2″ gameplay in DirectX 9 and
DirectX 10 mode with CrossFire™ enabled
z PowerDVD may exhibits blue/pink tint and might not display smooth transition when
adjusting brightness and contrast in Catalyst Control Center when viewing Blu-ray
content
z Grass and crop may be rendered randomly at unusual locations in “Battlefield 2: Bad
Company” game scenes
z [Windows 7 64-bit] Under specific Multi-GPU configurations, “Desktop Window
Manager has stopped working” error may appear after driver installation and will not
be enabled until after restart
z [Catalyst Control Center] Customized Avivo video settings may revert to default
values after resuming from sleep/hibernation during SD or Blu-ray playback
z Drag and Drop transcoded H264i content may experience audio and video
synchronization issues and deinterlacing lines when viewed on some devices
z Under Multi-GPU configuration with Crossfire™ enabled, setting both “Shaders
Quality” and “Post-Processing Quality” to “Enthusiast” may cause the frame rate to
drop in “Crysis Warhead” DirectX 9 game
z Green texture corruption may be observed when resolution/video settings are
changed in “Metro 2033″ game in DirectX 10 and 11 mode on some cards
z Assigned hotkeys may fail to be retained for “Desktops & Displays” after Catalyst
Control Center restart

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced under
the Windows Vista operating system in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

z Performing bezel compensation on 3×2 Eyefinity configuration may cause the bezel
group (resolutions) to go missing
 
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Steam opens up for MAC

13 May

how would have thunk it…steam on MAC…hell GAMES on MAC :)

Anyway to celebrate they are giving away portal for FREE until the 24th of May…get an account and get downloading.

Portal used to cost money. Until May 24th, it’s free. End of story.

Well, technically speaking, there are some strings attached. Fortunately, they’re entirely decorative. We just like the way they look, swaying in the gentle breeze created by a million people simultanously fainting from shock at the news that Portal is free. Now you have no reason not to try Portal.

“I have a reason,” some of you are probably typing into an angry email. “You see, sir, I own a Mac.”

Well guess what: For the first time ever, Portal is also available for the Mac.

“Capital news! But the excellent puzzle adventure Portal won over 40 Game of the Year awards; Surely it must cost at least five or six hundred dollars.”

You’d think that, especially since it actually won over 70 Game of the Year Awards. But, like we keep saying, Portal is free. Free on the Mac. Free on the PC. But only until May 24th. So you only have a few days to decide if your free copy of Portal is worth the price we’re currently charging – which is you ever-so-slightly moving your index finger just barely enough to click the big red “download” button right there to the left.

 
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New AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Quick review

28 Apr

update 3.1

added some povray 3.7 beta results based on the below settings

multi threaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

single threaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok update 3.0

screenshots of my bios settings

intel tweeker settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rasm timings

timings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ok got an update on mine
new bios for the 770tud3p F8

http://www.gigabyte.com.au/Support/M…ProductID=3257

thats mine of course.

now the added on/off function i was a bit hmm about what that was (power to charge phone when computer off?) then once i loaded it it seems shizzle has moved.
turbo boost is now in MIT and NOW you can choose the level 12/13/14/16.5 e.g
and NOW turbo boost works when overclocked

mine is now testing at 290/14 with boost set to limit at 15 for 4334

problem is it seems to need a few more volts…well quite afew but again so far hasn’t caused a problem and has given it a nice push especialy in none multi threaded apps like single core cinebench.

i,ll post some screens later when i finished (i,m typing this wjile running prime  )
temsp aren’t foing over 48( more likely 58) but then i only have a dinky ayuwn tower cooler with a pull fan.

so check the gigabyte site for updates peoples..boost whilst overclocked is fun

OK there is a hard temp limit of 62 degrees on these things…too many volts= too much temp, 30 minutes into prime it tipped 52 degrees in AOD and then POP off she went so AOD temps are +10 for future reference.

Started back up fine and now trying with less volts

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f8 bios overclock 1055t

Ok grabbed a new toy to replace the aging Q6600, a nice shiny T1055 phenom 6 core beast.

A cheap gigabyte 770tUD3P  ddr3 motherboard and 8 gig of gskill ripjaws.

Windows 7 pro X64 (old installation, didn’t even format, really liking windows 7)

HD4870 1 gig HIS @790/925

Memory is running at 1600 9 9 9 24 (bit loose but early days)

Stock heatsink and fan   Now using a Awyun V8 tower cooler on the cpu and video card is stock cooling.

Well worth the money.

Big improvement over the q6600 even with 8 Gig of ram(which i have again), and it was no slouch even by todays standards.

These $250 dollar 6 core chips though are brilliant.

a few screenshots of a couple of benches i did at 3360(turbo takes the cores to around 4 ghz when needed unless under full load then they lock to 3360)

Other things to note was testing farcry2 i noticed a very nice boost in performance, not so much huge FPS jumps BUT very very much smoother throughout.

Also UT3 had a large improvement overall jumping a good 10fps in my torture test and spiking a good 20 plus fps maximum.

Now this is with an overclocked chip BUIT stock cooler, stock volts, basically just throwing the bus speed up and the memory down a touch to level it out.

Prime and amd overdrive and gaming stable.

Thats it for now i,ll throw some more details later

*UPDATE*

Overclocked to 3500mhz and 4000mhz now turbo still on

still stock volts

ram now running at 1666 9 9 9 24

Quite a boost

UPDATE

 

Fixed issues with having no temp sensors working, seems ACC (Advanced Clock Calibration ) screws around when turned on with a Phenom II or these X6 chips.

Turned it of and viola

 

 

 

 

and updated cinebench 11.5 results including single core which really shows the turbo boost kicking in, especially whilst doing other tasks.

 

 

 

 

 

A few more shots under load and cinebench

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats all for now :)

 

another update

Hit 4 Ghz with this chip now with a new bios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bios settings

cpu multi set to :14

ht link to 1.4

nb set to 7x

1.53 cpu voltage

1.64 ram voltage

ram settings are

5.33 divider

running at 768 9 9 9 27

core enhance on

c&q off

ACCC set to normal and auto

 
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