ATi has just released the Catalyst 8.5 drivers for Windows XP and Vista, you can download a copy here (hotlinking to the actual driver page is disabled).
The entire 8.x line has been of sub-par quality to date (8.3 and 8.4 in particular, which seem to crash randomly on a large percentage of Vista machines), hopefully [...]
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Vista SP1 (Beta) and ATi Drivers: Not a Great Mix
Published by August 15th, 2007 in Software, Windows 12 CommentsContinuing our line of Vista SP1 stories, we’ve been testing the leaked version of Windows Vista SP1 and have some interesting results with regards to the WDDM layer.
Since Vista RTM, one of the biggest sources of consternation and BSODs on Windows has been the graphics drivers. From ATi to nVidia, hardware manufacturers were very late [...]
Want to Permanently Disable Driver Verification in Vista x64?
Published by July 3rd, 2007 in Windows 16 CommentsWould you like to permanently disable driver verification in Windows Vista x64? Tired of pressing F8 at every boot?
An upcoming version of EasyBCD might just do the trick - but we need testers first! In the past we’ve introduced several changes to EasyBCD that made it easier to load certain drivers on Windows Vista x64 [...]
Just How Serious Creative is(n’t) About Open Source….
Published by April 1st, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Hardware, Linux, Software 2 CommentsTo show you just how serious Creative is about open source and the Linux community, just take a (good) look at two of their sites: the main site, and the open source division. No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you, nor is the open source site run by 3rd graders from 1993 - it’s [...]
AMD-ATi Releases Final Vista Drivers!
Published by January 29th, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Windows 10 CommentsJust minutes before Vista goes on sale to the general public all around the world, ATi [[AMD]] has officially released the final versions of its drivers for Windows Vista. They’re out for Windows Vista x86 and x64, and they’re slightly smaller than the beta drivers in download size, though still downright huge (for drivers that [...]
Final ATi Drivers for Windows Vista RTM
Published by January 27th, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Hardware, Reviews, Software 7 CommentsNope, they’re not here; not yet, anyway. Windows Vista is here, and ATi [[AMD]] still hasn’t released a real set of drivers for Vista users. Currently 3D performance on Windows Vista - if you’re using an ATi card - is close to zero, and ATi doesn’t seem worried in the least. In an email from [...]
Windows Vista Crashes, BSODs, and System Failures on Hibernate, Resume, and Wake
Published by December 10th, 2006 in Operating Systems, Reviews, Software, Windows 311 CommentsWhile Windows Vista has a whole host of new features to offer, it has one major problem that just won’t go away: it’s totally FUBAR’d after you resume from sleep or hibernate. Unfortunately, many of these issues weren’t present during the beta stage, and were somehow introduced in the RTM build of Windows Vista. This [...]
IntelliPoint, IntelliType, and DigitalPersona Officially on Windows Vista!
Published by October 8th, 2006 in Software 23 CommentsFor the millions out there have viewed and used NeoSmart Technologies guide to getting IntelliPoint and IntelliType on Windows Vista there’s finally hope. And for those that have complained about Microsoft’s DigitalPersona fingerprint reader not working on Vista, it finally does. This week Microsoft released two “mini-betas” for these programs, and they actually work.
NeoSmart Technologies had [...]
Windows Vista and Firewire: The Missing Drivers
Published by September 26th, 2006 in Corporate Talk, Software, Windows 41 CommentsFirewire was first introduced by Apple Computers Corporation back in the (very) late 90s. It was ahead of its time by leaps and bounds, with peak transfer rates of up to 400mbps, something literally unheard of and unimaginable in the world of serial & parallel ports and the occasional “fast” 11mbps USB 1.0 interface.
When Apple [...]
This is just a quick post to inform everyone in need of ATi Drivers for Microsoft Windows Vista Build 5365 on what to do… The default drivers work fine if all you want from them is for Aero Glass to work. However, they result in very slow animations, and even simple tasks like scrolling in [...]
