ATI Catalyst™ 8.1

ATI Catalyst™ 8.1

EL1TE on 16 January 2008 - 20:41 · 19 comments & 13558 views

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AMD have released the version 8.1 of their ATI video card driver package.

The Catalyst™ software suite 8.1 contains the following:

Radeon™ display driver 8.451
Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
HydraVision™ (Windows XP only)
HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
WDM Driver Install Bundle
Southbridge/IXP Driver
Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.1

Download: ATI Catalyst™ 8.1 | Release Notes

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(3 replies) #1 TRC on 16 Jan 2008 - 21:22

ATI had such a great driver page once. I liked the boxes that let you choose your hardware, OS, etc and it pointed you to the right driver. I can't believe what a pathetic mess AMD has made it.

#1.1 EL1TE on 16 Jan 2008 - 21:39

Are you talking about this http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html ?

#1.2 TRC on 16 Jan 2008 - 23:10

Yeah, there it is. I guess it still exists; why isn't Neowin linking to that page instead of the ugly black page?

#1.3 EL1TE on 16 Jan 2008 - 23:25

Quote - (TRC said @ #1.2)

Yeah, there it is. I guess it still exists; why isn't Neowin linking to that page instead of the ugly black page?

Because you will be redirected to the black page after you select your video card, unless you use a very old graphic card.

(1 reply) #2 -Hiroshi- on 17 Jan 2008 - 03:44

Any word on whether or not this disables Direct3D acceleration on AGP video cards? (Radeon 9550)

#2.1 nemonius on 17 Jan 2008 - 09:11

Catalyst 8.1 Hotfix:

This hotfix resolves the following issues:

* Fix for problems with DirectX and Radeon AGP Graphics cards.
* Crysis: DirectX 10 Performance optimizations using Crossfire

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...uestionID=31625

#3 Co_Co on 17 Jan 2008 - 05:40

I couldn't watch DVD's in WMP with the 7.12's but these fix it up nicely

Last edited by Co_Co on 17 Jan 2008 - 05:40

(2 replies) #4 Fubar on 17 Jan 2008 - 09:28

will give this a try since they say they have fixed the problem with agp and directx , but i will download the 7.6 drivers aswell just incase i have to switch back

just installed these and these drivers DO NOT FIX the directx bug on agp cards , it cant render anything again thanks ATI your drivers really truelly suck , back to the 7.6 drivers for me yet AGAIN i will not be buying ATI card AGAIN nor will i recomend them to any of my friends any more , their supprt for agp is just shocking

Last edited by Fubar on 17 Jan 2008 - 09:50

#4.1 nemonius on 17 Jan 2008 - 10:01

Have you tried the 8.1 HotFix? It should fix the problem your having.
( http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...uestionID=31625 )

I have had the same problem and I have been using omegadrivers ever since the official ATI drivers stopped working with AGP-cards. I Installed drivers this morning but I didn't have the time to test them.

#4.2 Fubar on 17 Jan 2008 - 10:19

Quote - (nemonius said @ #4.1)

could be a big DOH on my part i just installed the 8.1 drivers , thinking that it was already in it , didnt see the 8.1 hot fix file at 15mb , trying it now thanks

EDIT

ok reinstalled the 8.1 drivers after uninstalling and clearing all trace of 7.6 drivers , after installing the 8.1 drivers i applied that hot fix and it all works , very big DOH on my part thanks for the link to the hot fix

lets hope the next set of drivers dont require a seperate hot fix lol

Last edited by Fubar on 17 Jan 2008 - 10:49

(3 replies) #5 Outsider on 17 Jan 2008 - 09:54

anyone has the direct link to the mobility 8.1 driver?

#5.1 +primortal on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:47

#5.2 EL1TE on 17 Jan 2008 - 12:52

Visit this link: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/

Optionally visit this one: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst...=xp/mobility-xp (XP Only)

#5.3 WarStorm on 17 Jan 2008 - 13:48

Did anyone find that external screens don't seem to be detected when using the modtool with 8.1? Or is it just me?

#6 EduardValencia on 17 Jan 2008 - 14:35

any bug fix & performance increse for ut3?

(1 reply) #7 :No-Frost: on 17 Jan 2008 - 15:58

Just wanna know... If I had an X800GTO PCI-E with 256 MB's ... This driver suits for it???

#7.1 EL1TE on 17 Jan 2008 - 16:25

Sure!

I've replaced the link to the old one so users will now what it's the latest driver for their hardware, sorry for those which aren't sure about if they hardware was supported.

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

#8 burnsflipper on 17 Jan 2008 - 17:25

the think I dont like about these last packages is that they dont let u choose between agp and pci-e anymore, it just assumes the latter so if you have agp the driver doesnt work, I'll wait for the omega version, thanks

#9 Dave Hybrid on 04 Jul 2008 - 13:16

Great bit of software, the guys at Computer Juice recommended it.

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