Wednesday, April 27th 2011

AMD Catalyst 11.4 WHQL Software Suite Released

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AMD today released this month's timely release of its Catalyst software suite, a unified software package that installs the latest drivers for AMD Radeon graphics processors, AMD HDMI audio device, 7-series and 8-series chipsets, and related system software. This particular release has been touted by its makers within the community to provide significant performance improvements, some of which have been demonstrated by a "preview" version of Catalyst 11.4 released last month. A partial list of those games can be found here. Apart from performance enhancements, Catalyst 11.4 WHQL includes new features such as task based display management controls, an improved Eyefinity setup group, and a new Catalyst update notifier that lets your know if a newer version of AMD Catalyst is available online. There are some OpenCL GPU compute enhancements, and a list of bugs fixed, as listed in the Release Notes document.

DOWNLOAD:AMD Catalyst 11.4 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit

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96 Comments on AMD Catalyst 11.4 WHQL Software Suite Released

#26
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
erockerTry the guide I made.
The guide that you need to up-date E? ;)

I installed the 11.4 official driver today and never had a problem. Just uninstalled the ATI Catalyst install manager, rebooted... went into the hidden folders and deleted ATI and checked AMD folders just to be sure...

Re-booted... dropped in the mobo's CD and re-installed the chip set driver's
*that were removed during the ccc uninstall*

Ran the CCC installer and never had a problem sense doing it this way.


Erocker did you put your finger in something you mother warned you about? And now your in the hospital.... I hope everything's ok?
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#27
crazyeyesreaper
Not a Moderator
gonnna try these out in a bit see how they do with my 6970s
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#28
InnocentCriminal
Resident Grammar Amender
Are these better than the 11.4 preview set(s)?
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#29
mybestfriendskip
dir_dI would try putting everything back to stock. When i mean everything im talking about CPU, GPU and RAM all back to factory settings and install. Reoverclock and find your stable settings for each one at a time. I had this problem before with my 5870 and it was a user error not a driver error.
Thanks for the post.

If it were my overclocks, then 11.2 and 11.3 wouldn't work without any problems.

I've also taken each card out and found the stable settings for each card.

I just figured how to get 11.4 to install without any problems..including the HD audio driver. I do a custom install and install everything but the driver first...restart and then install the driver.

However, Crossfire still doesn't work for me with 11.4.
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#30
mybestfriendskip
tricksonTry taking one card out restarting your system then after that turn it back off and reinstall the other card this time put the crossfire ribbon in the other way . Maybe that will wake it up ? Try also put the cards in the other slots ( switch them around ) .
I've already tried this.... lol
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#31
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
InnocentCriminalAre these better than the 11.4 preview set(s)?
Im getting the same marks in Heaven DX 11 Benchmark with lower cpu clocks :D

This driver is working really well so far :pimp:
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#32
Frizz
no problems here, although i get the crossfire flickering in Crysis 2 still even with 11.3 Cap1 profiles.
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#33
erocker
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fullinfusionThe guide that you need to up-date E? ;)

I installed the 11.4 official driver today and never had a problem. Just uninstalled the ATI Catalyst install manager, rebooted... went into the hidden folders and deleted ATI and checked AMD folders just to be sure...

Re-booted... dropped in the mobo's CD and re-installed the chip set driver's
*that were removed during the ccc uninstall*

Ran the CCC installer and never had a problem sense doing it this way.


Erocker did you put your finger in something you mother warned you about? And now your in the hospital.... I hope everything's ok?
I'm out of the hospital now.

Why are you installing chipset drivers off of your CD? Download the latest off of AMD's site. What needs to be updated in the guide? Please post it there, thanks! :)

*Oh tested BFBC2 with 11.4's and it's smooth as butter.
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#34
mybestfriendskip
dir_dI would try putting everything back to stock. When i mean everything im talking about CPU, GPU and RAM all back to factory settings and install. Reoverclock and find your stable settings for each one at a time. I had this problem before with my 5870 and it was a user error not a driver error.
I just dropped everything to stock clocks and reinstalled 11.4..guess what - still Crossfire FAIL for me.

Keep in mind that I can go between 11.2 and 11.3 within a matter of minutes and crossfire works for both....as soon as 11.4 is installed, crossfire performance takes a huge nose dive..Crossfire performance with 11.4 is ~55-60% of what it is with 11.3.

I give up...I've been at this over a month.

Back to 11.3 it is....

BL
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#35
crazyeyesreaper
Not a Moderator
well using Sapphire TriXX with the 11.4 WHQL = bsod, while 11.4 preview works fine, so i cant overclock with the utlity anymore.
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#36
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
erockerI'm out of the hospital now.

Why are you installing chipset drivers off of your CD? Download the latest off of AMD's site. What needs to be updated in the guide? Please post it there, thanks! :)

*Oh tested BFBC2 with 11.4's and it's smooth as butter.
Im just bustin ur ballz E lol.

I see no AHCI driver when installing the ccc... When I run the cd It scans the driver and says this driver needs to be installed.


After that I run the latest ccc installer and select custom install- That way it shows if there is any thing left out.

It works great so who am I to say? :eek:
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#37
BababooeyHTJ
crazyeyesreaperwell using Sapphire TriXX with the 11.4 WHQL = bsod, while 11.4 preview works fine, so i cant overclock with the utlity anymore.
Oh, the disable ULPS option in Trixx misses a couple of lines in the registry with 11.4. It's a quick fix.
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#38
crazyeyesreaper
Not a Moderator
yea uh 11.4 preview drives are roughly the same and those have 0 issues the whql on the other hand dosent eitherway dosent matter that much to me.
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#40
mybestfriendskip
So I'm seeing now why the performance with 11.4 is much lower for me than it was with 11.3.

When I run Afterburner 2.2, it shows that GPU 1 is running anywhere from 45%-65% while GPU 2 is pegged at 99%. In 11.3, both always did 99%.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how to force 99% usage on GPU1?

Thanks for your input and efforts.

BL
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#41
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
mybestfriendskipSo I'm seeing now why the performance with 11.4 is much lower for me than it was with 11.3.

When I run Afterburner 2.2, it shows that GPU 1 is running anywhere from 45%-65% while GPU 2 is pegged at 99%. In 11.3, both always did 99%.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how to force 99% usage on GPU1?

Thanks for your input and efforts.

BL
It's better for you using 11.3 drivers over the 11.4?

You have something going on wrong bro!!!
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#42
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
fullinfusionIm just bustin ur ballz E lol.

I see no AHCI driver when installing the ccc... When I run the cd It scans the driver and says this driver needs to be installed.


After that I run the latest ccc installer and select custom install- That way it shows if there is any thing left out.

It works great so who am I to say? :eek:
because they arent in the regular CCC download. get them off the AMD site.
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#43
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
Musselsbecause they arent in the regular CCC download. get them off the AMD site.
WhATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.............................(wind blowing)
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#44
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
erockerI'm out of the hospital now.

Why are you installing chipset drivers off of your CD? Download the latest off of AMD's site. What needs to be updated in the guide? Please post it there, thanks! :)

*Oh tested BFBC2 with 11.4's and it's smooth as butter.
i testt it as I speak of it!!! fell me bro, just feel me!!!!!!!
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#45
alexsubri
Well, I didn't see any changes for my 5850 Crossfire in the notes. Sooo0o0o0 I'll stay with my current driver's. Also, it says "PowerDVD crashes with Crossfire Enabled." Sheesh that suck's lol that never happen to me before.
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#46
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
alexsubriWell, I didn't see any changes for my 5850 Crossfire in the notes. Sooo0o0o0 I'll stay with my current driver's. Also, it says "PowerDVD crashes with Crossfire Enabled." Sheesh that suck's lol that never happen to me before.
those lists are often less than 1/3 of the actual changes. some of the best drivers for 5K cards (10.10e and 11.4 preview) didnt mention pretty much any 5K fixes that they actually did.
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#47
duke_srg
Does they finally fixed a mouse lag issue?
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#48
treboRR
SetsunaFZerodoes this fix the flickering in crysis 2 with crossfire?

cant test it myselft my 2nd card died on me :(
i hardly doubt it, because with nvidia SLI (8800GTS :P here) i have the same problem, flickering n sh*t. so i think we have to wait for a new patch 4 crysis 2 orsmthg:toast:
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#49
RejZoR
Cat 11.4 are pretty good. I especially love the new profiles system. Now i can set one profile with regular FSAA and AF and another one with MLAA and AF. Before 11.4 i had to switch every setting by hand, but now i can do it with 1 click. And then i also added Max Quality profile with all settings set for max quality without any optimizations for older games.

Though there is a small bug. If you don't enter tooltip info, the settings won't be stored. Profile is created but no settings are stored in it. Just copy the profile name to the Tooltip field as well and settings will be stored. Or make a description.
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#50
mastrdrver
mybestfriendskipSo I'm seeing now why the performance with 11.4 is much lower for me than it was with 11.3.

When I run Afterburner 2.2, it shows that GPU 1 is running anywhere from 45%-65% while GPU 2 is pegged at 99%. In 11.3, both always did 99%.

Anyone have any suggestions as to how to force 99% usage on GPU1?

Thanks for your input and efforts.

BL
And this is why I always recommend reading all of the release notes before installing AMD/ATI drivers. After reading them I see this:

On Windows 7
High GPU clock speeds may be retained after exiting a 3D application.

On Vista
Windows Aero may be disabled after installing the driver.

So they fix some things but at the same time screw up some others to get them fixed. What kind of fix is that? :nutkick:

Guess I got to wait until next month to see if they get FF4 and games really fixed with the high gpu usage/clocks or not.
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