[Kaotik]

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...lypreview.aspx

AMD Catalyst™ 11.4 early preview – “Mjölnir”

AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4 early Preview Features:

• Delivers performance enhancements for the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series & Windows 7.
• Includes enhancements to the AMD Catalyst Control Center™
  • New task based Display Management controls
    • Simplifies the configuration of displays and display settings
  • New Eyefinity setup group
    • Setting up an Eyefinity group has never been easier
  • New branding (based on system configuration)
    • AMD based platform – AMD VISION Engine Control Center
    • Discrete AMD GPU with Intel CPU – AMD Catalyst Control Center™
  • AMD Catalyst update notification (found within the Information Center)
    • Please note this functionality is not yet enabled, but will be in a future AMD Catalyst release
    • This feature will be used to notify users that new AMD Catalyst software packages are available
• Fixed cases where Dragon Age 2 would hang in DirectX11 on ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series products.

Instructions:
Download and install the AMD Catalyst driver hotfix from the following location:

• AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4 early Preview for Windows 7

Refer to Article GPU-33 for detailed instructions on how to properly install the AMD Catalyst™ Driver 11.4 early Preview.

Note! This Preview is provided “AS IS” in accordance with the End User License Agreement.

[Silent_Buddha]

Dang 11.3 isn't even out yet and 11.4 preview is being released?

Regards,
SB

[Ike Turner]

But can we force AA in NFS: Hot Pursuit or are the 11.1s still the latest ones that have this "feature"?

[Mize]

Originally Posted by Ike Turner

But can we force AA in NFS: Hot Pursuit or are the 11.1s still the latest ones that have this "feature"?

You can use RadeonPro to force it in 11.2.

[Sinistar]

Ran Heaven benchmark, 3dmarks11, and Just Cause 2, seem to be a 3% improvement compared to 11.2.

[Ike Turner]

Originally Posted by Mize

You can use RadeonPro to force it in 11.2.

Nope didn't work for me Damn you AMD!! let me enable AA back in NFS:HP!

What did AMD change (starting with 11.1a) that now prevents AA to be forced in Hot Pursuit? Seriously, this is annoying.

[Davros]

Originally Posted by Ike Turner

Damn you AMD!! let me enable AA back in NFS:HP!
.

I pointed out that amd application profiles have been disabling forced aa for quite a few games
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread...isabled&page=4

allegedly this is a good thing

[Ike Turner]

Originally Posted by Davros

I pointed out that amd application profiles have been disabling forced aa for quite a few games
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread...isabled&page=4

allegedly this is a good thing

I don't have the AMD application profiles installed though..

[Kaotik]

Where does Catalyst installer save the install log-file?
The drivers installed, but said there was warning during installation, but the view log button didn't work at all.
I suspect the warning could be related to my background picture which didn't keep it's scaling settings for some reason.

After reboot, CCC2 is working like it should, and background picture is scaled properly too.

Driver Packaging Version 8.84.3-110226a-114256E-ATI
Catalyst Version 11.4
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1142
2D Driver File Path /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0000
Direct3D Version 7.14.10.0825
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.10660
Catalyst Control Center Version 2011.0226.2342.42516

[Arnold Beckenbauer]

[Mize]

Originally Posted by Kaotik

Where does Catalyst installer save the install log-file?
The drivers installed, but said there was warning during installation, but the view log button didn't work at all.

I have this issue in 11.2.

[Tahir2]

With these and 11.2 drivers can't get DVI to work.
Locks computer on boot, keyboard unresponsive and no display.

Go through VGA and everything is fine.. anyone got any tips on how to resolve this issue?

This is on both Windows 7 32bit and 64bit, fresh installs.

[Mize]

Originally Posted by Tahir2

With these and 11.2 drivers can't get DVI to work.
Locks computer on boot, keyboard unresponsive and no display.

Go through VGA and everything is fine.. anyone got any tips on how to resolve this issue?

This is on both Windows 7 32bit and 64bit, fresh installs.

One of my engineers has this issue on a 5xxx series board. It happened after an update and he has not been able to resolve it. It would appear that more recent AMD drivers have trouble reading the monitor info over DVI. Annoying.

[Davros]

thank god I read all the posts before installing

[Kaotik]

Originally Posted by Davros

thank god I read all the posts before installing

I've heard others have had the same issue of installer saying there was a warning, but their logs (which did work) haven't shown any errors or warnings anyway, and just like for me, the drivers work without issues despite the warning on installer.

[I.S.T.]

Originally Posted by Davros

thank god I read all the posts before installing

To be fair to AMD, this is a preview(Beta) of a driver that isn't going to come out for over a month. It's gonna have broken stuff in it.

[Davros]

The pc shouldnt lock though if the edid cant be read afaik windows should boot even without a monitor

ps: i wonder if you could combine the 2d driver from working cats with the files from the latest one

[Mize]

Originally Posted by Davros

The pc shouldnt lock though if the edid cant be read afaik windows should boot even without a monitor

Good point. I don't know if my engineer's issue includes locking up or not...I seem to remember it wouldn't post on DVI after an update but was fine on vga. I'll ask him.

[Tahir2]

Originally Posted by Mize

Good point. I don't know if my engineer's issue includes locking up or not...I seem to remember it wouldn't post on DVI after an update but was fine on vga. I'll ask him.

Ask him to try the caps lock and scroll lock keys after the HDD stops whirring on load.

New issue:





Note the text, seems to have a filter applied to it in MSN Messenger and Firefox but not in IE9 or SRWare Iron - GPU and CPU version (Chrome).

[Mize]

WRT filtering it looks an awful lot like MorphAA on in game text ? Strange.

[Kaotik]

Yep that's clearly MLAA enabled, don't know if it's the programs or drivers fault when it gets applied to certain windows programs too.
So disabling MLAA should fix that.

[Tahir2]

Yup, issue resolved after deselecting Morphological AA.

[egoless]

Originally Posted by Tahir2

Yup, issue resolved after deselecting Morphological AA.

Same here. Happened to me in windows media center and turbotax. Disabled MLAA and both programs displayed properly. Weird.

[Tahir2]

Some more info regarding the issue with a digital connection not working.

1. Worked with HDMI and DVI to my monitor on Catalyst 10.12 and before.
2. VGA has no issues at the maximum resolution of the monitor.
3. Monitor is a Digimate 22" jobbie (seems to have a high end panel in it though as the viewing angle is superb horizontally and vertically).

It is also definitely that changed and caused the issue. Whether this means the graphics card has a slight fault or the newer drivers are buggy I don't know.

Rest of the system is as follows:

AMD Phenom II X2 550
Asrock 880G Extreme3 motherboard
4GB DDR3 1333MHz Crucial RAM
2TB Samsung F4 HDD
FSP 700W PSU (changing that tomorrow or the day after hopefully to a Seasonic model)

OS

Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit and have tried it with my copy of 64bit Home Premium too.

No display and keyboard and mouse "locks" during loading of operating system - keyboard and mouse connected via USB.

Hope this helps someone recreate the issue should they need to.

[Davros]

so tahir your wallpaer it's supposed to have those white dots on it ?