ATI 7.12 Driver Released

Panama Red · 12-22-07, 02:47 PM

Just wanted to let everybody know that ATI has released their 7.12 drivers.

For me, it fixed the multiple white/black spots for my ATI Crossfire 3570 cards that I had when I was using the 7.11 drivers (in both SH4 and SH3).

CaptainHaplo · 12-22-07, 03:27 PM

Every time ATI sends out a new driver - I install it - and end up rolling back to 7.6...... If COH and a few other games lockup or crash due to it

- I don't want to go do this all over again. May wait till some others post opinions on it...

Panama Red · 12-22-07, 03:35 PM

I will tell you that the old ATI drivers (pre 7.6) worked great on my older ATI cards, but with the new 3870 cards, I only had the choise of 7.11 (original 3870 drivers) or the new 7.12 drivers. With the original 7.11 drivers, I was getting white or black artifacts all through my SH4 and SH3 games, but the 7.12 drivers, at least that is fixed.

kriller2 · 12-22-07, 05:54 PM

Does the new driver work with ATI radeon X1950 pro and AGP? I had some serious problems getting the previous driver to work with my gfx-card...

letterboy1 · 12-22-07, 06:26 PM

Kriller, I can only tell you that my HIS X1950 Pro AGP 512 MB card does indeed work with the 7.12 drivers. But unfortunately, functionality and performance has been anything but consistant among x1950 owners, so take it a grain of salt. SH4 is working fine with the drivers, so is Half Life 2 Episode 2 . . . but that is all I've played so far since installing the new Catalysts. Good luck.

kriller2 · 12-22-07, 07:56 PM

Thanks Letterboy.

It's strange because I get a "Can not initialize 3-d engine"

when I am trying to launch a game, it was the same with Catalyst 7.11, so back to Omega driver 7.10.. My card is X1950 256 mb Powercolor.

Go4It · 12-22-07, 10:37 PM

I have an MSI RX1900XTX PCIe card stock clocked an have no problem with any of the drivers so far. It's when I use the ATI Try Tool with 7.8 an above drivers I get random lockups in most games... If I use the CCC all works fine. I only have my memory bumped up a little. Haven't tried the beta ATI Try Tools yet.

Crosseyed Skipper · 12-23-07, 05:54 AM

I went ahead and installed the 7.12 drivers yesturday and so far they seem to be working fine. I have a saphirre x1950 512mb AGP card. I think there may be a slight performance increase in my case, but it's nothing drastic.

Taurolas · 12-23-07, 09:56 AM

Hi Guys

Has anybody tried those 7.12 drivers out on a Sapphire HD 2600 Pro 512mb (agp version).

If so let me know as i really dont want to have to go through 2 hours of dickin around with drivers again

CaptainHaplo · 12-23-07, 10:48 AM

I am running a 1650 pro and anything over 7.6 causes lockups in a number of games - most notably COH. Anyone running a 1650 with these?

bunkerratt · 12-23-07, 01:31 PM

twin ati 1950 pro's in crossfire ...overdrive seems to work fine so far .

intel p-4 775 3.4ht em64t oc'd thermaltake big typhoon cpu cooler
asus p5wdh deluxe
twin 100 gb hdd's raid 0 sata 2 hdd coolers
ati x1950pro 256pcie x2 crossfired
creative x-fi extreame music soundcard
enermax 600 watt psu
dvd r=rw
dvd r=rw dl df
floppy
11 in 1 card reader
2 gb pc2 6400 oc'd ocz crossfire memory
1 120 mm front intake fan
1 120mm rear exhaust
1 90 mm top exhaust
logitec 5.1 surround speakers
saitek eclipse keyboard
logitec tracman rollerball mouse cordless
xp pro sp2
20inch viewsonic vx2035wm
thermaltake armour steel case

-Pv- · 12-23-07, 03:54 PM

I have not had any games fail to load or run on my Sapphire X1950 with any of the recent drivers. Most of these updates are driven by various rendering errors in popular FPS games.
-Pv-

rascal101 · 12-27-07, 03:58 AM

Hi Hope I'm not sounding a bit dum, just downloaded the new ati driver, installed it and now I cant find the control centre to adjust anything, there's something called CCC with allows me to set my display resolution but everything else is gone.

Can any one tell me whats going on

R

Panama Red · 12-27-07, 09:33 AM

rascal101:
Did you download only the drivers or the complete driver/CCC package ??? If you only downloaded the drivers, you will not have the CCC that you need to control your inputs (as per the ATI driver webpage instructions). You must download the whole package to have the CCC.

I also assume that you removed your old drivers as per the ATI driver webpage instructions too (also use something like DriveCleaner to remove ALL your old drivers so there are no driver conflicts).

12-22-07, 02:47 PM	#1
Panama Red Ensign Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irmo, SC, USA Posts: 229 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	ATI 7.12 Driver Released Just wanted to let everybody know that ATI has released their 7.12 drivers. For me, it fixed the multiple white/black spots for my ATI Crossfire 3570 cards that I had when I was using the 7.11 drivers (in both SH4 and SH3).

12-22-07, 03:27 PM	#2
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Every time ATI sends out a new driver - I install it - and end up rolling back to 7.6...... If COH and a few other games lockup or crash due to it - I don't want to go do this all over again. May wait till some others post opinions on it... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

12-22-07, 05:54 PM	#4
kriller2 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Does the new driver work with ATI radeon X1950 pro and AGP? I had some serious problems getting the previous driver to work with my gfx-card... __________________ *Kriller2.* [MODs] Real Environment mod and Pacific Enviroments 4 mod

12-22-07, 06:26 PM	#5
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Kriller, I can only tell you that my HIS X1950 Pro AGP 512 MB card does indeed work with the 7.12 drivers. But unfortunately, functionality and performance has been anything but consistant among x1950 owners, so take it a grain of salt. SH4 is working fine with the drivers, so is Half Life 2 Episode 2 . . . but that is all I've played so far since installing the new Catalysts. Good luck. __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-22-07, 07:56 PM	#6
kriller2 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Thanks Letterboy. It's strange because I get a "Can not initialize 3-d engine" when I am trying to launch a game, it was the same with Catalyst 7.11, so back to Omega driver 7.10.. My card is X1950 256 mb Powercolor. __________________ *Kriller2.* [MODs] Real Environment mod and Pacific Enviroments 4 mod

12-22-07, 03:35 PM	#3
Panama Red Ensign Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irmo, SC, USA Posts: 229 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I will tell you that the old ATI drivers (pre 7.6) worked great on my older ATI cards, but with the new 3870 cards, I only had the choise of 7.11 (original 3870 drivers) or the new 7.12 drivers. With the original 7.11 drivers, I was getting white or black artifacts all through my SH4 and SH3 games, but the 7.12 drivers, at least that is fixed.

12-22-07, 10:37 PM	#7
Go4It Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South of Buffalo N.Y. USA Posts: 209 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have an MSI RX1900XTX PCIe card stock clocked an have no problem with any of the drivers so far. It's when I use the ATI Try Tool with 7.8 an above drivers I get random lockups in most games... If I use the CCC all works fine. I only have my memory bumped up a little. Haven't tried the beta ATI Try Tools yet.

12-23-07, 05:54 AM	#8
Crosseyed Skipper Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 10 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I went ahead and installed the 7.12 drivers yesturday and so far they seem to be working fine. I have a saphirre x1950 512mb AGP card. I think there may be a slight performance increase in my case, but it's nothing drastic. __________________ He got hit by a truck.......twice .

12-23-07, 09:56 AM	#9
Taurolas Medic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Notts UK Posts: 163 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	Hi Guys Has anybody tried those 7.12 drivers out on a Sapphire HD 2600 Pro 512mb (agp version). If so let me know as i really dont want to have to go through 2 hours of dickin around with drivers again

12-23-07, 10:48 AM	#10
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I am running a 1650 pro and anything over 7.6 causes lockups in a number of games - most notably COH. Anyone running a 1650 with these? __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

12-23-07, 01:31 PM	#11
bunkerratt Chief Join Date: May 2006 Location: madison wisconsin Posts: 310 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	twin ati 1950 pro's in crossfire ...overdrive seems to work fine so far . intel p-4 775 3.4ht em64t oc'd thermaltake big typhoon cpu cooler asus p5wdh deluxe twin 100 gb hdd's raid 0 sata 2 hdd coolers ati x1950pro 256pcie x2 crossfired creative x-fi extreame music soundcard enermax 600 watt psu dvd r=rw dvd r=rw dl df floppy 11 in 1 card reader 2 gb pc2 6400 oc'd ocz crossfire memory 1 120 mm front intake fan 1 120mm rear exhaust 1 90 mm top exhaust logitec 5.1 surround speakers saitek eclipse keyboard logitec tracman rollerball mouse cordless xp pro sp2 20inch viewsonic vx2035wm thermaltake armour steel case __________________

12-23-07, 03:54 PM	#12
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I have not had any games fail to load or run on my Sapphire X1950 with any of the recent drivers. Most of these updates are driven by various rendering errors in popular FPS games. -Pv-

12-27-07, 03:58 AM	#13
rascal101 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 769 Downloads: 200 Uploads: 0	Help with new driver Hi Hope I'm not sounding a bit dum, just downloaded the new ati driver, installed it and now I cant find the control centre to adjust anything, there's something called CCC with allows me to set my display resolution but everything else is gone. Can any one tell me whats going on R

12-27-07, 09:33 AM	#14
Panama Red Ensign Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irmo, SC, USA Posts: 229 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	rascal101: Did you download only the drivers or the complete driver/CCC package ??? If you only downloaded the drivers, you will not have the CCC that you need to control your inputs (as per the ATI driver webpage instructions). You must download the whole package to have the CCC. I also assume that you removed your old drivers as per the ATI driver webpage instructions too (also use something like DriveCleaner to remove ALL your old drivers so there are no driver conflicts).