Catalyst 8.6 Drivers OUT!

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New Features

Catalystâ„¢ 8.6 introduces the following new features:

* OpenGL Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support
* OpenGL CrossFireXâ„¢ (QUAD) support - 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFireâ„¢ mode
* Catalyst Install enhancement - No reboot required after Catalyst upgrade install

OpenGL Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support

This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Custom Filters support for OpenGL applications for the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2000 Series of products. Using the Edge Detect Custom Filter, users can enable 12X and 24X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 4X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter delivers the equivalent of 12X Anti-Aliasing. Selecting 8X Anti-Aliasing plus selecting the Edge Detect filter delivers the equivalent of 24X Anti-Aliasing.
OpenGL CrossFireXâ„¢ (QUAD) support - 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFireâ„¢ mode

This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces CrossFireXâ„¢ QUAD support for OpenGL applications. Users with any combination of a ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3870, ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3850, and ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3870 X2 graphics accelerators running with 3 or 4 GPUs will be able to run in CrossFireXâ„¢ QUAD mode (when used in a CrossFireXâ„¢ compatible PC).

Users are also able to run in CrossFireXâ„¢ QUAD mode while running in extended desktop mode on the Windows Vista desktop.

Catalyst Install enhancement - No reboot required after Catalyst upgrade install

This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces an enhancement to the Catalyst installer. Users are no longer required to reboot their system after Catalyst has finished installing (as long as the installation is an upgrade from a previous Catalyst install).
Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalystâ„¢.

* 3DMark Vantage:10 to 15% gains across all Radeonâ„¢ HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with larger gains in specific cases.
* Call of Duty 4: Performance increases across all Radeonâ„¢ HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with gains as large as 35% in specific maps.
* Call of Juarez DX10: Performance increases between 2 and 9% across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products
* Company of Heroes (DX10 version): Performance increases between 4 and 10% across HD 36xx and HD 34xx products.
* Lost Planet (DX10 version): Performance increases by 1 or 2 fps across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, creating in some cases up to 20% increase.
* Lost Planet (DX9 version): Performance increases between 2 and 20% across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products
* Prey OpenGL: 3-5% gains across HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.
* Quake 4 OpenGL: Up to 8% increase across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.
* Shadermark 2.1: Minor improvements across all HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products, with the largest gains appearing on HD 3650 (up to 9%)
* ViewPerf 10: Substantial performance improvements across several of the sub-tests, with the largest gains in ugnx (up to 55%), catia (up to 17%) and tcvis (up to 10%) across all of the HD 3xxx and HD 2xxx products.

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VISTA 32

VISTA 64
 
DL and installed... CCC won't run. It tries to, but it is only on the screen for a split-second before its gone. It keeps trying every 5-6 seconds, but just can't. I uninstalled and reinstalled twice.

Anyone got any ideas about 1)what's causing it? 2) how to fix it?

I may try to re-DL it and have another go tonight.
 
I'll give that a shot when I get home. ;)

*EDIT* Didn't work, but I downloaded 8,5 CCC and it does work. */EDIT*
 
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