Sumi Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 There is good reason to update, new releases often brings higher fps in many games - even though its not stated in the readme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted March 10, 2005 Veteran Share Posted March 10, 2005 hmmmm.....with 5.2' i lost 20fps in CSS with these i lose 10fps :/ 585593166[/snapback] I was just going to ask about that. I guess I'll hold off still. I need to get every frame i can get out of my 9600xt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0sh Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I lost about 15-20fps with 5.2, but seemed to remain the same or a tad bit more with 5.3 on my 9800pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZzPcPzZ Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Thats odd - How many fps do you normally get with CSS and at what settings? My AIW 9800PRO gives me about 44fps average at 1024x768 2xAA(or was it 4x, i forget) and I use the DNA drivers... Thinking about upgrading to these.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted March 10, 2005 Veteran Share Posted March 10, 2005 Playing at 1280*960, everything on high, aa off, filtering at trilinear, reflections on world, I get varying fps depending on the map. Maps like dust2 and office I can get a smooth constant 45+. Maps like chateau, I struggle to stay above 30. p4 2.0ghz 1gb pc2700 9600xt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darr3n Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Anyone tested these with an X850XT(PE)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeM741 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I have, it works fine :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Yes i believe Doom3 has an Ogl2 ARB path :) if not i'm sure id will bring one out.On another note though does anyone know of any issues running maya 6.5? as it fails to run with cat 5.2 installed :( 585593082[/snapback] To fix the Maya problem I decreased windows hardware acceleration in the display properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98XT Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Lovely ... thanks. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0sh Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 1280x1024 with 4x AA using the video stress test, I get about 55fps. 1024x768, I get about 75fps. I usually run the game as this resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivion Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 thanks for the update (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical112 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 thx for the update... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashguy Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Cheers! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Omega Guy is too late Now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted March 10, 2005 Veteran Share Posted March 10, 2005 Yeah, in the hardware... now the drivers officially support it too 585592935[/snapback] do we need both hardware and driver to make it work? I still get my 140 fps on small CS:S maps and around 90 on wide (dust) nothing droped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viserov Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 1280x1024 with 4x AA using the video stress test, I get about 55fps.1024x768, I get about 75fps. I usually run the game as this resolution. 585594186[/snapback] What were your older drivers, and what fps did you get with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`zm. Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Ahh, I need help, after I install these 5.3s, I keep on getting BSoD.. I once remembered the same problem with Alcohol120%, now I using Daemon Tools, no matter wad I uninstalls, it still gives me the BSoD(STOP! : 0000000x7 .....), anyone can help ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdlazarte Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 do i need to uninstall Catalyst 5.2? thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 do i need to uninstall Catalyst 5.2? thnx 585602949[/snapback] don't have to, but it is recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viserov Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 do i need to uninstall Catalyst 5.2? thnx 585602949[/snapback] I always do a clean uninstall before installing new drivers on my system. I boot up Windows in safe mode, uninstall the old drivers, reboot, then install the new drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Catalyst A.I. Ive searched and not seen anything, Unless its hidden deep inside a thread. There is Standard And Advanced. I've read they improve performance. But by doing so, do they descrease visual quality or is it the same or better quality?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 it does degrease, but on a level that you shouldn't notice and sometimes advanced performance increase is worse then standard basically is a useless option, plus its only available in CCC (catalyst control center) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Woot!, i got a 10fps increase with 5.3 and this is after a 15 fps increase in 5.2 on the CS:S stress test. Thats with all settings on max at 1280x1024. Get 95fps now. I do get faster on the latest omega drivers (somewhat old now), get 105fps on them but I prefer to use the official ones. Its fast enough at 95fps that it wont really matter anyway and I get the opengl stuff. The control panels nicer too. :D this is with an x800 on a 3400+ AMD 64 if thats of interest. 1G ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvo Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 From what I've read at Rage3d, not enough people have reported fps boosts to convince me to do the switch. I'm currently using the 5.1's because I did have an fps boost from the 4.12 but the 5.2 were very unstable for HL2/CSS. I guess we'll have to wait a bit more to actually read something like "performance increase" from ATI's side or maybe fixes regarding games that people actually play. God what would I do to see a list of games supported by Catalyst A.I. and for some reason ATI will never disclose that information. At least Nvidia gives out the list of games that support SLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 i haven't noticed any difference from the omegas based on 5.1. But for whatever reason eversince i installed my ram my stress trst went from 90fps to about 60 :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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