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PostPosted: 26 May 2010, 22:19 
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http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Just pick your flavor. These are official now.

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PostPosted: 27 May 2010, 04:07 
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Well I just tried it.

Did not fix my Eyefinity issue with my dell/bizlink adapter. I'm going to return my bizlink adapter.


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PostPosted: 27 May 2010, 10:47 
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I do not know how this compares to the 10.5beta from a while ago though.



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PostPosted: 27 May 2010, 10:58 
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I do not know how this compares to the 10.5beta from a while ago though.



In your screenshots, look at the numbers:

In the 10.5beta drivers, begin at 100419 in the first line. Compare that with 100504 in the 10.5s. Those are the dates of the driver packaging and can be read as thus: 2010/04/19 vs. 2010/05/04, or April 19, 2010 vs. May 4, 2010.

Keep in mind that it takes ATI a few weeks to get the Microsoft certification for WHQL drivers. So, the driver dates will always precede the official release by at least a couple weeks or more.

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PostPosted: 27 May 2010, 13:04 
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In your screenshots, look at the numbers:

In the 10.5beta drivers, begin at 100419 in the first line. Compare that with 100504 in the 10.5s. Those are the dates of the driver packaging and can be read as thus: 2010/04/19 vs. 2010/05/04, or April 19, 2010 vs. May 4, 2010.

Keep in mind that it takes ATI a few weeks to get the Microsoft certification for WHQL drivers. So, the driver dates will always precede the official release by at least a couple weeks or more.


OK, well I went from 10.4b's to 10.5WHQL, so neither of those screenies are the 10.5betas. I wouldn't ask a question to which the answer I already knew.

10.5's fixed:
Re-logging into a system after a Remote Desktop connection no longer results in "Catalyst Control Center is not supported..." warning message or the Graphics menu for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view to go missing.

Update - It doesn't fix the remote desktop problem! LIES DAMN LIES!


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PostPosted: 28 May 2010, 00:28 
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Well, 10.5 is a no go for me. back to the same issue i had sense i got these cards back in the 9.10 drivers.

Was running the 10.3 drivers and the only problem I seemed to have was the issue with the cursor would turn into a line of dots. I had taken the advice of Dave and enabled pointer trails then set them to be short. That fixed that problem. or at least was a good work around. I never downloaded the 10.4 drivers. because I heard a lot of people were getting the flickering issue again . everything was fine. so i didn't download them .

Then I upgraded to some dell IPS panels with native DP. after doing so. I started getting to where my windows would flicker when I moved them around or would re size or scroll. the exsact same issue i had when I was running in extended mode in the 9.10- 9.11 drivers. So I figured it would be a good time to give the 10.4 drivers a try. Maybe that would get rid of the problem . Guess what........... it did.

but today. I thought I would try the 10.5 drivers. they should be getting better right.......... wrong! the same issue is back. windows flickering when resizing. scrolling or moving around. so i remove the 10.5 drivers clean out with driver sweep. and try again. same thing.

remove drivers and reinstall the 10.4 drivers. all better now.

This has got to be the worst experience I've ever had with GPU drivers. It just seems that for every one step forward its two steps back.
Come on ATI these cards have been out for a little while now. Ive had some minor game bugs. most of which I could live with. but these drivers are affecting my windows environment and others are having the same issues. can we get some of these other issues worked out now. Please


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PostPosted: 28 May 2010, 01:55 
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Well my newly created, new profiles are seeming to load and arrange the screens properly in the first attempt. Yay. Switchign profiles also seems a bit faster, except when laoding my EF profiles - those still take about 20 seconds.

Other than that, I see no changes or differnce, but that;s been the case since 10.1.

A little off-topic, and i was hoping this would change with new drivers:

I use three 1920x120 screen, and I am able to force aspect scaling through CCC to get each one to proeprly display at 1920x1080. But whatever i do, i cannot get a 1080-high EF setup, even if i start with all displays at 1920x1080. Does anyone know how i can do this? I assume that since the call all, independently get to 1080,that it's possible, but i ]'m just missing something. I don;t NEED it, but it'd be nice for those graphics-heavy games to grab me a few extra frames per second.


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Well my newly created, new profiles are seeming to load and arrange the screens properly in the first attempt. Yay. Switchign profiles also seems a bit faster, except when laoding my EF profiles - those still take about 20 seconds.

Other than that, I see no changes or differnce, but that;s been the case since 10.1.

A little off-topic, and i was hoping this would change with new drivers:

I use three 1920x120 screen, and I am able to force aspect scaling through CCC to get each one to proeprly display at 1920x1080. But whatever i do, i cannot get a 1080-high EF setup, even if i start with all displays at 1920x1080. Does anyone know how i can do this? I assume that since the call all, independently get to 1080,that it's possible, but i ]'m just missing something. I don;t NEED it, but it'd be nice for those graphics-heavy games to grab me a few extra frames per second.

This happends because of how eyefinity works out the resolution solution. The only real way to get it, is to put in a 1080p panel. Or we could send ATI a bunch of nasty emails saying we want real custom resolution solutions with eyefinity or not.

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PostPosted: 28 May 2010, 11:47 
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10.5's fixed:
Re-logging into a system after a Remote Desktop connection no longer results in "Catalyst Control Center is not supported..." warning message or the Graphics menu for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view to go missing.
Update - It doesn't fix the remote desktop problem! LIES DAMN LIES!


OK, so it seems to have only done it the first time I logged in after installing the 10.5's, subsequent logins have not had that message pop up.

And that "video converter" program doesn't actually seem to want to convert any video I throw at it (not that I actually ever expected it to do anything at all, really).


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PostPosted: 29 May 2010, 08:15 
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10.5's fixed:
Re-logging into a system after a Remote Desktop connection no longer results in "Catalyst Control Center is not supported..." warning message or the Graphics menu for Catalyst Control Center Advanced view to go missing.
Update - It doesn't fix the remote desktop problem! LIES DAMN LIES!


OK, so it seems to have only done it the first time I logged in after installing the 10.5's, subsequent logins have not had that message pop up.

And that "video converter" program doesn't actually seem to want to convert any video I throw at it (not that I actually ever expected it to do anything at all, really).

The video converter has worked very well for me. In fact, even the latest FRAPS AVI files are able to be converted to whatever option I select.

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