AMD Catalyst 10.8 released

Brian Ambrozy 25 Aug, 2010 at 2:25pm ET Article published in Tech

Today AMD released the 10.8 version of their Catalyst video drivers, for all current Radeon and Radeon Mobility cards.

New features include full support for OpenGL ES 2.0 (it was previously beta), enhanced default quality profiles for video viewing, Antialiasing support for StarCraft II, CrossFire profile updates for Mafia 2, Singularity, Final Fantasy XIV, LotR Online, and Aliens vs. Predator, performance improvements for a short list of games, and perhaps most desired: a fix for the “corrupt mouse cursor” bug that has plagued so many.

A full list of bug fixes, enhancements, and other improvements is available on their release notes (PDF).

Download links for your convenience:

Update: They’ve disabled direct linking. Here is the Download Page.

Comments

25 Aug 2010 ~ 2:57pm shwaip Here's hoping they fixed the mouse cursor issue.
25 Aug 2010 ~ 3:39pm Jingalls It's in the list.
Link doesn't appear to work though...
25 Aug 2010 ~ 3:42pm Ryder What is in the list and what link doesn't appear to work? There are 9 links in the article.

Ah, none of the download links work. Prime, you can't link directly to the individual downloads.
25 Aug 2010 ~ 3:53pm Snarkasm It was on the list in 10.4, too. Here's hoping.
25 Aug 2010 ~ 4:07pm Tushon The mouse cursor issue. In their release notes, the issue is under "Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 OS" as the last bullet

AMD wrote:

Shifting mouse cursor between displays no longer causes intermittent cursor
corruption or system lock up
25 Aug 2010 ~ 4:12pm shwaip I get it with just crossfire and a single display too. Not at home to try out the install, but i'll try it later this eve
25 Aug 2010 ~ 4:18pm Ryder I have corrupted text and cursors on my 5830 since new with about 7 different revisions.

This is on XP though.
25 Aug 2010 ~ 4:30pm Cliff_Forster

shwaip wrote:

Here's hoping they fixed the mouse cursor issue.

I have a friend of mine, running a 4850, dual monitor set up and his system has been frequently locking up....

I've tried everything at home, but, I run my test bench on a single monitor set up...

Shwaip, have you been getting system lock ups on a dual monitor set up? I might need to update his driver to 10.8 and cross my fingers.
25 Aug 2010 ~ 4:34pm shwaip I get lockups here and there, but i think it's overheating (still playing with my fan speed curves a bit). I've got crossfire 5870s with a single monitor, so I wouldn't be getting any of the crashes due to multimonitor displays...but I still get pointer corruption.
26 Aug 2010 ~ 4:51pm RocShemp There is no mention of it in the release notes but the Silent Stream bug is gone with the 5xxx series. However, there is a bug that does not apply the saved overscan/underscan setting at boot.
30 Aug 2010 ~ 11:42pm shwaip Still getting corrupted pointer in SC2 :/