New ATI drivers are out!
- Thread starter Doom_Bringer
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anyone download them? Any problems or anything?Doom_Bringer
Banned
I don't install betas. The Doom 3 driver was really good though!
Which one is better/has more features?
Which one is better/has more features?
Doom_Bringer
Banned
yeah Catalyst Control center fucking rocks! I think you should do a fresh install
Doom_Bringer
Banned
no probably not
Warm Machine
Member
I just installed 4.10 last night!!!
SlickWilly223
Time ta STEP IT UP
All my games run grand right now, I'll wait until I have Half Life 2 installed until I load up these new drivers.
Silverbolt
Member
I got my display drivers to 4.11 but the catalyst control center had an error in the installation. I ran the application again, but I can't simply choose the control center without installing the display drivers again. Is it OKAY to just install the display drivers again without removing them first? What is the catalyst control center anyway? Is it absolutly necessary?
civilstrife
Member
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
I used to have 43 fps in the Source Stress test with my 9800 pro and 2x AA
This driver brought me up to 73!
It was clearly tailor made for the source Engine.
I used to have 43 fps in the Source Stress test with my 9800 pro and 2x AA
This driver brought me up to 73!
It was clearly tailor made for the source Engine.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
I get 5650 tops on a 9800 pro, athlon 2500+ XP, and a gig of ram (PC 2700). You're damned right you should be doing better.
I haven't got the new drivers but I was doing a max of 81 fps in the stress test.
I haven't got the new drivers but I was doing a max of 81 fps in the stress test.
civilstrife
Member
Die.
heh, sorry, just a little comp envy.
Athlon Xp 2400+
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
512mb ddr266
Source stress test @ 1024x, no aa/af: 60-61 fps.
3dmark 2003 score: 5360
WHY IS MY SOURCE BENCH SCORE SOOOO LOOOOOW?!?!?!??!?!?!
Urgh, it's driving me crazy.
Oh, and no difference in performance with these new drivers...
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
512mb ddr266
Source stress test @ 1024x, no aa/af: 60-61 fps.
3dmark 2003 score: 5360
WHY IS MY SOURCE BENCH SCORE SOOOO LOOOOOW?!?!?!??!?!?!
Urgh, it's driving me crazy.
Oh, and no difference in performance with these new drivers...
Ok, but why does CK score within 300 3dmarks of me, but gets 20fps higher on the source stress test? The amount of ram shouldn't matter there, and his processor isn't much faster. 266-->333 ram and marginal cpu boost (+newer mobo) accounting for 20 fps increase? There has to be something else going on, as far as I can tell.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
Got 85.82 fps average with the new drivers. 5% difference.
Always always always always ALWAYS uninstall the ATI drivers before installing new ones! If you don't, you may (90% chance) get glitches.Nos_G said:
I've found the Control Center to be a bit of a resource hog. Not installing it and using the old Control Panel hurts nothing, so it's up to how many resources you care to spare for it.
civilstrife said:
Well I saved up from my internship and built it this past weekend. I upgraded from an athlon 1ghz with a radeon 9500.
My new case is so kick ass. Lian - li, its beautiful.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=277704
there is my comp. Though the memory on the graphics card is actually 1000 mhz not 500.
How can I increase performance? Should I be getting 7000+ for 05?
03: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3345759
11,000
Catalyst 4.12Beta are out as well 
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-8-08-041110a-019199.exe
It fixes some punkbuster problems of 4.11
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-8-08-041110a-019199.exe
It fixes some punkbuster problems of 4.11
deadhorse32
Bad Art
Slo said:
i was going to ask that
I'm getting 12 FPS more in the Stress Test, going from 60 to 72 FPS. When a lot of shit going on in the background. I reckon I should be able to push another 3 or so with a clean reboot.
But when changing the resolutions, AA and AF a lot the whole stress test would go bad. Every highlight (lack of better word, the thing they showed in the HDR movie) would be purple instead of the white/yellow. A CS:S restart fixed it though
But when changing the resolutions, AA and AF a lot the whole stress test would go bad. Every highlight (lack of better word, the thing they showed in the HDR movie) would be purple instead of the white/yellow. A CS:S restart fixed it though
I have a somewhat unrelated ATI Vid card driver question (FUCK HALF LIFE 2)
I've got a few abandonware games that don't like my rather old ATi vid card. Every time I try to initialize said games, I get the error "Screen Init Failed" In the ole' Dos line input box. When I have my vid card set as generic and using generic drivers, however, they play beautifully, albeit fucked up. I've heard that there are ATi drivers that fix this problem... somewhere. Where can I find them and how can I fix this major problem?
I've got a few abandonware games that don't like my rather old ATi vid card. Every time I try to initialize said games, I get the error "Screen Init Failed" In the ole' Dos line input box. When I have my vid card set as generic and using generic drivers, however, they play beautifully, albeit fucked up. I've heard that there are ATi drivers that fix this problem... somewhere. Where can I find them and how can I fix this major problem?
Guns N' Poops
Banned
So which one of the drivers should I download? Can I trust that beta stuff?
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
Er.. I meant that I get 5650 in 3Dmark 03
SlickWilly223
Time ta STEP IT UP
Wellington said:
I had troubles with my Radeon x800 PRO when I first bought and installed it. I was getting at max, 30fps in the ORIGINAL Counter-Strike when there was more than 1 guy on the screen. I tried everything, nothing worked. I had to reformat my computer, and now all is cured.
Wanted to bump this up because I had problems with half-life 2 because of these drivers. I would get periodic texture corruption. Usually seemed to happen after 5 min, or so. As if the game ran out of texture memory. If I turned on AA it would happen much faster. I'm now using the 4.9 drivers with 6 times AA, 8 times Anisotropic and nary a hitch.
I have a 9800 pro, btw.
I have a 9800 pro, btw.
Uncle Dukey
Member
It won't even let me install the 4.12 beta drivers. I guess it only supports "newer" cards?
Tea Master
Banned
Uncle Dukey said:
Is this true?
Tea Master
Banned
Ecrofirt said:
Go to the folder where your ATI drivers are installed in. There should be a folder called UninstallAll. Inside will be an .exe file that well, uninstalls your ATI drivers.
I use the Catalyst Uninstaller works great and is easy to use. Just click on the executable file to run it:
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/misc/catalystutils.html
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/misc/catalystutils.html
anyone notice their system running worse after upgrading?
My screen is shimmering really bad now on anything above 60Hz, and I tested the visualization overlay thing in Winamp. It seems if I have it waiting for the screen retrace that it's going in a steady pattern from 60-40FPS and back again. It never did this before.
Anyone else experiencing such weird problems?
My screen is shimmering really bad now on anything above 60Hz, and I tested the visualization overlay thing in Winamp. It seems if I have it waiting for the screen retrace that it's going in a steady pattern from 60-40FPS and back again. It never did this before.
Anyone else experiencing such weird problems?
Do you run driver cleaner in safe mode after you uninstall your drivers?
http://www.drivercleaner.net/
The instructions are on the webpage.
http://www.drivercleaner.net/
The instructions are on the webpage.