Catalyst 4.3 drivers are out

Shuzer · Mar 11, 2004

http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

Most notably:
* The Pixel Shader performance of our DX9-class products has improved considerably with Catalyst 4.3.

Enjoy

OCybrManO · Mar 11, 2004

Holy Jebus... how many driver releases are they going to do?

oD1Nz · Mar 11, 2004

OCybrManO said:
Holy Jebus... how many driver releases are they going to do?

Apparently one a month.

ailevation · Mar 11, 2004

I've noticed more quality, like more detail. Also i've noticed a little bit better framerates in games. 10/10 for this release.

jonesey2k · Mar 11, 2004

Ive noticed a small quality performance increase when running games such as chrome and farcry. Gone are the days of screwy ati drivers :cheers:

Brian Damage · Mar 11, 2004

So, do I just download the display driver, or do I need to go the whole hog and get the control panel and WDM Capture driver too?

I hope this helps with the FarCry Demo... I just installed it and it runs great, but there are black marks over all the objects that are supposed to be normal-mapped...

crabcakes66 · Mar 11, 2004

Brian Damage said:
So, do I just download the display driver, or do I need to go the whole hog and get the control panel and WDM Capture driver too?

I hope this helps with the FarCry Demo... I just installed it and it runs great, but there are black marks over all the objects that are supposed to be normal-mapped...

your better off downloading the whole sh'bang

just make sure uninstall the old drivers first.

Meteor_of_War · Mar 11, 2004

Shuzer said:
Most notably:
* The Pixel Shader performance of our DX9-class products has improved considerably with Catalyst 4.3.

Yes, i noticed an increase on my 3dmark'03 score with this driver version.

Went from 6226 to 6248. Small increase, but better than going down. :E

psyno · Mar 11, 2004

Hmm, a 000.4% increase. I'd say that's probably within the margin of error. You'd think pixel shader support that had "improved considerably" would yield more than that. What were your before and after PS2.0 scores?

[MLB]Loser · Mar 12, 2004

My 3dmark03 score went from 5457 to 5794 after I installed the driver. I don't know what you're running for a system, but I have a pretty good one, wonder why your scores are so much higher than mine.

Meteor_of_War · Mar 12, 2004

[MLB]Loser, i've got my system overclocked. AthlonXP @ 2.3GHz (stock 2.1GHz) and 9800 Pro @ 430core/371memory (stock 378/337). But you have an Athlon64, i think your scores are a little low for your system. You should be scoring in the low to mid 6000's...look into some tweaking.

Pressure · Mar 12, 2004

OCybrManO said:
Holy Jebus... how many driver releases are they going to do?

Its year then month I believe. Since its 2004 you get the 4 in front and since its march you get the 3 for the third month. So you get 4.3 and I believe their goal is to do one update once a month. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[MLB]Loser · Mar 12, 2004

Meteor_of_War said:
[MLB]Loser, i've got my system overclocked. AthlonXP @ 2.3GHz (stock 2.1GHz) and 9800 Pro @ 430core/371memory (stock 378/337). But you have an Athlon64, i think your scores are a little low for your system. You should be scoring in the low to mid 6000's...look into some tweaking.

Whats a good site for tweaking? I'm not really interested in overclocking.

Razorscott2YK · Mar 12, 2004

Tweaking site...

[MLB]Loser said:
Whats a good site for tweaking? I'm not really interested in overclocking.

www.tweaktown.com - Good for tweaking AND overclocking.

-Razor2yk

Beserker · Mar 12, 2004

So, what I need to do is:

Download the drivers, ONLY the drivers -not control panel.
Uninstall the old ones called "ATI Display Drivers"
Close all aplications with ctrl+alt+del with exception of 2
Install the new drivers and then restard

Right?

Maxi · Mar 12, 2004

Iirc you need the control panel too.

I downloaded the drivers but haven't tested them yet, and im leaving for the weekend so I won't be able to test them untill sunday.

Brian Damage · Mar 12, 2004

Why do you need the control panel, though?

Could we have an answer from someone who is sure, please?

Shuzer · Mar 12, 2004

Brian Damage said:
Why do you need the control panel, though?

Could we have an answer from someone who is sure, please?

It allows you to set D3D/OpenGL/rotation/color/overlay/etc settings

Brian Damage · Mar 12, 2004

I thought I already had that ability...

Shuzer · Mar 12, 2004

Brian Damage said:
I thought I already had that ability...

Control Panel comes bundled with the drivers now

The Dark Elf · Mar 12, 2004

yup, just DL the one for high speed connections, should have everything you need in that.

Brian Damage · Mar 12, 2004

GAAAHHHH!

What I'm asking is: I have Version 3.9.

I want to get 4.3.

So is the control panel revised each month too, or what?

And I don't have a High speed connection!

My monitor is about to get some new forehead-prints...

Shuzer · Mar 12, 2004

Brian Damage said:
GAAAHHHH!

What I'm asking is: I have Version 3.9.

I want to get 4.3.

So is the control panel revised each month too, or what?

And I don't have a High speed connection!

My monitor is about to get some new forehead-prints...

Yes, the control panel gets revised each month.
They added rotation controls this month

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