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Nvidia GeForce/ION 191.07 WHQL

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 191.07

* Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
* Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.07 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
o Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2
o Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled
o Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled
o Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled
o Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled
o Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled
* Adds SLI support for Aion, Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more.
* Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application.

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ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.10 Driver

New Features:

Official ATI Catalyst WHQL release supporting ATI Radeon HD 5800 series GPUs

ATI Catalyst 9.10 now includes full GPU support for the award winning ATI HD Radeon 5800 series GPUS!

Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series

ATI Catalyst 9.10 provides support for a new Anti-Aliasing method on the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series. Users can now experience the high level of anti-aliasing image quality using Super Sampling anti-aliasing while maintaining good performance levels.

Highlights of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.10 release for Linux includes:

New Features

Support for new Linux operating systems

This release of ATI Catalyst driver for Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:

Ubuntu 9.10 early look support

Highlights of resolved issues

Ghostbusters video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560×1600

Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in “Riddick 2 Dark Athena” no longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations

Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific HDMI displays with configurations using ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ technology in tri and quad modes

Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and ATI Fire Streamâ„¢ ASIC in the secondary PCIe slot

“Combat Mission Shock Force” no longer fails after a duration of game play

Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the ATI Catalyst Control Center – TV Properties Adjustments page

Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in ATI Catalyst Control Center - Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot

To download the driver, click here.
 
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GeForce/ION Driver Release 195.62 WHQL

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 195.62

* Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.

* Adds support for GeForce GT 240.

* Adds support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

* Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.

* Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.

* Includes numerous bug fixes including improved performance for Need for Speed: Shift. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.

* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

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Cat 9.12 and Catalyst 9.12 Hotfix has been released..

Highlights of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.12 Windows release include:

ATI Catalystâ„¢ support for DirectCompute 10.1

This release of ATI Catalystâ„¢ provides full support for DirectCompute 10.1 for the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4800 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4700 Series for both single card and ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ supported configurations.

OpenGL 3.2 extension support

This release of ATI Catalystâ„¢ provides support for OpenGL 3.2 extension support on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3000 Series and ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2000 Series. The following is a list of OpenGLâ„¢ 3.2 features and extensions added in ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.12:

> Support for OpenGL Shading Language 1.50.
> BGRA vertex component ordering (GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra).
> Drawing commands allowing modification of the base vertex index (GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex).
> Shader fragment coordinate convention control (GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions).
> Provoking vertex control (GL_ARB_provoking_vertex).
> Seamless cube map filtering (GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map).
> Multisampled textures and texture samplers for specific sample locations (GL_ARB_texture_multisample).
> Fragment depth clamping (GL_ARB_depth_clamp).
> Geometry shaders (GL_ARB_geometry_shader4).
> Fence sync objects (GL_ARB_sync).
> Transform_feedback2
> Texture_cubemap_array

Highlights of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.12 hotfix release include:

Support for the OpenCLâ„¢ GPU component of the ATI Stream SDK v2.0

The ATI Catalystâ„¢ 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 ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4000 Series and the AMD FireStreamâ„¢ 9200 Series of products. For more information about ATI Stream technology and OpenCL.

Support for ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ on Eyefinity configurations.

The ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.12 hotfix release provides ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ support on Eyefinity configurations, allowing users to take advantage of their additional GPUs for increased gaming performance when driving high resolution Eyefinity display groups supported on the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5800 Series, and ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5700 Series.

Support for DisplayPort audio

The ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.12 hotfix release adds support for DisplayPort audio for DisplayPort panels

Fixes for the following issues:

> Resident Evil 5 – Performance drop during the opening cinematic.

> Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 – Performance drop observed with a supported ATI CrossFireX™ configuration when using the thermal scope.

> Wheelman – Game freezes while loading the game menu.

> 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.

> ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series – issue with HDMI: DTS-HD and Dolby True-HD not working properly with certain receivers.

> The desktop mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random when using Windows 7
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Catalyst 10.1 has released quite a while back! :ashamed:



/*And here I'm using 9.12 wondering why some of the backgrounds on Borderlands looks choppy and washed out!*/
 
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^^

10.1 is giving quite a bit of issues. Also There is a Mass Affect HF 10.1 also out. Though it is the full load. Be careful if you install 10.1. Am remaining with 9.12. Much more stable. Though if you really want to, give 10.1 a try. If your systems does not gel, roll back.
 
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even when i install the catalyst 10.1 drivers the information box shows it as 9.12.
Any problems about that.
 
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^^

That is a common bug. Happening to most users. If you pulled it off the official ATI site. No worries. It is 10.1 but displays 9.12, Though you have it stable. HD5xxx series is suffering a lot.
 
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Catalyst 10.2 Hotfix is released...

Grab it from here : http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATICatalyst102Hotfix.aspx

DAMMIT says
AMD/ATi said:
Issues resolved with ATI Catalyst 10.2 Hotfix:

  • Resolves the issue when the game hangs/freezes after applying DX11 from within the game when using:
    • ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4800 Series
    • ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4700 Series
  • Resolves the issue when mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random while using Windows 7
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Thought I should share with you

NVIDIA pulls 196.75 driver amid reports it's frying graphics cards

One of the discussions that arise anytime we bring up a new graphics card from ATI or NVIDIA is about which company has the better drivers. Well, this should help sway the argument a little bit. It would seem StarCraft II Beta players were among the first to notice low frame rates while using the latest drivers from NVIDIA, and further digging has uncovered that the automated fan-controlling part of said firmware was failing to act as intended. The result? Overheated chips, diminished performance, and in some extreme cases, death (of the GPU, we think the users will be okay). The totality of it is that you should avoid the 196.75 iteration like the plague, and NVIDIA has temporarily yanked the update while investigating the reported issues. Shame that the company hasn't got any warnings up on its site to tell those who've installed the update but haven't yet nuked their graphics card to roll back their drivers, but that's what you've got us for, right?
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NVIDIA pulls 196.75 driver amid reports it's frying graphics cards -- Engadget
 
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What is the general consensus on the Catalyst 10.2 drivers? And the hotfix application?

What's with ATI releasing all buggy drivers these days? :\
 
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@Desecrator: Seems to be running fine to me, on my both ATi cards (3870 and 5770). The only bug I'm getting is in Prince of Persia, and that too I'm not entirely sure, if it's because of graphic card. It seems more or less due to sound issue.
 
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10.2 = buggy.

10.3 = gold. (Specially for HD5xxx serires).
 
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asingh said:
10.2 = buggy.
10.3 = gold. (Specially for HD5xxx serires).
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i was trying to see how much the diffrence is and i did a test check the results ...

10.2

10.3

both these with a system a bit overclocked cpu @ 3Ghz ram @900Mhz the 5850 @ 775 and 1100(4400) Mhz respectively
 
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