ATi Catalyst 9.6

L33 · 8 Jun 2009 at 15:58

Windows Vista x86 & x64: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ILPNRHCF

Windows 7 Patch: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DDDA4Q28
(download the vista drivers, replace the files with those in this patch)

Windows XP x86 & x64: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YCI4WVZ9

As posted by rflair here: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=297518

Wmega · 8 Jun 2009 at 16:08

Released already? That was fast! Any release notes available?

Geckovich · 8 Jun 2009 at 17:27

Seconding the desire for release notes.

9.5 have been trouble free for me.

=VTA=MANFACE · 8 Jun 2009 at 18:59

I'm on 9.2's been brilliant for me.

schumi84 · 8 Jun 2009 at 20:20

LOL, i have only just gone to 9.5s, and that was from 9.1s :eek:

They seem pretty good at the moment with the 3870x2, so unless the new'uns make any great strides forward, i shall stay put.

tmaxxthomson · 8 Jun 2009 at 21:45

release notes please? would be interesting to read!

gurusan · 8 Jun 2009 at 21:55

thanks

Orangey · 8 Jun 2009 at 22:09

Only bit of info I could glean is that it fixes Warhead for some people who had "stuttering". And speeds up GTA4 & works better with ARMA2.

Defiance_co · 8 Jun 2009 at 22:18

Well i've just tried installed them

Besides wiping my x-fi xtremegamer of sound (re-install after driver sweeper got my sound back) these seem damn good for me (weird how now n again i get loss of sound when doing new ati drivers, happened now n again on abit ip35 pro also)

If it helps rough rig specs below

Sapphire 4870 512
Q6600 @ 3.6ghz
4x2 8500 ddr2 @ 1066
GA x48 dq6
Vista Ultimate x64

FaceplantSi · 9 Jun 2009 at 06:04

Thanks for these!

dazz25 · 9 Jun 2009 at 10:41

Are these the actual release drivers or beta's? When will we expect to see them on the ATI website?

CaptainRAVE · 9 Jun 2009 at 11:17

Excellent! Hopefully these don't re-introduce the 3D clock bug :rolleyes:

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My 4870X2 certainly has been getting cooler with each release (surprising given that it is now the summer).

OLDPHART · 9 Jun 2009 at 13:42

I always wait till they are officially up at ati.amd.com/support/driver, reason being tried a release of ati.driver’s 9.5 from unofficial site GFX card would not over clock, put 9.4’s back on OC’d ok. Waited till they were up at ati.amd.com/support/driver, download 9.5’s from their GFX card OC’d ok.

L33 · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:11

Sorry for the lack of updates, have added the XP driver and Win7 patch now

Unfortunately I don't have a changelog for those that asked, but as Orangey posted, better performance & fixes in Crysis Warhead (stuttering bug), GTA4, Arma 2 & Battlestations: Pacific. Apparently these also include new/optimized Crossfire profiles, but I don't have details of which ones.

These drivers are working great for me, no (or unnoticable) FPS gain in Arma 2, but a much smoother experience!

jamest · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:21

Thanks for this. Only recently switched to ATI. Do I just uninstall, run driver sweep and install the new ones?

Thanks

Witor · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:23

Installing over should be fine. Been doing this since 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 etc until the current 9.4 i'm on.

jamest · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:48

Nodirection said:
Installing over should be fine. Been doing this since 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 etc until the current 9.4 i'm on.

I'll give it a go. Cheers

AMG · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:53

9-5s seem fine with me althrough I did lose a graphics card

so down to one

jamest · 9 Jun 2009 at 17:01

AMG said:
9-5s seem fine with me althrough I did lose a graphics card so down to one

Lol. I wouldn't say that was 'fine'? :confused:

AMG · 9 Jun 2009 at 17:03

it was dodgy anyway, it seems.

just one of those things , one day its fine, next it starts to die, not sure why, but it never seemed right anyway, High temps and a very loud cooler. For a custom

than I have a all stock HD4870 512 it IS fine in fact it seems a little better than it was when I first got it

good thing drivers are moving on