Tuesday, May 19th 2009

ATI Catalyst 9.5 is Now Official, Release Notes too

ATI has finally updated its web page to include the official WHQL version of ATI Catalyst 9.5, four days after we first informed you that the driver is ready and provided you with download links. The driver packs uploaded on the AMD servers should be exactly the same as the once we have uploaded on our page last week. Below the text separator are the final release notes and everything you need to know about the 9.5 release. This time I'll link you to AMD GAME! for downloads, but remember our links from the previous post here are still operational and can do the work.

DOWNLOAD: ATI Catalyst 9.5 WHQL for Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit

Release notes:

Performance improvements:
  • Unigine Tropics DX9 - performance gains of up to 11% for single GPU and ATI CrossFireX configurations with anti-aliasing enabled.
  • Company of Heroes - performance gains of up to 10% for both single GPU and ATI CrossFireX configurations.
  • BattleForge - performance gains of up to 10% for ATI CrossFireX configurations.
New Features:
  • AMD has delivered a single unified graphics driver that has received WHQL certification for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista
  • ATI Catalyst 9.5 - Unified Microsoft WHQL certified graphics driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
    Meeting Microsoft's WHQL certification requirements in the ATI Catalyst 9.5 driver for Windows 7 clearly demonstrates AMD's focus and determination to deliver an extremely stable and robust Windows 7 experience on AMD's ATI Radeon Graphics accelerators
  • ATI Catalyst 9.5 - Unified Microsoft WHQL certified graphics driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
    Delivers full WDDM 1.1 WHQL certified support under Windows 7 on the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products
ATI Stream:
  • ATI Video encoder update
  • ATI Catalyst 9.5 resolves a number of issues previously seen in the ATI Video Converter and is supported under Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit
  • Using ATI Stream technology, owners of ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series and ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series of graphics cards can take advantage of this video conversion tool (found in ATI Catalyst Control Center Basic View) to achieve substantial performance improvements when transcoding video files
Source: Blogs AMD
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42 Comments on ATI Catalyst 9.5 is Now Official, Release Notes too

#26
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
DRDNAOh well I am finished with ATI graphic cards....over $800 of their crapola cards in my rig and they still DO not do what they are advertised to do.The Green team has been giving a regular spanking to ATI anyway so look out Nvidia looks like you have another customer who is switching from the red team...Shit the only way ATI can even touch Nvidia is by using dual GPU cards....I would rather spend the extra $30 for Green teams best.Sorry for the rant but I have been patient far too long.:shadedshu:shadedshu ATI :shadedshu:shadedshu
:D:D Nvidia :D:D
Shit and imo The green team needs Physics X to run better numbers..... but thanks.... I think ill settle for ATI till Havoc Accelerator comes out:wtf:
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#27
Kreij
Senior Monkey Moderator
I downloaded and installed 9.5s without any problem. Didn't even bother to uninstall 9.4, just ran the installer and let it do it's thing. The 2D/3D problem is fixed so my card is running cooler in 2D mode.
I've not tried gaming yet, but for what I play I don't anticipate any real issues in performance.
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#28
DRDNA
Yes this set up games very nice ....doesnt GPU bench as well as I would like! I also wanted the converter badly It was a nice feature when it worked...My older x1000 series cards did a very nice job of it . Looking forward to trying out some 295's in Laue of my current disappointment.
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#29
Kreij
Senior Monkey Moderator
DRDNAOh well I am finished with ATI graphic cards....over $800 of their crapola cards in my rig and they still DO not do what they are advertised to do.The Green team has been giving a regular spanking to ATI anyway so look out Nvidia looks like you have another customer who is switching from the red team...Shit the only way ATI can even touch Nvidia is by using dual GPU cards....I would rather spend the extra $30 for Green teams best.Sorry for the rant but I have been patient far too long.:shadedshu:shadedshu ATI :shadedshu:shadedshu
:D:D Nvidia :D:D
Hey DRDNA,

With 2 X2s you should be running happily. What are they not doin that has been advertised.
I'm curious as I've been kicking around the idea of a second X2.
My rig works fine with one.
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#30
Steevo
So no go on the Avivo for X64 vista?
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#31
fullinfusion
Vanguard Beta Tester
Took a hit in the mark06 department (big tyme) and half the shit in the 9.5 dont work.... Back to ol trusty 9.4 for me :nutkick:
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#32
DRDNA
KreijHey DRDNA,

With 2 X2s you should be running happily. What are they not doin that has been advertised.
I'm curious as I've been kicking around the idea of a second X2.
My rig works fine with one.
SteevoSo no go on the Avivo for X64 vista?
Avivo doesn't work in Vista 64! Advertised that it works in Windows.


I want it back soo bad I might just set a dual boot to be able to use it.
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#33
a_ump
eh according to Tweaktown, 9.4 drivers are better. the linky is a review 9.5 vs 9.4
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#34
DaMulta
My stars went supernova
Anyone click on the blog link?

HEHE
I have C&P’d your comment and sent to Sami and the OD team, great asks, let me get back to you on if any of it is possible.
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#35
dieselcat18
So, since this thread seems to be back on topic, should I un-install my current drivers (v8.12) and install v9.4 or v9.5 before I install my new 4890...or just switch out the cards first, then install new drivers ?....which driver version is best to go with, or is that something I'll just have to test to see which set of drivers runs better with this particular card ?

*+
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#36
DRDNA
dieselcat18So, since this thread seems to be back on topic, should I un-install my current drivers (v8.12) and install v9.4 or v9.5 before I install my new 4890...or just switch out the cards first, then install new drivers ?....which driver version is best to go with, or is that something I'll just have to test to see which set of drivers runs better with this particular card ?

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I would stick with 9.4's unless you have an issue with them.
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#37
Steevo
It shows as working with GPU acceleration in the release notes, AVIVO that is, however I install it and it doesn't show up in basic view of CCC, then I went to the actual AVIVO installer and ran that, and it get a error about two ATI *'dll's not registering, so I tried regestering them manually with regsrv32 and it errors out.





Good job ATI. At this rate I will be going green by next month.
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#38
DRDNA
SteevoIt shows as working with GPU acceleration in the release notes, AVIVO that is, however I install it and it doesn't show up in basic view of CCC, then I went to the actual AVIVO installer and ran that, and it get a error about two ATI *'dll's not registering, so I tried regestering them manually with regsrv32 and it errors out.





Good job ATI. At this rate I will be going green by next month.
Same ole shit here too Steevo ....I don't think they even linked the AVIVO for Vista 64 correctly! I think they are linking the VISTA 32 bit ones as the file name for the Vista 64 AVIVO reads>>> 9-5_vista32_xcode...Now I have been with ati for a long time and when an app is for 64 bit they put 64 in the file name and when its for 32 bit they put 32 in the file name now maybe this AVIVO package for Vista is suppose to be the same package for either 32 or 64 bit but I highly doubt it!ERRRRR dirty no good rat bastards I have given ATI in GPU's alone over $4000+ of my hard earned green backs and they are feeding me bull crap!

ATI. At this rate I will be going green sooner than next month.
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#39
DRDNA
NOW THIS IS ATHE ATI I REMEMBER!!!!!!

Okay here is the scoop..
ATI originally had linked the Avivo Video Converter for Vista 64 file named >> 9-5_vista32_xcodeWHICH WAS WRONG!
Now ATI has linked Avivo Video Converter for Vista 64 file named >> 9-5_vista32-64_xcode
WHICH IS CORRECT AND WORKING!
AND WORKING!
AND WORKING!
AND WORKING!

ATI IS MY BEST FREIND AGAIN!!!!
Please ATI forgive me for all the bad things I said and thought!

So I have tested and it works BETTER than ever ! WOW H.264 and FAST!Happy Days are here again!!!:rockout::rockout::rockout::respect:ATI :respect:
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#40
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
i just installed the x64 package under win 7, and cant figure out how to run the damn thing?


edit: ah its the usual thing. the installer fails under 7, and you have to go into C:/ati and find an installer .exe :)
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#42
Meizuman
9.6 is already out, but didn't find it on news section...
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