ATI Catalyst 9.7

ATI Catalyst 9.7

Marcel Klum on 26 July 2009 - 11:20 · 19 comments & 5244 views

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AMD released version 9.7 of their ATI video card driver package.

ATI Catalyst™ 9.7 – AMD's first official unified Windows7 / Windows Vista Microsoft WHQL certified graphics driver for the Windows 7 RTM

Great gaming performance – superior performance compared to Windows Vista for single GPU configurations and ATI CrossFireX™ configurations
Stability – through AMD's WHQL certified, unified Windows 7 / Windows Vista graphics driver
Leadership in Innovation – support for all the Windows 7 WDDM 1.1 features and AMD ATI Catalyst features on the ATI Radeon

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Download: ATI Catalyst 9.7 driver

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(3 replies) #1 FoxieFoxie on 26 Jul 2009 - 11:38

Isn't this like 5 days old or so?

#1.1 master2k27 on 26 Jul 2009 - 16:30

i was going to say that.

#1.2 ]SK[ on 26 Jul 2009 - 16:32

Well I didn't know about it. So thanks to the poster.

#1.3 Intelman on 26 Jul 2009 - 17:22

There seems to be an obsession with "old". Even if it isn't posted to the official software section, it seems to suffer an "old" drawback.

This is not unique to neowin.

#2 zeta_immersion on 26 Jul 2009 - 13:28

i tried it, had to roll back, video's stopped playing

#3 Intelman on 26 Jul 2009 - 17:28

These are nice because the "no restart" feature is no longer limited to upgrades. Fresh installs the driver does not require a reboot.

(6 replies) #4 Xenomorph on 26 Jul 2009 - 18:12

I like how ATI dropped support for cards that came out not too long ago.

Their poor driver support in the past and now them dropping support for many cards now means I certainly won't be buying their products in the future.
I have to use modified INF files and other 3rd party hacks and modifications to get my X-series card, built in late 2006, working with their drivers.
Meanwhile, my GeForce 6 from 2004 still gets updated drivers from NVidia.

#4.1 Intelman on 26 Jul 2009 - 18:27

They will continue to release drivers every 3 months. That seems reasonable.

#4.2 zhouij on 26 Jul 2009 - 19:37

Xenomorph said,

#4.3 DecoyDuck on 26 Jul 2009 - 21:14

2006 is more than not too long ago in my book.

That aside, do you really expect there to be much performance gain solely from upgrading the drivers? If everything is working for you, why complain?

I have two PCs here with ATI cards, one with an old AGP 9800 AIW Pro and the other with an X1950XT, both quite happily running the 9.3 Catalyst drivers (the latest supported by AMD). I don't feel the need to upgrade the drivers, not because AMD don't provide any newer ones, but because everything does what it's supposed to do and I can get on and enjoy some games and do my work and that suits me just fine.

If the drivers didn't work and AMD were doing nothing about it I'm sure I'd agree with you, but they do work. Also, even if newer drivers were available for these cards, I don't see how I would stand to see any significant performance increase just from upgrading them anyway.

#4.4 cykosis on 27 Jul 2009 - 02:30

Intelman said,

They will continue to release drivers every 3 months. That seems reasonable.

complaining is easier than reading, so it seems.

#4.5 FoxieFoxie on 27 Jul 2009 - 09:18

Looks like nVidia is is sooo much better... Oh, wait, my nForce2 support was dropped and there were no official Vista drivers ever made.

#4.6 sanriver12 on 27 Jul 2009 - 15:52

Xenomorph said,

Meanwhile, my GeForce 6 from 2004 still gets updated drivers from NVidia.

those updates install yeah, but NONE of the improvements are used by your card. they are for the later versions

#5 EVANK on 26 Jul 2009 - 18:24

I downloaded and installed yesterday and I'm playing Oblivion IV at the moment (yeah I know it's an old game, but it was a double pack with Bioshock as well) the difference in the new build and style is mutch better than before. The FPS on Oblivion has inscread by about 10%.

Bioshock is a power hungry engine and the new drivers have made a difference in performance.

#6 Archangel Tyrael on 26 Jul 2009 - 23:23

I have to say that I dont like the new interface at all =/

#7 ManMountain on 27 Jul 2009 - 00:33

The CCC changes may not be the best I agree but they are a good set of drivers.

(1 reply) #8 Lexcyn on 27 Jul 2009 - 03:11

These drivers BSOD and give weird red vertical bars on Win 7 RTM. Going back to 9.6 fixed this for me.

#8.1 sanriver12 on 27 Jul 2009 - 15:53

Lexcyn said,

These drivers BSOD and give weird red vertical bars on Win 7 RTM. Going back to 9.6 fixed this for me.

not for me

#9 TheSETh! on 30 Jul 2009 - 17:00

I'm running vista x64 and radeon 4770's in crossfire and I'm not noticing any difference in Fallout 3, Ghostbusters, Street Fighter IV, or Crysis Warhead. And the new layout blows.ssssssssssssss

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