ATi Catalyst 9.7 Released

Tom|Nbk · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:04

As per title now availble on the main site;

AMD has delivered its first official unified WHQL certified graphics driver designed for
the Windows 7 RTM (Release To Manufacturing)
ATI Catalyst™ 9.7 delivers a superior Windows 7 experience:

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 HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, andATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products

http://www.ati.com

Schnippzle · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:14

Might have to make a move to W7 now

Cheers Tom.

Tom|Nbk · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:22

I hope we see some comparison benchies between Vista and Windows 7

The Seventh One · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:41

They make it sound like it totally pwns Vista, lets just hope it aint all talk eh?

CK61938 · 22 Jul 2009 at 22:43

I will be waiting to hear about the difference as I am still using Vista x64 Ultimate on my gaming machine...so let me know the score fellas

AMG · 22 Jul 2009 at 23:00

win 7 pwns vista anyway, I wonder if there are any performaces gains with 9-7 even for vista hmm

Mr Paul · 22 Jul 2009 at 23:40

Oh my god, what have they done to the CCC? AAGGGHHHHH

mrk · 23 Jul 2009 at 01:07

It's worse than before? I didn't think that was possible

stellasuppa · 23 Jul 2009 at 01:20

will these work on build 7127 of windows 7 or will i have to swap to rtm to get them to pass verification and reep the benefits ?

Buckster · 23 Jul 2009 at 07:52

Arma 2 performance seems much improved on my 4890 especially with FSAA enabled - stutter has disappeared

The Asgard · 23 Jul 2009 at 08:38

Do these drivers fix the Dawn of War 2 AA issue? AA doesn't appear to work.

neil_g · 23 Jul 2009 at 08:44

why havent they done the driver only package yet?

Clairvoyant · 23 Jul 2009 at 09:06

neil_g said:
why havent they done the driver only package yet?

They have.

CaptainRAVE · 23 Jul 2009 at 10:20

CK61938 said:
I will be waiting to hear about the difference as I am still using Vista x64 Ultimate on my gaming machine...so let me know the score fellas

Yeah, I want to see benchies. All this "Win7 pawns Vista" rubbish. I want to see raw FPS increase (and not just in Fallout 3). Still, great to see Win7 being supported so well

neil_g · 23 Jul 2009 at 10:50

Clairvoyant said:
They have.

ATI Driver Download Page said:
ATI Catalyst™ 9.6 Components Windows 7 (32 bit)

Note: All-in-Wonder™ boards operate with AMD Windows 7-Ready Display Drivers under the Windows 7 Operating System. However there is currently no software application which provides TV/Capture functionality for All-in-Wonder™ boards under Windows 7.

Package Includes File Size Version Date Posted Download Link
Display Driver Only 22.9MB 9.6 6/15/2009

rimscar · 23 Jul 2009 at 10:59

is it me?
i can only find 9.6....

cplhardnut · 23 Jul 2009 at 11:08

im on xp no new drivers for them

CaptainRAVE · 23 Jul 2009 at 11:22

rimscar said:
is it me?
i can only find 9.6....

Same for me. Did they take them off?

johny dolan · 23 Jul 2009 at 11:33

9.7s are vista and win7 atm.

MoRT489 · 23 Jul 2009 at 12:00

For any wanna be TH2G gamers, apparently these new drivers now support TH2G at 5040x1050 see here: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16287&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Fixes include:

- Lack of general 5040x1050 resolution for all ATI HD series cards.
- Problem with the "DVI 4" output head not allowing 4320x900 and 5040x1050 mode. (Now both heads of ATI boards will behave the same and will offer all modes properly)
- Fix to enable widemodes with multi-board crossfire configurations
- Fix to enable widemodes with X2 series ATI cards
- and a big final item: increased timing support for 5040x1050 mode with ATI cards to allow 5040x1050@59Hz in all scenarios. (This has been tested with most panels previously found not to sync with nVidia GPUs at 57Hz. Those panels now DO sync correctly at 59Hz).

To enable these fixes, users will simply need to install ATI's 9.7 Catalyst, and then install Matrox's 2.05 Powerdesk:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/gxm/software/
the powerstrip method mentioned above should not be necessary. (Cataylst 9.6 also has a few of the fixes already, but not everything. So feel free to use it for trial & error in the meantime at your own discretion).