Apparently the
AMD's Catalyst 8.11 drivers don't quite deliver the promised Ultimate Visual
Experience for some users.
A six-page thread on AMD's Game forums suggests those folks are getting
bluescreens when Windows boots up. Judging from the posts, two ingredients are
required to reproduce the issue: a 64-bit version of Windows Vista and a
CrossFire setup with dual Radeon HD 3800- or 4800-series GPUs. Many affected
users say they're using Intel motherboards with 3- and 4-series chipsets, but at
least one has complained of the same startup BSODs on an AMD-based system. This
phenomenon isn't restricted to AMD forum dwellers, either - I've spotted similar
complaints in
this Rage3D forum thread. Some users have proposed workarounds involving new
Intel chipset drivers and using third-party tools to remove the drivers before
installing an older release and finally loading up the 8.11 version, but those
suggestions don't seem to help everyone. Meanwhile, those who contacted AMD tech
support apparently weren't any luckier.