Thursday, December 17th 2009

ATI Catalyst 9.12 WHQL Released
AMD released its latest version of the ATI Catalyst Software Suite to date, Catalyst 9.12 WHQL, which provides drivers and system software for the company's ATI Radeon graphics processors, AMD 7-series chipset IGPs, ATI multimedia products, and the AMD FireStream GPGPU processors. Version 9.12 announced today, comes with expanded GPU support for DirectCompute 10.1 for specific GPUs, includes performance increments, OpenGL 3.2 extension support, along with the usual application-specific fixes.
To begin with, application-specific performance increments include an overall performance improvement as high as 9% on the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, for 3DMark Vantage. GT1 - Jane Nash performance improves as much as 15% and FT4 - GPU Cloth improves up to 15%. Performance improves as much as 6% on single card configurations for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat. The release provides DirectCompute 10.1 support for ATI Radeon HD 4800 and HD 4700 GPUs in both single and multi-GPU configurations. Lastly, this release adds support for certain OpenGL 3.2 extensions for all GPUs from Radeon HD 2000 series and upward (HD 3000, HD 4000, and HD 5000).
DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst 9.12 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit
For more information, refer to the Release Notes document.
To begin with, application-specific performance increments include an overall performance improvement as high as 9% on the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, for 3DMark Vantage. GT1 - Jane Nash performance improves as much as 15% and FT4 - GPU Cloth improves up to 15%. Performance improves as much as 6% on single card configurations for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Call of Pripyat. The release provides DirectCompute 10.1 support for ATI Radeon HD 4800 and HD 4700 GPUs in both single and multi-GPU configurations. Lastly, this release adds support for certain OpenGL 3.2 extensions for all GPUs from Radeon HD 2000 series and upward (HD 3000, HD 4000, and HD 5000).
DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst 9.12 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit
For more information, refer to the Release Notes document.
83 Comments on ATI Catalyst 9.12 WHQL Released
pity about the delay, but I have yet to have any bugginess or instability, keepers for now.
OC'd to 800(GPU) x 1000(Mem) and am getting a little over 170,000
Don't have the OpenCL SDK yet. Too lazy at the moment to get it :D
Can't test CPU as all 4 cores are running 100% crunching and I don't want to suspend the work units.
Did you uninstall 1st or just install over the last ones ?.
I look forward to the day we see developers using OpenCL/Direct Compute
supcom and supcomfa are screwed with crossfire on and off after mulitple driver installs
supcom the units just stall they dont move in large battles in supcomfa units are fine but everytime u leave a skirmish or complete a mission etc i crash to desktop 9.11s dont have this problem so the 9% perfromance increase i get in Dirt2 isnt worth the loss of 2 games i have a blast playing sorry Ati back to the drawing board for you
support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATICatalyst912Hotfix.aspx
ATI Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix
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Last Updated
12/16/2009
Article Number
GPU-42
Hotfix that resolves the mouse being enlarged under Windows® 7, improves performance of OpenGL games, Provides CrossFireX™ support for Eyefinity & Provides support for OpenCL
Problem Description:
· Performance drop is observed with a supported ATI CrossFireX™ configuration when using the thermal scope while playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare
· Performance drop during the opening cinematic of Resident Evil 5
· Wheelman freezes while loading the game menu and can't play further
· The desktop mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random while using Windows 7
· Flashing in various OpenGL titles – City of Heroes, Enemy Territories: Quake Wars, Riddick
· Heaven benchmark (DirectX 9 mode) – Grass flickers and white boarders observed around the edges
· DTS-HD and Dolby True-HD not working properly with certain receivers while using HDMI connection on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release include:
1. Support for the OpenCL™ GPU component of the ATI Stream SDK v2.0
§ The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release provides full support for GPU acceleration of OpenCL when used in conjunction with the ATI Stream™ SDK v2.0.
This feature is supported on the following Products:
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series
o ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series
o AMD FireStream™ 9200 Series
For more information about ATI Stream™ Technology and OpenCL, please visit www.amd.com/stream.
§ Supported operating systems: Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP, Linux
2. Support for ATI CrossFireX™ on Eyefinity configurations
§ The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireX™ support on Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional graphics cards for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution Eyefinity display groups.
3. Support for DisplayPort audio
§ The ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Hotfix release adds support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort panels
Recommendation:
A hotfix has been created to resolve the issue.
2. To install the Hotfix, complete the install wizard
Note! This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above.
Applicable Products:
This article applies to the following configurations:
Software:
o Call of Duty Modern Warfare
o City of Heroes
o Resident Evil 5
o Enemy Territories: Quake Wars
o Heaven benchmark
o Wheelman
o Riddick
Hardware:
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series
o ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series
o ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series
o AMD FireStream™ 9200 Series
Operating System:
o Windows® 7 32-bit Edition
o Windows® 7 64-bit Edition
o Windows® Vista 32-bit Edition
o Windows® Vista 64-bit Edition
o Windows® XP Vista 32-bit Edition
o Windows® XP Vista 64-bit Edition
o Linux Vista 32-bit Edition
o Linux Vista 64-bit Edition
very happy with them altho i find it comical they have a screw up on DAY 1 of a driver release that needs a correction that they already had they would have at least seemed more hmm adequate reliable on the ball damn it the word i want escapes me but eitherway they should have waited the extra 10hrs and released the hotfix driver as the actual 9.12 driver. they would have looked a bit less incompetent (found the word i wanted) :roll: anyway we have a good driver finally time to start benching
I keep getting d3derr_invalidcall even before any testing starts. the normal tests work fine, seems to work fine with non-hd5000, seems to work fine with cat 9.11
(yes, i read your latest post that the hotfix fixes it - just pointing it out)
edit: i'm about to test the beta/openCL drivers
9.12 WHQL without stream SDK installed (no change with SDK):
9.12 Hotfix with stream SDK installed - custom version of GPU-Z from w1zzard :)
but the benchmark works fine :D