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ATi Catalyst 5.3 Released
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:14 pm
by phantasmagoria
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:15 am
by SoM
since when have you taken over my job ?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:01 am
by phantasmagoria
since you started slacking
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:30 am
by dzjepp
Awaits Omega release
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:59 am
by SoM
phantasmagoria wrote:since you started slacking
not my fault i was chockiong the chicken
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:06 am
by Bdw3
dzjepp wrote:Awaits Omega release
So what's different in those?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:55 am
by Dr_Watson
the control center driver stop being a resourse hogging bitch yet?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:38 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
No.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:57 pm
by dzjepp
Bdw3 wrote:dzjepp wrote:Awaits Omega release
So what's different in those?
Mostly, it's not as 'bloated' as the ATI release, and it tweaks a few minor things here and there from the official drivers. Although myself wouldn't directly say it, most people report slightly better IQ than the ATI drivers, as well as a very slight performance increase (a few benchies done on some sites did show a 2-5 framerate increase).
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:06 pm
by Bdw3
Oh I see.
Thanks. 
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:08 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
anyone report any diffrence??
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:26 pm
by Tormentius
AmIdYfReAk wrote:No.
:icon21:
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:30 pm
by Psyche911
With the Omegas, I went to their site and it only has a download link for their version of Catalyst 5.1. I've had trouble with the 5 series, do you know where I can find the last 4 series Omega to try?
With the 5 series I saw a 40% decrease in framerates on my 9800 Pro...wtf?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:53 pm
by Dr_Watson
sounds like you need to clean off the old driver, install the default vga drivre, and then apply the new one.
i know for sure that the older drivers have issues with HL2, Doom3 and Thief 3, as well as any games that use those engines, you'd be selling yourself short if you go back to them.
their's no reason you should have issues with the new drivers... unless you have some sort of non standard card, in which case you should still be able to get a updated driver from the manufacturer's site.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 8:41 am
by Psyche911
I always do
Uninstall > Reboot > Driver Cleaner > Reboot > Install new driver
Never install default drivers, never had a problem until 5.x.
edit: And it's a reference board. Sapphire 256bit/128MB
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:37 pm
by Dr_Watson
thats the exact card i have... and i havn't had any problems.
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:51 pm
by Psyche911
Well, I'm bored. Let's try it again.
Question though:
There was supposed to be some method of having different profiles for different games. Is that only part of the Catalyst Control Center? I don't use that, and I don't have that feature.
I like having AF/FSAA enabled for Q3, but not for all OGL games (Doom 3, etc).
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:01 pm
by OverRide
Tried everything to reinstall the new drivers for a hour or 2, but I still got that default vga driver error. So i gave up and reinstalled WinXP
Everything is working fine now tho :icon32:
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:16 pm
by Psyche911
Well, I tried 5.3 again yesterday.
Using the CS:S "Video Stress Test" my framerate dropped from 105 with 4.12 to 70 with 5.3.
Not only that, but it seemed very jerky. I tried playing this way and was getting my ass kicked.
There's a possibility I just have some conflict specific to the HL2/Source engine games, I didn't try Q3 or anything to test framerate changes there.
But then I tried Omega's 5.1 (their latest, they're not up to 5.3 ye) and am getting 105fps again with any benefits 5.1 may bring so I'll hang on to these.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:17 pm
by Psyche911
P.S.
I've been pondering a reformat lately, so once I get all my stuff backed up again I may do that. Might fix something...
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:12 pm
by Psyche911
Well, fuck Omega drivers too.
Back to 4.12 for me.
The Catalyst worked fine for a few days. Then I one time when I booted up, I had no video. But I restarted it (via the power switch...) and it was fine.
Then today, I couldn't boot into Windows. Each time after loading it, it would restart, again and again.
So, safe mode & uninstall fixed the problem.
Oh well, 4 series always worked fine for me.
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:17 pm
by DRuM
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:41 pm
by SOAPboy
bwhahah i almsot downloaded em.. then i realized i have a 6800gt now.. fucking rofl
