Catalyst 5.11 released

[madman1981]

The official 5.11 is out:

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/11/10/ati_catalyst_511/

It will be up on ATi's pages in the next 24hrs, but I get pretty decent speeds downloading from here too. Hopefully this will help for some of the problems.

 

[Paddrino]

I've held off downloading it because of the hassle, but it would be nice to know if they work better. If so, I'll get them tonight. Please keep us posted!

 

[auldian]

For several days, my computer rebooted 100% of the time on my 3rd turn into Civ4.
Last nite I installed .NET Framework 2.0 and these new 5.11CCC Catalysts and have now loaded Civ4 twice and played about an hour with no reboot or crash.
I'm not sure it's a fix. I've been hopeful of that before. It might be worth a try if you're experiencing similar issues on a similar system.
My computer: Windows XP Pro SP2, ASUS A7V600 m/b (VIA), AMD AthlonXP 2800+, 1GB PC2700 DDR RAM, ATI Radeon 9800Pro/128 (5.11ccc), TB Santa Cruz (4193) audio.
[EDIT:Model number typo]

 

[Khan70]

I installed these and played a few hours without any crashing.

Before I was getting a lockup where everything just froze.

Hopefully this fixes things for people with ATI's

 

[Luv_Muffin]

I downloaded these.
Was optimistic, but I did end up hanging again.
CPU usage was 98%.
In my case, I don't think it's the drivers.
Hope this works for someone else.

ATI X800XL, 2Gig RAM, AMD XP2500+ 1.84 GHz

*Going to work out my frustrations today with Call of Duty 2 (for Rememberance Day), and X3.

 

[Paddrino]

My biggest problem is the hang ups on loading saved games, and lockups when the game gets to the later stages. I suspect that this is more due to the memory leak issues reported by others than video drivers. The only problem I have with video are the wonder movies that are really choppy.

 

[madman1981]

ATi download links:

Windows 2000/XP:
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=640

Windows XP x64:
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/...aa0b92903925d683ae1b&accountID=737&deptID=894

 

[Incubuz]

Too bad release notes doesnt mention any fixes for Civ4.

 

[asmodee]

can someone give a link to the laptop driver? ( mobility cards )

 

[sweKangaroo]

Thanks,
I tried these drivers, but they didnt seem to make any difference.

 

[warp_kez]

Can anyone verify that this works with the x600 series in HP's zd8000 notebooks?

HP is not listed in the official list, but I am curious to know if the driver will work.

 

[auldian]

Can anyone verify that this works with the x600 series in HP's zd8000 notebooks?

HP is not listed in the official list, but I am curious to know if the driver will work.

From the 5.11 release notes at www.ati.com

ATI Desktop product family support
The Catalyst® software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:
Radeon® X1800 series
Radeon® X1300 series
Radeon® X850 series
Radeon® X800 series
Radeon® X700 series
Radeon® X600 series
Radeon® X550 series
Radeon® X300 series
Radeon® 9X00 series
Radeon® 8500 series
Radeon® 7X00 series

Sometimes, due to propriety stuff, your manufacturers drivers may still be preferred.

 

[warp_kez]

Sometimes, due to propriety stuff, your manufacturers drivers may still be preferred.

That is what I am afraid of - the drivers are current then, but they have been so since Dec 2004.

There is another forum for the zd8k and th zd7k series of notebooks and dtr's, I think I will check there before I start fiddling around with drivers.

 

[Ripley1]

driver for windows xp is still 5.10