9.7 (8.630) Vista/Win7 WHQL (rflair)

[Blacklash]

rflair posted up the latest Catalysts. They seem to work fine on my HD 4890 in computer 2. I've only tried AoC, TheWitcher and Oblivion so far.

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33948551

[LordJuanlo]

They work fine under Windows 7, it looks like new CrossFireX profiles for both Trine and Call of Juarez 2 have been added, speed is insane now in those games.

EDIT: ArmA2 profile for DirectX9 EX (Vista) has been added too

[Toss3]

So did they have a new UI? (http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-catalyst-97-to-get-new-ui/)

[Blacklash]

Yep they have a completely new UI.

Unfortunately these still cause wild flickering shadows in AoC with Crossfire, and the Oblivion Crossfire profile is non functional. They broke it. Of course that was true of 9.6 too.

Fortunately, my main rig has GTX 260 Core 216 SLi. It runs Oblivion and AoC correctly.

[Toss3]

Is the new UI better than the old one, which imho was a bit too bloated?

[LordJuanlo]

It's a bit better IMO, but very similar

[grey_1]

So far I'm getting very good performance out of Crysis, L4D and Doom3 with graphics mods with these. using fastredponycar's Crysis config, min 21 max 36.

Not bad for a HD 4780 512 at 1680x1050, no AA of course.

The new UI I can take or leave.