ATI Releases ATI Catalyst 10.1 Drivers, Now with Support for Ubuntu 9.10
Posted 01/28/10 at 08:05:51 AM by Paul Lilly
AMD this week released the first of twelve scheduled Catalyst launches this year, the first of which brings the driver suite up to version 10.1.
The new driver package offers a pinch of performance improvements, including up to a 3 percent boost in Left for Dead 2 on ATI Radeon HD 5700 and 5800 series videocards, as well as boosts Crysis framerates by up to 3 percent on ATI Radeon HD 5700 cards and up to 4 percent on 5800 hardware.
There are a bunch of bug fixes, many of them Windows 7 specific, and all of which you can read in the release notes (PDF). But the big news for Linux fans is the introduction of production support for Ubuntu 9.10, otherwise known as Karmic Koala. Available for both x86 and x86_64 distros, the latest Catalyst package resolves a bunch of open-source issues, including:
- X.Org no longer crashes on an Ubuntu 9.10 system, if multiple Xinerama-enabled X.org server generations are executed.
- Switching between virtual desktops no longer breaks the OS.
- Single mode is now shown properly in the "Display Manager Properties" tab of the ATI Catalyst Control Center, instead of multiple modes, if the "big desktop" mode is enabled
- The system no longer crashes if an HDMI monitor is hot-plugged, or if the users toggle between HDMI and LCD.
- Fixed an issue on Ret Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 32-bit systems, when the "Detect Displays" button was selected in ATI Catalyst Control Center, and an HDMI display was hot-plugged.
ATI's Linux driver supports Red Hat Enterprise, Novel SUSE Enterprise, openSUSE, and Ubuntu.
Windows Driver Download
Windows Release Notes (PDF)
AMD Support Site (Linux Downloads Available)
Linux Release Notes (PDF)
Linux Installer Instructions
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Submitted by Matt_Rapp on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 12:42pm
Will install ASAP, Keep the Linux love coming ATI!
Windows works for gaming but I perfer Ubuntu for everything else.
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-Nvida vs. ATI, who cares as long as it maximum!
Submitted by croman4872 on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 9:33am
CCC and GPUZ still says catalyst 09.11 even after installing the 10.1 suite. anybody else get this?
Submitted by jeremy39 on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 6:39pm
Shut off Windows Auto Update; Uninstalled CCC and Driver. Downloaded the Catalyst package with CCC and Driver from ATI. GPU-Z now shows driver version 8.14, but device manager shows 8.69 which is what the release notes indicate the driver's title is.
Submitted by Cy-Kill on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 11:17am
Most people uninstall the previous drivers first, and use Driver Sweeper to clean up all the crude left behind and then after rebooting install the new drivers.
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Submitted by davexunit on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 7:54am
"My Cat Attacking a Shaver" ... lolwut
Good to see ATI drivers finally starting to support linux better. Too bad for them I've already switched to nvidia after having so many problems in the past.
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