ATI Catalyst 9.4

Marcel Klum

09 April 2009 - 10:48 Hot!

AMD released version 9.4 of their ATI video card driver package.

These drivers include the following:

ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdrive™ auto-tune application to accurately determine the best over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive supported ATI Radeon™ Graphics accelerators

View: Release notes

Download: ATI Catalyst 9.4 driver

20 Comments

Why? no reboot is even needed anymore, takes 5minutes tops.

Anyway for windows 7 I just installed but it is still on 9.3 drivers for me.

update: need to install win7 driver manually after ATI installer is done...

Windows 7 users should pick the first driver out of the 2 presented first one is WDDM 1.1 (ATi dont bother to mention it in the driver name) and it is authenticode signed while WDDM 1.0 is just digitally signed.

Beastage said,

Why? no reboot is even needed anymore, takes 5minutes tops.

Let me say it like this, have you had the problems with Vista, 4870X2 and Catalyst drivers that I've had and many other users had, you would be reluctant to upgrade as well.

unauthorized download page shows up if you use firefox. it works fine in IE.

Beastage said,

update: need to install win7 driver manually after ATI installer is done...

Windows 7 users should pick the first driver out of the 2 presented first one is WDDM 1.1 (ATi dont bother to mention it in the driver name) and it is authenticode signed while WDDM 1.0 is just digitally signed.

Nope did not need to do anything else after the installer. Everything was installed and works correctly with just the full installer ran.

Better avoid it!
It refused to install my 16xx card and on manual install there are only new HD cards supported...
Seems AMD dropped support... well done AMD, sink your ship even faster...

sorlag said,

Better avoid it!
It refused to install my 16xx card and on manual install there are only new HD cards supported...
Seems AMD dropped support... well done AMD, sink your ship even faster...

X1K series were dropped with this release (the Windows 7 drivers have never supported the X1K series); only HD2xxx and up are supported.

That is no real issue, even if you have AGP; simply upgrade to HD2400 or HD2600 (AGP) or HD3450/HD3650 or up (PCIe).

The reason the X1K series were dropped: they don't support DX 10 (at all). AMD is (understandably) concentrating on improving DX 10.x feature support in Catalyst. (R6xx and above all support DX 10 or above.)

I thought they were going to introduce support for older cards for Windows 7 later?

Older cards will get "new" drivers quarterly instead of monthly.

There was news about this not too long ago, though the headlines suggested they dropped it completely for older cards.

what about my x1250 series integrated chip in my toshiba laptop? will there be any issues with Windows 7?

Perfect!

I was hoping these would fix some issues I had with 9.3, and now I see ATI has dropped support for most of their cards!

Maybe we can modify the INF or something and add them back...?

Xenomorph said,

Perfect!

I was hoping these would fix some issues I had with 9.3, and now I see ATI has dropped support for most of their cards!

Maybe we can modify the INF or something and add them back...? :(

Or maybe it's actually time to upgrade from DX9-only hardware?

I'm not being sarcastic; my mom has my old X1650 PRO (in AGP) because I left AGP altogether earlier this year. There *are* DX 10 cards that support AGP (there are even AGP cards that support DX 10.1 and HDMI); sometimes you have to bite the bullet and move on (and up).

PGHammer said,

Or maybe it's actually time to upgrade from DX9-only hardware?

I'm not being sarcastic; my mom has my old X1650 PRO (in AGP) because I left AGP altogether earlier this year. There *are* DX 10 cards that support AGP (there are even AGP cards that support DX 10.1 and HDMI); sometimes you have to bite the bullet and move on (and up).

Why replace hardware that already works? My daughter's system has a 9800 Pro. It's pretty darn fast for what she does.

Also, I can NOT replace the video card in my laptop. I'm quite stuck with it.

I'm also stuff with buggy 9.3 drivers. I guess I could try reloading 9.2 again.

*squeezes X1600* NEVER!!!

It wouldnt let me install my ATI Radeon 9600Pro this time around.. Maybe its time to realise how old my PC really is :(

Is this a temporary measure or will they actually stop supporting the old version cards from now on in the future builds? Im quite suprised they didnt wait for this until a new Release number (10) to represent a new era, new cards only versions

Old DX 9 cards are moving on to legacy support. This includes 1X and below.

I believe it is time to finally put that 9600 to rest.

Highlights include:

ATI CatalystÃ¯Â¿Â½ 9.4 - New ATI OverDriveÃ¯Â¿Â½ auto-tuning
application*

- ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI OverdriveÃ¯Â¿Â½ auto-tune application to accurately
determine the best over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive
supported ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ Graphics accelerators
- Designed for the ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4000 Series

* AMD's product warranty does not cover damages caused by over clocking, even when
enabled via AMD OverDrive software

Supported Cards in Catalyst 9.4:

AMD Desktop Product Family Support:

* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4890 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4870 X2 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4850 X2 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4800 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4670 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4650 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4600 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4550 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 4350 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 3800 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 3600 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 3400 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 2900 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 2600 Series
* ATI RadeonÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD 2400 Series

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support:

* ATI Theater 650Ã¯Â¿Â½
* ATI Theater 600Ã¯Â¿Â½
* ATI TheaterÃ¯Â¿Â½ 550 PRO
* ATI All-in-WonderÃ¯Â¿Â½ HD

Whoa, I updated to 9.3 a couple of weeks ago. It's probably just me but it seems like they're on a roll with these driver updates.

Anaron said,

Whoa, I updated to 9.3 a couple of weeks ago. It's probably just me but it seems like they're on a roll with these driver updates.

Hehehe, they come out every month...

9.1 = 2009.01
9.2 = 2009.02
9.3 = 2009.03
9.4 = 2009.04

Anaron said,

Whoa, I updated to 9.3 a couple of weeks ago. It's probably just me but it seems like they're on a roll with these driver updates.

There were some problems with the 9.3 drivers, that is why we got the 9.4 so early in the month; which is unusal.

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