AMD Unveils ATI Catalyst 10.6 WHQL Software Suite

[Mussels]

Don't suggest the obvious. Already did it twice. Also removed every file with driver sweeper and reinstalled and still no CCC.

for a less obvious solution, try hitting your screen with a hammer*. you never stated what you'd tried already, so i started with the obvious.


*if you do, take pics afterwards.

 

[regy13]

for a less obvious solution, try hitting your screen with a hammer*. you never stated what you'd tried already, so i started with the obvious.


*if you do, take pics afterwards.

Many people seem to have CCC issues with 10.6. ATi seems to be unable to make a catalyst with no errors...

http://forums.amd.com/game/messagev...=135211&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

 

[t_ski]

Am I the only one whose CCC doesn't launch with this version? Can't get to the CCC options. Any suggestions?

Don't suggest the obvious. Already did it twice. Also removed every file with driver sweeper and reinstalled and still no CCC.

Give an exact description of what is happening, including any error message you see.

Some free advice: politeness helps, so don't be rude to those offering assistance. Piss them off and no one will want to help.

 

[erocker]

Don't suggest the obvious. Already did it twice. Also removed every file with driver sweeper and reinstalled and still no CCC.

Driver sweeper doesn't remove "every" file. You sure that you are installing the Catalyst suite and not just the drivers? Oh, and asking for suggestions then turning around and stating that suggestions people give you are "obvious" is obviously ridiculous unless you actually state what you already did. Use older drivers if these don't work for you.

 

[regy13]

Already laughed enough with your flaming guys. But apparently there's no solution. As I already said in post #127 many people have issues with 10.6 and CCC not running. Thanks for your help.

 

[erocker]

Already laughed enough with your flaming guys. But apparently there's no solution. As I already said in post #127 many people have issues with 10.6 and CCC not running. Thanks for your help.

You are very welcome. I like 10.4a's or 10.4b's. Good luck getting things working.

 

[regy13]

Give an exact description of what is happening, including any error message you see.

Some free advice: politeness helps, so don't be rude to those offering assistance. Piss them off and no one will want to help.

There is no error message. Everything is installed fine and log says success to everything. I really wasn't trying to offend Mussels. I just answered him this way for fun because I found it funny for him to give a solution that even noobs would have already tried.

 

[regy13]

You are very welcome. I like 10.4a's or 10.4b's. Good luck getting things working.

10.4 seem to have been the best 10s so far. Guess I'll revert to 10.5 for now though until there's a fix

 

[Formula350]

There is no error message. Everything is installed fine and log says success to everything. I really wasn't trying to offend Mussels. I just answered him this way for fun because I found it funny for him to give a solution that even noobs would have already tried.

With only 7 posts under your belt, how else are we suppose to treat you? If you ask a question like a noob, you'll get noob oriented answers, simple as that

My question would've been what erocker asked, if you had downloaded the suite package, or just the drivers

 

[t_ski]

There is no error message. Everything is installed fine and log says success to everything. I really wasn't trying to offend Mussels. I just answered him this way for fun because I found it funny for him to give a solution that even noobs would have already tried.

You think it's fun to be disrespectful and arrogant? If you aren't a noob you should know that you have to help others so that they can help you. No system specs, no info, no details, no help. :shadedshu

 

[regy13]

You think it's fun to be disrespectful and arrogant? If you aren't a noob you should know that you have to help others so that they can help you. No system specs, no info, no details, no help. :shadedshu

Spare me the morals man. I believe we're all grown-ups and we all sometimes tease others for fun. If Mussels wasn't offended by my joke and made one himself why do YOU keep coming back to this? Are you some kind of guardian?

System specs: irrelevant to the matter but given at the bottom. Info-details: none given. installation status log successful.
The only thing I should have said and wrongfully didn't is this: My pc is on Win7 x64 with .Net Framework 4 installed and I already did a second clean installation. I have installed the full 73MB CCC package. The problem appears to be on the 10.6 package as many others face it too and at this point we can't figure on what it depends.

CPU: Intel i7 920, GPU: Sapphire 5850 1GB, Ram: 12GB OCZ Gold, Case: Coolermaster Storm Scout, PSU: Coolermaster 800W Silent

 

[Mussels]

yeah people can calm down, it was never that big a deal.

system specs are always relevant, because we may know something you dont about compatibility issues.

 

[Baum]

any improvements for HD4000 users?

 

[cadaveca]

I find it odd how 5970 in some apps gets larger boost than 2x5870, yet others, gets equal boost. Something fishy there...given the higher clock speeds, 5870 should get greater increases, unless PCI-E bandwidth is an issue.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

any improvements for HD4000 users?

Not many game (performance) improvements, mainly Flash 10.1 hardware acceleration for our cards.

 

[Formula350]

Well it seems 10.6 for me were only amplifying underlying issues I already had. I presumably installed 10.5s and the crashes are still there, just less frequent. Now I say presumably because either in this thread or another, someone mentioned the CIM not installing the drivers due to the current ones on the system being newer than those trying to be installed. It didn't give an error, so I assume it did, but who knows. Everything is default clocked and volted (even the system components) so all I can only assume it is a driver related problem. Time to do a clean sweep! If that doesn't fix it, as reluctant as I've been to do it, I'll just have to reinstall 7 Which I'll admit the install I'm running on is quite polluted since it was originally installed on a Gigabyte S939 NF4 + x1950 Pro rig, which transplanted back and forth between it and an 90% identical DFI model. Then when I got this 890GX with the A-II 250u, it transplanted over to it minus the x1950. Then later the 555 BE and a Solo 5770, and Crossfire a few days later So it's not really the ideal operating environment lol

 

[Formula350]

Had to format and decided to go with x64 this time since I have 4gb. Tried 10.4b out for awhile, but since I didn't have anything EXCEPT the drivers, I just downloaded the whole 10.6 Suite. That has so far been working out fine, no crashes like before, so I figure it must have been just the total clog of a registry I was running :\ Not totally convinced I like x64 yet, quite a few games I had installed (even before I started Win7) that were working in 7 x86 didn't want to in x64... But on the flip side, oddly enough one game started when before it wouldn't lol I also "lost" my DiRT 2 progress because it wouldn't let me port over my save I backed up :\

But that is getting off topic. So far the only issues I've been having with crashes is of my own doing, which is unstable overclocks. Since I downclocked a bit last night, things have been running smoothly... Why CCC says 980MHz Core is stable when so far the highest stable I've been able to find is 890Mhz, is completely beyond me!!

 

[Mussels]

as a heads up, i've been getting BSOD's (page faults) when resuming from sleep mode.

i reverted to cat 10.5 BC2 hotfix and so far no BSOD in a few tests, will report back later.

 

[regy13]

As a conclusion, 10.6 seems to be the worst version of the 10 series. BSOD, CCC not working, low fps. Good job once again ATi.

 

[Formula350]

As a conclusion, 10.6 seems to be the worst version of the 10 series. BSOD, CCC not working, low fps. Good job once again ATi.

I won't dispute that, but CCC worked fine for me in x86 (which was quite a mess registry wise) and I think the fresh OS is what fixed my BSODs. Can't really speak for FPS though, but they do seem low since I can't run DiRT 2 at the same settings. Though 10.4b set was honestly about 40% slower Don't know if it was because I didn't have CCC installed, but how that would really matter I don't know, since all it does is change settings in the registry. *shrug* All I know is they picked up once I installed the 10.6 suite.

 

[Mussels]

As a conclusion, 10.6 seems to be the worst version of the 10 series. BSOD, CCC not working, low fps. Good job once again ATi.

i have not confirmed the source of my BSOD's, i've got an entirely new hardware setup.

 

[DRDNA]

I get BSOD's too with the 10.6 suite...first time a CCC release was this bad for my experience.

 

[Formula350]

i have not confirmed the source of my BSOD's, i've got an entirely new hardware setup.

I get BSOD's too with the 10.6 suite...first time a CCC release was this bad for my experience.

What do the logs, or the actual BSOD (if not set to auto-restart), say as the reason?

 

[Mussels]

What do the logs, or the actual BSOD (if not set to auto-restart), say as the reason?

in fact, they say nothing. ' the system shut down unexpectedly' and "page fault in non paged area"


very vague. it only occurs after using S3 sleep (for over 8 hours of sleep state) and takes upto 30 minutes after waking to crash... so yeah, its a little slow to diagnose if a fix has worked or not.

 

[Formula350]

in fact, they say nothing. ' the system shut down unexpectedly' and "page fault in non paged area"


very vague. it only occurs after using S3 sleep (for over 8 hours of sleep state) and takes upto 30 minutes after waking to crash... so yeah, its a little slow to diagnose if a fix has worked or not.

I thought the latter error was in relation to memory? You recently timed, clocked, or perhaps even you dropped the voltage down a bit?

Or see if your BIOS has options for something like Tri-Stating and/or I think it's called Memory Clock Down or Down Clock. In my 890GX I have to trigger advanced mode in the BIOS (Ctrl+F1, Award only as far as I know), but they default off anyways.

EDIT: Here is what my BIOS says, and the exact naming of them:

CKE Power Down Mode - Set the DRAMs to power down when the CKE pin is closed
Memclock tri-stating - Memclock tri-stating during C3 and Alt VID

To me, that sounds like what could easily cause someone issues like you are having. Worth a look at least