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AMD floats Catalyst 10.4 beta

AMD floats Catalyst 10.4 beta

Thrax Robert Hallock 15 Apr, 2010 at 11:02am ET Article published in Tech

AMD this morning rolled out a beta version of April’s monthly Catalyst release, version 10.4; the new driver is designed to fix inordinately long load times Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Preview features:

The ATI Catalyst 10.4 Preview provides resolution for the following issue:

  • Long load times for new maps in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 when using an  ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series graphics card

Download:

In order to download and install the ATI Catalyst 10.4 Preview, click on the following link:

Note: This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above. This release is not supported by ATI Radeon™ HD5800 Eyefinity 6 series of products.

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Comments

  1. Thrax
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 11:10am Thrax This one's for you, Cyclonite.
  2. Cyclonite
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 11:23am Cyclonite I luvs you!

    //Edit: Looks like your links won't follow through to the download. "Unauthorized" and all that jazz. This one should work:

    http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ATI-Catalyst-10-4-Hotfix.aspx
  3. Thrax
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 11:38am Thrax The links are straight from AMD's press release. Don't shoot the messenger.

    As an aside, however, we've updated the download URLs to one that is more likely to work straight away.
  4. Cyclonite
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 11:44am Cyclonite Hey, no problem for me. I know how to wield The Googles. :)
  5. Cyclonite
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 1:08pm Cyclonite Soooo.. I don't think this really helped my load times. Of course, I have an HD4890. This only mentions 5xxx cards. Guess I was just hoping. :(
  6. NiGHTS
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 8:40pm NiGHTS You were still supposed to receive a slight bump in FPS, if it's any consolation.

    Hope my load times improve, I had no idea the problem was related to videocards.
  7. Cyclonite
    15 Apr 2010 ~ 9:07pm Cyclonite Once I'm in the game, I haven absolutely no problems. It runs great. The load times are just ridiculous. The main reason I noticed is that my roommate (who's using an nVidia card) gets in within seconds.
  8. Thrax
    21 Apr 2010 ~ 10:47am Thrax Cyclonite: http://twitter.com/CatalystMaker/status/12580287684
  9. Ryder
    21 Apr 2010 ~ 11:13pm Ryder http://twitter.com/CatalystMaker/status/12587637764

    and

    http://twitter.com/CatalystMaker/status/12615952739
  10. Cyclonite
    22 Apr 2010 ~ 11:58am Cyclonite Alright! Installing now. Will test this evening. :)

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